Archive for February 3rd, 2010

Russia to build up to 8 nuclear reactors in Ind…

Am I the only one that thinks it unwise for Russia to be spreading their flawed nuclear reactor technology? Along with the majority of the Middle East I am concerned … … CANDU reactors are the only commercially available nuclear reactors that produce both plutonium and tritium. India’s first nuclear explosion in 1974 used plutonium from a heavy water reactor that was a gift from the Canadian government. Over the years India has continued to make use of an ongoing …

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

THE HOBO PHILOSOPHER

Recent documents released by the U.S. Department of Energy provide evidence to suggest that a small proportion of other toxic heavy metals such as plutonium also may be present. … We think there were biological agents, and there were destroyed nuclear reactor facilities. It was a toxic wasteland. And we had DU added to the whole mess … When we first got assigned to clean up the DU and arrived in northern Saudi Arabia, we started getting sick within 72 hours . …

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » US intelligence chief

Blair said North Korea has shipped missiles to Iran and Pakistan and helped Syria build a nuclear reactor. The North is thought to have enough weaponized plutonium for at least half a dozen atomic bombs. North Korea argues that it was …

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010