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ETHICS HALL OF SHAME
ETHICS HALL OF SHAME From publiccitizen.orgAn unprecedented wave of corruption, cronyism and special-interest sleaze has gripped our nation’s capital in recent years. To bring greater public attention to the individuals involved in these ethics scandals – in the hope … Continue reading
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Reprocessing Is Not the “Solution” to the Nuclear Waste Problem
Reprocessing Is Not the “Solution”
to the Nuclear Waste Problem
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
This program is central to the Bush administration’s efforts to jump-start the moribund nuclear power industry.
Statement of Mary Olson, NIRS Campaign to Stop Reprocessing. Director of NIRS southeast office:
“[George W.] Bush’s misguided obsession with nuclear power has reached a critical and dangerous juncture. The administration has been desperate to find a nuclear waste solution in order to resuscitate the moribund and unpopular nuclear power industry by moving forward quickly on the scientifically-flawed Yucca Mountain waste dump in Nevada. Instead it has found itself spinning its wheels in the mire of Yucca Mountain’s geologic instability and the scandal of covering up these data. Faced with an industry impatient to move its on-site waste, the administration is now clutching at a new nuclear straw.”
“Its latest scheme is reprocessing of irradiated commercial fuel, one of the dirtiest and most proliferation-vulnerable processes in the nuclear fuel chain. Abandoned in this country for more than 30 years, countries where it has been done – including Britain, France and Russia – are now reaping its hideous environmental legacy of contamination and disease.”
“The price tag in dollars – as well as in health impacts – will be enormous if this country is allowed to venture back down the reprocessing road. The only U.S. commercial reprocessing site ever to operate – in West Valley, New York – is projected to cost more than $5 billion to clean up despite reprocessing only a fraction of the waste sent there between 1966 and 1972. Now Congress has awarded the U.S. Department of Energy $50 million of our money to set this debacle in motion once again although the totals are likely to reach the hundreds of billions of dollars.”
“The existing nuclear reactors around the globe are already sitting-duck terrorist targets. Separating plutonium from nuclear power waste fuel – as reprocessing does – simply sets up new and inviting opportunities for terrorists to seize fissile, bomb-capable materials. Support for a reprocessing program makes a mockery of statements coming out of this administration that protecting the American people from terrorism is paramount. Instead, it will put more Americans in harm’s way.”
Reprocessing Is Not the “Solution” to the Nuclear Waste Problem
The Radioactive Waste Burden
Splitting atoms to make electricity has created an enormous problem: waste containing 95% of the toxic radioactivity produced during the Atomic Age. Nuclear weapons production, industrial activity, research and medicine combined, create only 5% of this problem.
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The Congressman and Abramoff (as told by Dr Seuss)
The Congressman and Abramoff (As Told by Dr. Seuss) Thanks to Jim Nickel for sharing this. That Abramoff!That Abramoff!I do not like that Abramoff!“Would you like to play some golf?”I do not want to play some golf.I do not want … Continue reading
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A ‘True Revolution of Values’
A 'True Revolution of Values' By Michael Eric Dyson http://www.beliefnet.com Martin Luther King, Jr., warned America about the danger of unquestioning national pride. How far have we come? Michael Eric Dyson, best-selling author, ordained Baptist minister, and professor of religion … Continue reading
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A Call to Action on Samuel Alito
A Call To Action – Judge Samuel Alito by Caroline Vernon Progressive Action for the Common Good http://www.qcprogressiveaction.org Calling all Progressive Activists…. Judge Samuel Alito threatens individual rights and hides his far right views—he is not in the mainstream of … Continue reading
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Skirmishes in the Information Wars
Skirmishes in the Information Wars By Mike Whitney Online Journal Contributing Writer onlinejournal.com There are only two weapons in the imperial tool chest: force and deception. The brutal colonial occupation of Iraq has provided us with a lavish example of … Continue reading
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A Holiday Message
A Holiday Message By Bev Conover http://www.onlinejournal.com Kick back and enjoy this holiday season, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah or the Winter Solstice, so we can renew ourselves for the struggles ahead. As Americans, we find ourselves in a … Continue reading
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Raising the Issue of Impeachment
Raising the Issue of Impeachment By John Nichols thenation.com All I can say is, it's about time someone on the Hill demands accountability from the crooks who have hi-jacked our country! Thank you John … Continue reading
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The Nuclear Truth and the Party of Arrogance
The Nuclear Truth and The Party of Arrogance by Anthony Wade http://www.opednews.com In these most precarious times, it seems to me that it's about time that our leadership rises to the challenges that are before us all, and FIGHT for … Continue reading
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Filling In For God
Filling In For God by Molly Ivins Alternet.org The Lord Impersonator is back again. This fella reappears every couple of years and causes no end of trouble. The jokester goes around persuading feeble-minded persons he is the Lord Almighty and … Continue reading
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