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As California embraces renewable energy, the future is unclear for state's last nuclear power plant

‏@AP  Nov 28

"As California embraces renewable energy, the future is unclear for state's last nuclear power plant"

Nuclear crossroad: California reactors face uncertain future

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six years ago, the company that owns California's last operating nuclear power plant announced it would seek an extended lifespan for its aging reactors. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. envisioned Diablo Canyon as a linchpin in the state's green energy future, with its low-carbon electricity illuminating homes to nearly midcentury.

Now, with a much changed nuclear power landscape, the company is evaluating whether to meet a tangle of potentially costly state environmental requirements needed to obtain renewed operating licenses.

If it doesn't move forward, California's nuclear power age will end...

more: Nuclear crossroad: California reactors face uncertain future

Nuclear Reactors Make ISIS an Apocalyptic Threat

As you read this, a terror attack has put atomic reactors in Ukraine at the brink of another Chernobyl-scale apocalypse.

Transmission lines have been blown up. Power to at least two major nuclear power stations has been “dangerously” cut. Without emergency backup, those nukes could lose coolant to their radioactive cores and spent fuel pools. They could then melt or explode, as at Fukushima.

Yet amidst endless “all-fear-all-the-time” reporting on ISIS, the corporate media has remained shockingly silent on this potential catastrophe...

more: Nuclear Reactors Make ISIS an Apocalyptic Threat

#BustTheMyth :: It's time to act for climate and a nuclear-free, carbon-free future | NIRS

November 25, 2015

Dear Friends,

The COP 21 international climate talks begin next week in Paris, under radically-transformed circumstances due to the November 13 terror attack.

No large street demonstrations will be permitted in Paris, forcing us and all clean energy/climate advocates to revamp our plans--and we ask you to step up and help make up the void.

As we have been promising for months, NIRS will be in Paris: both executive director Tim Judson and radioactive waste project director Diane D'Arrigo will be there--inside and outside the conference center. I had been hoping to go, of course, but I am in a new clinical trial at NIH and will be unable to do so. But with knowledgeable and veteran activists like Tim and Diane there--along with our colleagues at WISE-Amsterdam and all of the other members of the Don't Nuke the Climate campaign, the nuclear-free, carbon-free position will be well represented.

What we won't be able to do is hold the massive street demonstration we had been planning for December 12 in Paris.

That's where you come in. Instead of a large event there, rallies, marches and other actions demanding immediate and strong climate action are being planned for all over the world by groups like 350.org and Avaaz.org for this weekend: November 29. We urge you to join these actions and bring to them a strong nuclear-free, carbon-free presence. Gather the members of your group, your friends and colleagues, your congregations, whoever you can and go to the event nearest you...

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Nuclear Energy and Renewable Energy Fight | The Energy Collective

Nuking Clean Energy: How Nuclear Power Makes Wind and Solar Harder

Dominion Resources CEO Tom Farrell is famously bullish on nuclear energy as a clean solution in a carbon-constrained economy, but he’s got it wrong. Nuclear is a barrier to a clean-energy future, not a piece of it. That’s only partly because new nuclear is so expensive that there’s little room left in a utility budget to build wind and solar. A more fundamental problem is that when nuclear is part of the energy mix, high levels of wind and solar become harder to achieve.

To understand why, consider the typical demand curve for electricity in the Mid-Atlantic, including Virginia. Demand can be almost twice as high at 5 p.m. as it is at 5 a.m., especially on a hot summer day with air conditioners running...

more: Nuclear Energy and Renewable Energy Fight | The Energy Collective

Don't Nuke the Climate!

Published on Oct 30, 2015 by nirsnet

NIRS' executive director Tim Judson talks about the importance of the international Don't Nuke the Climate campaign, which is educating, organizing and mobilizing for adoption of a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy strategy at the COP 21 climate negotiations in Paris in December 2015.

https://youtu.be/alvsUMwYFFM

Don't Nuke the Climate!

This December, leaders from nearly every nation in the world will converge on Paris, France, for the COP 21 climate talks. These negotiations are critical for the world's future: the strongest and most effective possible response to our climate crisis is a necessity. We have no time, nor resources, to waste on expensive, dangerous and counterproductive "solutions"--like nuclear power. Instead, we need to build, as quickly as possible, the nuclear-free, carbon-free energy system our planet needs and deserves.

Despite the claims of its proponents--who stand to make billions of dollars if a nuclear non-solution is chosen--for a myriad of reasons nuclear power is not only ineffective at addressing climate and achieving meaningful carbon reductions, it is actually counterproductive. Its widespread use would prevent the necessary deployment of clean, safe and affordable renewable energy, coupled with energy storage and a modern 21st century grid, that can and will power our future.

In 2000, the nuclear power industry attempted at the COP 6 conference to obtain recognition under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. We defeated them.

We plan to do the same in 2015, as the nuclear industry revs up to try again. In June, seven international organizations: Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS, US), World Information Service on Energy--Amsterdam (WISE), Ecodefense (Russia), Reseau Sortir du Nucleaire (France),  Global 2000 (Austria), WECF (Germany), and Germany’s Burgerinitiative Umweltschutz, joined together to form the Don't Nuke the Climate Campaign to achieve these goals.

We are educating, organizing and mobilizing across the globe. We will be inside the halls of the COP 21 building, we will be outside in the streets. 

Your support now will help us bring the largest and most visible Nuclear-Free Carbon-Free message to Paris possible. We are printing thousands of flags, giant banners, and more to make that message clear to the world's leaders. Our petition, already signed by more than 400 organizations across the globe, will be handed directly to world leaders. And, most importantly, your support will help ensure that thousands of activists are able to attend.

For more information about the issues and how you can get involved, visit these sites:

Main international campaign page and place to sign organizational petition: http://www.wiseinternational.org/campaign

U.S. campaign page: http://www.nirs.org/cop21/dontnuketheclimate.htm

Petition page for individual signers (please sign!): http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5502/p/dia/action3/com...

Facebook page for campaign: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nukefreeclimatefre...

Don't Nuke the Climate!

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The crime of Chernobyl – a model for Fukushima - IndependentWHO

(February 2014) :: For a quarter of a century a systematic crime against humanity has been perpetrated by people in senior positions at the heart of Europe. The people living in Western Europe, so advanced technologically, remain indifferent and largely disinformed. In order to preserve the consensus around the military and civilian nuclear industry, the nuclear lobby and the official medical establishment have, for the past 26 years, knowingly condemned millions of human guinea pigs to an experiment on their bodies with new diseases in the vast laboratory provided by the territories contaminated by Chernobyl. Children are being treated like laboratory animals, under observation from French and German scientists, and French NGO’s like the CEPN, Mutadis Consultants, ETHOS and CORE, who must take their share of the responsibility. (Translator’s note: CEPN is the Centre d’étude sur l’Evaluation de la Protection dans le domaine Nucléaire ; Mutadis, ETHOS and CORE are all offshoots of the French nuclear industry, financed either through Electricité de France or the Autorité de Sureté Nucléaire.)

The same fate awaits the Japanese people and their children living in areas contaminated by the Fukushima disaster because the same strategy is being put in place in Japan with the same players, the same pseudo-scientific justifications and under the aegis of the same authorities...

more: The crime of Chernobyl – a model for Fukushima - IndependentWHO

Nuclear-industry critics Arnie and Maggie Gundersen – Radio | Project Censored

November 16, 2015

Nuclear-industry critics Arnie and Maggie Gundersen warn that, four-and-a-half years after the meltdown, Fukushima still poses a danger to Japan and the Pacific region, and that the Japanese government is trying to prevent journalists and physicians from disclosing the ongoing problems. The program closes with an excerpt from a speech by Arnie Gundersen rebutting the idea of nuclear power as a solution to global warming. 

Arnie and Maggie Gundersen both worked in the nuclear-power industry, then became whistleblowers about problems in the industry. They now operate the Fairewinds foundation (fairewinds.org)

LISTEN: Nuclear-industry critics Arnie and Maggie Gundersen – Radio

Can Nuclear Power slow down Climate Change? | Studies & reports | Wise International

Nuclear power is claimed to be nearly carbon-free and indispensable for mitigating climate change as a result of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Assuming that nuclear power really does not emit carbon dioxide CO2 nor other greenhouse gases (GHGs), how large is the present nuclear mitigation share and how large could it become in the future? In this new report (70 pages) Professor Storm van Leeuwen, commisisoned by WISE, makes an thorough analysis of nuclear greenhouse gas emissions.

Studies & reports | Wise International

Nuclear liabilities could hurt utilities' credit ratings-S&P | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters

PARIS Nov 16 (Reuters) - Provisions for decommissioning nuclear power plants and disposing of nuclear fuel waste over the next two decades could weigh on European utilities' credit ratings, Standard & Poor's said in a report published on Monday.

S&P said that at the end of 2014, nuclear liabilities of the largest eight nuclear plant operators in Europe totaled 100 billion euros ($107 billion), representing 22 percent of their aggregate debt as adjusted by the rating agency.

The eight utilities are France's EDF and Engie , Germany's E.ON, RWE and EnBw , Sweden's Vattenfall, Finland's Fortum and the Czech Republic's CEZ.

"Given the tight headroom in the credit ratings of European utilities with heavy nuclear exposures, and that they generally operate with a high adjusted financial leverage, any changes in the valuation of their provisions could drag on their credit metrics and liquidity, and ultimately their credit ratings," said S&P credit analyst Pierre Georges.

He added that the value of nuclear provisions is more difficult to calculate than other debt-like obligations, such as pensions, and are also harder to compare between peer companies, because accounting methods are not standardised.

S&P said actuarial assumptions pose a potential risk that provisions may rise, notably the real discount rate used to compute the present value of the liability.

Beyond the financial risks stemming from nuclear liabilities, the agency sees potential for operational difficulties, which are still difficult to assess, and added it is uncertain whether companies' dedicated assets will perform as planned to cover decommissioning costs, given the uncertain returns on these investments.

Consultancy Capgemini said this month Europe needs to bring more transparency to utilities' nuclear liabilities as gross provisions for decommissioning and long-term spent fuel management range from 4.7 billion euros per reactor in Germany to just 1.2 billion in France. ($1 = 0.9331 euros) (Reporting by Geert De Clercq; Editing by David Holmes)

Nuclear liabilities could hurt utilities' credit ratings-S&P | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters

Eiichiro Ochiai, "The Human Consequences of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accidents", The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 13, Issue. 38, No. 2, September 28, 2015

This article discusses some prominent features of the current situation (as of August 2015) in the aftermath of the Fk-1 accident.

Eiichiro Ochiai, "The Human Consequences of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accidents", The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 13, Issue. 38, No. 2, September 28, 2015

12.5 KEEP CALM AND NO NUKES 反原発★1205 銀座大行進 | 首都圏反原発連合

KEEP CALM AND NO NUKES

反原発★1205 銀座大行進

 
【日時】2015年12月5日（土）
【主催】首都圏反原発連合 – Metropolitan Coalition Against Nukes -
 
＜プレイベント＞KEEP CALM AND NO NUKES!
【会場】日比谷野音（大音楽堂）
東京都千代田区日比谷公園1-3（日比谷公園内、西幸門近く）
【時間】開場 13:15　開演 13:45
登壇者：
吉原毅（城南信用金庫相談役）
小林節（慶應義塾大学名誉教授・弁護士）
中野晃一（上智大学教授・政治学者）
吉田忠智（社会民主党党首・参議院議員）
笠井亮（日本共産党　衆議院議員）
渡辺浩一郎（生活の党と山本太郎となかまたち　元衆議院議員）
エンディングコール：ATS
他、調整中
(11月12日現在　敬称略・順不同）
 
＜大行進＞
【時間】出発 15:15
【集合場所】日比谷公園・西幸門　
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2015年8月に鹿児島県の川内原発1号機、10月には2号機が再稼働され、約2年間続いた「稼働中の原発ゼロ」が終焉、日本は実質的に3.11福島原発事故前と同じ原発維持・推進に戻ってしまいました。そして鹿児島県の川内原発に続き、愛媛県の伊方原発、福井県の高浜原発の再稼働も足早に進められています。
これら再稼働は、2014年4月に自民党安倍政権が前民主党政権の「2030年代原発ゼロ」政策をくつがえし、エネルギー基本計画において「原発を重要なベースロード電源に定める」としたことが根拠とされ、推進されています。各地の原発の再稼働を根源的に止めるには「エネルギー基本計画」を再検討しなければいけません。
反面、2016年からの電力自由化、その先の発送電分離という流れもあり、一般家庭でも自由に電力会社を選べる時代も近づいており、原発以外の多様な新エネルギーを扱う電力会社の参画が期待されています。事故シミュレーションや避難訓練の必要な危険な原発は、一部の既得権益者だけが望むもので、国民の大多数は脱原発を求めています。
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KEEP CALM AND TAKE BACK DEMOCRACY!
12月5～6日は日比谷野音へ！
 

 
KEEP CALM AND NO WAR
-安保関連法の廃止を求める学生・学者・市民の共同行動-　
2015年12月6日（日）
＜集会＞日比谷野音（大音楽堂）開場12:30/開演13:00
＜デモ＞日比谷公園・西幸門　出発時間14:30
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Cancer on the Rise in Post-Fukushima Japan — Fairewinds Energy Education

Cancer on the Rise in Post-Fukushima Japan from Fairewinds Energy Education on Vimeo.

In Fairewinds’ latest update of the ongoing nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima Daiichi, Chief Engineer Arnie Gundersen presents two reports that confirm the direct link of numerous cancers in Japan to the triple meltdown. Based upon data from Japanese medical professionals and utility owner of the meltdown site, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Arnie concludes that heavy radioactive discharges will be the cause of enormous spikes in cancer in Japan...

more: Cancer on the Rise in Post-Fukushima Japan — Fairewinds Energy Education

Why There Is No "Safe" Level Of Radiation from Fukushima.

"There is no safe dose of radiation"
~ Prof. Edward P. Radford, Physician and Epidemiologist

While a highly coordinated effort is underway by the nuclear industry, mainstream media, medical establishment and world governments to define, justify and reinforce a "safe level of radioactivity" pertaining to the air, the water, the food, and our bodies, the unspoken truth contained within the precautionary principle that there is no safe dose of radiation, nor a safe level of exposure to the 200+ radioisotopes released by the Fukushima reactor complex meltdown, is but an inaudible whisper in the cacophony of a world dominated by universal deception.

Regardless of whether we chose to pay attention or not, over the past month a massive number of radiotoxic and genotoxic particles have been released into the atmosphere, oceans and biosphere, and due to the continuous westerly circular flow of the Jet stream no one in the Northern latitudes will be spared some degree of exposure as time proceeds.

The question of exposure should not be "if" but "when," and "how" we deal with it once it happens. Cesium-137 for instance, has a half-life of 30 years (90 years later 12.5% of its radioactivity remains), and due to its similarity to potassium will make its way up the food chain bioaccumulating and distributing broadly in the tissues of both plants and animals as it goes. Eventually all such radioisotopes must meet mankind who is perched precariously on top of an unsustainable, highly toxic food pyramid of his own making, and from which he has an exceedingly difficult time escaping and/or detoxifying.

Sufficient evidence exists that certain populations in the United States are already being exposed in their water and food, and until the Fukushima reactor complex stops emptying radioactive material directly into the environment, things are only going to get worse. (Examples: "Radioiodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Fran. 18,100% above federal drinking water standards." "Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk").

more: Why There Is No "Safe" Level Of Radiation from Fukushima.

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#COP21 PARIS :: ‪#‎BustTheMyth‬ :: ‪#‎dontNUKEtheCLIMATE‬ !! :: Bürgerinitiative Umweltschutz Lüchow-Dannenberg e.V.

‪#‎BustTheMyth‬ :: ‪#‎dontNUKEtheCLIMATE‬ !!

– Gruppen “für saubere Energie” * starten eine internationale Kampagne, um die Atomenergie aus den globalen Klimadiskussionen heraus zu halten. Die Initiativen – wie auch die Bürgerinitiative Umweltschutz Lüchow-Dannenberg e.V. – werden einen großen Block für eine Atom- und CO 2 freie Welt beim Pariser Klimamarsch am 12. Dezember 2015 organisieren.

Die Bürgerinitiative Umweltschutz Lüchow-Dannenberg e.V. (BI) mobilisiert zur Demonstration in Paris. Hintergrund ist die dort stattfindende Klimakonferenz COP 21. Den offiziellen Startschuss gab es am Montagabend auf einer Veranstaltung in Platenlaase. weiterlesen »

* Groups "clean energy" launch an international campaign to keep the nuclear power of the global climate discussions out. The initiatives - as well as the citizens' initiative Environmental Lüchow-Dannenberg eV - will be organizing a large block for an atom and CO 2 free world at the Paris Air march on 12 December 2015 respectively.

MORE: http://www.bi-luechow-dannenberg.de/?page_id=14456

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