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Nuclear Power is Clean -- as Long as you Ignore `Safety`!

Every American nuclear power plant could be closed down if Americans turned off extra lights and became energy efficient.

(CARLSBAD, Calif.) - In the U.S., radiation-related "safety" decisions over commercial nuclear power plants are handled very undemocratically.

They are considered to be strictly the purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Courts, utility and state energy commissions, EPA, DOE, and everyone else whose regulatory authority touches on nuclear power will insist that you cannot talk to them about "safety." You must go to the NRC.

Fallout from Fukushima No. 1 on rise

Radioactive materials released from reactor 1 decreased to one-fifth the level in December, but the amount of materials from the other two each increased by 10 million becquerels per hour

(KYODO) - The amount of radioactive materials released from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has risen this month compared with December, Tepco said.

Fukushima Radiation Spreads Worldwide

Tepco Admits that Radiation Levels from Fukushima.

(KYODO, Japan) - The University of California at Berkeley detected cesium levels in San Francisco area milk above over EPA limits … and even higher than they were 6 months ago.

Reactor Reax- Roundup of Nuclear-Related Stories

The latest stories about nuclear power and energy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - This week in Reactor Reax, activists in Iowa say future plans for nuclear power should be skipped.

Obama Stands Up to Israel, Tamps Down Iran War Threats

Barak: Israel "very far off" from decision on Iran attack".

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In a stunning departure from recent Israeli threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday used an interview with Israel's Army radio to assert that any attack on Iran "is very far off."

He added, "We haven't made any decision to do this."

Dancing the Apocalypso with the Microbial Gestapo

The BWC remains a paper tiger, a treaty in name only, with no means of dealing with violations and no way to verify compliance.

(GENEVA) - The Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention was predicted to be a dud. According to a number of BWC watchers, the expectations for this conference accomplishing very much at all were quite low.

John Bolton was Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security back in 2001 when the US stonewalled the long awaited verification protocols...

The Age of Wrong

“This is the age of Wrong and the followers of Right have passed away... Do you not see that the Divine Commands are neglected and what is forbidden is practiced with relish?” - Imam Husain (A.S.)

(TEHRAN) - At the behest of their war-profiteering corporate masters, the pseudo-scholarly pundits are once again prostituting themselves on the political streets of America by calling for a preemptive attack against Iran.

One recent call for a “surgical strike” comes from U.S. Council on Foreign Relations scholar Matthew Kroenig...

When is a terrorist not a terrorist? & War with Iran or not?

“On occasions scientists working on the nuclear program in Iran turn up dead. I think that’s a wonderful thing.” -

(LONDON) - The longer and complete form of the first question in the headline is - When is a terrorist not a terrorist in the eyes of the Obama administration (not to mention all of its predecessors) and the governments of the Western world?

Answer: When he or she is an Israeli Mossad agent or asset.

Nuclear Assassinations Just the Tip of the Iceberg

The US is not the only party which has chosen to be in denial...

(TEHRAN) - "I saw a motorcycle. They were wearing ski masks -- black ski masks. They were two people. I saw the motorcycle speed by. I saw them. It seemed as if they had something in their hands.”

This is how a female witness described the scene of the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan.

It`s ALL a God Thing

Dorothy Day and Rachel Corrie told the stories of the oppressed. They both are dead, but as long as I can do something and have breath, I too will tell the stories I heard and try to be a peacemaker...

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Over the last few days, Dorothy Day has come up in many conversations with local people as well as Internet connections.

Coming soon is my book review of ALL IS GRACE, A Biography of Dorothy Day, by Jim Forest who knew her as a friend and mentor.