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Reactor Reax Top Stories - Warren Buffett Wants a Subsidy From You

The latest stories from the world of nuclear energy.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this week's Reactor Reax, the 'Wizard of Ohama', Warren Buffett, wants the American taxpayer to pony up for dangerous nuclear power.

It's quite a risk and a lot to ask of a citizenry but then he is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world, which is sort of laughable as the U.S. economy settles lower and lower into the ground.

Wikileaks Scandal, Embarrassing for US

Press TV has conducted an interview with Michael Maloof, former Pentagon official, to share his opinion on this issue.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - The leakage of classified information by former US Army soldier, Bradley Manning, to whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, is a source of embarrassment for the US government, a former Pentagon official tells Press TV.

Manning has been formally charged with involvement in the largest leakage of classified information in the American history.

Manmohan Singh`s `Thinking Segment` May Put Millions More at Risk

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ‘mask of sanity’ dropped a few days ago for making two wild, senseless, and patently unscientific assertions

(CHENNAI, India) - American psychologist Dr. Harvey Cleckley, professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Medical College of Georgia, wrote ‘The Mask of Sanity’ in 1941.

In this book Dr. Cleckley talks of psychopathic personalities, humans that are without conscience; outwardly they don’t differ from ordinary men and women but as a recent article says that a brain scan can reveal psychopathic personality.

Will Colbert Grow a Pair for The Secret Policeman`s Ball vis-a-vis Israel`s WMD?

Recently on The Colbert Report, Stephen balled out when it came to nailing where Nuclear Weapons are in the Middle East

(CLERMONT, FL) - Amnesty International is celebrating fifty years in support of free speech at a comedy show on March 4th in my homeland-New York City with the import of The Secret Policeman's Ball.

Among the acts that have signed on for the happening at Radio City Music Hall for the concert to benefit Amnesty International are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

SWIFT Pressured to Ban Iran Over Nuclear Ambitions

There is the possibility that Saudi Arabia could make up for some, but not all, of the banned Iranian oil.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Under pressure from the United States and the European Union, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication in Belgium, is expected to ban Iran's forty banks and institutions from using SWIFT to process its financial transactions.

This would effect Iran's foreign trade and access to international payments.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - No Credible Path for Nuclear Power

Catch the latest news about nuclear energy and its accompanying hazards.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - In this week's roundup of nuclear-related stories, an Op-Ed writer opines that we have seen the future of industrial policy and it doesn't work, and an editorial writer suggests that the latest round of nuclear power plants probably won't mean the beginning of a 'nuclear renaissance'.

These stories and many more are in this week's Reactor Reax.

Next Solyndra? $8.33 Billion Vogtle Loan Guarantee

Groups Urge DOE to Force Disclosure of 12 Secret Delays, Cost Overruns at Troubled Reactor Project

(WASHINGTON, DC) - If you are a taxpayer who liked the less than half a billion dollar Solyndra federal loan guarantee debacle, you will love the $8.33 billion loan guarantee.

This recipient is to the even riskier Vogtle nuclear reactor project licensed last week by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Solyndra, Part 2?
Vogtle Reactors Already Seeing Major Delays, Cost Overruns

12 Groups Suing to Stop Construction, Arguing NRC Violated Federal Law in Issuing Vogtle Reactor Licenses.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The federal government is believed to be days away from awarding 15 times more in federal loan guarantees to the controversial Vogtle reactors in Georgia than it did to the failed Solyndra enterprise.

Experts will warn that the Vogtle reactor project is already racking up major cost overruns, with additional slowdowns expected to continue plaguing the project.

Iran Places Indigenous Fuel Rods Into Tehran Reactor

Iran has placed the first indigenous fuel rods into the heart of Tehran Research Reactor as President Ahmadinejad unveils the country’s latest nuclear achievements.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran reports that fuel rods were produced at Isfahan nuclear facility and transferred to the Tehran Research Reactor under the supervision of the IAEA inspectors.

By placing nuclear plates into the Tehran reactor, Iran has taken the final step in completing the nuclear fuel cycle.

The Human Toll from India`s Uranium

Researchers believe radiation is behind the human and environmental catastrophe.

(CHENNAI, India) - Jadugoda, located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand, is the chief source of Uranium in India, providing fuel for the nuclear reactors.

However, the uranium comes at a colossal human cost.