5 March 2012/Geneva: The announcement that North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) will halt its enrichment of uranium, stop long-range missile and nuclear weapons testing, and allow international IAEA inspectors back into the Yongbyon nuclear facility is a major step forward to renewing progress in denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

This article is based on the talk by Dr. Chris Busby about scientific dishonesty in nuclear issues at the Royal Society in London last November. Please also see the video of the talk -- There is also a Powerpoint presentation.

"Clearly, we're witnessing one of the greatest disasters of modern time." - AREVA Excecutive VP. September 30: "We discussed how the staff should turn off alarm sounds and refrain from wearing protective suits and face masks in order not to fan worries among residents." UPDATING SEVERAL TIMES NEARLY EVERY DAY. PLEASE REFRESH THE PAGE TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE SEEING THE LATEST VERSION. THANKS!

"Clearly, we're witnessing one of the greatest disasters of modern time." - AREVA Excecutive VP. September 30: "We discussed how the staff should turn off alarm sounds and refrain from wearing protective suits and face masks in order not to fan worries among residents." UPDATING SEVERAL TIMES NEARLY EVERY DAY. PLEASE REFRESH THE PAGE TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE SEEING THE LATEST VERSION. THANKS!

"Clearly, we're witnessing one of the greatest disasters of modern time." - AREVA Excecutive VP. August 20: Into the 6th month of the nuclear disaster, the reactors are heading for the China Syndrome and the people of northern Japan are becoming seriously worried about nuclear contamination of the environment. UPDATING SEVERAL TIMES NEARLY EVERY DAY. PLEASE REFRESH THE PAGE TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE SEEING THE LATEST VERSION. THANKS!

"Clearly, we're witnessing one of the greatest disasters of modern time." - AREVA Excecutive VP. August 16: Japan and USA collude to play down the effects of Fukushima radiation contamination on their populations. UPDATING SEVERAL TIMES NEARLY EVERY DAY. PLEASE REFRESH THE PAGE TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE SEEING THE LATEST VERSION. THANKS!

The nuclear disaster at Fukushima No.1 Power Station has contaminated a large area of Fukushima Prefecture, especially to the west and northwest of the disaster site. Some areas have been evacuated, but Japan's Ministry of Education has set schoolchild radiation standards at an abnormally high level in order to try to keep the population in place. Parents, however, have reacted explosively to the ministry's directives and a court case is about to begin...Updated - Chris Busby to visit Japan July 17-21 - Schedule here

Nuclear power assumes that the Earth is stable. Renewable energy plants are the future. Nuclear is not meant to be. We would have everything to risk, and little to gain.

Why go down the dangerous route to the future when we can go the safe way? Those who think otherwise have some vested interest in big power, big monopolies and "big Australia".

Technology is not the "solution" to energy crisis, or protecting ourselves from natural disasters.

Nuclear power is expensive and diverts copious funds and time away from important investments in energy conservation and renewable energy.

Labour MP Paul Flynn told the House of Commons the “immense” cost of cleaning up nuclear waste – which he said was £73 billion – was probably an underestimate. The bill would amount to £3,000 for every family in the country.

On top of the hazards of nuclear fission electricity generation, even more environmental threats are posed by mining of uranium, enrichment, reprocessing and disposal of nuclear wastes. A likely consequence of the expansion of uranium mining in Central Australia is that the Eastern seaboard stands to be exposed to clouds bearing poisonous radioactive uranium and other toxic metals blown from the mine tailings dumps (see David Bradbury's film "Blowin' in the wind" for a graphic illustration of this threat).

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Here is the location of an Excel file which contains a rough calculation of the energy input for enriching uranium in a conventional power plant, using two different enrichment technologies, gas diffusion and gas centrifuge.
Data source was from Wikipedia, see Ref in the Excel fil.
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I think even the most ardent advocates of Thorium would have to grant that Thorium is neither clean or safe. It is only comparatively so when talking of other nuclear fuels. I bet that these groupies of the nuclear industry would not let their kids near Thorium waste for 500 years.

I understand that its reputation as 'clean' derives partly from the fact that a Thorium reactor can use waste from conventional reactors and its advocates say that it can thus be used to convert waste which will be lethal for thousands of years into stuff that is only deadly for 500 years. It is seen as a 'cleaner' technology rather than a 'clean' one. And it is seen as a clean-up technology rather than a 'clean' one. It probably will be a serious consideration for the nuclear club when that party sees an end to cheap Uranium and the increasing cost of Uranium wastes. Could we call that Peak Uranium? At that time look for full development of this partly developed Thorium technology.