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May 16, 2009: 12.17pm ET
Ontario Green Party Leader, Frank de Jong, joins calls for nuclear companies to pay for budget overruns.
Interestingly, where governments have enacted laws that force companies building nuclear plants to carry the costs of their overruns, many nuclear companies abandon their plans to bid on new plants...
The logic of that is simple and inescapable... Some governments and the nuclear industry are hiding huge cost overruns in their public announcements and projections...
We need to get the word out. Support and contact politicians like Frank de Jong today!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Ontario, Canada moving closer to radioactive sheep!
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2009 May 16: 11.16am ET
Ontario, Canada moving closer to radioactive sheep!
Ontario, Canada is closer to committing $26 Billion (pre-HUGE cost overruns, no doubt) to new nuclear energy power plants. Is there hope to "stop the madness?" Maybe. Some people, media and politicians in the UK are mobilizing, spreading the word about the truth of the dangers of nuclear energy power. In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded --a minor problem, compared to the disaster that emergency workers stopped! Chernobyl released radioactive dust, that governments called safe.
This month, May 2009, reports are coming out that some British farms and sheep are restricted and banned from sale!
And of course, not one sheep or fruit has entered the public food chain?!
This is a big opportunity. We have proven, easy-to-understand evidence of the dangers of modern nuclear energy power. We need to get the word out! Please help us stop the danger of radioactive sheep!
Funny imagery aside. Imagine a real scenario a la Chernobyl (which happened, pro-nuclear people!). If there was ever a nuclear "mishap" --a "minor" one, leaking radioactive material into the air, water of Ontario, or any major city or region of the world?! Ontario sits on the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the water... Ontario has the largest population of Canada. Ontario is one of the farm centres of Canada... Drop some radioactive dust into the air, the water table, the Great Lakes...
2009 May 16: 11.16am ET
Ontario, Canada moving closer to radioactive sheep!
Ontario, Canada is closer to committing $26 Billion (pre-HUGE cost overruns, no doubt) to new nuclear energy power plants. Is there hope to "stop the madness?" Maybe. Some people, media and politicians in the UK are mobilizing, spreading the word about the truth of the dangers of nuclear energy power. In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded --a minor problem, compared to the disaster that emergency workers stopped! Chernobyl released radioactive dust, that governments called safe.
This month, May 2009, reports are coming out that some British farms and sheep are restricted and banned from sale!
And of course, not one sheep or fruit has entered the public food chain?!
This is a big opportunity. We have proven, easy-to-understand evidence of the dangers of modern nuclear energy power. We need to get the word out! Please help us stop the danger of radioactive sheep!
Funny imagery aside. Imagine a real scenario a la Chernobyl (which happened, pro-nuclear people!). If there was ever a nuclear "mishap" --a "minor" one, leaking radioactive material into the air, water of Ontario, or any major city or region of the world?! Ontario sits on the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the water... Ontario has the largest population of Canada. Ontario is one of the farm centres of Canada... Drop some radioactive dust into the air, the water table, the Great Lakes...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Fluffy British sheep may be a great symbol of our anti-nuclear efforts to reach the public and media, about the dangers of nuclear energy power!
NoNuclearNow.blogspot.com, at May 13, 2009. 11:27am ET
The fluffy sheep may be a symbol of our anti-nuclear efforts to reach the public and media, about the dangers of nuclear energy power!
Thanks to "climateark.com," we found an article from Guardian UK (see below to get web page citation), that there are STILL restrictions on British farms and sheep --restrictions imposed after the radioactive clouds from the Chernobyl nuclear energy reactor explosion, that drifted over parts of the UK, EU and North America in 1986. Yes, since 1986, the British Government has restricted farming use and sheep sales. Radioactive sheep! They are to this day, 2009, still finding and rejecting for sale, sheep that trigger high radioactive levels!
We at NoNuclearNow believe in public and media outreach and education. This issue could be the type of issue that we need in the anti-nuclear movement: "British radioactive sheep in 2009, caused by 1986 Chernobyl disaster." An issue that is simple, easy to understand and explain; an issue that resonates with the minds and hearts of "the people."
That's why we organized the "NoNuclearNow" rally on April 2, 2009. To raise awareness of the dangers of nuclear, we organized the world's first public rally in a pedestrian traffic scramble intersection. A simple, yet creative symbolic moment, to touch minds and hearts.
The British radioative sheep may be a great symbol of the dangers of nuclear?! Shall we name our nuclear sheep monster, "Dolly," like the Frankenstein clone monster of modern medicine?!
Please outreach and let people know: Radioactive farms and sheep exist today. Dangers of nuclear are real, today!
source citations: Guardian UK article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/12/farmers-restricted-chernobyl-disaster
The fluffy sheep may be a symbol of our anti-nuclear efforts to reach the public and media, about the dangers of nuclear energy power!
Thanks to "climateark.com," we found an article from Guardian UK (see below to get web page citation), that there are STILL restrictions on British farms and sheep --restrictions imposed after the radioactive clouds from the Chernobyl nuclear energy reactor explosion, that drifted over parts of the UK, EU and North America in 1986. Yes, since 1986, the British Government has restricted farming use and sheep sales. Radioactive sheep! They are to this day, 2009, still finding and rejecting for sale, sheep that trigger high radioactive levels!
We at NoNuclearNow believe in public and media outreach and education. This issue could be the type of issue that we need in the anti-nuclear movement: "British radioactive sheep in 2009, caused by 1986 Chernobyl disaster." An issue that is simple, easy to understand and explain; an issue that resonates with the minds and hearts of "the people."
That's why we organized the "NoNuclearNow" rally on April 2, 2009. To raise awareness of the dangers of nuclear, we organized the world's first public rally in a pedestrian traffic scramble intersection. A simple, yet creative symbolic moment, to touch minds and hearts.
The British radioative sheep may be a great symbol of the dangers of nuclear?! Shall we name our nuclear sheep monster, "Dolly," like the Frankenstein clone monster of modern medicine?!
Please outreach and let people know: Radioactive farms and sheep exist today. Dangers of nuclear are real, today!
source citations: Guardian UK article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/12/farmers-restricted-chernobyl-disaster
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Public protests and rallies are signs of the decline of our democracy and society?
May 12, 2009, 11.18am ET -- Anti-nuclear Greenpeace activists blocking the road to a nuclear reactor in Ontario, Canada. Ontario Clean Air Alliance urging voters not to vote for the Minister responsible for nuclear power. Our own recent NoNuclearNow rally and efforts... Tamils in Toronto, Canada, blocking major roads and even highways last week.
Some people see the recent public rallies in Toronto, Canada, protesting nuclear energy, and Tamil ethnic cleansing, as all great positive signs of the vitality of democracy and freedom of expression. Viva liberty! But we at "NoNuclearNow" wonder if these public protests, instead, are sad examples of the great decline of our modern democracy and society?
Isn't it a sad comment, indeed, that genuine, concerned citizens of the world find it necessary to organize protests, dramatics, and other aggressive public actions, to attract media and public attention to crucial matters --literally, matters of life and death..?!
For the Tamils, trying to stop possible ethnic cleansing; for anti-nuclear groups, trying to stop nuclear disasters that could destroy humanity... Is democracy and public awareness reduced to street theatre, and battling police in the streets of our cities...?
We at "NoNuclearNow" still believe there's hope. We need to take action. Educate and outreach to the uninformed. Inspire people to action, before it's too late to save the planet and humanity!
Some people see the recent public rallies in Toronto, Canada, protesting nuclear energy, and Tamil ethnic cleansing, as all great positive signs of the vitality of democracy and freedom of expression. Viva liberty! But we at "NoNuclearNow" wonder if these public protests, instead, are sad examples of the great decline of our modern democracy and society?
Isn't it a sad comment, indeed, that genuine, concerned citizens of the world find it necessary to organize protests, dramatics, and other aggressive public actions, to attract media and public attention to crucial matters --literally, matters of life and death..?!
For the Tamils, trying to stop possible ethnic cleansing; for anti-nuclear groups, trying to stop nuclear disasters that could destroy humanity... Is democracy and public awareness reduced to street theatre, and battling police in the streets of our cities...?
We at "NoNuclearNow" still believe there's hope. We need to take action. Educate and outreach to the uninformed. Inspire people to action, before it's too late to save the planet and humanity!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Hackers breach FAA air traffic control systems! Are nuclear reactor control systems really safer?!
Are we taking it for granted that the computers that control nuclear reactors are safe from hackers?! Other major infrastructure computer systems have PROVEN penetration of their computer systems; resulting in stolen passwords; the planting of malicious codes...
The new proposed nuclear ramp-up in Ontario, Canada and the world, would result in thousands of new nuclear plants around the world. Nuclear plants with computer control centres that could be full of technical problems, and software holes that hackers could exploit. And who is guarding against that?
Below are excerpts from Wall Street Journal report about a USA Transportation Department's inspector general report released on May 9, 2009! that suggests that hackers have penetrated government systems throughout 2008! And given that we are pointing out the danger of such hackers to nuclear reactor control systems, it is ironic that the Wall Street Journal article even notes that electrical grid control systems have dangerous links between administrative and operational computer links, that could result in hackers getting into operational functions of the power grid?!!
Excerpt from Wall Street Journal
Last year, hackers of unspecified origin "took over FAA computers in Alaska" to effectively become agency insiders, and traveled the agency networks to Oklahoma, where they stole the network administrator's password and used it to install malicious codes, the report said. These hackers also gained the ability to obtain 40,000 FAA passwords and other information used to control the administrative network, it said.
In February, another cyber break-in yielded the personal information of 48,000 current and former agency employees.
"The threat of hackers interfering with our air-traffic control systems is not just theoretical; it has already happened," said Republican Rep. Tom Petri of Wisconsin, one of the lawmakers who requested the report. "We must regard the strengthening of our air-traffic control security as an urgent matter."
Tom Kellermann, a vice president at Core Security Technologies, a cybersecurity company, likened the threats cited by the report to the television show "24" in which terrorists hack into and commandeer the FAA's air-traffic control system to crash planes. "The integrity of the data on which ground control is relying can be manipulated, much as seen in '24,'" he said.
Most critical infrastructure, such as the electric grid, have developed links between administrative and operational control systems that indirectly link the control systems to the public Internet, intelligence officials said.
The new proposed nuclear ramp-up in Ontario, Canada and the world, would result in thousands of new nuclear plants around the world. Nuclear plants with computer control centres that could be full of technical problems, and software holes that hackers could exploit. And who is guarding against that?
Below are excerpts from Wall Street Journal report about a USA Transportation Department's inspector general report released on May 9, 2009! that suggests that hackers have penetrated government systems throughout 2008! And given that we are pointing out the danger of such hackers to nuclear reactor control systems, it is ironic that the Wall Street Journal article even notes that electrical grid control systems have dangerous links between administrative and operational computer links, that could result in hackers getting into operational functions of the power grid?!!
Excerpt from Wall Street Journal
Last year, hackers of unspecified origin "took over FAA computers in Alaska" to effectively become agency insiders, and traveled the agency networks to Oklahoma, where they stole the network administrator's password and used it to install malicious codes, the report said. These hackers also gained the ability to obtain 40,000 FAA passwords and other information used to control the administrative network, it said.
In February, another cyber break-in yielded the personal information of 48,000 current and former agency employees.
"The threat of hackers interfering with our air-traffic control systems is not just theoretical; it has already happened," said Republican Rep. Tom Petri of Wisconsin, one of the lawmakers who requested the report. "We must regard the strengthening of our air-traffic control security as an urgent matter."
Tom Kellermann, a vice president at Core Security Technologies, a cybersecurity company, likened the threats cited by the report to the television show "24" in which terrorists hack into and commandeer the FAA's air-traffic control system to crash planes. "The integrity of the data on which ground control is relying can be manipulated, much as seen in '24,'" he said.
Most critical infrastructure, such as the electric grid, have developed links between administrative and operational control systems that indirectly link the control systems to the public Internet, intelligence officials said.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Using legislation to fight nuclear energy proliferation
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We at NoNuclearNow, want to ask you, the people of the world, for your thoughts and ideas on what legislative pressure we can bring to oppose the looming unchecked nuclear energy proliferation in Ontario, Canada and the world. Some examples --some successful, at that, so take heart, everyone!
1 In the USA, some recent proposed nuclear energy reactor projects have been stopped, because legislation has banned taxpayer bailouts of any overruns by new nuclear energy reactor constructions... The nuclear companies themselves suspended their projects! What does that say about the nuclear industry's claims of being efficient, cost-effective, safe...
2 In Canada, anti-nuclear activists are seeking similar legislation amendments to the provincial Ontario Government's Green Act.
3 In Scotland, we were provided with the following comment from Utility Week; a quote that suggests another avenue that the public may use to bring pressure to bear on nuclear energy proliferation: planning and zoning.
"Mike Weir, the Scottish National Party MP for Angus, insisted: "The Scottish Government are entitled to exercise their power under the electricity and planning legislation"."
We at NoNuclearNow, want to ask you, the people of the world, for your thoughts and ideas on what legislative pressure we can bring to oppose the looming unchecked nuclear energy proliferation in Ontario, Canada and the world. Some examples --some successful, at that, so take heart, everyone!
1 In the USA, some recent proposed nuclear energy reactor projects have been stopped, because legislation has banned taxpayer bailouts of any overruns by new nuclear energy reactor constructions... The nuclear companies themselves suspended their projects! What does that say about the nuclear industry's claims of being efficient, cost-effective, safe...
2 In Canada, anti-nuclear activists are seeking similar legislation amendments to the provincial Ontario Government's Green Act.
3 In Scotland, we were provided with the following comment from Utility Week; a quote that suggests another avenue that the public may use to bring pressure to bear on nuclear energy proliferation: planning and zoning.
"Mike Weir, the Scottish National Party MP for Angus, insisted: "The Scottish Government are entitled to exercise their power under the electricity and planning legislation"."
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Nuclear is safe?! Chernobyl radiation cloud went across EU, UK, and even northeast North America
The nuclear industry wants the politicians, media and people of the world, to believe that nuclear power is SAFE! Please let your contacts, family and friends know the simple real, PROVEN fact: the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear energy reactor in 1986 released radioactive clouds that were RECORDED and REPORTED by governments and scientists.
These radioative clouds drifted across the EU, the UK, to northeast North America.
We are trying to get the exact statistics about these radiation clouds, and post them here for you... Maybe, some of you --our wonderful readers and supporters of NoNuclearNow-- can help! If you know, send us one of your great emails and let us know what you know!
We understand that radiation levels were up everywhere, where the clouds drifted.
And there is concern that various governments and officials covered up the extent of the danger and consequences this radioactive exposure had on the health of the people of the world!
We heard (unconfirmed) that Scotland's radiation levels were up 10 times over the normal after Chernobyl. We'll try to ask the Honourable Scottish MP Mike Weir, an anti-nuclear proponent, whom we just discovered, may have hit upon an AMAZING admission by a top British nuclear industry exec, that nuclear energy is dangerous!!
We'll be posting more on this later hopefully soon. The Ontario Government's decision on nuclear is looming! And with this nuclear ramp-up, a new looming global nuclear age, that would destroy humanity and civilization.... Please, let's get the information out there! Nuclear is NOT safe. Nuclear is NOT green. Nuclear is Not cost-effective... Nuclear energy is NOT the answer.
These radioative clouds drifted across the EU, the UK, to northeast North America.
We are trying to get the exact statistics about these radiation clouds, and post them here for you... Maybe, some of you --our wonderful readers and supporters of NoNuclearNow-- can help! If you know, send us one of your great emails and let us know what you know!
We understand that radiation levels were up everywhere, where the clouds drifted.
And there is concern that various governments and officials covered up the extent of the danger and consequences this radioactive exposure had on the health of the people of the world!
We heard (unconfirmed) that Scotland's radiation levels were up 10 times over the normal after Chernobyl. We'll try to ask the Honourable Scottish MP Mike Weir, an anti-nuclear proponent, whom we just discovered, may have hit upon an AMAZING admission by a top British nuclear industry exec, that nuclear energy is dangerous!!
We'll be posting more on this later hopefully soon. The Ontario Government's decision on nuclear is looming! And with this nuclear ramp-up, a new looming global nuclear age, that would destroy humanity and civilization.... Please, let's get the information out there! Nuclear is NOT safe. Nuclear is NOT green. Nuclear is Not cost-effective... Nuclear energy is NOT the answer.
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