info nuggets - April 28, 2007

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Today's info nuggets

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* List of 376 new documents today from NRC PDR

Today's source articles

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Nazi nuclear scientist dies at 94
The Olympian (WA)

But a secret recording of German scientists captured by the Allies caught Weizsaecker saying, after hearing of the US nuclear bombing of Japan that, ...

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China envoy says optimistic for N.Korean deal
China Daily (China)

TOKYO - China's top nuclear negotiator said on Saturday Beijing was optimistic for the North Korean denuclearisation deal, which has been stalled due to a ...

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* 36 photo from news story
North Korea demonstrates new ballistic missile
ITAR-TASS (Russia)

SEOUL, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea has displayed a new ballistic missile capable to hit targets on the US Island of Guam, the South Korean Chosun ...

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Olmert denies 1000 missiles remarks
PRESS TV (Iran)

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has denied saying that Iran's nuclear program could be severely harmed by an attack of 1000 cruise missiles. ...

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Olmert says missiles can stop Iran
PRESS TV (Iran)

The Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert has claimed that 1000 cruise missiles could severely hinder Iran's nuclear program if Tehran defies the UN. ...

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Wi-fi fears over children's health
24dash.com (UK)

Prof Challis said the potential risk might be greater for children who were more sensitive than adults to some dangers, like UV radiation. ...

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Black holes could also be portals to other universes
Zee News (India)

One might hope to distinguish the two by something called Hawking radiation, an emission of particles and light which should only come from black holes and ...

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Missile raid would hit Iran nuclear plans: Olmert
Scotsman (UK)

BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran's disputed nuclear programme could be severely hit by firing 1000 cruise missiles in a 10-day attack, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud ...

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Iran's plans can be hit by missiles: Olmert
Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)

Berlin: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said Iran's nuclear programme could be severely hit by firing 1000 cruise missiles in a ten-day attack. ...

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CIA boss warned Bush on UK intelligence
Telegraph.co.uk (UK)

... Mr Tenet writes that there were two points of disagreement - over the yellowcake reports, and over how quickly Saddam could make a nuclear bomb. ...

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Canada lagging many countries on climate fight
CTV.ca (Canada)

Also promotes nuclear energy and other sources such as biomass and fuel cells. United Kingdom: Promises to blow past Kyoto target by an additional 8 per ...

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German Mag Says Olmert Outlined Iran Attack Plan, PM Denies
Arutz Sheva (Israel)

It is impossible perhaps to destroy the entire nuclear program but it would be possible to damage it in such a way that it would be set back years It would ...

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* 167 photo from news story
Kiwi expat coaxes penny-dreadful to $1.3b uranium deal
Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand)

After complaining of a Paladin 'intrusive telephone campaign' targeting his shareholders, he set up a defensive deal in April with French nuclear power ...

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Moussa criticizes nuclear policies
PRESS TV (Iran)

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa has criticized the international community's double-standard nuclear technology policies. ...

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A Russian Oligarch Goes Shopping
New York Times (NY)

Mr. Deripaska, 39, a former nuclear physicist, along with the other Russian billionaires known as oligarchs, is making ever-bolder forays outside Russia. ...

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US hopes India 'will move quickly' on n-deal
Hindu (India)

Washington: Ahead of talks between India and the US here next week on the civil nuclear issue, a senior American official has sought to put the onus on New ...

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* 191 photo from news story
Magnificent sight
Hindu (India)

Through the haze, you can see a power plant, two oil refineries, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and the Rashtriya Chemical Fertilizer factory, ...

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Solana calls for US to hold direct talks with Iran on nuclear issue
RedBolivia.com)

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana encouraged the US administration to hold direct talks with Iran on issues consistent with Iranian nuclear program. ...

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Power play
Courier Mail (Australia)

JOHN Howard yesterday launched Australia towards a nuclear future while his opponent Kevin Rudd vowed a return to the industrial relations laws of the past. ...

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ALP votes for uranium
Sky News Australia (Australia)

The vote means the Labor party will remove its 25 year old ban on new mines, and allow uranium to be exported to countries which have signed the Nuclear ...

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Face-saving ballot delivers narrow uranium mining win
Brisbane Times (Australia)

These would include issues around worker safety and the effective operation of nuclear non-proliferation treaties. Mr Rudd told the conference that lifting ...

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Hinkley cancer claims rubbished
Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News (UK)

This week anti-nuclear protest group Stop Hinkley alleged an increase in Burnham North deaths from breast cancer over the decade to 2005 were related to ...

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Freeomics Reveals Their Proprietary Solutions for Green House ...
PR Web (press release) (WA)

Freeomics technology evolved from providing services in the building and development of nuclear plants. During that progression, Freeomics developed the ...

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Utility's plan: Cut energy use
News & Observer (NC)

'We want Duke Energy to make more profit from their energy-efficiency investment than they make investing in new coal or nuclear generation,' Shore said. ...

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Putin signs ordinance on atomic energy industry reform
ITAR-TASS (Russia)

The new holding 'will be a vertically integrated entity and unite the entire atomic technological cycle Ð from the production of uranium and nuclear fuel to ...

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13 years left to avert a climate catastrophe
Gulf Times (Qatar)

... and said a full range of measures Ñ which he said included renewable energy, carbon storage, nuclear power and energy efficiency Ñ should be harnessed. ...

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Oceans cause global warming
NDTV.com (India)

He also challenged Gray's assertion that ocean currents have more effect on temperatures than carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. 'Global warming is ...

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A Universe of Promise (and a Tankful of Caveats)
New York Times (NY)

Q. Can nuclear power be a source of inexpensive hydrogen? A. Yes. Dr. Kenneth R. Schultz, operations director of the energy group at General Atomics, ...

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Bennett rips timetable on Moab cleanup
Deseret News (UT)

WASHINGTON Ñ The Energy Department's latest timetable for cleaning up uranium tailings from a mill site in Moab is 'unacceptable,' Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, ...

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The coming horror
Sunday Times.lk (Sri Lanka)

This scary scenario is what the world including Sri Lanka has been told over and over for the past two decades Ñ that global warming and greenhouse gases ...

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Oceanlinx Moves to Establish Wave Energy Park in State of Oregon
Salem-News.Com (OR)

The Oceanlinx technology reduces the need for fossil fuels and can result in large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. ...

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Pollution, profits behind high cancer rates
Magazine of the Party for Socialism and Liberation)

Breast Cancer Action observes that ionizing radiation from x-rays and nuclear waste is a proven cause of breast cancer. As the use of chemicals has risen in ...

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Cancer: it's all about Vitamin D (???!!) or Linus Pauling was ...
ScienceBlogs)

According to researchers, between March and October in the higher northern latitudes, the sun's radiation isn't powerful enough to produce Vitamin D (and ...

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Enrico Baj
Art Cal (NY)

In 1951 he founded the Movimento d'Arte Nucleare (the Nuclear Art Movement, or Art for the Nuclear Age) with Sergio Dangelo whose manifesto stated that its ...






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