President Obama wants lawmakers to act on climate-and-energy bill
President Barack Obama met with top White House officials and senior lawmakers to reiterate his commitment to a climate-and-energy bill. Obama reportedly expressed support in the meeting for "clean-energy incentives" that would lead to jobs and reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil, a source said. The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...dist_smartbrief
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Search for permanent waste repository could last a long time
Debating the Nuclear Waste Problem
By MATTHEW L. WALD
earch for permanent waste repository could last a long time
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is examining how long nuclear waste can be stored in the interim before a permanent repository is selected, said Gregory B. Jaczko, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jaczko did not think a new policy should predict when a new repository would become available, only determine "the limits of safe and secure storage of fuel." The New York Times/Green Inc. blog
By MATTHEW L. WALD
earch for permanent waste repository could last a long time
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is examining how long nuclear waste can be stored in the interim before a permanent repository is selected, said Gregory B. Jaczko, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jaczko did not think a new policy should predict when a new repository would become available, only determine "the limits of safe and secure storage of fuel." The New York Times/Green Inc. blog
GE Hitachi eyes sale of up to 15 reactors in Europe
GE Hitachi eyes sale of up to 15 reactors in Europe
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy intends to sell up to 15 of its ESBWR reactors in Europe over the next decade, company executive Daniel Roderick said. The reactor "resonates very well in Europe because it has the lowest core-damage frequency of any plant design in the world," he added during a nuclear conference. The company also forged a nuclear-cooperation deal with Italy's EnergyLab Foundation. ForexYard/Reuters
http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/GE-Hitachi-wants-to-sell-reactors-to-Europe-2010-03-09T171855Z-INTERVIEW-UPDATE-1
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy intends to sell up to 15 of its ESBWR reactors in Europe over the next decade, company executive Daniel Roderick said. The reactor "resonates very well in Europe because it has the lowest core-damage frequency of any plant design in the world," he added during a nuclear conference. The company also forged a nuclear-cooperation deal with Italy's EnergyLab Foundation. ForexYard/Reuters
http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/GE-Hitachi-wants-to-sell-reactors-to-Europe-2010-03-09T171855Z-INTERVIEW-UPDATE-1
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Panel Confirms Japan-U.S. Secret Pacts, Leads to Gov't Policy Shift
Panel Confirms Japan-U.S. Secret Pacts, Leads to Gov't Policy Shift
Kyodo News
A Foreign Ministry panel concluded Tuesday that secret pacts on nuclear arms and other issues were reached by Japan and the United States in the Cold War era, leading the Japanese government to end its decades-long official denial that any such agreements existed.
Full Article
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=489664
Kyodo News
A Foreign Ministry panel concluded Tuesday that secret pacts on nuclear arms and other issues were reached by Japan and the United States in the Cold War era, leading the Japanese government to end its decades-long official denial that any such agreements existed.
Full Article
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=489664
Nuclear Liability Law Has Sting in Tail for the U.S. Too
Nuclear Liability Law Has Sting in Tail for the U.S. Too
Siddharth Varadarajan, The Hindu
The Manmohan Singh government may be courting trouble at home by pushing a controversial new law to limit the financial exposure of nuclear companies in the event of a nuclear accident.
Full Article
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article202534.ece
Siddharth Varadarajan, The Hindu
The Manmohan Singh government may be courting trouble at home by pushing a controversial new law to limit the financial exposure of nuclear companies in the event of a nuclear accident.
Full Article
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article202534.ece
E.U. to Begin Press on Nuclear Standards
E.U. to Begin Press on Nuclear Standards
James Kanter, The New York Times
The head of the European Commission was to begin a push Monday for European safety standards for nuclear power plants to become binding worldwide, a development that might benefit France as it competes to sell its expensive technology and expertise against countries offering cheaper alternatives.
Full Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/business/global/08nuclear.html
James Kanter, The New York Times
The head of the European Commission was to begin a push Monday for European safety standards for nuclear power plants to become binding worldwide, a development that might benefit France as it competes to sell its expensive technology and expertise against countries offering cheaper alternatives.
Full Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/business/global/08nuclear.html
Israel, Syria Announce Nuclear Energy Ambitions
Israel, Syria Announce Nuclear Energy Ambitions
Angela Charlton, Associated Press
Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its secretive nuclear activities.
Full Article
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giyNlhzvHO3iOjo5LYc1gL7eFRxgD9EB2I680
Angela Charlton, Associated Press
Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its secretive nuclear activities.
Full Article
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giyNlhzvHO3iOjo5LYc1gL7eFRxgD9EB2I680
U.S. Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran
U.S. Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran
Jo Becker and Ron Nixon, The New York Times
The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to foreign and multinational American companies while they were doing business in Iran, despite Washington's efforts to discourage investment there, records show.
Full Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/world/middleeast/07sanctions.html
Jo Becker and Ron Nixon, The New York Times
The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to foreign and multinational American companies while they were doing business in Iran, despite Washington's efforts to discourage investment there, records show.
Full Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/world/middleeast/07sanctions.html
Obama Must Decide Degree to Which U.S. Swears Off Nuclear Weapons
Obama Must Decide Degree to Which U.S. Swears Off Nuclear Weapons
Mary Beth Sheridan and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/05/AR2010030502260.html
Obama President Obama's top national security advisers will within days present him with an agonizing choice on how to guide U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the rest of his term.
Does he substantially advance his bold pledge to seek a world free of nuclear weapons by declaring that the "sole purpose" of the U.S. arsenal is to deter other nations from using them? Or does he embrace a more modest option, supported by some senior military officials, that deterrence is the "primary purpose"?
Full Article
* Statement by President Obama on the 40th Anniversary of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-obama-40th-anniversary-nuclear-nonproliferation-treaty
Mary Beth Sheridan and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/05/AR2010030502260.html
Obama President Obama's top national security advisers will within days present him with an agonizing choice on how to guide U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the rest of his term.
Does he substantially advance his bold pledge to seek a world free of nuclear weapons by declaring that the "sole purpose" of the U.S. arsenal is to deter other nations from using them? Or does he embrace a more modest option, supported by some senior military officials, that deterrence is the "primary purpose"?
Full Article
* Statement by President Obama on the 40th Anniversary of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-obama-40th-anniversary-nuclear-nonproliferation-treaty
Sarkozy urges international banks to help finance nuclear projects
Sarkozy urges international banks to help finance nuclear projects
Global financial institutions should make a "wholehearted commitment" to fund civilian nuclear projects to help countries construct energy plants, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. "I do not understand and I do not accept the ostracization of nuclear projects by international financing," he said during a nuclear energy summit. Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6273D920100308
Global financial institutions should make a "wholehearted commitment" to fund civilian nuclear projects to help countries construct energy plants, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. "I do not understand and I do not accept the ostracization of nuclear projects by international financing," he said during a nuclear energy summit. Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6273D920100308
Official: Israel is seeking a partner in nuclear energy project
Official: Israel is seeking a partner in nuclear energy project
Uzi Landau, Israel's infrastructure minister, will announce today that the country is studying the construction of a nuclear-power facility to diversify its energy industry. The country has the capability to build a reactor, but its preference is to collaborate with other countries, he said. The Washington Post/Reuters
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030802100.html
Uzi Landau, Israel's infrastructure minister, will announce today that the country is studying the construction of a nuclear-power facility to diversify its energy industry. The country has the capability to build a reactor, but its preference is to collaborate with other countries, he said. The Washington Post/Reuters
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030802100.html
GAO urged to review permit process for nuclear plants
GAO urged to review permit process for nuclear plants
Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., is calling on the Government Accountability Office to review the policies and procedures in the permitting process for nuclear projects. In a letter to the acting comptroller general, Markey wrote that he wants the GAO to examine whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has adequately weighed the safety and financial aspects of nuclear power plants. The Hill/E2 Wire blog
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/85463-house-democrat-asks-gao-to-investigate-nuclear-licensing-process
Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., is calling on the Government Accountability Office to review the policies and procedures in the permitting process for nuclear projects. In a letter to the acting comptroller general, Markey wrote that he wants the GAO to examine whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has adequately weighed the safety and financial aspects of nuclear power plants. The Hill/E2 Wire blog
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/85463-house-democrat-asks-gao-to-investigate-nuclear-licensing-process
Calif. county considering delay in license renewal for nuclear plant
Calif. county considering delay in license renewal for nuclear plant
The San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors may ask federal regulators to push back the relicensing process for the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility until its owner completes additional high-tech seismic studies. The board will also vote whether to ask the California Public Utilities Commission to clear Pacific Gas and Electric's plan to have ratepayers cover the $16.73 million cost of such studies. The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/03/07/1058240/diablo-license-renewal-may-be.html
The San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors may ask federal regulators to push back the relicensing process for the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility until its owner completes additional high-tech seismic studies. The board will also vote whether to ask the California Public Utilities Commission to clear Pacific Gas and Electric's plan to have ratepayers cover the $16.73 million cost of such studies. The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/03/07/1058240/diablo-license-renewal-may-be.html
Energy Dept. awards $40M for development of advanced reactor
Energy Dept. awards $40M for development of advanced reactor
The Energy Department has granted $20 million each to Westinghouse Electric and General Atomics for the development of the department's Next Generation Nuclear Plant project. The designs from the two teams will help the department choose whether to move forward with a demonstration reactor that can generate power and process heat for industrial purposes. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100308-709846.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
The Energy Department has granted $20 million each to Westinghouse Electric and General Atomics for the development of the department's Next Generation Nuclear Plant project. The designs from the two teams will help the department choose whether to move forward with a demonstration reactor that can generate power and process heat for industrial purposes. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100308-709846.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Obama Faces Decision on Nuke Policy -- Global Security Newswire
Obama Faces Decision on Nuke Policy -- Global Security Newswire
U.S. President Barack Obama has to make a choice shortly on the exact role of U.S. nuclear weapons, the Washington Post reported Saturday (see GSN, March 3).
In the forthcoming Nuclear Posture Review, Obama could adopt a policy that says the "primary purpose" of the U.S. nuclear stockpile is to deter a nuclear attack. That stance has the support of some ranking military officials.
Read more ....
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100308_2195.php
U.S. President Barack Obama has to make a choice shortly on the exact role of U.S. nuclear weapons, the Washington Post reported Saturday (see GSN, March 3).
In the forthcoming Nuclear Posture Review, Obama could adopt a policy that says the "primary purpose" of the U.S. nuclear stockpile is to deter a nuclear attack. That stance has the support of some ranking military officials.
Read more ....
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100308_2195.php
The 'Peace President' Wants To Keep America's Nukes by Eric Margolis
The 'Peace President' Wants To Keep America's Nukes
by Eric Margolis
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis182.html
NEW YORK – As if President Barack Obama did not have enough on his plate, he will shortly issue a Nuclear Posture Review – which is, in fact, a month overdue.
Each new American president must by law review his nation's nuclear weapons and strategy.
Accordingly, Nobel Peace Laureate Obama will decide what to do with America's 5,500 strategic nuclear weapons – that possess enough destructive power to destroy the planet at least five times over. Some experts say it's 50 times over.
Obama, strongly influenced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, is expected to decide to spend US $7 billion modernizing US nuclear weapons and plants. Maintaining US nuclear weapons cost some $52 billion annually. Nuclear weapons deteriorate over time, so require regular maintenance and refurbishment.
Still, this is a huge amount at a time when the nation is bankrupt and running on borrowed money. President Obama just can't seem to escape the shadow of his bellicose predecessor.
The president is also expected to reject a "no first use" policy demanded by senior Democrats, led by California senator Diane Feinstein. Such a pledge would reaffirm the sole purpose of the US arsenal is deterring nuclear attack. Offensive use of US nuclear weapons would be banned under a "no first use" doctrine.
Russia made such a declaration in the 1990's, but today its position is ambiguous. China, Pakistan, India, and North Korea have made no first use declarations. The NATO powers appear to favor a first strike policy. Israel denies having nuclear weapons, but promises not to be the first to introduce them into the Mideast – which it did decades ago.
Deeply disturbing many liberals, President Obama will likely assert the option to use nuclear weapons against other non-nuclear nations or anti-American groups – particularly so if the US is attacked by chemical or biological weapons. He is following the policy of preemption established by President George W. Bush.
The US and Russia are nearing agreement to cut their deployed strategic warheads by a 1,000 units down to 1,500–1,675 each. But much of these reductions would come by storing rather than dismantling active warheads.
Thousands more tactical nuclear warheads will remain, though Washington hints it might remove some from Western Europe and Asia. Tactical nuclear weapons would play a key role in halting a North Korean attack on South Korea.
Nuclear weapons are widely accepted in the West as a legitimate defense against nuclear attack.
But since the Bush administration, the hard right has been pushing for using small nuclear weapons against deeply buried targets – like Iranian nuclear plants – or guerilla groups.
A new, small tactical nuclear warhead, aka "Muslim-buster" – was evaluated and almost went into production before it was stopped by the US Congress.
Republicans are again beating the war drums over the supposed nuclear threat from North Korea and Iran. They accuse Obama of near treason for having even considered scrapping part or all of America's huge nuclear arsenal, as he once promised to do.
These low-IQ Republican scaremongers don't know, or don't care that North Korea has no long-ranged nuclear capability, or wants nukes for defense against possible US nuclear attack – and as a way of extorting funds from the US, Japan and South Korea. Or that Iran has no nuclear weapons as of now, and poses no threat to the distant US.
Retired US generals and admirals have repeatedly advocated junking all nuclear weapons, calling them ruinously expensive and of no military value.
The 1970 UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty mandated all signatories to quickly dismantle their nuclear weapons. The US, Britain, France, Russia, China are in treaty violation. Israel, Pakistan, North Korea, and India refused to sign and secretly built their own nuclear arsenals.
In the 1980's, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made sweeping proposals for total nuclear disarmament, but President Ronald Reagan foolishly refused to scrap the US nuclear arsenal or his beloved Star Wars antimissile system. The Soviet military-industrial complex was no happier than its American counterpart to see nuclear arsenals dismantled.
"Peace president" Barack Obama has the chance to get rid of America's largely useless nukes, or at least reduce them to a dozen or so strategic missiles. But while Obama may slightly narrow nuclear doctrine, it appears America's increasingly potent national security complex and angry Republicans have pushed him into retaining and even expanding the nation's nuclear capability.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is promoting its new "Prompt Global Response" system: US-based missiles with conventional warheads that can rapidly strike anywhere on the planet.
When one of these missiles is fired at some Muslim malefactors in, say Pakistan or Afghanistan, one hopes Russia or China will not confuse it for a nuclear strike aimed at them.
In 1995, Russian air defenses mistook a Norwegian scientific missile for a US nuclear strike. Russian nuclear missiles came within minutes of being fired at North America. The Cold War was filled with such terrifying nuclear false alarms and close calls.
Global nuclear disarmament means intensive inspections of all nuclear-capable powers, including Brazil, Iran, Israel, India, Pakistan, both Koreas, and Taiwan as well as the nuclear great powers. Even Switzerland and Japan could produce nuclear weapons within 90 days.
President Obama should have led the way by sharply reducing, then scrapping America's nuclear arsenal. What thwarts this sensible policy is not verification, but political willpower and courage.
The only nation to ever use horrific nuclear weapons should take the lead in freeing humanity from their curse and setting an example for others.
March 9, 2010
Eric Margolis [send him mail] is contributing foreign editor for Sun National Media Canada. He is the author of War at the Top of the World and the new book, American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World. See his website.
Copyright © 2010 Eric Margolis
by Eric Margolis
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis182.html
NEW YORK – As if President Barack Obama did not have enough on his plate, he will shortly issue a Nuclear Posture Review – which is, in fact, a month overdue.
Each new American president must by law review his nation's nuclear weapons and strategy.
Accordingly, Nobel Peace Laureate Obama will decide what to do with America's 5,500 strategic nuclear weapons – that possess enough destructive power to destroy the planet at least five times over. Some experts say it's 50 times over.
Obama, strongly influenced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, is expected to decide to spend US $7 billion modernizing US nuclear weapons and plants. Maintaining US nuclear weapons cost some $52 billion annually. Nuclear weapons deteriorate over time, so require regular maintenance and refurbishment.
Still, this is a huge amount at a time when the nation is bankrupt and running on borrowed money. President Obama just can't seem to escape the shadow of his bellicose predecessor.
The president is also expected to reject a "no first use" policy demanded by senior Democrats, led by California senator Diane Feinstein. Such a pledge would reaffirm the sole purpose of the US arsenal is deterring nuclear attack. Offensive use of US nuclear weapons would be banned under a "no first use" doctrine.
Russia made such a declaration in the 1990's, but today its position is ambiguous. China, Pakistan, India, and North Korea have made no first use declarations. The NATO powers appear to favor a first strike policy. Israel denies having nuclear weapons, but promises not to be the first to introduce them into the Mideast – which it did decades ago.
Deeply disturbing many liberals, President Obama will likely assert the option to use nuclear weapons against other non-nuclear nations or anti-American groups – particularly so if the US is attacked by chemical or biological weapons. He is following the policy of preemption established by President George W. Bush.
The US and Russia are nearing agreement to cut their deployed strategic warheads by a 1,000 units down to 1,500–1,675 each. But much of these reductions would come by storing rather than dismantling active warheads.
Thousands more tactical nuclear warheads will remain, though Washington hints it might remove some from Western Europe and Asia. Tactical nuclear weapons would play a key role in halting a North Korean attack on South Korea.
Nuclear weapons are widely accepted in the West as a legitimate defense against nuclear attack.
But since the Bush administration, the hard right has been pushing for using small nuclear weapons against deeply buried targets – like Iranian nuclear plants – or guerilla groups.
A new, small tactical nuclear warhead, aka "Muslim-buster" – was evaluated and almost went into production before it was stopped by the US Congress.
Republicans are again beating the war drums over the supposed nuclear threat from North Korea and Iran. They accuse Obama of near treason for having even considered scrapping part or all of America's huge nuclear arsenal, as he once promised to do.
These low-IQ Republican scaremongers don't know, or don't care that North Korea has no long-ranged nuclear capability, or wants nukes for defense against possible US nuclear attack – and as a way of extorting funds from the US, Japan and South Korea. Or that Iran has no nuclear weapons as of now, and poses no threat to the distant US.
Retired US generals and admirals have repeatedly advocated junking all nuclear weapons, calling them ruinously expensive and of no military value.
The 1970 UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty mandated all signatories to quickly dismantle their nuclear weapons. The US, Britain, France, Russia, China are in treaty violation. Israel, Pakistan, North Korea, and India refused to sign and secretly built their own nuclear arsenals.
In the 1980's, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made sweeping proposals for total nuclear disarmament, but President Ronald Reagan foolishly refused to scrap the US nuclear arsenal or his beloved Star Wars antimissile system. The Soviet military-industrial complex was no happier than its American counterpart to see nuclear arsenals dismantled.
"Peace president" Barack Obama has the chance to get rid of America's largely useless nukes, or at least reduce them to a dozen or so strategic missiles. But while Obama may slightly narrow nuclear doctrine, it appears America's increasingly potent national security complex and angry Republicans have pushed him into retaining and even expanding the nation's nuclear capability.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is promoting its new "Prompt Global Response" system: US-based missiles with conventional warheads that can rapidly strike anywhere on the planet.
When one of these missiles is fired at some Muslim malefactors in, say Pakistan or Afghanistan, one hopes Russia or China will not confuse it for a nuclear strike aimed at them.
In 1995, Russian air defenses mistook a Norwegian scientific missile for a US nuclear strike. Russian nuclear missiles came within minutes of being fired at North America. The Cold War was filled with such terrifying nuclear false alarms and close calls.
Global nuclear disarmament means intensive inspections of all nuclear-capable powers, including Brazil, Iran, Israel, India, Pakistan, both Koreas, and Taiwan as well as the nuclear great powers. Even Switzerland and Japan could produce nuclear weapons within 90 days.
President Obama should have led the way by sharply reducing, then scrapping America's nuclear arsenal. What thwarts this sensible policy is not verification, but political willpower and courage.
The only nation to ever use horrific nuclear weapons should take the lead in freeing humanity from their curse and setting an example for others.
March 9, 2010
Eric Margolis [send him mail] is contributing foreign editor for Sun National Media Canada. He is the author of War at the Top of the World and the new book, American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World. See his website.
Copyright © 2010 Eric Margolis
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Iran begins cruise-missile production
Iran begins cruise-missile production
from The Washington Times stories: News by Nasser Karimi ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEHRAN -- Iran announced Sunday it has started a new production line of highly accurate short-range cruise missiles, which would add a new element to the country's already imposing arsenal. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, Iran's defense minister, told Iranian state TV that the cruise missile, called Nasr 1, would be capable of destroying targets up to 3,000 tons in size. The minister said the missile can be fired from ground-based launchers as well as ships but eventually would be modified to be fired from helicopters and submarines. Western powers already are concerned about Iran's military capabilities, especially the implications of its ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/07/iran-begins-cruise-missile-production/
from The Washington Times stories: News by Nasser Karimi ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEHRAN -- Iran announced Sunday it has started a new production line of highly accurate short-range cruise missiles, which would add a new element to the country's already imposing arsenal. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, Iran's defense minister, told Iranian state TV that the cruise missile, called Nasr 1, would be capable of destroying targets up to 3,000 tons in size. The minister said the missile can be fired from ground-based launchers as well as ships but eventually would be modified to be fired from helicopters and submarines. Western powers already are concerned about Iran's military capabilities, especially the implications of its ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/07/iran-begins-cruise-missile-production/
Iran unveils first cruise missile before Ahmadinejad trip to Kabul from DEBKAfile
Iran unveils first cruise missile before Ahmadinejad trip to Kabul
from DEBKAfile
The short-range Nasr 1 (Victory 1) was claimed to be capable of destroying warships of up to 3,000 tons when launched from the ground or sea. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced a visit Monday, March 8, to Kabul, after a provocative statement calling 9/11 "a big fabrication" to justify the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
http://www.debka.com/article/8635/
from DEBKAfile
The short-range Nasr 1 (Victory 1) was claimed to be capable of destroying warships of up to 3,000 tons when launched from the ground or sea. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced a visit Monday, March 8, to Kabul, after a provocative statement calling 9/11 "a big fabrication" to justify the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
http://www.debka.com/article/8635/
The $62M Pickens Project: Natural Gas Legislation by Memorial Day?
The $62M Pickens Project: Natural Gas Legislation by Memorial Day?
from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page by Greentech Media
Greentech Media submits:
By Eric Wesoff
T. Boone Pickens, the Chairman of BP Capital Management, spoke at the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics event on Thursday afternoon. The 81-year-old oilman and geologist is on a mission to get the U.S. off of OPEC oil and on to natural gas -- and he doesn't have a lot of time. He insists he doesn't have time for Research and Development. In his words, he doesn't "have ten years for R or ten years for D." Despite that claim, at his current level of feisty -- I have little doubt he'll live to 101.
Complete Story
http://seekingalpha.com/article/192284-the-62m-pickens-project-natural-gas-legislation-by-memorial-day?source=feed
from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page by Greentech Media
Greentech Media submits:
By Eric Wesoff
T. Boone Pickens, the Chairman of BP Capital Management, spoke at the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics event on Thursday afternoon. The 81-year-old oilman and geologist is on a mission to get the U.S. off of OPEC oil and on to natural gas -- and he doesn't have a lot of time. He insists he doesn't have time for Research and Development. In his words, he doesn't "have ten years for R or ten years for D." Despite that claim, at his current level of feisty -- I have little doubt he'll live to 101.
Complete Story
http://seekingalpha.com/article/192284-the-62m-pickens-project-natural-gas-legislation-by-memorial-day?source=feed
AEP, FPL: U.S. Utilities Agree on Nukes, CCS and CO2
AEP, FPL: U.S. Utilities Agree on Nukes, CCS and CO2
from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page by Greentech Media
Greentech Media submits:
The CEOs and Chairmen of two of the largest utilities in the United States were brought together on stage Friday morning in Southern California at the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics event. Although there are large differences in where and how they source their respective fuels and feedstocks, when it comes to the subject of nuclear power, clean coal, carbon capture, carbon and government sloth -- they tended to be in violent agreement.
American Electric Power (AEP) gets about 80% of their electricity from coal while FPL gets only 4% of their energy from coal. FPL Group (FPL) is the biggest U.S. producer of wind power, operates in 27 states and generates about $16 billion in annual revenue.
Complete Story
http://seekingalpha.com/article/192286-aep-fpl-u-s-utilities-agree-on-nukes-ccs-and-co2?source=feed
from SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page by Greentech Media
Greentech Media submits:
The CEOs and Chairmen of two of the largest utilities in the United States were brought together on stage Friday morning in Southern California at the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics event. Although there are large differences in where and how they source their respective fuels and feedstocks, when it comes to the subject of nuclear power, clean coal, carbon capture, carbon and government sloth -- they tended to be in violent agreement.
American Electric Power (AEP) gets about 80% of their electricity from coal while FPL gets only 4% of their energy from coal. FPL Group (FPL) is the biggest U.S. producer of wind power, operates in 27 states and generates about $16 billion in annual revenue.
Complete Story
http://seekingalpha.com/article/192286-aep-fpl-u-s-utilities-agree-on-nukes-ccs-and-co2?source=feed
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