http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nuclear/ en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:16:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051658/posts WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- As the soaring cost of fossil fuels grabs both voters' and the candidates' attention, alternatives including nuclear power are enjoying a renaissance on the campaign trail. But while both Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama embrace nuclear power as a viable form of energy, hurdles remain to ramping up production, including the cost of building plants, where to store the related waste and how to transport it. Moreover, politicians will have to overcome jitters about building new plants in local communities. With 104 nuclear power plants in the U.S., nuclear energy currently produces about 20% of U.S.... Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051658/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051629/posts via translation - ALERT - Nuclear: Iran has 5,000 to 6,000 centrifuges TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that Iran had 5,000 to 6,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment activities, confirming that the Islamic Republic has expanded its controversial nuclear programme, reported state radio. AFP via translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051629/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:20:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051445/posts What we really need from the climate modelers is an accurate 50-year projection of global politics. Will people believe the computer's dire prophecy enough to change their lifestyles? While we wait for 50 million lines of code to reveal the supposed future, consider how things look to one very knowledgeable energy analyst, Vinod K. Dar, who runs Dar & Company, a consultant to the energy industry, in Bethesda, Md. What follows is my own gloss on Dar's analysis. Everything he says, however, squares with all that I've seen and learned in the 30 years I've watched energy markets here and... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051445/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051383/posts White House hopeful Barack Obama has said Iran should not wait for the next US president to be elected before resolving its dispute with the West. He was speaking during a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, on his world tour ahead of November's US elections. Mr Sarkozy said there was a "tremendous convergence" of views in their meeting. Afterwards Mr Obama flew to London where he is due to meet senior British politicians on Saturday. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, opposition Conservative leader David Cameron and the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, are all due to... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051383/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:03:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051359/posts That face-to-facer in Geneva’s really paying dividends, huh? This calls for more diplomacy. The [UN] investigation ran into trouble just months after being launched [last year]. Deadline after deadline was extended because of Iranian foot-dragging. The probe, originally meant to be completed late last year, spilled into the first months of 2008, and beyond… Officials say that among the evidence given to the IAEA are what seem to be Iranian draft plans to refit missiles with nuclear warheads; explosives tests that could be used to develop a nuclear detonator, and a drawing showing how to mold uranium metal into the... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051359/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:17:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051268/posts As the mainstream media is dominated by its attention to the preparations for Beijing Olympics being held August 8-24 this year, an obvious truth is being ignored or going unaddressed. The more important story is that China is on a mission to dominate the United States and the rest of the world militarily by building nuclear weaponry meant to defeat the United States on the world stage. The actual Olympics pale in comparison to this upcoming event. And while our people continue to be distracted by a variety of “shiny things” meant to divert their attention, the Chinese continue their... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051268/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:52:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051238/posts It is a high ambition of the Rudd Government to greatly deepen Australia's engagement with India. Well, it is about to get the opportunity to do just that. This week, the Indian parliament passed a momentously important vote of confidence in the Government of Manmohan Singh. This vote could be a pivot point in modern history. It was all about India's nuclear co-operation deal with the US. (SNIP) India is not a signatory of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and is not one of the five accepted nuclear weapons states (the US, Britain, France, Russia and China). But it possesses a... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051238/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:13:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051051/posts Saeed Jalili, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, handed a two-page letter riddled with typing errors - and mysteriously titled the "None Paper" - to diplomats from the world's six leading powers in Geneva last weekend. For the first time, America had sent the State Department's third highest-ranking official, William Burns, to join the talks. Mr Jalili had been expected to give Iran's formal response to last month's offer of technical and economic help if Tehran stopped enriching uranium. Instead, he only bemused his interlocutors. "His discourse was rambling. He had a lot to say about Iranian history... Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051051/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050706/posts Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that the United States' participation in the latest round of nuclear talks is a step toward recognizing Tehran's right to acquire nuclear technology. A senior diplomat from the U.S. joined envoys from five other world powers in Switzerland at Saturday's talks on Iran's nuclear program. Ahmadinejad told thousands of supporters gathered in the southern Iranian town of Yasouj that U.S. Undersecretary of State William Burns spoke politely and in a dignified manner. "It was a step toward recognizing the rights of the Iranian nation, toward justice, toward repairing your image in the world, toward... Haaretz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050706/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:13:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050720/posts Barack Obama, calling himself a "Citizen of the World," committed himself to reducing America's Nuclear Defenses in a speech delivered in Berlin, Germany, today -- a city ironically united because Ronald Reagan built up America's Nuclear Arsenal. This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. The two superpowers that faced each other across the wall of this city came too close too often to destroying all we have built and all that we love. With that wall gone, we need not stand idly by and watch the further spread of the deadly... Blogs for John McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050720/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:39:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050421/posts Radical environmentalists didn’t like it when President Bush decided not to use the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. And they hated his lifting of the presidential ban on offshore drilling. But whether they like it or not, our country needs a multi-pronged approach to our energy problems. A big part of any viable solution: Build more nuclear power plants. That’s still forbidden, as far as many radical environmentalists are concerned. The folks at Greenpeace, for example, dismiss nuclear energy as “another false solution you hear a lot about these days.” Why is it “false”? Because, the group explains... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050421/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050455/posts Going Nuclear   By John PerazzoFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, July 24, 2008 Something was amiss when Al Gore gave his high-profile speech on global warming last week, and it wasn’t just the gas-guzzling SUV caravan that delivered the former vice president for the occasion. Even as Gore endorsed an ambitious 10-year plan to produce 100 percent of the country’s electricity through carbon-free sources, he omitted the one carbon-free source that truly could ease America’s energy woes: nuclear power. That is not entirely surprising. For the environmental Left, the efficiency of nuclear power has long been an inconvenient truth. The anti-nuclear... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050455/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:19:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050439/posts NEW DELHI: India is hopeful that despite Pakistan's objection the safeguards agreement it plans to sign with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) next week will be done without more countries joining in to resist it. "The overwhelming mood in the IAEA Board of Governors is to support the Indian safeguards agreement," a senior official in the External Affairs Ministry said. The Indian safeguards agreement will come up for discussion and approval by the 35-member Board of Governors of the IAEA on August 1. India and Pakistan are both members of the Board. India needs to get the safeguards agreement... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050439/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:40:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050425/posts Ayatollah Khomeini's heirs are breathing new life into the Islamic revolution in the hope of transforming Iran into a regional power. The Iranian revolution can only point to a single achievement in the Arab world: Hizbullah and its leader Hassan Nasrallah are keeping revolutionary fervor alive in Lebanon. This base of exported revolution is central to Iran's political-diplomatic efforts to achieve a higher status in the region and in the world. Two additional foundations of Iranian power must be added: * The Iranian nuclear program, complete with delivery systems capable of reaching targets in the Middle East and Europe. *... Jerusalem Center for Public affairs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050425/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:30:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050009/posts The U.S. intelligence community in May completed a major National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran that concluded the Iranian military is building up its missile and conventional forces but that its forces remain relatively outdated, according to U.S. officials. The classified assessment, circulated to senior policy-makers, comes amid rising tensions in the region over Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment and concerns that Israel or the United States will take military action to knock out Iranian nuclear facilities. Intelligence officials familiar with the estimate declined to disclose its details or even its key judgments, noting that the entire document is... The Gertz File http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050009/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:45:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049868/posts Iran will not "retreat one iota" in its nuclear activities, its president says, in his first reaction to a new call for Tehran to end uranium enrichment. Envoys from the US, EU and UN asked Iran to give an answer within two weeks or face possible new sanctions. The meeting in Geneva on Saturday was the first time US and Iranian officials have held face-to-face talks about Iran's controversial nuclear programme. "The Iranian people are steadfast," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. They "will not retreat one iota in the face of oppressing powers," he said in the televised speech made to... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049868/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:57:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049867/posts The Bush administration should stop talking about a military attack as an option if negotiations do not immediately halt Iran's uranium reprocessing program, two former national security advisers said yesterday. "Don't talk about 'do we bomb them now or later?' " said Brent Scowcroft, adviser to presidents Gerald R. Ford and George H.W. Bush, during a discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the negotiations between the United States and Iran. Scowcroft added that by mentioning that threat, "we legitimize the use of force . . . and may tempt the Israelis" to carry out such a... WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049867/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049847/posts Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran will not make any concession in the country's nuclear rights, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Ahmadinejad made the comments in a speech during a visit to the southwestern province of Kohgilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad on Wednesday. "Iran will not allow anybody to make any concession," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying, "I advise them (the West) to be more realistic regarding Iran's position in this issue." xinhuanet.com (China) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049847/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:06:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049832/posts Liberals are flailing about looking for some political cover on energy and gas prices. For decades now, they have supported the policies of extremists who have systematically sought to shut down every major energy source for our economy. We can't drill for oil offshore, we can't drill in the frozen tundra of north Alaska, we can't even develop oil shale on the mainland. Liberals are even opposing the development of new oil discoveries in the Plains states. Meanwhile, China is now producing oil from wells in Cuban waters off the coast of Florida, selling and reaping enormous profits from oil... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049832/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049392/posts In a sign that record-high gas prices are changing the way Californians think and live, a new poll shows that state residents are losing their long-held hostility to nuclear power and may even reconsider their opposition to oil drilling off their scenic coast. For the first time since the 1970s, half of Californians support building more nuclear plants in the state, according to the latest Field Poll, to be released today. A strong majority, 63 percent, want shipping terminals to import liquefied natural gas, a condensed and super-cooled fuel that critics say can turn into a fireball if it leaks.... sfgate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049392/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:36:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049218/posts Israel will “almost surely” strike Iran’s nuclear sites in the coming months — and if the conventional attacks fail to destroy or at least delay Iran’s nuclear program, the Middle East will face a nuclear war. That’s the view of Benny Morris, a professor of Middle Eastern history at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University, who predicts either a subsequent pre-emptive Israeli nuclear strike or a nuclear exchange after Iran gets the bomb. “Should Israel’s conventional assault fail to significantly harm or stall the Iranian program, a ratcheting up of the Iranian-Israeli conflict to a nuclear level will most likely follow,” Morris, author... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049218/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:28:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049231/posts JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Monday that the United States could never allow Iran to inflict a "second Holocaust" on the Jewish people, in comments aired on Israeli TV on the eve of a visit to Israel by his Democratic rival Barack Obama. --snip-- Asked whether he would back Israel if it chose to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, McCain told Channel 2 TV: "But I have to look you in the eye and tell you that the United States of America can never allow a second Holocaust." Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049231/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:05:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049220/posts Israel will “almost surely” strike Iran’s nuclear sites in the coming months — and if the conventional attacks fail to destroy or at least delay Iran’s nuclear program, the Middle East will face a nuclear war. That’s the view of Benny Morris, a professor of Middle Eastern history at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University, who predicts either a subsequent pre-emptive Israeli nuclear strike or a nuclear exchange after Iran gets the bomb. “Should Israel’s conventional assault fail to significantly harm or stall the Iranian program, a ratcheting up of the Iranian-Israeli conflict to a nuclear level will most likely follow,” Morris, author... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049220/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:30:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049217/posts Americans must restart our creative engines for energy security. For more than 30 years, our engines have been in the pits, as our energy needs and innovative spark have fallen victim to environmental alarmism and strangling government regulation. What we have to do begins with where we are now. That’s also called “the status quo.” Ronald Reagan said “status quo” was “…Latin for the mess we’re in.” In the 1980 Republican convention, soon-to-be President Reagan said: "Those who preside over the worst energy shortage in our history tell us to use less, so that we will run out of oil,... humanevents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049217/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:25:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048681/posts U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Monday that it faced more sanctions if it defied a two-week deadline to agree to curb its nuclear program. Rice said Iran was stalling and must give a "serious answer" within the deadline set by six world powers which offered trade and technical incentives if Tehran halts its uranium enrichment. The West fears Iran wants to build a nuclear bomb. "We are in the strongest possible position to demonstrate that if Iran does not act then it is time to go back to that (sanctions) track," Rice said, Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048681/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:04:25 GMT