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NM 766 Def.Indd june 23, 2013 | No. 762 August 23, 2013 | No. 766 Editorial Dear readers of the WISE/NIRS Nuclear Monitor, In this issue of the Monitor, Judith Taylor from EarthLife writes about the South Monitored this African government’s plans for nuclear power and the legacy of previous uranium mines. Patricia Lorenz, nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth, writes about issue: the controversy over EU state subsidies for nuclear power. Doug Weir from the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons writes about the health effects of The impact of nuclear in South DU in Iraq. Africa Judith Taylor - EarthLife Africa Joburg 1 We also have articles about the widespread public and political opposition to nuclear power in Taiwan; a surprising backdown by the Chinese government in the Buying a future for nuclear – EU face of public opposition to a nuclear fuel production plant; and debates in the US commission proposes new state concerning nuclear export agreements and weapons-sensitive nuclear technolo- aid for new nuclear gies. Patricia Lorenz, − Friends of the Earth 2 Feel free to contact us if there are issues you would like to see covered in the Birth defects: did the occupation Nuclear Monitor. of Iraq leave a toxic legacy? Doug Weir − the International Coalition to Regards from the editorial team. Ban Uranium Weapons 3 Email: [email protected] Sensitive nuclear technologies and US nuclear export The impact of nuclear in South Africa agreements Jim Green − editor Nuclear Monitor 5 Author: Judith Taylor − Branch Co-ordinator, EarthLife Africa Joburg Web: www.earthlife.org.za Taiwanese nuclear politics Email: [email protected] heats up Jim Green − editor Nuclear Monitor 8 There can be no more signifi cant time to be writing this than today, 18 August 2013. China cancels nuclear fuel centre following protests 766.4326 Yesterday, our National with the water to be treated to remove Jim Green − editor Nuclear Monitor 9 Nuclear Regulator (NNR) announ- the heavy metals but not the sulp- ced its approval for two smelters to hates before release into our major Nuclear News 10 be constructed at Pelindaba by the waterways – the Vaal-Orange system - Successful blockade at nuclear weapon Nuclear Energy Company of South and the Crocodile-Limpopo. This addi- base Buchel. Africa (NECSA). These smelters are tional pollution burden will add to that - Hiroshima’s Mayor lashes Japan- to be used to smelt the 14,000 tonnes of sewage, industrial and agricultural India atomic courtship. of radioactive metal held on the site. pollutants already compromising the - Tokyo exhibition shows harassment They have also given the approval for rivers in South Africa. The cost to the against anti-nuclear movement. cold commissioning. This is despite Water Boards in cleaning this water to - Japanese Peace Boat. the very strong case put forward at the potable will consequently be severely - World Conference against Atomic and public hearing last year for not allowing increased. Impacts on the ecosystems Hydrogen Bombs the facility to be built. NECSA did not and human and animal health are - Offshore wind could meet EU put forward a strong case, as they being ignored. The Department of electricity needs. were unable to even put forward the Health refuses to act and the Depart- cost of building the facility. ments of Water and the Environment refuse to regulate. Our legacy of Acid Mine Water has moved beyond dangerous to critical Nuclear Monitor 766 South Africa’s Chernobyl situation, Flamenville and Olkiluoto are yet to industry and ensuring that the public is around Krugersdorp, Randfontein, be completed, are heavily over budget properly protected. Soweto and right out to KwaThema and the latter has employed mainly near Brakpan, continues to endanger Polish workers, seems to have been Whilst emergency exercises are held the lives of all the inhabitants of the overlooked completely. at both installations and the Public area. Radioactivity levels in many Safety Information Forums meet four areas refl ect those at Chernobyl. The The fi rst site favoured for the new times a year to report back to the only difference is that there are people nuclear power station is Thyspunt near affected parties, we are concerned living in those areas with infants as Port Elizabeth. This is an area where that these exercises do not score well well. The legacy of over 125 years of commercial calamari farming has been and errors are given too much time mining, polluted rivers and streams developed very successfully. Twenty to be remediated. In addition, neither plus tonnes of tailings containing thousand people are employed in this site has ever been subjected to a full arsenic, uranium, cadmium amongst export income generating industry. Environmental Impact Assessment, other heavy metals, continues to stand However, calamari are temperamental as they went into production prior to unrectifi ed and abandoned. and changes in water temperature this being a requirement. This gives could prevent them from continuing to environmentalists considerable pro- Many of the original mining companies breed, resulting in the loss of jobs. The blems, as we cannot obtain a com- have closed down or left the country building of the reactor is expected to prehensive report on the state of the (Anglo American being a case in create a mere 1186 jobs over 11 years. areas and the impacts. point). As result, the Chamber of Mines This does not seem like a viable pro- refuses to entertain any liability for rec- ject if even 5,000 jobs are lost in the In January this year, all the environ- tifi cation, leaving the tax-payers to foot calamari farming, which is predicted. mental NGOs and affected parties the bill. The affected communities pay met in Cape Town to form an alliance the penalty of increasingly bad health In addition, evacuation is compromised to campaign against Nuclear 1, as as the polluted air is breathed in and by there being only one road in and out the project is called. This Alliance the polluted water is drunk and used of the area. This resembles the already is known as Tsunami and has had a to water vegetables, which absorb the existing situations at both Koeberg further meeting, although most com- heavy metals. The vegetables are then and Pelindaba, where evacuation in munication is via email. A third meeting eaten, further compromising the health the case of an emergency would be is pending. Furthermore, we are alert of the consumers. extremely diffi cult. It is acknowledged to the fact that nuclear power is now that, at Koeberg, Eskom has no idea the most expensive way to generate On top of this, we have the proposed of how many people are in the area. electricity with coal power second. In rollout of another six nuclear power An emergency evacuation plan is not a country with the amount of sunlight plants along the southern coast of on Koeberg’s website and most of the and wind available to power sustai- the country. The European Union has people in the area are not aware of nable solutions, we feel very strongly promised funding for this (see www. emergency planning, as emergency that this should be the direction in info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pa- exercises are not communicated to which South Africa should be moving. geid=461&tid=113400) and Russia them. In the case of Pelindaba, some The lower costs of the latter solutions has also put a strong proposal on the of the affected community would have should also be a valid reason to let go table (see www.bizcommunity.com/ to go past the reactor in order to eva- of nuclear and coal enabling South Article/196/494/98165.html). The focus cuate in the case of an emergency. Africa to move into the future and is on job creation and is highly favou- This raises concerns about whether improve the health of our communities. red by the government. The fact that the NNR is truly regulating the nuclear Buying a future for nuclear – EU commission proposes new state aid for new nuclear Author: Patricia Lorenz, nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth Europe and GLOBAL 2000 / FoE Austria Web: www.foeeurope.org Email: [email protected] Since Spring the EU Commission has been preparing a review for state aid rules, and in Summer a leaked draft caused a shock, mainly in German speaking media. 766.4327 The governments of Austria and German Chancellor Merkel is complex system. One exemption and Germany made clear they are clearly against it – at least in German from the ban on state aid is based on opposed to state aid proposals, but media, at least before elections on environmental protection in the EU only Austria handed over a statement September 22. Treaty. This made the so-called block of opposition. Denmark took a negative Under EU law state aid is forbidden, exemption for renewables possible, stance at the energy summit in May, unless allowed according to a very when different national systems 2 Nuclear Monitor 766 introduced the new technologies for the new units “at least for a while after measures are aimed at a common EU producing energy using wind or sun as operation started” as they like to add. objective.” fuel into the market. The current plan In numbers this is 30 years, the model for the new environmental and energy being copied from the UK, the strike Timing and Action guidelines for 2014−2020 constitutes price model, which is currently under GLOBAL 2000 / FoE Austria will start a major change by introducing a tech- negotiation between EdF and the UK the following activities via the relau- nology-neutral approach, based on government.
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