STUTTGART, GERMANY - MARCH 12: Anti-nuclear activists hold hands in a human chain they projected as 45km long in front of the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant on March 12, 2011 near Neckarwestheim, Germany. The activists were protesting against the government-granted extension of the operational timespan of several of Germany's older nuclear power plants, which Chancellor Merkel's government claims is necessary to bridge demand before planned renewable energy projects begin operation. The activists claim their call for an end to nuclear power is all the more vital given the current, potential catastrophe brewing at at least one reactor at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima facility in Japan. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
BRUNSBUETTEL, GERMANY - JUNE 18: A anti-nuclear flag is seen during activists attempt to block access to the Brokdorf nuclear power plant on June 18, 2011 in Brokdorf near Brunsbuettel, Germany. Though the German government recently announced it will phase out the country's 17 remaining nuclear power reactors by 2022, many nuclear power opponents claim the phase-out is too slow and that the country's nuclear power plants need to be shut down much sooner. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
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BRUNSBUETTEL, GERMANY - JUNE 18: A anti nuclear sticker is seen in front of the nuclear power plant during activists attempt to block access to the Brokdorf nuclear power plant on June 18, 2011 in Brokdorf near Brunsbuettel, Germany. Though the German government recently announced it will phase out the country's 17 remaining nuclear power reactors by 2022, many nuclear power opponents claim the phase-out is too slow and that the country's nuclear power plants need to be shut down much sooner. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
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English: Localisation of nuclear weapons. Major nuclear weapons power Average nuclear weapons power Low nuclear weapons power Presumed nuclear weapons ability Note: A more specific and potentially more accurate image is at Image:Nuclear weapon programs worldwide.png. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Total world nuclear power capacity, in GW, and generation, in TWh for the years 1980 to 2007. Capacity increased by 12.3% per year from 1981 to 1987, and by 1.3% per year from 1987 to 2007, post Chernobyl. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Posting comments originally failed at http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.ca/2012/07/iran-derangement-syndrome.html I was struck by the musing "negotiate with Iran's leaders for verifiable guarantees that she is not moving to nuclear weapons". What the deuce does she think the NPT was proposed to do ? Not that one can verify a negative. And of course
Solutions-Oriented Peace Journalism ... The NPT and the Nuclear Power TRAP. BY TRANSCEND MEMBERS. by Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service
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opitJuly 10, 2012 2:23 AM
It is very good. However, I find it a bit off track of your piece.
" Negotiate with Iran's leaders for verifiable guarantees that she is not moving to nuclear weapons "
There are oddities about this proposition that stand out. First, it is impossible to confirm a negative state. The best one can do is report unsuccessful search for positive results. Going from there, then, one should be faced with the realization that thousands of unsuccessful searches have been made.
Huh ? Iran co-sponsored the NPT in the first place. The IAEA was in fact funded by Iran, North Korea and Iraq as well as a multitude of other nations. When sanctions were levied against these nations, the independence of the IAEA as an independent monitor was compromised beyond use because, well, it became dependent upon the largess of nuclear armed aggressive countries for its existence. This torpedoed the Third Pillar of the NPT laying out proper terms for use of civilian nuclear technology as a right of nations....because the adherence to those terms became a political football where nuclear arms suppliers dictated the terms of treaty compliance ( they were unilaterally varied against the agreement of signatory nations ).
So now 'righteous' arms suppliers penalize proponents of disarmament with economic warfare while claiming they are not fulfilling terms of agreements they themselves proposed and agreed to !...which nuclear states do not consider for themselves.
The problem is more that they do.
Which is why this
TRANSCEND MEDIA SERVICE » The NPT and the Nuclear Power TRAP
http://www.transcend.org/tms/2010/05/the-npt-and-the-nuclear-power-trap/
http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.ca/2012/04/19-april-nuclear-politics.html
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12821/what_are_irans_intentions
" Negotiate with Iran's leaders for verifiable guarantees that she is not moving to nuclear weapons "
There are oddities about this proposition that stand out. First, it is impossible to confirm a negative state. The best one can do is report unsuccessful search for positive results. Going from there, then, one should be faced with the realization that thousands of unsuccessful searches have been made.
Huh ? Iran co-sponsored the NPT in the first place. The IAEA was in fact funded by Iran, North Korea and Iraq as well as a multitude of other nations. When sanctions were levied against these nations, the independence of the IAEA as an independent monitor was compromised beyond use because, well, it became dependent upon the largess of nuclear armed aggressive countries for its existence. This torpedoed the Third Pillar of the NPT laying out proper terms for use of civilian nuclear technology as a right of nations....because the adherence to those terms became a political football where nuclear arms suppliers dictated the terms of treaty compliance ( they were unilaterally varied against the agreement of signatory nations ).
So now 'righteous' arms suppliers penalize proponents of disarmament with economic warfare while claiming they are not fulfilling terms of agreements they themselves proposed and agreed to !...which nuclear states do not consider for themselves.
The problem is more that they do.
Which is why this
TRANSCEND MEDIA SERVICE » The NPT and the Nuclear Power TRAP
http://www.transcend.org/tms/2010/05/the-npt-and-the-nuclear-power-trap/
http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.ca/2012/04/19-april-nuclear-politics.html
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12821/what_are_irans_intentions
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