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Radioactive waste from oil and gas fracking found in landfill
Radioactive Waste Found at Oil Field Landfill in North Dakota, Oil Price By Irina Slav – Sep 01, 2016, North Dakota has had a problem with the inappropriate disposal of this radioactive waste for...
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Iran still hindered by USA sanctions, following nuclear deal
Ryabkov Says U.S. Sanctions Continue To Hinder Iran After Nuclear Deal, Radio Free Europe September 01, 2016 The United States has carried out its part of the Iranian nuclear deal, but unilateral U.S....
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Virginia Citizens Consumer Council (VCCC) – strong petition against $19.2...
the $19 billion Unit 3 is being built above an earthquake fault. The Dangerous Nuclear Plant Rising on DC’s Doorstep...
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Dangerous transport of radioactive wastes – legal action against this
The nuclear waste is a byproduct of the process used at the Chalk River laboratories to create medical radioisotopes from highly enriched uranium originally produced in the U.S. It’s being shipped...
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Talen Energy abandons proposed Bell Bend nuclear power plant
Enformable, 1 Sept 16 , Talen Energy, the company that owns the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station in Pennsylvania, has informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that it sees no “viable path”...
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Polarisation on climate change – now worse than ever in America
global warming has joined God, guns, gays, and abortion as core elements of Republican identity, and this will be hard to change. Americans Now More Politically Polarized On Climate ChangeThan Ever...
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Harvey Wassermann on nuclear’s last stand in New York
Nuclear’s Last Stand? New York’s Cuomo Rushes in to Save Dying Plants Progressive.org, September 2, 2016 Harvey Wasserman Andrew Cuomo is trying to ram through a complex backdoor bailout package...
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Coal lobby is urged to copy tactics of the tobacco lobby!
Here we go again: Fossil fuel industry takes a play from Big Tobacco’s playbook. http://www.dailyclimate.org/t/1692193038704125011 August 31, 2016 by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) Last year, coal...
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USA and China formally ratify Paris climate agreement
US joins China in ratifying Paris climate agreement in ‘turning point’ for planet , ABC News 4 Sept 16 America and China have formally joined the Paris climate change agreement, with US President...
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Outcry over secret trucking of weapons grade nuclear waste to South Carolina
Weapons-grade nuclear waste shipments to U.S. prompt outcry Trucks expected to carry casks containing highly enriched uranium and radioactive isotopes CBC News Sep 05, 2016 A highly secretive plan to...
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The Dead Nuclear Plant Society – in nuclear trash burial business
‘Dead Plant Society’ lobby group booms as reactors close Hannah Northey, E&E reporter Greenwire: September 6, 2016 “……..Reactors are closing as nuclear utilities struggle to compete with cheap...
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President Obama to stay with the policy of pre-emptive nuclear strike
Obama to Stick With “First Strike” Nuclear War Doctrine, Claiming Deterrence Value https://www.districtsentinel.com/obama-stick-first-strike-nuclear-war-doctrine-claiming-deterrence-value/ September...
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Decrepit old nuclear facilities a safety worry in America
Photos show nuclear facilities in dangerous disrepair By Nicole Gaouette and Barbara Starr, CNNWashington (CNN) Story highlights Nuclear officials describe critical utility, safety and support systems...
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Political deception aimed at sabotaging the nuclear agreement with Iran –...
Media Trumpet Another Phony “Secret Nuclear Deal” Story , 08 September 2016 By Gareth Porter, Truthout | News Analysis Two major media outlets — Reuters and The Washington Post — pushed another Iran...
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US-China Cooperation on N. Korean Nuclear Threat is undermined by national...
US-China Tensions Undermine Cooperation on N. Korean Nuclear Threat SEOUL — VOA NEWS 8 SEP 16 Washington and Beijing’s longstanding agreement on the need to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear...
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Terrestrial Energy faces safety risks and poor market prospects for its new...
Nuclear Firm’s $17 Million Bid on a New Reactor Design “…….Terrestrial Energy is looking to use the money raised up until now to complete the first phase of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s...
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The “Red Button” nuclear war system can be reformed: Donald Trump’s rise...
Once a president makes that decision, no one can stop it. The problem is larger than any individual candidate or president. Trump has single-handedly, albeit inadvertently, drawn the spotlight to the...
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As nuclear costs rise, top economist urges nuclear operators on early...
US operators urged to decommission immediately to prevent cost hikes, Nuclear Energy Insider, Sep 7, 2016 Nuclear plant operators should start decommissioning activities of shutdown reactors as early...
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Nuclear war risks lessened by Iran nuclear deal, which should continue in...
Iran Nuclear Deal Likely to Survive Next Administration, Real Clear World, By Barbara Slavin, September 07, 2016 Barbara Slavin is the Acting Director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the South...
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USA Republicans opposing Obama’s Planned ratification of Comprehensive...
Senate GOP Protests Obama’s Planned Nuclear Test Ban Push Warning to the White House concerns the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, an international treaty prohibiting nuclear test explosions ,...
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