South Carolina nuclear project in doubt, as Toshiba bankruptcy looms
Reports of impending Toshiba bankruptcy raise new doubts about S.C. nuclear project, The Post and Courier, By David Wren dwren@postandcourier.com, May 11, 2017 The utilities building new reactors at a...
View ArticleAmerica’s nuclear subsidies distort markets and damage business
Nuclear subsidies distort markets, hurt business, say FirstEnergy opponents http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2017/05/nuclear_subsidies_distort_mark.html By John Funk, The Plain Dealer Follow...
View ArticleKorea Mission Centre set up by CIA to address “the nuclear and ballistic...
CIA sets up Korea Mission Centre to address nuclear and ballistic missile threat,...
View ArticleWorkers at Hanford nuclear site have sealed off a large sinkhole
Collapsed tunnel sealed at U.S. nuclear site after accident, Chicago Tribune, Nicholas K. GeraniosAssociated Press, 11 May 17, Workers at a Washington state nuclear site where a tunnel filled with...
View ArticleThe unsafe storage of America’s nuclear weapons waste
Nuclear Waste From the Cold War Is Being Stored in Unsafe Conditions. Time to Fix the Problem is Running Out, TIME, Nicholas K. Geranios and Manuel Valdes / AP, May 11, 2017 (RICHLAND, Wash.) — The...
View ArticleUSA signs up to Arctic agreement for action on climate change
Tillerson, at Arctic meeting, signs document affirming need for action on climate change, LA Times, William Yardley, 11 May 17, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed his name Thursday to a...
View ArticleNuclear front group “Third Way” has now got students spinning for nuclear
Local students advocate for nuclear Post Register, May 11, 2017 By KEVIN TREVELLYAN ktrevellyan@postregister.com Emma Redfoot and Kelley Verner noticed something when marching last year in Chicago...
View ArticleNuclear power generation declining
Nuclear Generation Expected to Decline with Reactor Retirements http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2017/05/nuclear-generation-expected-to-decline-with-reactor-retirements.html May 12, 2017 Far more...
View ArticleUSA intelligence’s “Worldwide Threat Assessment” report warns Trump on global...
Intelligence community to Trump: When it comes to global warming, you’re wrong, Mashable, BY ANDREW FREEDMAN, 12 May 17 Each year the intelligence community puts together a “Worldwide Threat...
View ArticleYes, solar and wind ARE killing nuclear power, but not killing grid reliability
Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability? The Conversation, Joshua D. Rhodes, Postdoctoral Researcher of Energy, University of Texas at Austin, Michael E. Webber, Professor...
View ArticleWashington State taking legal action over collapse of a containment tunnel at...
Washington State Demands Nuclear Waste Storage Answers http://www.courthousenews.com/enforcement-action-calls-assessment-nuclear-waste-storage/ JAMIE HENNEMAN May 11, 2017 RICHLAND, Wash. (CN) — A...
View ArticleHanford’s unending nuclear woes
Hanford continues to have truckload of woes http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/may/12/hanford-continues-to-have-truckload-of-woes/If ever a place were cursed, it’s the Hanford Nuclear Reservation....
View ArticleAmerica neglects Guam atomic test victims – hopes they all die?
January 12, 2014 Aloha, It is now 01/2014 (24 years) since RECA was enacted. We are still waiting for justice. Our country denied, deceived, has no integrity or values by denying victims of radiation...
View ArticleCall for Pentagon to disclose depleted uranium target
Jack Cohen-Joppa: McSally: Ask Pentagon to disclose depleted uranium target data....
View ArticleWind power providing jobs and energy in America’s Heartland
Wind Is The New Power In America’s Heartland, Forbes, Chris Brown, 14 May 17, U.S. wind energy recently achieved a major milestone, which underscores a new reality that is generating power and jobs...
View ArticleTrump to pick climate sceptic non scientist to head science agency!
Trump’s Expected Pick for Top USDA Scientist Is Not a Scientist, Sam Clovis likely to be named undersecretary of the USDA department that manages research on everything from climate change to...
View ArticleTwo experts resign from EPA in protest to the sacking of science members
Two experts resign from EPA posts to protest the agency’s science committee shake-up, WP By Chris Mooney May 12 In an expanding controversy over the role of science in the Trump administration, two...
View ArticleEnergy utility Southern Co calls on Trump for help, as it takes over Vogtle...
Southern to Take Over Westinghouse Georgia Nuclear Project https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-13/southern-to-take-over-georgia-reactor-projects-from-westinghouse by Stephen Cunningham and...
View ArticleRacial prejudice in the nuclear industry – the case of Claiborne County,...
Mississippi Taxing – Nuclear Power And Accusations Of Racism, Forbes, Peter J Reilly , 14 May 17 Claiborne County, Mississippi is home to the Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station operated by...
View ArticleIndigenous protest against uranium mill in South East Utah
Marcus Atkinson, of Australia, is touring the U.S. promoting a film opposing uranium mining in his country and heard about the White Mesa protest. “We would like to use this case in our next film to...
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