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Is it time to stop the astronomically expensive ICBM race?
Upgrading U.S. nuclear missiles, as Russia and China modernize, would cost $85 billion. Is it time to quit the ICBM race? LA Times, W.J. Hennigan and Ralph Vartabedian Contact Reporters 30 May 17...
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Washington Post awash with articles by weapons lobbyists
Washington Post Keeps Running Op-Eds by Lobbyists Pushing Their Clients’ Weapons http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/washington_post_running_op-eds_lobbyists_pushing_weapons_20170527 By Adam Johnson...
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Notorious Three Mile Island nuclear power station to close
Infamous Three Mile Island nuclear plant is latest casualty of shale boom, The Virginian Pilot, 30 May 17 By Jim Polson Bloomberg “….Exelon’s Three Mile Island reactor near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,...
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Nuclear Missile Defense is far from a perfect solution
This successful nuclear missile defense test doesn’t mean the US is safe from nuclear attacks, Washington Examiner by Tom Rogan | May 30, 2017 The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is watching its computer...
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The most likely target areas in USA, in the event of a nuclear war
Here are the cities most likely to get struck in a nuclear attack by Russia, Business Insider ALEX LOCKIE, JUN 1, 2017 Ever since the Cold War, the US and Russia have drawn up plans on how to best wage...
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New research on Three Mile Island nuclear accident linked to thyroid cancer
Three Mile Island nuke accident linked to thyroid cancer, USA TODAY NETWORK, Brett Sholtis, York (Pa.) Daily Record May 31, 2017 A new Penn State Medical Center study has found a link between the 1979...
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Some big business leaders abandoning Donald Trump
Paris climate deal: Donald Trump to lose Elon Musk, Disney boss from advisory council, ABC News, 2 June 17 Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and Disney chief executive Bob Iger say they will leave...
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Trump: U.S. will withdraw from Paris climate accord
Trump: U.S. will withdraw from Paris climate accord Paris climate deal: Donald Trump withdraws US from the accord, SMH, 2 June 17 Valerie Volcovici and Jeff Mason Washington: President Donald Trump on...
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Donald Trump excelling himself in policies to ruin not only America, but the...
Trump just cemented his legacy as America’s worst-ever president...
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Radioactive waste storage plans
Nuclear Insider 31st May 2017 Holtec’s two-phase licensing approach for its $280 million consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) project in New Mexico allows the company to use recent learnings in...
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Nominees for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission really ought to be asked...
Questions for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirmation hearings, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, William J. Kinsella, 2 June 17 Throughout the first four months of the Trump presidency, a...
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Trump’s increased nuclear weapons budget will just continue the present...
Trump seeks to spend more on nuclear weapons but buys little added capability, Salon.com, Cost overruns are eating up a substantial portion of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s weapons...
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What’s the real reason behind Trump’s pullout from the Paris climate agreement?
Why Trump Actually Pulled Out Of Paris It wasn’t because of the climate, or to help American business. He needed to troll the world—and this was his best shot so far. Politico, By MICHAEL GRUNWALD...
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Global warming is killing off America’s coral reefs
Scientists warn US coral reefs are on course to disappear within decades New Noaa research shows that strict conservation measures in Hawaii have not spared corals from a warming ocean in one of its...
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New York ex-mayor Bloomberg leads the way in generous offer to make up USA’s...
Independent 2nd June 2017, Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has said he will personally make up the $15m in funding that the United Nations will lose after Donald Trump pulled the US out of...
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American cities, states, businesses and banks rally in support of Paris...
Times 3rd June 2017 A coalition of American cities and states, led by the economic powerhouse of California, have vowed to resist President Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate...
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Legacy of Shoreham nuclear power plant (in pictures)
Generating controversy: The Shoreham nuclear power plant, http://www.newsday.com/long-island/history/generating-controversy-the-shoreham-nuclear-power-plant-1.13702920 [large set of excellent photos]...
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Escalating costs for South Carolina’s nuclear reactor project
Once-secret records reveal pattern of costly mistakes at troubled nuclear project, BY SAMMY FRETWELL sfretwell@thestate.com 4 June 17 Since 2009, companies working to build twin nuclear reactors in...
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Distress and disarray in the U.S. nuclear industry
Distress in the US nuclear industry, https://www.financierworldwide.com/distress-in-the-us-nuclear-industry#.WTSVQZKGPGh BY Fraser Tennant June 2017 Financier Worldwide Magazine A US nuclear...
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Serious flaws in the spent fuel pools method of storing nuclear radioactive...
Facing South 2nd June 2017, As the United States continues to grapple with long-term storage of highly radioactive spent fuel from the nation’s nuclear power plants, science watchdogs are warning of...
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