Campaign against “interim” (stranded) waste dump – USA
The country doesn’t need “parking lot dumps for interim storage,” “We as communities want it out of here. We want it to be in safe place where its never moved again. We think it’s lunacy to move it...
View ArticleU.S.Cogress seeks funds to compensate communities affected by nuclear power...
Congress looking for money for cities hit by nuclear plant closures — including Diablo Canyon,The Tribune BY KAYTLYN LESLIE, kleslie@thetribunenews.com, September 17, 2018 Congress wants to find...
View ArticleUSA Bill to allow private-public partnerships for new nuclear power technologies
Ars Technica 16thSept 2018 , Though economics might not favor nuclear power in the US, policy makers do. Last week, the House passed a bipartisan bill that originated in the Senate called the Nuclear...
View ArticleEffect of Hurricane Florence on nuclear power stations – ruins the Trump...
The Energy 202: Hurricane Florence blows hole in Trump team’s case for helping coal and nuclear power, critics say, WP, By Dino Grandoni,18 September 18 Hurricane Florence has blown a hole in the Trump...
View ArticleUSA Democrats’ Bill to ban new low-yield nuclear weapons
Democrats trying to ban low-yield nuclear warhead https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2018/09/20/democrats-trying-to-ban-low-yield-nuclear-warhead/ By: Joe Gould WASHINGTON – A group of Democratic...
View ArticleVogtle Nuclear Power plant – last hope of the industry might not be...
Growing Opposition Threatens Completion of Last U.S. Nuclear Plant Primary owners of Georgia’s Vogtle power plant are set to vote on the project—already years behind schedule, billions over budget,...
View ArticleMock nuclear waste cask to Montpelier, in protest campaign against temporary...
Anti-nuclear waste rally in Montpelier, 18 Sept 18 MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) An anti-nuclear waste campaign visited Montpelier Tuesday night, delivering a replica radioactive waste cask. The event was...
View ArticleEmergency lifted at Brunswick nuclear plant
Duke Energy lifts emergency at Brunswick nuclear plant; relief workers start to arrive https://www.heraldsun.com/news/state/north-carolina/article218633480.html BY JOHN MURAWSKI...
View ArticlePlutonium a risk to humans and environment for thousands of years
Even if the optimism of the scientists and engineers is well-founded, it will still take almost two more decades for the vitrification plant to run at full bore. So it may be 2047—or later—before the...
View ArticleAs flooding recedes around Brunswick nuclear power station, NRC considers...
Beyond Nuclear 20th Sept 2018 , The two-unit coastal Brunswick nuclear power station in South Port, NC was powered down to zero power shortly in advance of the September 14th arrival Hurricane...
View ArticleCost of Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear power project is becoming a big worry to...
Cost of Georgia nuclear plant draws scrutiny from lawmakers, https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/cost-of-georgia-nuclear-plant-draws-scrutiny-from-lawmakers Financial Post, The...
View ArticleExploding Michael Shellenberger’s extraordinary sales pitch for nuclear weapons
Nuclear power’s weapons link: Cause to limit, not boost exports https://thebulletin.org/2018/09/nuclear-powers-weapons-link-cause-to-limit-not-boost-exports/By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski,...
View ArticleThe danger in transporting nuclear wastes to just a “temporary” nuclear morgue
Activists rally against nuclear waste transport, By JOSHUA SOLOMON Staff Writer,Greenfield Recorder September 21, 2018 GREENFIELD — In a lot of ways it was like a party, celebrating the...
View ArticleElectricity being restored to Brunswick nuclear power station in North...
Utility begins restoring power to only nuclear plant to shut down during Hurricane Florence...
View ArticleAmerica’s last nuclear power project at risk of cancellation
Last U.S. Nuclear Project Faces `Jeopardy’ as Owners Mull Exit, Bloomberg, By Mark Chediak, Margaret Newkirk, and Ari Natter, September 24, 2018, Costs of Southern’s Vogtle project have doubled to $28...
View ArticleRussia and USA will talk about extending New START nuclear weapons treat
US and Russia to discuss nuclear weapons treaty extension in October https://www.ft.com/content/b26d62fe-c0a1-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b89a, Henry Foy in Moscow Russia and the US will hold talks on a...
View ArticleRocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is now open, but radiation fears remain.
Colorado wildlife refuge at old nuclear plant is open – for now, Euro News, By Reuters• last 25/09/2018 By Keith Coffman, ROCKY FLATS, Colo. (Reuters) – “….Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge since...
View ArticleVogtle nuclear project: another multibillion-dollar cost overrun, owners vote...
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on budget overruns in construction of a Georgia nuclear power facility U.S.News 24 Sept 18 The nation’s only major nuclear power plant under construction appears to still be...
View ArticleUSA must declare an end to the Korean war – to bring peace to the peninsula
To Secure Peace Between the Koreas, US Must Declare an End to the War, Christine Ahn, Truthout, September 24, 2018,A historic opportunity to end the seven-decade Korean War is suddenly within reach....
View ArticleTrump-Kim nuclear summit planned – but there is no real progress towards...
Trump preparing for 2nd summit with Kim despite little nuclear progress, abc news, By CONOR FINNEGAN Sep 24, 2018 President Donald Trump is preparing for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim...
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