USA’s Nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) stalled for years
New Mexico nuclear waste site may be hobbled for years WP, By Laura Zuckerman September 7 It may be years before an underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico shuttered by a radiation leak is fully...
View ArticleCensorship of scientists about USA’s Nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Top Official: “Really concerned” over radiation release at US nuclear site; Feds “have put a noose around scientific personnel”… they refuse to reveal crucial information about WIPP disaster —...
View ArticleNuclear Regulatory Commission takes another gamble on nuclear wastes
Punting again on nuclear waste http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/09/06/nuclear-waste/15154565/ MyCentralJersey September 6, 2014 Talk about dropping a hot potato in a way...
View ArticleDangerous Diablo Nuclear Power Plant must be closed
Shut California’s Fukushima: Diablo Must Go, ECoWatch Harvey Wasserman | September 6, 2014 The catastrophe at Fukushima was not an accident. It’s unfolding again in California. The next west coast...
View ArticleNew law promotes solar energy in South Carolina
With New Law, South Carolina Sets a Foundation for More Solar Energy The Energy Collective Jim Pierobon 8 Sept 14 Another state in the Southeast U.S. is recognizing the economic and environmental...
View ArticleCalifornia leads in its commitment to renewable energy
California Successfully Emphasizes Renewable Energy Commitment The Desert Sun, Morris Beschloss, September 8, 2014 Over the years, California has justifiably claimed the exalted position of originator...
View ArticleHanford Nuclear Reservation’s dangerous”atomic man” room entered after 38 years
Workers enter dangerous ‘Atomic Man’ room at Hanford Nuclear Reservation...
View ArticleNuclear industry muscling in on USA’s climate standards
Killing the Competition The Nuclear Power Agenda to Block Climate Action, Stop Renewable Energy, and Subsidize Old Reactors, Report by Nuclear Information and Resource Center (NIRS) Sept 14 Nuking...
View ArticleUSA’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant sent plutonium to city 30 miles away!
Plutonium found in city nearly 30 miles from US nuclear site — Newspaper: Explosion ‘melted through’ container causing radioactive release — More Pu-241 went airborne than all other types of plutonium...
View ArticleUncompetitive nuclear industry is rigging regulations and “spinning” media in...
Killing the Competition The Nuclear Power Agenda to Block Climate Action, Stop Renewable Energy, and Subsidize Old Reactors, Report by Nuclear Information and Resource Center (NIRS) Sept 14 The...
View ArticleOrlando City Council dumping their investment in Duke nuclear power plant
Orlando moves to dump stake in Duke’s nuke plant By Kevin Spear Orlando Sentinel, September 14, 2014 The Orlando City Council is expected to approve a plan Monday to dump city ownership in Duke...
View ArticleNuclear regulatory Commission rejects expert advice on California earthquake...
Regulators reject call for nuke plant shutdown By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press September 10, 2014 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday rejected a senior federal...
View Article“De-coupling”– de-linking profits from sales in the energy utilities
SINK THE ‘FLOATING NUKES’ WITH CLEAN ENERGY, EFFICIENT USE http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/09/14/opinion-sink-the-floating-nukes-with-clean-energy-efficient-use/ R. WILLIAM POTTER | SEPTEMBER 15,...
View ArticleUSA’s Dept of Energy handing out funds to universities for nuclear education
ISU awarded nuclear research grant http://www.localnews8.com/news/isu-awarded-nuclear-research-grant/28065212 Kaitlin Loukides Sep 15, 2014 POCATELLO, Idaho - Idaho State University could soon give...
View ArticleAt last – thorough research into cancers caused by world’s first atomic-bomb...
a sadness that still hangs over Tularosa. “Whole families have died here,” Decades After Nuclear Test, U.S. Studies Cancer Fallout...
View ArticleConsortium makes legal challenge against water diversion for nuclear power
Groups appeal decision in Utah nuclear power plant case By Amy Joi O’Donoghue, Deseret News 17 Sept 14 A consortium of environmental groups are challenging a district court judge’s ruling upholding...
View ArticleVermont’s largest city gets 100% of its electricity from renewables
Largest City in Vermont Now Gets All Its Power From Renewables, Reader Supported News, By Ari Phillips, ThinkProgress 15 September 14 he 42,000 people living in Burlington, Vermont can now feel...
View ArticleQuestioning the nuclear weapons centre’s sponsorship of Northern New Mexico...
Northern New Mexico College: A Relationship with LANL at What Cost? BY LAJICARITA ⋅ SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 Last week (September 10) La Jicarita ran an article about the controversy at Northern New Mexico...
View ArticleAmazon to guzzle fossil fuelled electricity in new “server farm”
Maybe we should all be concerned at the absurdity of this idea of all our data “in the cloud”. It’s not up in the clouds – it’s in dirty great computers taking up acres of space, and using up ever...
View ArticleIn Hanford’s radioactively polluted area, rise in babies born without brains
“It’s Terrifying”: Rapid rise in babies with missing brains and spinal cords sticking out in area surrounding most contaminated nuclear site in US — Mother: Actual number is WAY higher than officials...
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