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USA’s new Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) not a basis for new...
expect to see the issue end up back in federal court, where judges will have to determine whether the NRC’s unwillingness to adopt an actual waste “confidence” policy, instead relying on an assertion...
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CIA chief and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta opens debate on nuclear strike...
Panetta Sparks Debate Over U.S. Nuclear Strike on North Korea NewsWeek, By Lauren Walker and Jeff Stein 14 Oct 14, The specter of nuclear mushroom clouds rising over northeast Asia has long been a...
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America’s EPA plans for renewable energy are too modest
EPA Clean Power Plan Underestimates Power of Renewable Energy to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Union of Concerned Scientists,October 14, 2014 Steve Clemmer, director of energy research, Clean Energy UCS...
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The nuclear lobby astroturf group “Nuclear Matters” doesn’t matter
Why Nuclear Matters doesn’t matter, Greenworld, by Michael Mariotte, 14 Oct 14 Regular readers of GreenWorld know that we have dropped a lot of digital ink writing about Nuclear Matters, the astroturf...
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Radiation samples falsified to make Hunters Point look clean
Contractor Submitted False Radiation Data at Hunters Point, NBC Bay Area In an internal report uncovered by the Investigative Unit, Tetra Tech says it provided the Navy false soil samples while...
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America’s nuclear industry – condition terminal?
If it’s not Sustainable, its condition is Terminal.http://geoharvey.wordpress.com/October 14, 2014 ¶ The most recent reported status of US nuclear power plants can be found at the US Nuclear Power...
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Heavy task to dismantle San Onofre’s dead nuclear power plant
Countdown to dismantling San Onofre UT San Diego By Morgan Lee .OCT. 13, 2014 Heavy work on dismantling the San Onofre nuclear plant may be just three months away. Today, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission –“continued storage rule” takes over from...
The action of the commission, although not addressing all potential impacts, is effectively saying, “so what?” “There are no significant environmental impacts from indefinite storage of used fuel.”....
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Nuclear apologist James Conca, and “Nuclear Matters” don’t make sense about...
Why Nuclear Matters doesn’t matter, Greenworld, by Michael Mariotte, 14 Oct 14 “……..As one PR pro put it, “I can’t remember the last time I read an op-ed piece argued so ineptly that it thoroughly...
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Fukushima nuclear radiation near to USA West Coast
Fukushima radiation nearing West Coast http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/10/17/fukushima-radiation-nearing-west-coast/17437081/ Tracy Loew, Statesman Journal October...
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Partial report by NRC creates false impression that Yucca Mountain nuclear...
Officials from the state of Nevada, which has fought against Yucca Mountain, challenged the report. Robert Halstead, director of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, said the NRC staff did not fully...
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At least 4 years to scrap nuclear reactor barge
NUCLEAR-REACTOR SHIP HEADED TO GALVESTON TO BE SCRAPPED Kristi Nix, The Pasadena CitizenMonday, October 20, 2014 GALVESTON, TX – The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers recently announced plans to tow a World...
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4 decades and 4 $billion later, Watts Bar nuclear power plant might be...
In Tennessee, Time Comes for a Nuclear Plant Four Decades in the Making, NYT, By MATTHEW L. WALDOCT. 19, 2014………..The agency started Watts Bar as part of a campaign to build 17 reactors, but dropped...
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Judge Sullivan resorts to incomplete logic in order to bar world-renowned...
“I don’t like to break the law and don’t encourage others to do so, either. But this industry has to be stopped.” Ace Hoffman October 19, 2014 Judge Sullivan resorts to incomplete logic in order to...
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USA’s nuclear lobby wants to extend life of reactors to 80 years: others not...
Power Plants Seek to Extend Life of Nuclear Reactors for Decades NYT, By MATTHEW L. WALD OCT. 19, 2014 The prospects for building new nuclear reactors may be sharply limited, but the owners of seven...
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US Dept of Energy warding research grants to universities
Pitt researchers awarded a nearly $1-million grant for nuclear power safety research By Stephanie Ritenbaugh / Pittsburgh Post-GazetteOctober 22, 2014 Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh...
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How America and Britain crushed the government of Australia
THE FORGOTTEN COUP Little Darwin, John Pilger 24 Oct 14 – How America and Britain crushed the government of Australia Across the political and media elite in Australia, a silence has descended on the...
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For US government, exporting nuclear technology is more important than public...
US opposes pos t-Fukushima nuclear safety proposal http://rt.com/usa/199024-cns-nuclear-safety-proposal/ October 24, 2014 The United States is reportedly trying to fend off an attempt out of...
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Resixdents near Magnuson Park not satisfied with inadequate radiation cleanup
Magnuson neighbors don’t trust Navy’s radiation cleanup Kirotv.com By Deborah Horne and Henry Rosoff, 21 Oct 14 SEATTLE — Tuesday night about 100 people told the Navy that the radiation cleanup efforts...
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USA keen to market nuclear reactors to Malaysia (or anyone?)
US: We’ll help build nuclear plant The Star 26 Oct KUALA LUMPUR: The United States is willing to help Malaysia should it decide to build a nuclear power plant, says American diplomat Laura E. Kennedy....
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