Study: Fukushima plume spread worldwide, far exceeding the hundreds of miles...
“Implicates radiological hazard at distances otherwise overlooked” January 21st, 2015 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (pdf), University of Florida College of Medicine,...
View ArticleResearch into problem of uranium mining & processing causing contamination of...
SLAC Scientists Search for New Ways to Deal with U.S. Uranium Ore Processing Legacy New Field Project Tests Link Between Organic Materials and Persistent Uranium Contamination 22-Jan-2015 Source...
View ArticleUS govt takes 4 years to respond – and reject – petition to to close...
Four years later, NRC rejects Beyond Nuclear and 10,000+ co-petitioners’ call to close Fukushima-style reactors Beyond Nuclear 23 jan 15 After nearly four years of behind closed doors deliberations,...
View ArticleUS Republicans out to destroy nuclear talks with Iran
Iran Sanctions Supporters Don’t Want To Improve Nuclear Talks. They Want To Destroy Them. Akbar Shahid Ahmed akbar.ahmed@huffingtonpost.com Huffington Post 01/23/2015 WASHINGTON — House Speaker...
View ArticleNorth Dakota citizens angry at plan to increase allowable levels of radiation...
Raising radiation limits draws citizens’ anger Bismarck Tribune January 21, 2015 By LeAnn Eckroth A state Health Department plan to track and dispose of radioactive waste from the oil patch drew...
View ArticleFlorida lawmaker wants repeal of laws allowing nuclear power companies to get...
Lawmaker joins calls for repeal of nuclear advance fee with new bill, Tampa Bay Times, Ivan Penn, 23 Jan 15 State Rep. Larry Ahern, R-Seminole, this week filed legislation to repeal the so-called...
View ArticleUSA looking at mnimum $348B for the decade’s nuclear weaponry
CBO: Nuclear arsenal to cost $348B over decade http://thehill.com/policy/defense/230520-cbo-nuclear-arsenal-to-cost-348b-next-decade By Martin Matishak – 01/23/15 1 The U.S. will need to spend $348...
View ArticleAmericans embracing rooftop solar : it makes sense economically
America’s nuclear power utilities seek big ratepayer bailouts by nirsnet JAN 23, 2015 “……….Americans aren’t stupid. Solar power simply makes sense, from any angle you look at it: it makes sense...
View ArticleUSA propaganda system destroys democracy
HOW PROPAGANDA CONQUERS DEMOCRACY, bigOfeature Nicolas JS Davies January 25, 2015 In recent decades, the US propaganda system has grown more and more sophisticated in the art of “perception...
View ArticleDetails remain vague on nuclear deal between Obam and Narendra Modi
Obama and Modi agree to limit US liability in case of nuclear disaster, Guardian, Dan Roberts in Delhi @RobertsDan 26 Jan 15 Decision set to lead to contracts worth billions of dollars but hopes for a...
View ArticleUSA’s nuclear utilities want ratepayers to cough up for uneconomic nuclear...
America’s nuclear power utilities seek big ratepayer bailouts, Daily Kos.com by nirsnet JAN 23, 2015 America’s nuclear power utilities are increasingly saddled with aging, uneconomic reactors. Their...
View ArticlePresident Obama failed his commitment to reducing nuclear weapons
Over the next 30 years, the bill could add up to $1 trillion. Instead of spending less on nukes, we’re spending more – and a new nuclear arsenal comes at the expense of more important national...
View ArticleUSA persuades India to weaken its nuclear liability law – double standards here
Under pressure from GE and Westinghouse, the two American nuclear vendors hoping to sell billions of dollars worth of reactors to India, the Obama administration has demanded that Section 17(b) and...
View ArticleGlobal consequences from Fukushima-like nuclear disaster; Many nations at...
January 28th, 2015 Study: Global consequences from Fukushima-like nuclear disaster; Many nations at risk of ‘great exposure’ — Transport of hot particles to US was especially effective during worst...
View ArticlePennsylvania Nuclear-Dump Cleanup Gets Complicated
Nuclear-Dump Cleanup Gets Complicated – Federal Report on Pennsylvania Site Foresees Costlier Work WSJ By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER Jan. 29, 2015 The cleanup of a radioactive-waste dump in a small...
View ArticleIndia-USA nuclear deal very ‘up in the air': no document signed
no specific document was signed India is already generating more power from wind turbines alone than from nuclear power and has announced a solar target of 100 gigawatt by 2022. So it is perfectly...
View ArticleLos Alamos scientist had plan to build nuclear weapons, and to bomb New York
US nuclear scientist secretly taped by FBI claiming he could bomb New York , Guardian, 29 Jan 15 Los Alamos scientist Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni jailed for five years after also offering to build...
View ArticleNuclear reactors endangered by climate change: winter storm causes shutdown...
Winter Storm Exposes Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants Shutdown of Pilgrim facility in Massachusetts fuels critics’ challenge.By Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News 29 Jan 15 Two days after a major...
View ArticleMany a slip twixt the much touted USA-India deal and commercial reality
Hurdles Remain in Nuclear Deal, Indian Express By B B Singh 30th January 2015 For almost two weeks prior to president Barack Obama’s visit to India, the negotiators from both the countries had been...
View ArticleMore costs, another long delay for new nuclear facility in Georgia, USA
Builder Projects 18-Month Delay for Nuclear Plant in Georgia, abc news, ATLANTA — Jan 30, 2015, By RAY HENRY Associated Press Southern Co. said the firms building its new nuclear power plant in...
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