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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,...

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Research 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...

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US 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,...

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US 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...

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North 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...

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Florida 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...

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USA 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...

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Americans 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...

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USA 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...

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Details 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...

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USA’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...

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President 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...

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USA 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...

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Global 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...

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Pennsylvania 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...

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India-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...

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Los 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...

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Nuclear 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...

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Many 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...

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More 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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