USA’s government ignoring the continuing disaster of Fukushima
Fukushima Continues Out of Control – Obama Silent on Risks, DC Clothesline – #Airing Out America’s Dirty Laundry” July 28, 2015 by Suzanne Hamner The propaganda “ministry” of the federal government...
View ArticleExelon should shut down those uneconomic nuclear reactors – says former CEO
Former Exelon CEO says Exelon should shut those reactors Green World, Michael Mariotte July 28, 2015 “………..Last Friday, we linked to one interview he gave recently where he said he would have been...
View Article$10 billion bonanza to save Exelon nuclear plants in Illinois?
New power rules may preserve Exelon nuclear plants in Illinois, St Louis Post Dispatch, By Scott DiSavino Reuters , 30 July 15, New rules for U.S. electricity providers could save two money-losing...
View ArticleSeptember – expected decision on closing Quad Cities nuclear plant
Decision of possibly closing Cordova Exelon plant expected in September, WQAD, JULY 30, 2015, BY KATRINA LAMANSKY The decision of whether to close the Quad Cities nuclear plant, Exelon, is expected in...
View ArticleFailure of USA’s small scale reactor in Antarctica – costly and cancer-causing
Christina Macpherson’s websites & blogs This is quite an old article, but I find it remarkable because, for once, it mentions the enormous cost of security measures needed for small nuclear...
View ArticleWill USA’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission allow the nuclear lobby to set...
If a pro-hormesis model is allowed to take hold, it will change things forever… It could give the nuclear industry an excuse to release more radiation from nuclear power plants; an excuse for gov’t...
View ArticleUS Nuclear plants doing Problem Evaluation Reports on ‘complex and urgent’...
Gov’t: Erosion is “undermining foundation” of major dam upstream of US nuclear plants — “Extensive network” of seepage paths found — “Water flowing through from multiple sources & multiple...
View ArticleUS State and federal agencies agree on plan to demolish southern Ohio uranium...
Demolition plan OK’d in southern Ohio uranium plant cleanup, WT, By KANTELE FRANKO – Associated Press – Friday, July 31, 2015 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State and federal agencies have agreed on a plan...
View ArticleNuclear industry lobbying for tax=payer funding as a ‘carbon emissions cure’
U.S. nuclear operators try to save plants with carbon emission rule, Reuters, WASHINGTON | BY VALERIE VOLCOVICI , 31 July 15, The U.S. nuclear industry has made a last-minute push to urge the Obama...
View ArticleDecommissioned sites need MORE protection against wildfires, not less!
In Light of Fast Moving Wildfires; Evacuations, US Senators call on NRC to Stop Waiving Emergency Response Measures at Decommissioned Nuclear Sites (to no avail) miningawareness51 July 15...
View ArticleIndian Point nuclear station not safe – should be closed down
Aging Nuclear Power Plant Must Close Before It Closes Us http://ecowatch.com/2015/06/22/indian-point-aging-nuclear-plant/ Paul Gallay | June 22, 2015 We must face facts regarding the Indian Point...
View ArticleSpecial NRC inspection of leak from A southern Illinois uranium-conversion plant
NRC inspecting Illinois uranium-conversion plant after leak, WT By – Associated Press – Tuesday, August 4, 2015 METROPOLIS, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois uranium-conversion plant is undergoing a...
View ArticlePostponed indefinitely – the opening of U.S. government’s Waste Isolation...
The opening of an underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico just got delayed indefinitely http://www.businessinsider.com.au/r-officials-delay-reopening-of-new-mexico-nuclear-waste-site-2015-8 JOSEPH...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Clean Power Plan does not support existing nuclear reactors
Final Clean Power Plan Drops Support For Existing Nuclear Plants, Forbes, Jeff McMahon, 3 Aug 15 vThe final version of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan does not include aid to existing nuclear power...
View ArticleNew nuclear reactor technologies benefit from the U.S. Environmental...
New Nuclear Power Seen as Winner in Obama’s Clean Power Plan, Bloomberg by Jonathan CrawfordMark Chediak , 4 Aug 15, The Obama administration gave the struggling U.S. nuclear industry a glimmer of hope...
View ArticleNuclear bombing of Japanese cities the”opening salvo of the Cold War”
Hiroshima survivor Keiko Ogura wants people to come and see for themselves. “Some people in the world still do not understand the cruelty of nuclear weapons, and that they are absolute evil. This...
View ArticleObama props up a failing nuclear industry, with nuclear energy a centerpiece...
For starters, nuclear energy isn’t clean. Although nuclear fission is itself a low-carbon process, the lifecycle carbon cost of nuclear energy production is anything but, with greenhouse gas emissions...
View ArticleUSA government makes rules on ionising radiation in water more lax
EPA raises permissible levels of radiation in drinking water https://thewrongblogg.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/epa-raises-permissible-levels-of-radiation-in-drinking-water/ The White House has given...
View ArticleUSA nuclear weapons numbers shrink, but nuclear weapons budget balloons out
Why the US nuclear budget grows while the stockpile of warheads shrinks Obama’s plan to modernize and replace the nuclear arsenal will soon push nuclear weapons spending to Cold War levels Aljazeera...
View ArticleDaniel Ellsberg and Takashi Tanemori join Hiroshima Day protest at Lawrence...
Daniel Ellsberg speaks during a demonstration to protest nuclear weapons outside the fence of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. Thursday marked the...
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