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San Onofre nuclear plant – doomed by its new steam generators

How San Onofre’s new steam generators sealed nuclear plant’s fate San Onofre’s replacement generators were supposed to extend the nuclear plant’s life and save money. The opposite ensued. LA Times,  By...

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Nuclear waste casks filling up one aweek, and rate is increasing

    it is crazy to keep making this radioactive trash  New dry casks are popping up around the country at the rate of about one a week these days. As spent fuel pools fill up, that rate will increase...

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America must wake up to its growing nightmare of radioactive trash

If America chooses not to wake up to this reality, sooner or later it will cost us dearly: A spent fuel accident at San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump could cost a trillion dollars. The spent fuel will need...

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Nuclear weapons insanity: America’s AIR-2 Genie rocket

it was basically a suicide device.  The craziest part about this? In the only live test during Operation Plumbob, the US Air Force put five guys directly under the blast to prove how “safe” it was to...

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US Dept of Energy warns on climate change damaging nuclear and coal plants

Warming already taking toll on U.S. energy sector — DOE Hannah Northey, E&E reporter Greenwire:  July 11, 2013  Rising temperatures, decreasing water availability, more severe storms and rising...

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USEC uranium scandal will make the Solyndra solar story look trivial

Uranium Titan Tumbles  EcoWatch July 12, 2013  By Geoffrey Sea“……..USEC has certainly achieved some record-setting milestones. The $5 billion price tag on a completed commercial centrifuge plant (an...

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Auditors shocked at rocketing costs for Uranium Processing Facility

Auditors Slam Uranium Project’s Ballooning Expense http://news.yahoo.com/auditors-slam-uranium-projects-ballooning-expense-150204641.html Diane Barnes, Global Security Newswire 16 July 13,  WASHINGTON...

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The disastrous history of U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC)

Despite public funding, no governmental process is contemplated for gathering or disseminating data on the commercial worthiness of USEC’s centrifuges, because that answer is already widely known: The...

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USA scandal of Uranium Center of Excellence taxpayer ripoff

The “excellence” of this facility was that the radioactive garbage was green-washed as “recyclable,” and Ohio voters were also duped by the promise that it would bring hundreds of jobs, when the final...

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Cost overruns racing away at Monticello nuclear plant

Monticello nuclear plant repairs surge $267 million over budget by: DAVID SHAFFER , Star Tribune July 15, 2013   The bill for upgrades to Monticello nuclear plant is expected to grow even more, which...

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Financial disaster of USEC threatens viability of USA nuclear industry

USEC’s flirtation with a non-nuclear Apocalypse has profound implications for the safe completion of power-down at Paducah, for the long-term cleanup of the contaminated sites that USEC will leave...

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Nevada politicians want answers on radioactive trash transport

Nevada Politicians Push DOE for Info on Uranium Transport Plan http://news.yahoo.com/nevada-politicians-push-doe-uranium-transport-plan-150209553.html   Global Security Newswire Staff  16 July 13...

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Texas old nuclear weapons bunker radioactive

Army probes radiation in bunker at Texas base WFAA 8 by JUAN CARLOS LLORCA Associated Press July 16, 2013  FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — Army investigators have detected radiation in a former nuclear...

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Christian Peacemakers Team protest depleted uranium weapons

The CPT will hold a public educational forum at 1 p.m. July 27 at the Jonesborough Visitors Center. Protesters cite study that reveals depleted uranium near Jonesborough’s Aerojet Ordnance Johnson City...

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Bad luck for nuclear obby, Dept of Energy favours burial of wastes, not...

DOE’s Spent Fuel Strategy: Disappointing for Nuclear Advocates, The Energy Collective, Steve Skutnik  January 17, 2013 There is a hallowed tradition in Washington known as the “Friday Document Dump,”...

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Nuclear promoter Ernest Moniz announces more funding for new nukes

More funding for advanced nuclear power reactors R&D, 17 July 13 the Energy Department announced $3.5 million for four advanced nuclear reactor projects that go beyond traditional light water...

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AUDIO: Hanford nuclear site: officials browbeat TV journalist

TV Journalist: Officials at U.S. nuclear site browbeat me for reporting on radioactive leaks — “You will be publicly humiliated” — Said I was basically an idiot — Never treated that way before (AUDIO)...

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Lawsuit against TEPCO by US service personnel affected by Fukushima radiation

Sailors were drinking desalinated seawater and bathing in it until the ship’s leadership came over the public address system and told them to stop because it was contaminated, Hair said. They were told...

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USA’s only new nuclear reactors paid for in advance by ratepayers

The U.S. Nuclear Power Industry’s Dim Future Bloomberg Business Week By Matthew Philips July 18, 2013“…….The four reactors that are under construction are within about 120 miles of each other in...

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USA farmers increasingly support renewable energy mandates

supporting renewable energy mandates, and thus ensuring that states uphold that portion of climate mitigation, makes sense for farmers, who are increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change....

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