California’s drought brings uranium contamination to drinking water
Fear at the tap: Uranium contaminates water in the West Yahoo News, By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SCOTT SMITH, 7 Dec 15 “…. Uranium, the stuff of nuclear fuel for power plants and atom bombs, increasingly...
View ArticleBill Gates’ nuclear power – Wrong Kind of Green
THE BIG THREE: THE 21ST CENTURY “CLEAN ENERGY” REGIME Wrong Kind of Green Dec 07, 201 5 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation December 7, 2015 The “big three” that comprise the 21st century “clean...
View Article10 Control Rods accidentally dropped into nuclear reactor core – Indian Point
Gov’t: Shutdown at U.S. nuclear plant after 10 control rods accidentally fall into reactor core — Caused by ‘smoldering’ event, Fire Brigade on scene — Incident of this type could lead to overheating,...
View ArticleThe nuclear industry’s plight – the COSTS OF RADIOACTIVE TRASH DISPOSAL
The politics of nuclear waste disposal, The Hill, 8 Dec 15 By Mark R. Maddox, The closure of nuclear power plants — seven at last count — and the role of nuclear power in a low carbon world has...
View ArticleAstronauts teaching doctors on the hazards of ionising radiation?
Doctors, astronauts learn radiation dangers from each other Dr. Diethrich developed a brain tumor – one he believes came from years of exposure to radiation KHOU.com 8 Dec 15 HOUSTON — Each year in the...
View ArticleDon’t fall for the Breakthrough Energy Coalition ‘s nuclear boondoggle
Breakthrough Boondoggle leaders fawn over the Breakthrough Energy Coalition as world saviors promoting so-called ‘climate solutions’, the reality is that these con artists are setting us up for a...
View ArticleOntario’s nuclear emergency plan is inadequate
Activists say Ontario’s 10 km primary response zone at nuclear plants isn’t safe enough...
View ArticleBill in Wisconsin to lift the State’s moratorium on new nuclear power stations
Panel OKs bill lifting nuclear moratorium http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2015/12/09/panel-oks-bill-lifting-nuclear-moratorium/77052324/ MADISON – A legislative committee has approved a bill...
View ArticleStill secret: where are the radioactive hot spots near Coldwater Creek, st...
New nuclear hot spots near Coldwater Creek still a secret , St Louis Post Dispatch, 10 Dec 15 By Blythe Bernhard It’s too early to name the seven new radioactive hot spots found near Coldwater Creek...
View ArticleClimate Change Denialism – money buys opinion
Follow the money to climate science denial https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/follow-the-money-to-climate-science-denial,8472 Graham Readfearn 10 December 2015, A...
View ArticleCarbon tax is best method to tackle global warming, say influential USA leaders
From Paris with love: US policy leaders see elegance in a carbon tax...
View ArticleNuclear proponent Ernest Moniz in Paris touts Small Reactors
Mini-reactors could crack nuclear industry’s financing problem: Moniz, Reuters, PARIS | BY GEERT DE CLERCQ 11 Dec 15 Mini-versions of current-generation nuclear reactors could be the solution for the...
View ArticleUSA’s Nuclear Plant Vogtle in more trouble, more delay and facing a legal...
More delays for Plant Vogtle, Savannah Morning News December 11, 2015 By WALTER C. JONES ATLANTA — Work to add two nuclear reactors to Plant Vogtle is growing further behind schedule, according to...
View ArticleToo many nuclear workers sick and dying from radiation induced illnesses,...
“Despite 20 years of study and multiple reports, the federal government has not implemented a lasting solution,” the attorney general’s office said in a statement, “and workers continue to get sick.”...
View ArticleUSA’s new nuclear weapons plan stirs up tensions with Russia
America’s modernized nuclear arms roil diplomatic waters, McClatchy DC December 11, 2015 By Lindsay Wise lwise@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON U.S. plans to build a precision-guided nuclear bomb already are...
View ArticleThe push for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors goes on in Idaho
E. Idaho eyed as site for small commercial nuclear reactors, Idaho Statesman, BY KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, IDAHO , 11 Dec 15 U.S. Department of Energy officials and an energy cooperative...
View ArticleLegacy of death from their occupation – the radiation toll on nuclear workers
US Nuclear Weapons Complex Leaves ‘Legacy of Death on American Soil’ http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-nuclear-weapons-complex-leaves-legacy-of-death-on-american-soil/5495206 By Deirdre Fulton Global...
View ArticleGloomy prediction for USA’s nuclear industry
new designs are at least 10-30 years away from being commercially viable. “It’s not a technology problem, it’s an engineering and project management problem,” he said. “[Nuclear] is a fundamentally...
View ArticleReal possibility of accidental nuclear war between USA and Russia
“An Accidental Nuclear War between the U.S. and Russia is Possible”. Nuclear Holocaust in Just 30 Minutes – Former US Navy Advisor By Dr. Theodore Postol and Sophie Shevardnadze Global Research,...
View ArticleTexas nuclear workers sick and dying from exposure to radiation
widespread examples of payouts that occur only after a worker dies. She handled the claim of one widow who just this year received a payout on a claim that her husband filed in 2005. The husband died...
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