The options for decommissioning a nuclear plant
US nuclear industry’s plan thanks to NRC: let taxpayers carry the can for closed power plants, Ecologist Linda Pentz Gunter13th May 2016 “…….There are currently three decommissioning options when a...
View ArticleAmerica’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission set to exempt nuclear corporations...
US nuclear industry’s plan thanks to NRC: let taxpayers carry the can for closed power plants, Ecologist Linda Pentz Gunter13th May 2016 With five reactors closed in the last three years, the US...
View ArticleBig doubts about Bill Gates’ enthusiastic claims for nuclear power
Nuclear Power: Part of the Alternative Energy ‘Solution’? Differing views voiced by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Stanford energy expert Yale Climate Connections, Mark Z. Jacobson, May 16, 2016 By...
View ArticleGrowing opposition in both Canada and USA to nuclear waste dumping near the...
Opposition to the project, though, has swelled. More than 180 county boards, city councils and other local elected bodies near the Great Lakes in both countries have passed proclamations urging a veto...
View ArticleNew York’s proposed Clean Energy Standard a financial gift to the nuclear...
A gift to the nuclear power industry, The River Reporter May 18, 2016 — State officials are in the midst of a round of meetings regarding the state’s proposed Clean Energy Standard (CES), which will...
View ArticleIllinois General Assembly split on the idea of bailing out Exelon’s...
Bill to help Clinton nuclear plant on back burner Bloomington Pantograph Dan Petrella dan.petrella@lee.net SPRINGFIELD, 20 May 16 — It remains unclear whether the Illinois General Assembly will act...
View ArticleUSA Energy secretary Ernest Moniz keen to get tax-payer funding for Exelon...
Fifteen to 20 nuclear units in US ‘at risk’ of shutdown: industry official Washington (Platts)–19 May 2016 Some 15 to 20 nuclear power units in the US are “at risk” of being shut over the next five to...
View ArticleExelon nuclear corporation pressing for tax-payer funding at State and...
Exelon presses for help at state, federal levels, E & E, Jeffrey Tomich, E&E reporter EnergyWire: Friday, May 20, 2016 The nation’s largest nuclear operator put on the full-court press...
View ArticleBoston Edison Company, now known as NSTAR Electric Company sues US Dept of...
DOE Sued for $40M Over Nuclear Waste Storage, Courthouse News Service By LORRAINE BAILEY CN), 19 May 16 — Blaming the government for not settling on a nuclear-waste storage scheme, a nuclear energy...
View ArticleAfter 26 year battle for justice, Rocky Flats residents get some kind of deal...
Deal reached between homeowners, weapons plant operators, Albuquerque Journal By Dan Elliott / Associated Press May 19th, 2016 DENVER — Thousands of homeowners have reached a $375 million settlement...
View ArticleToshiba’s Economic Nuclear Meltdown
How Washington Is Fighting For Russia’s Old Europe Energy Market, Forbes, Kenneth Rapoza , 17 May 16 “………Toshiba’s Economic Meltdown Toshiba’s problems are Westinghouse’s problems. In Europe, going...
View ArticleAmerica gets Ukraine to hop on its nuclear power marketing bandwagon
How Washington Is Fighting For Russia’s Old Europe Energy Market, Forbes, Kenneth Rapoza , 17 May 16 “……..Nuking Ukraine Getting Ukraine to hop on the Westinghouse band wagon was particularly crafty....
View ArticleUSA using Westinghouse nuclear reactors and fuel to compete with Russia for...
How Washington Is Fighting For Russia’s Old Europe Energy Market, Forbes, Kenneth Rapoza , 17 May 16, The U.S. is going after Russian nukes in Europe. And they’re counting on just one company to do...
View ArticleNBC4 is revealing LA’s Nuclear Secret – investigative journalism spells it out
LA’S NUCLEAR SECRET http://data.nbcstations.com/national/KNBC/la-nuclear-secret/ You really need to go to the link above and read the original article. It makes it easy for you to follow up aspects and...
View ArticleChelsea Manning appeals conviction in WikiLeaks case
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/crime/2016/05/19/chelsea-manning-appeal-wikileaks/84585376/ David Dishneau, The Associated Press10:35 a.m. EDT May 19, 2016 National security leaker Chelsea...
View ArticleUSA nuclear stations’ disaster procedures and processes are inadequate
U.S. Nuclear Reactors Fall Short on Steps to Cope With Disasters http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-20/u-s-nuclear-reactors-fall-short-on-steps-to-cope-with-disasters Jonathan Crawford...
View ArticleExxon Mobil documents should be thoroughly investigated
Exxon Mobil documents call for a thorough investigation We expect prosecutors to investigate when evidence suggests a corporation may have committed a crime, especially when the company may have harmed...
View ArticleFormer radioactive waste workers take legal action over their radiation...
Former McDonnell Douglas workers, residents file suit over radiation exposure, St Louis Public Radio By DURRIE BOUSCAREN • MAY 20, 2016 Three former aircraft workers and seven north St. Louis County...
View ArticleUSA wants to market nuclear power to Vietnam
Enhancing U.S.-Vietnam Civil Nuclear Clean Energy Cooperation “…… Earlier this month, the United States and Vietnam signed the Administrative Arrangement under our historic agreement on the peaceful...
View ArticleUSA desperately wants to market nuclear power to India
U.S. official says India has addressed nuclear concerns, May 24, 2016 Reuters WASHINGTON | BY PATRICIA ZENGERLE A U.S. State Department official assured lawmakers on Tuesday that India has addressed...
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