Thatcher Report on Leak at Windscale: Policy Towards Sellafield, Cancer in West Cumbria – Declassified
While trying to find out if UK secret documents on the murder of anti-nuclear activist Hilda Murrell have been declassified, …
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Lakeland’s Nuclear Crime Scene – a New Year’s Eve Vigil
Nuclear Crime Scene – Lakeland NEW YEARS EVE VIGIL – WITNESS NUCLEAR CRIME BOREHOLES, Lies, Deception and the Dumping of…
Nuclear Reactor Licenses: US NRC can’t figure out to whom they are being transferred- Urgent Comment Deadline
Comment here. Deadline is Jan. 2nd 11.59 pm (23.59) US ET (Washington DC), that is 10.59 pm Central in Louisiana. …
Big Easy Nuclear Reactors that Care Forgot
Does it make anyone else nervous that New Orleans, a city best known for jazz, food, gambling, corruption, and mafia, …
US Nuclear Energy: Follow the Money
[NB: Since this was first posted San Onofre has been shut and Vermont Yankee will be closed by the 29th …
No Radiation Filters on New Emergency Vents for US Fukushima like Nuclear Reactors – 55 Years Behind on Safety
The UK Installed Emergency Filters on its Windscale Reactor 55 Years Ago. The US NRC refuses to add radiation filters …
Swedish Nuclear Hypocrisy: State-owned Vattenfall is Still Suing Germany for 4.7 billion Euros for Closing Old Nuclear Reactors
Vattenfall is 100% Swedish State owned so it is essentially the government of Sweden suing Germany. The hypocrisy is that …
Radioactive Reindeer
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Reindeer Pulling Sleigh Photo by Elen Schurova via wikimedia. “The Chernobyl accident is an obvious example…
Embrittled Nuclear Reactors Could Shatter Like Glass – Video Demo
[Warning: Please do NOT try this at home, as it can cause eye and other injuries.] From Fairewinds Energy Education: …
Alstom Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges – Mr. Geneva, Mr. Paris, and London at Work
Alstom pled guilty to bribery in the US, and has also been charged with bribery by the UK Serious Fraud …
San Onofre Nuclear Spent Fuel Risks: Earthquakes and Flimsy Containment Endanger the Continental US
San Onofre Nuclear Power Station right on the earthquake prone California coast. Many of San Onofre’s components seem to be …
Japan: Another Ring of Fire Warning at M5.9 Near Fukushima
There was, not surprisingly, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, on December 20th, offshore, roughly 42 km (27 miles) from the Fukushima …
A Medieval Response to Environmental Pollution in Northern Italy
Bassano, Italy “A MEDIEVAL RESPONSE TO MUNICIPAL POLLUTION by Robert Laures [1] Presented to the Mid-America Conference on History, 17-19 …
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Reactor Tripping Out
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/en.html “The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on 660 acres (2.7 km2) between Fort …
The Ongoing Saga 43: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/the-ongoing-saga-42-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/the-ongoing-saga-44-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Last update on top. First at bottom. This post ran …
#Cofrentes17 Acquitted of Nuclear Protest Charges
From Greenpeace: “#Cofrentes17 Acquitted of Nuclear Protest Charges Blogpost by Andrew Kerr – 17 December, 2014 at 14:00 In a …
Japan Nuclear Regulator Ignores its Duty to Protect the People (But the Fight’s Not Over Yet!)
“Sixty thousand people marched in central Tokyo on 19 September 2011, chanting “Sayonara nuclear power” and waving banners, to call …
Fisherman Send Appeal for Mercy; AREVA Calls Police
Fisherman and farmers, whose lives and livelihoods are endangered by a proposed largest nuclear power station in the world, sent …
For Cumbria read Gotham – Beware Nuclear “Gifts”
Morning Star Many thanks to the Morning Star for publishing the following feature: A donation to Cumbria Wildlife Trust comes…
US: Public subsidies for companies, $456,000 on average to create a job
“Public subsidies for companies: $456,000 on average to create a job, 27 JUNE 2013 BY OLIVIER PETITJEAN, Multinationales.org “U.S. local …
Rio Tinto-Iran’s Rössing Uranium Mine, the UK and Apartheid
The following Wikispooks article appears largely, or entirely, written by a former UK diplomat. Most of the information about Rössing …
How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided a Nuclear Holocaust 34 Years Ago, and Still Risks Catastrophe Today
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013, by DemocracyNow: “How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided a Nuclear Holocaust 33 Years Ago, and Still Risks …
What if Collapsed Airport Terminal 2E were a Nuclear Power Station?
Collapsed Terminal 2E at France’s Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, June 2004, CC-BY-SA-3.0 by Andrewgprout via Wikipedia Aéroports de Paris (ADP), …
Return to Sender – View From Hinkley Point
Originally posted on southwestagainstnuclear:
A group from the South West went to return nuclear waste to Hinkley Point today, in…
Killing Radioactive Birds at Sellafield: A Bird’s Eye View
Sellafield is on the Irish Sea, so there will be water birds in the neighborhood. This is a bird’s eye …
Today at Hinkley “Return to Sender” Nuclear Waste Barrels
Nuclear Waste Barrels costumes *Santa Claus to protest at Hinkley Nuclear Power Station* On Thursday 11th December, protesters dressed as…
Cumbria Wildlife Trust dodges the issue of Nuclear Developments
Kakadu World Heritage Site Those with an interest in wildlife will be aware that the nuclear industry from Kirksanton to…
Shuar Indigenous Leaders Call for Halting Mineral Extraction after Murder of Mine Opponent; China State Owned Ecuacorrientes Must Go!
Image Credit: noalamina.org Shuar Indigenous Leaders Call for Halting Mineral Extraction Reported by “No a la Mina”, (orig. Spanish), on …
Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader Killed Days Before Planned Protest at COP20. How Many More Environmental Defenders Will Die Before the World Takes Notice?
Approximate Location of Mirador Mine. More detailed Map here: http://protectecuador.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PROJECTED-POISONING-OF-RIVERS-UPPER-AMAZON-BASIN-MIRADOR-OPEN-PIT-COPPER-MINE-ECUADOR-web.pdf From Global Witness: “Ecuadorian indigenous leader killed days before planned …
Killer Says Swiss Nuclear Reactors are Safe, Including the Oldest Operating One in the World
This is too much! Couldn’t make this up folks. Swiss Parliamentarian Hans Killer serves on the board of Leibstadt Nuclear …
Special Dangers of Pressurized Water Reactors – US NRC on Embrittlement, Thermal Shock, Stress Corrosion
“In March 2002, plant staff discovered that the borated water that serves as the reactor coolant had leaked from cracked …
Switzerland: A Nuclear Exit Only in Name; Authorities Assure Can Limit Cancer to 1 in 100 if Earthquake at Nuclear Power Stations
Yesterday, the lower House of the Swiss parliament decided that Swiss nuclear reactors, including the oldest operating reactor in the …
Uranium Spilled All Over Inside at ISL Mine; Exposed Workers; NRC Short of Time to Check Outside; Greater Sage Grouse Habitat at Risk
Lost Creek uranium miner, Ur-Energy, appears to have come up with a nifty trick: They spilled so much loose uranium …
The Dangerous US NRC Typo Making “Low Level” Radioactive Waste More Radioactive than Allowed at WIPP
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
WIPP waste dump, 22 May 2014 As you will see, an error in the US NRC…
Why Spain’s Constitution Day is Important to Us All: #Cofrentes17
“Spanish Constitution of 1978: ‘…to all those present to see and hear, BE IT KNOWN: That the Cortes have approved …
Seventeen Nuclear Headaches: Aging Nuclear Reactors and Activists
“Greenpeace activists breach perimeter fences at Forsmark Nuclear Power Station. The activists are ‘stress testing’ the facility to alert the …
AREVA “Maintenance Training” at Ukraine Nuclear Power Station; “Incident” Within 3 Days
According to the Ukrainian government: “On 28 of November 2014 at 19:24 the disconnection of the Unit №3 of Zaporizhzhya …
The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by the Nuclear French State in 1985
From Greenpeace: “THE BOMBING OF THE RAINBOW WARRIOR In 1985, French secret service agents planted two bombs and sank our …
Heysham’s Graphite Core Clapped Out? No Probs..Just Change the Rules!
Heysham 1 ? Last week the Station Manager of Heysham 1 Ian Stewart, had a Podium piece in the Westmorland…
Belgium: Royal Palace Protected from Drones; Nuclear Reactors Not Protected, it seems
Belgian Royal Palace protected by electronic shield from drones Tihange Nuclear Power Station, apparently not protected from drones It appears …
Fires at Nuclear Reactors Pose Significant Risk, Tihange Reminder of the Obvious
[NB: Tihange 2 and 3 are 89.8% owned by GDF-Suez who owns Electrabel, and 10.2% owned by an EDF subsidiary …
Union Carbide: Making a Radioactive Mess in the USA (1943-1984), 41 years before the Bhopal Diaster
For 41 years, from 1943 until March of 1984, shortly before the Bhopal disaster, Union Carbide left a radioactive mess, …
Price-Anderson Nuclear Bailout – Insurance Scam
http://www.citizen.org/documents/Price%20Anderson%20Factsheet.pdf http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=2117 http://www.citizen.org/cmep/article_redirect.cfm?ID=10322 All of the above copyrighted: ©2014 Public Citizen (CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 US)
December 3rd – Just a Hedgehog
? December 3rdJust a Hedgehog Save Greenmoorside’s Ancient Hedgerows from the diabolic Moorside Plan. Just a Hedgehog…… Boreholes being dug…
Protest in Skouries, Halkidiki, Greece: A just struggle will not be stifled by riot police chemicals
Originally posted on soshalkidiki:
On Sunday 23/11/214, more than 1500 people, marched in protest at the Skouries mining site on…
Stop Moorside Advent Calendar and More
? Government has pledged an unlimited blank cheque courtesy of the public to the same companies, Toshiba/Westinghouse (NuGEN) responsible for…
UK Nuclear and Military Contractor’s Involvement in Dreamliner Battery Fire: the Role of Thales
“Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard Passes HMS Dragon as She Returns to HMNB Clyde, Scotland“[1] Thales has the contract for maintenance …
Fire at Belgian Nuclear Reactor; Cracks in Pressure Vessels & Oil Leak
Streetview near Tihange Nuclear Power Station, Belgium There was a fire at the French owned Belgian Tihange 3 nuclear reactor. …
The Ongoing Saga 42: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/the-ongoing-saga-43-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/the-ongoing-saga-41-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Inverse order: Last update is on top. First is …
