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Monthly Archives: December 2014

Thatcher Report on Leak at Windscale: Policy Towards Sellafield, Cancer in West Cumbria – Declassified

December 31, 2014

While trying to find out if UK secret documents on the murder of anti-nuclear activist Hilda Murrell have been declassified, …

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Lakeland’s Nuclear Crime Scene – a New Year’s Eve Vigil

December 31, 2014

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Nuclear Crime Scene – Lakeland NEW YEARS EVE VIGIL – WITNESS NUCLEAR CRIME BOREHOLES, Lies, Deception…

Nuclear Reactor Licenses: US NRC can’t figure out to whom they are being transferred- Urgent Comment Deadline

December 30, 2014

Comment here. Deadline is Jan. 2nd 11.59 pm (23.59) US ET (Washington DC), that is 10.59 pm Central in Louisiana. …

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Big Easy Nuclear Reactors that Care Forgot

December 29, 2014

Does it make anyone else nervous that New Orleans, a city best known for jazz, food, gambling, corruption, and mafia, …

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US Nuclear Energy: Follow the Money

December 28, 2014

[NB: Since this was first posted San Onofre has been shut and Vermont Yankee will be closed by the 29th …

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No Radiation Filters on New Emergency Vents for US Fukushima like Nuclear Reactors – 55 Years Behind on Safety

December 28, 2014

The UK Installed Emergency Filters on its Windscale Reactor 55 Years Ago. The US NRC refuses to add radiation filters …

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Swedish Nuclear Hypocrisy: State-owned Vattenfall is Still Suing Germany for 4.7 billion Euros for Closing Old Nuclear Reactors

December 26, 2014

Vattenfall is 100% Swedish State owned so it is essentially the government of Sweden suing Germany. The hypocrisy is that …

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Radioactive Reindeer

December 25, 2014

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

December 24, 2014

[Warning: Please do NOT try this at home, as it can cause eye and other injuries.] From Fairewinds Energy Education: …

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Alstom Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges – Mr. Geneva, Mr. Paris, and London at Work

December 23, 2014

Alstom pled guilty to bribery in the US, and has also been charged with bribery by the UK Serious Fraud …

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San Onofre Nuclear Spent Fuel Risks: Earthquakes and Flimsy Containment Endanger the Continental US

December 22, 2014

San Onofre Nuclear Power Station right on the earthquake prone California coast. Many of San Onofre’s components seem to be …

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Japan: Another Ring of Fire Warning at M5.9 Near Fukushima

December 21, 2014

There was, not surprisingly, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, on December 20th, offshore, roughly 42 km (27 miles) from the Fukushima …

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A Medieval Response to Environmental Pollution in Northern Italy

December 20, 2014

Bassano, Italy “A MEDIEVAL RESPONSE TO MUNICIPAL POLLUTION by Robert Laures [1] Presented to the Mid-America Conference on History, 17-19 …

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Fort Calhoun Nuclear Reactor Tripping Out

December 19, 2014

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 …

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The Ongoing Saga 43: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

December 18, 2014

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 …

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#Cofrentes17 Acquitted of Nuclear Protest Charges

December 18, 2014

From Greenpeace: “#Cofrentes17 Acquitted of Nuclear Protest Charges Blogpost by Andrew Kerr – 17 December, 2014 at 14:00 In a …

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Japan Nuclear Regulator Ignores its Duty to Protect the People (But the Fight’s Not Over Yet!)

December 18, 2014

“Sixty thousand people marched in central Tokyo on 19 September 2011, chanting “Sayonara nuclear power” and waving banners, to call …

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Fisherman Send Appeal for Mercy; AREVA Calls Police

December 17, 2014

Fisherman and farmers, whose lives and livelihoods are endangered by a proposed largest nuclear power station in the world, sent …

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For Cumbria read Gotham – Beware Nuclear “Gifts”

December 16, 2014

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Morning Star Many thanks to the Morning Star for publishing the following feature: A donation to…

US: Public subsidies for companies, $456,000 on average to create a job

December 16, 2014

“Public subsidies for companies: $456,000 on average to create a job, 27 JUNE 2013 BY OLIVIER PETITJEAN, Multinationales.org “U.S. local …

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Rio Tinto-Iran’s Rössing Uranium Mine, the UK and Apartheid

December 15, 2014

The following Wikispooks article appears largely, or entirely, written by a former UK diplomat. Most of the information about Rössing …

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How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided a Nuclear Holocaust 34 Years Ago, and Still Risks Catastrophe Today

December 14, 2014

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013, by DemocracyNow: “How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided a Nuclear Holocaust 33 Years Ago, and Still Risks …

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What if Collapsed Airport Terminal 2E were a Nuclear Power Station?

December 13, 2014

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), …

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Return to Sender – View From Hinkley Point

December 12, 2014

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

December 12, 2014

Sellafield is on the Irish Sea, so there will be water birds in the neighborhood. This is a bird’s eye …

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Today at Hinkley “Return to Sender” Nuclear Waste Barrels

December 12, 2014

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Nuclear Waste Barrels costumes *Santa Claus to protest at Hinkley Nuclear Power Station* On Thursday 11th…

Cumbria Wildlife Trust dodges the issue of Nuclear Developments

December 12, 2014

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Kakadu World Heritage Site Those with an interest in wildlife will be aware that the nuclear…

Shuar Indigenous Leaders Call for Halting Mineral Extraction after Murder of Mine Opponent; China State Owned Ecuacorrientes Must Go!

December 11, 2014

Image Credit: noalamina.org Shuar Indigenous Leaders Call for Halting Mineral Extraction Reported by “No a la Mina”, (orig. Spanish), on …

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Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader Killed Days Before Planned Protest at COP20. How Many More Environmental Defenders Will Die Before the World Takes Notice?

December 11, 2014

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 …

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Killer Says Swiss Nuclear Reactors are Safe, Including the Oldest Operating One in the World

December 10, 2014

This is too much! Couldn’t make this up folks. Swiss Parliamentarian Hans Killer serves on the board of Leibstadt Nuclear …

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Special Dangers of Pressurized Water Reactors – US NRC on Embrittlement, Thermal Shock, Stress Corrosion

December 10, 2014

“In March 2002, plant staff discovered that the borated water that serves as the reactor coolant had leaked from cracked …

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Switzerland: A Nuclear Exit Only in Name; Authorities Assure Can Limit Cancer to 1 in 100 if Earthquake at Nuclear Power Stations

December 9, 2014

Yesterday, the lower House of the Swiss parliament decided that Swiss nuclear reactors, including the oldest operating reactor in the …

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Uranium Spilled All Over Inside at ISL Mine; Exposed Workers; NRC Short of Time to Check Outside; Greater Sage Grouse Habitat at Risk

December 8, 2014

Lost Creek uranium miner, Ur-Energy, appears to have come up with a nifty trick: They spilled so much loose uranium …

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The Dangerous US NRC Typo Making “Low Level” Radioactive Waste More Radioactive than Allowed at WIPP

December 8, 2014

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

December 6, 2014

“Spanish Constitution of 1978: ‘…to all those present to see and hear, BE IT KNOWN: That the Cortes have approved …

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Seventeen Nuclear Headaches: Aging Nuclear Reactors and Activists

December 6, 2014

“Greenpeace activists breach perimeter fences at Forsmark Nuclear Power Station. The activists are ‘stress testing’ the facility to alert the …

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AREVA “Maintenance Training” at Ukraine Nuclear Power Station; “Incident” Within 3 Days

December 5, 2014

According to the Ukrainian government: “On 28 of November 2014 at 19:24 the disconnection of the Unit №3 of Zaporizhzhya …

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The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by the Nuclear French State in 1985

December 5, 2014

From Greenpeace: “THE BOMBING OF THE RAINBOW WARRIOR In 1985, French secret service agents planted two bombs and sank our …

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Heysham’s Graphite Core Clapped Out? No Probs..Just Change the Rules!

December 5, 2014

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Heysham 1 ? Last week the Station Manager of Heysham 1 Ian Stewart, had a Podium…

Belgium: Royal Palace Protected from Drones; Nuclear Reactors Not Protected, it seems

December 4, 2014

Belgian Royal Palace protected by electronic shield from drones Tihange Nuclear Power Station, apparently not protected from drones It appears …

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Fires at Nuclear Reactors Pose Significant Risk, Tihange Reminder of the Obvious

December 4, 2014

[NB: Tihange 2 and 3 are 89.8% owned by GDF-Suez who owns Electrabel, and 10.2% owned by an EDF subsidiary …

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Union Carbide: Making a Radioactive Mess in the USA (1943-1984), 41 years before the Bhopal Diaster

December 3, 2014

For 41 years, from 1943 until March of 1984, shortly before the Bhopal disaster, Union Carbide left a radioactive mess, …

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Price-Anderson Nuclear Bailout – Insurance Scam

December 3, 2014

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 3, 2014

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
? December 3rdJust a Hedgehog Save Greenmoorside’s Ancient Hedgerows from the diabolic Moorside Plan. Just a…

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Protest in Skouries, Halkidiki, Greece: A just struggle will not be stifled by riot police chemicals

December 3, 2014

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

December 3, 2014

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
? Government has pledged an unlimited blank cheque courtesy of the public to the same companies,…

UK Nuclear and Military Contractor’s Involvement in Dreamliner Battery Fire: the Role of Thales

December 2, 2014

“Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard Passes HMS Dragon as She Returns to HMNB Clyde, Scotland“[1] Thales has the contract for maintenance …

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Fire at Belgian Nuclear Reactor; Cracks in Pressure Vessels & Oil Leak

December 1, 2014

Streetview near Tihange Nuclear Power Station, Belgium There was a fire at the French owned Belgian Tihange 3 nuclear reactor. …

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The Ongoing Saga 42: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

December 1, 2014

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 …

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Recent Posts

  • Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki Discusses Russian Invasion of Ukraine in Interview (2 Feb. 2023) February 3, 2023
  • Russia Attempting to Advance in Four Directions, Suffering Heavy Losses in Ukraine February 3, 2023
  • US House Oversight and Science Chairs Request Docs Related to DOE-National (Nuclear) Labs Targeted by Russian Hackers Known to Support Russian Gov Ops February 3, 2023
  • US House Oversight Chair Hearing Investigating Billions Lost to Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Pandemic Programs February 3, 2023
  • Biden Sec. of State Blinken Postpones China Trip After Chinese Surveillance Balloon Flies Over US Airspace February 3, 2023
  • Major Russian Offensive in Ukraine Expected within Weeks February 2, 2023
  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Calls on World to Save Former President of Georgia Saakashvili February 2, 2023
  • Republican US Senator Wicker on Weapons Deliveries to Ukraine: “More, Better, Faster” Needed; Wicker Explains to Americans Why Ukraine Matters February 1, 2023
  • FDR’s National Security Fireside Chat “The Arsenal of Democracy” (29 December 1940) – A Must Read and/or Listen Today February 1, 2023
  • Former UK PM Boris Johnson to Western governments: Save Time, Money, Lives, and Give Ukraine Weapons it Needs as Fast as Possible February 1, 2023
  • Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Exposed Large-Scale Embezzlement Schemes of 40 billion hryvnias ($1 Billion) by Former Management of PJSC “Ukrnafta” and PJSC “Ukrtatnafta”Oil Company-Refinery February 1, 2023
  • Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s Father was a Soviet Russian Trained Colonel in the Somali Communist Military Dictatorship; Why was He Allowed to Immigrate to the USA? How Many More Are There? February 1, 2023
  • Estonia’s Prime Minister Joins in Making Camouflage Nets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Estonia is the Top Donor to Ukraine as Percentage of GDP January 31, 2023
  • The Battle of Kruty (1918) – Ukrainian Student Volunteers Fought Valiantly Against Russian Invaders January 30, 2023
  • Ukraine Remembers the Heroes of Kruty Fighting for Ukraine Against Russian Invasion in 1918 January 29, 2023
  • Russia Launched Massive Artillery Strike on Kherson (Ukraine) Residential Areas and Hospital; Injuries and Deaths Reported; Urgent Request for Blood Donations January 29, 2023
  • Former Senior NATO Commander Petr Pavel Wins Landslide Victory in Czech Presidential Elections January 28, 2023
  • Iron Spear 2022 Video Showing Why Ukraine Needs Main Battle Tanks to Retake its Territory and Repel Russian Forces January 27, 2023
  • Russia Launched Massive Missile and Drone Attacks on Ukraine; Majority Shot Down; Injuries and Death(s) Still Occurred January 26, 2023
  • Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Bei Mir Bistu Shein) January 25, 2023
  • Abrams Tank Training Academy Officially Opened in Poland on August 10, 2022; Biden Announces Abrams Tanks for Ukraine (Today) January 25, 2023
  • Lithuanian FM: “It’s Official 👍Tanke Schön”; Germany Finally Approves Sending Leopard 2 Tanks to Ukraine on President Zelenksyy’s Birthday January 25, 2023
  • FBI Agent Who Worked on Russian Counterintelligence-Counterespionage & Russian Organized Crime Matters Charged With Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia on Behalf of Russian Oligarch; Additional Charges Related to $225,000 Cash Received from Former Intelligence Officer January 24, 2023
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  • US Congressman McCaul Frustrated With “Cowardly Decisions” to Once Again Withhold ATACMS From Ukraine and Leopard 2 Tanks; US Senator Wicker Says Biden Too Slow in Providing Advanced Weapons January 23, 2023

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