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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Thousands of Cracks in Belgian Nuclear Reactors, Probable Global Nuclear Scourge

February 28, 2015

“Tests revealed a stunning 13 047 cracks in Doel 3; and 3 149 cracks in Tihange 2.” (Greenpeace) The largest …

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UK Nuclear Waste Dump: Nuclear Verma vs. One Lone Voice of Reason in the House of Lords

February 27, 2015

UK House of Lords: All but one of the speakers want more nuclear waste to be made, but they hypocritically …

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Plutonium Trojan Horse in the Body

February 26, 2015

Plutonium shares some important similarities with biologically important trivalent transition metals, especially iron. This could have importance from a material …

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Deteriorated Concrete in WIPP Waste Shaft due to Brine-Water, already in 1992

February 25, 2015

That WIPP is not a dry environment has been known for over a quarter of a century. This should come …

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The Ongoing Saga 49: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

February 25, 2015

This is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/the-ongoing-saga-48-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/the-ongoing-saga-50-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Last update on top. This post ran from Feb. 25, …

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Cover-up of Diablo Canyon Quake Risks: Appeals Court will hear case, FOE

February 25, 2015

News Release from Friends of the Earth: “Appeals Court will hear case on cover-up of Diablo Canyon quake risks Posted …

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Baroness Verma faces fresh rebellion over radioactive waste disposal debate. House of Lords, Moses Room, at 3.45 pm tomorrow, wed

February 24, 2015

LETTER TO TIM FARRON MP Dear Tim Tomorrow in the House of Lords at 3.45pm in the Moses Room Baroness…

Beatrix Potter-Peter Rabbit’s Lake District in Danger: the seemingly inexorable plan to diminish our democracy forges ahead…(petition)

February 24, 2015

Originally posted on Cumbria Trust:
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED!!! 38degrees petition On Wednesday the House of Lords under the Chair of Baroness…

Weird Long Distance Earthquake Impacts – Seismic Seiche (Sloshing)

February 23, 2015

Earthquake induced seiches are interesting because of the risks to nuclear spent fuel pools, and because they show that, depending …

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Why the Recent Japan Earthquakes? Japan Trench: No Place for Nuclear Reactors; Beam Me Up Scotty!

February 23, 2015

7 days USGS with Iwaki, near Fukushima Really, time to shut those Japanese nuclear reactors down, once and for all! …

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WIPP Radiation Leak: the USW had to test its own workers for radiation contamination

February 21, 2015

The United Steelworkers Union (United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International), which now …

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Japan Continues to Tremble; Japan is No Place for Nuclear Reactors

February 21, 2015

Japan earthquakes in the last 24 hours, including a 6.3 magnitude, following upon the 6.7 magnitude earthquake earlier this week. …

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Fluor Hanford Paid $1.1 Million to Resolve Allegations of Improper Lobbying

February 20, 2015

“Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Fluor Hanford Agrees to Pay $1.1 …

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US Government Intervened in False Claims Lawsuit Against Fluor Companies

February 20, 2015

“JUSTICE NEWS Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 8, 2012 US Government Intervenes in …

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Texas-Based Fluor Corporation Agreed to Pay U.S. $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Act Liability

February 20, 2015

“Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 17, 2011 Texas-Based Fluor Corporation to Pay U.S. …

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Whiskey & Hiking are Heart Healthy, Nuclear is a Heart Killer

February 19, 2015

Repaired, Reinvented and Revitalized: Annandale Historic Distillery The Annandale Historic Distillery is in line with the Annan Regeneration Master Plan, …

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Plans to Dump Nuclear Waste in Scotland Opposed in Dumfries: Radioactive Material Not Welcome at Chapelcross, say campaigners

February 19, 2015

From commonspace.scot: “Plans to dump nuclear waste in Scotland opposed in Dumfries: Radioactive material not welcome at Chapelcross, say campaigners …

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Offshore M6.7 Earthquake Near Multiple Japanese Nuclear Power Stations

February 17, 2015

Another large Japanese earthquake, between 6.7 and 6.9 magnitude, and a tsunami warning. One sure thing, besides death and taxes, …

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Scotland: Remote Location for Old UK Nuclear Sub Reactor Pressure Vessels? Deadline for Comment Feb. 20th

February 17, 2015

The UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) wants a “remote” location to store at least 27 nuclear reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) …

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The Ongoing Saga 48: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

February 15, 2015

This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/the-ongoing-saga-49-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/the-ongoing-saga-47-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It ran from Feb. 15, 2015 to Feb. 24, …

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Plans for New Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant at Faslane Submarine Base (Scotland)

February 14, 2015

“Plans submitted for new radioactive waste treatment plant at Faslane submarine base, By Nuclear Information Service, Date: 20 December 2014 …

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Tourism, Milk and Cheese or Nuclear?

February 13, 2015

Proposed Site of Moorside Nuclear Reactors Note the cows, Irish Sea and the beach in the background. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorside_nuclear_power_station Over 50 …

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German Vatican Ambassador: Evil Brain Behind Dumping German Nuclear Waste on Poor in USA, Plagiarized Dissertation on Ethics; Doctorate Revoked

February 12, 2015

“Der alt böse Feind…Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär…” (Martin Luther, 1529) [The old evil enemy… And when this …

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Largest Tropical Ice Cap, Quelccaya; Ancient Rock Art Endangered by Uranium, Lead, and Silver Mining

February 10, 2015

Quelccaya Ice Cap, June 2010, by Edubucher, CC-BY-SA-3.0 via wikipedia The Quelccaya icecap, the largest tropical icecap in the world …

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US NRC Backgrounder on High Burnup Spent Fuel, with commentary

February 9, 2015

From the US NRC: “What is burnup? ‘Burnup’ is a way to measure the uranium burned in the reactor. It …

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High Burnup Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Cask Problems, US DOE, Aug. 2014, with Intro-Commentary

February 8, 2015

The research arm of the utilities, EPRI, hired by the US DOE (taxpayer) to do research on storage of high …

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US Taxpayer Pays for French Gov-Japanese-US Corp. Nuclear Research: Wolves Guarding American Sheep/Henhouse

February 7, 2015

How is it that the US taxpayer is paying for research and development (R&D) for French State owned AREVA, Japanese …

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AREVA: Bush Energy Sec., Spencer Abraham, Cashed In

February 6, 2015

From DCBureau.org: “Spencer Abraham Cashes In By Joseph Trento, on February 2nd, 2012 January 30 was former U.S. Secretary of …

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Why was Holtec debarred as TVA Contractor?

February 5, 2015

Holtec, a private nuclear supplier company, based in NJ, USA, was founded in 1986 by Dr. Krishna P. Singh of …

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Nuclear Supplier Holtec – “Notice of Violation” by NRC & the India-US Nuclear “Deal”

February 4, 2015

Holtec, privately owned and founded by its India born and educated, President and CEO, Krishna P. Singh [1], is one …

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The Ongoing Saga 47: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

February 3, 2015

This is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/the-ongoing-saga-46-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/the-ongoing-saga-48-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ The last update is on top. This post ran from …

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Learning from Bob Crow, the late Rail, Maritime and Transport Union Leader

February 2, 2015

“I’ll make my position absolutely clear to my unions, I would ban all nuclear power altogether, it’s not safe“. He …

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Royal Dutch Shell Explosions in Louisiana

February 1, 2015

“Royal Dutch Shell plc (LSE: RDSA, RDSB), commonly known as Shell, is an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered …

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