Stop Ukraine’s Zombie Nuclear Reactors! It’s Not Just a Halloween Problem! It’s Everyday!
From Bankwatch.org: “STOP UKRAINE’S ZOMBIE REACTORS Right at Europe’s doorstep, Ukraine is extending the lifetimes of its soviet-era nuclear reactors …
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Ukrainian Court Backs State Attempt to Stifle Public Debate on Ageing Nuclear Fleet
From Bankwatch.org: “Ukrainian court backs state attempt to stifle public debate on ageing nuclear fleet October 29, 2015 Kiev – …
USNRC Value of Death Update: All Tricks, No Value of Life, No Medical Care or Caregiver Costs
Reassessment of NRC’s Dollar Per Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy Docket ID: NRC-2015-0063Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NRC-2015-0063 This comment deadline, …
Unsolved Mystery of Radioactive Cesium 137: From Houston Area Ditch to Nearby Landfill; Ditch Was Still Contaminated; True Source Unknown But Case Closed Anyway
Street-corner mentioned in USNRC Report Would anyone be expecting Cesium 137 in a drainage ditch here? How did it get …
Holtec Nuclear Fuel MPCs Certificate of Noncompliance with ASME; Apparent Misrepresentation of Standards by Holtec owner Kris Singh
“NRC-2015-0134 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International, HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, …
Nuclear Waste (SNF) Heat Removal System Blocked? Take Your Time to Unblock It; Check for Radiation Dose and Transfer Thin Cask to Thicker Transport Cask- Huh? Holtec Certificate of Compliance, Comment Deadline TONITE, Oct. 28th, 11.59 pm US ET (NY-DC)
“NRC-2015-0134 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International, HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, …
USNRC Comment Deadlines (as of October 26, 2015, ET)
Below are US NRC documents to comment, as of October 26th. Probably there will be more tomorrow. Most of these …
Significant Hurdles Remain for Franco-Chinese Nuclear Reactors in Britain
From Nuclear Free Local Authorities: “NFLA Media release – for immediate release, 21st October 2015 NFLA notes only a participation …
Nevada Radioactive Waste Dump Fire: 47 Pounds of Plutonium Buried at the Beatty “Low Level” Waste Site; Foreshadow of Things to Come Due to Continued Burial of Radioactive Waste in N. America and Europe
“According to American Ecology, about 47 pounds of plutonium was disposed of at the Beatty, Nevada, facility. Also, US Ecology’s …
Is Petition for Increasing Public Exposure to Radiation a USNRC Inside Job? Retired NRC Counsel: Carol Marcus Wrote Another Petition at the Request of NRC Staff
Comment by November 19th against the attempts by the USNRC to increase public exposure to radiation: Docket ID: NRC-2015-0057Agency: Nuclear …
French-Chinese Nuclear Power Station in the UK Makes No Sense
From Greenpeace: “Hinkley Deal Makes No Economic Sense: Greenpeace LONDON – Commenting on the agreement struck by French-owned EDF and …
S. Korea: 10 Reactor Nuclear Power Station – 3.8 million people in 30 km Evacuation Zone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kori_Nuclear_Power_Plant Streetview near Kori NPS From Greenpeace: “When the risks are so high, what would you do? Blogpost by Daul …
“Hormesis” Advocates Dodge Scientific Rigor with “Special Pleadings” – Ties to Tobacco Industry & Koch Brother Exposed by CHP Emeritus: Comment Deadline Looms
It is unfortunately not an exaggeration to say that the proposed 100 mSv put forth by the US NRC is …
Nuclear Worker Study Affirms that Low Doses of Radiation are Deadly: Increased Cancer Risk Much Worse Than Previously Believed
Update re this post: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/another-look-at-the-recent-low-dose-radiation-exposure-study-inworks/ The new low dose radiation exposure results, showing high cancer risks at low doses, which …
New Study of US-UK-French Nuclear Workers Supports Linear No Threshold Model – Radiation is Bad for You: Increased Dose is Increased Risk; “Hormesis” Debunked; Funding from Pro-Nuclear Govts-Nuclear Industry
Update-clarification of the study below found here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/another-look-at-the-recent-low-dose-radiation-exposure-study-inworks/ Just in time to debunk the US NRC proposal for increasing radiation …
VP of the French National Assembly-British MEP Warn Against Franco-Chinese Nuclear Project
A recent UK poll showed that more than 1/3rd (34%) of the British public oppose the Hinkley Point project, and …
Russia Dissolves Non-Profits Working for Transparency on Nuclear and Environmental Issues
Former Soviet Secret Police, KGB, officer Putin, is now Russian President Putin. Putinophiles take heed – the more things change, …
Health Consequences of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accidents
From JapanFocus.org: “The Human Consequences of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accidents The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 13, Issue. 38, …
Thyroid Cancer in Fukushima Children: 2011 to 2014
Original here: http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Abstract/publishahead/Thyroid_Cancer_Detection_by_Ultrasound_Among.99115.aspx etable 1: http://links.lww.com/eDe/a968 etable 2: http:// links.lww.com/eDe/a968
Recent Chernobyl “Study” Contaminated by US-UK Nuclear Funding
http://science.energy.gov/~/media/ber/berac/powerpoint/Bertsch.ppt Click to access S0960-9822(15)00988-4.pdf “The Savannah River Site was constructed during the early 1950s to produce the basic materials …
Holtec Nuclear Fuel Storage Raises Concerns; US NRC Says Comments “Outside the Scope”; Still Lets Slip Interesting Facts Suggesting False Advertising by Holtec
Holtec Dry Casks for Spent Nuclear Fuel (i.e. High Level Nuclear Waste) Diablo Canyon Dec. 2005 or 06; NRC or …
Is the Missouri Landfill Fire a US Chernobyl or Fukushima in the Making?
Is the Missouri Landfill Fire a Chernobyl or Fukushima in the Making? Initially this seems like an odd question, and …
Dangerous US Nuclear Reactor to Close in a Few Years; Continues to Endanger Public Safety; Mimics Swiss Decision
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station near Boston Massachusetts, owned by New Orleans based Entergy, will be shut down in 2019, apparently …
Biological Consequences of Nuclear Disasters: From Chernobyl to Fukushima
Slides from Mousseau’s May 2014 presentation at the US Library of Congress: “Biological Consequences of Nuclear Disasters: From Chernobyl to …
Challenge to Cameco’s Crow Butte Uranium Mine Continues: Impact on Water Resources – Hearing Starts Oct. 23, 2015; You may listen by telephone
Canadian Mining Company Cameco’s Crow Butte ISL Uranium mine in Nebraska, across the border from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation …
Unidentified Problem Impacting Nuclear Reactor Control Rod Insert Speed? Change the Rules; Hide Info Under Guise of Proprietary Rts; Waterford Near New Orleans
[How to intervene, and information about impacts, around mid-way in this post; search in page New Orleans.] Entergy, which owns-operates …
The Ongoing Saga 62: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This Ongoing Saga post ran from Oct. 9 to Oct. 29th., 2015. Order is inverted with the most recent update …
US Congressional Hearing: Areva MOX-Plutonium Horror Story; Joker Witnesses Kowtowing to Russia
http://youtu.be/kJQsYiY6O1Q Audio-Video doesn’t start until after 30 minutes in. Oct 07 2015 3:30 PM Plutonium Disposition and the MOX Project …
High Cost of Nuclear Waste – Chickens Home to Roost; Squabbles over Who Pays
Sellafield B-29 Facility – The Ecologist Sellafield B 30 The Ecologist Google Aerial View of Sellafield Fuel Pool America’s most …
100% Renewable Energy by 2050? Why wait?
The ancestor of this Spanish solar power station was US DOE (taxpayer funded) Solar One, part of Jimmy Carter’s push …
High Level Nuclear Waste Action Alert: Vote on Installation of Experimental Holtec Underground Casks in California on Tuesday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Onofre_Nuclear_Generating_Station From SanOnofreSafety: “Action Alert: Coastal Commission meeting Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:00 p.m, Long Beach. Commission to vote on …
What to do when your government is organising war crimes….
Originally posted on southwestagainstnuclear:
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/story/2015-09-08/two-anti-nuclear-protesters-appear-in-court/ On Tuesday 8th September Nikki Clark & Theo Simon were cleared of aggravated trespass at…
Majority of American Voters Oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (September 24-27, 2015 Survey)
GlobalTradeWatch, TPP Leesburg Rally, September 9, 2012, Creative Commons-Flickr From Coalition for Better Trade, Sept. 30, 2015: MAJORITY OF AMERICAN …
US Nuclear Reactor Effluent Summary Points – Comment Deadline Tonight; Why Deadline Should Be Extended
US Nuclear Reactor Effluent Comment Deadline for 11.59 PM Eastern (DC-NY) Time, TONIGHT, October 1st: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NRC-2014-0044 Summary of some noteworthy …
