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Monthly Archives: January 2016

“We are the Miner’s Canary”: Indigenous Organizations Call for Clean Up of Radioactive Pollution Crisis; “Clean Nuclear is a Deadly Lie”

January 31, 2016

““Native American nations of North America are the miners’ canaries for the United States trying to awaken the people of …

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Rigged Justice: 2016 How Weak Enforcement Lets Corporate Offenders Off Easy, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren: 29 Miners’ Deaths a Misdemeanor & More

January 31, 2016

“The failure to punish big corporations or their executives when they break the law undermines the foundations of this great …

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Advice of “Father of Health Physics” for Disposing of Tritium Safely Rebuffed by US NRC, Dr. K.Z. Morgan interview: DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore Treated as Guinea Pigs

January 30, 2016

http://web.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev25-34/chapter2sb4.htm From Dr. Morgan interview: “This attitude [for radiation safety] did not prevail, apparently, at some other places. Certainly it …

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Endangered Marsupial Mole ( & More) at Proposed Australia-Japan (Toro) Uranium Mine in Western Australia, Comment Deadline 8 Feb 2016

January 29, 2016

Image Nilsson et. al., 2010, Marsupial Mole circled. “Marsupial moles are a family (Notoryctidae) of cladotherian mammals of the order …

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Entergy to US Coast Guard Notice Form has Waterford Nuclear Safety Zone at Wrong Location

January 28, 2016

Entergy to US Coast Guard Notice Form has Waterford Nuclear Safety Zone at Wrong River Mile Marker: “U.S. Coast Guard: …

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French Nuclear Waste Facility-Test Site Collapses and Kills One, Injures Another

January 27, 2016

The French government wants to bury their nuclear waste in argillite, on top of a geothermal resource site. On Tuesday, …

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Willie McRae Death, Nuclear Waste Dumping in Scotland, Group Continues to Call for Inquiry

January 26, 2016

Loch Doon area sheep Mullwharchar Loch Doon which the late Willie McRae helped save from becoming a nuclear waste dump …

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16 Fault lines near Jaitapur Nuclear Project Site; 6 within 5 km; 93 Major Tremors in Region over Last 20 Years

January 25, 2016

From Greenpeace India: “Was Jaitapur site given clearance without conclusive studies, questions Greenpeace Press release – January 22, 2016 New …

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Karoo, South Africa, Community Unaware of Hazards of Uranium Mining

January 24, 2016

Originally posted on nuclear-news:
People should make their voices heard in the public consultations expected to take place over the…

UK Nuclear Offshore Pipeline Test Drilling will Churn Up Old Nuclear Waste; Operation will Add More Nuclear Waste to Irish Sea-Ocean: Write to Oppose by Feb. 12th

January 23, 2016

NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) wants to build three nuclear reactors (Moorside) near Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria UK. NuGen is a …

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The Best Way to Cure Cancer is to Prevent It and Stephen Comley’s Letter to VP Joe Biden re Nuclear Safety Concerns

January 22, 2016

VP Biden and President Obama know about cancer. Biden lost his son and Obama his mother. They say they want …

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Davos World Economic Forum’s Threat to Democracy

January 22, 2016

Davos Switzerland Streetview From CommonDreams.org: “Davos and Its Threat to Democracy Published on Sunday, January 17, 2016 by Nick Buxton …

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Did Lightening Kill Louisiana Nuclear Reactor? Zero Power for Almost 2 Weeks After Thunderstorm. Revive It Not Again!

January 22, 2016

Almost two weeks ago “On 1/9/16 at 0237 [CST], River Bend Station sustained a reactor scram during a lightning storm.“. …

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UN Human Rights Experts Alarmed By France’s “Excessive and Disproportionate Restrictions on Fundamental Freedoms” and Abuses: Islamic Terror Attack Used as Excuse to Target Environmentalists

January 21, 2016

From CommonDreams.org: “ UN Human Rights Experts Blast France’s “Excessive and Disproportionate” Cuts to Freedoms Published on Wednesday, January 20, …

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Foreign Corporations Operating UK Radioactive Waste Site “Self-Monitor” Radioactive Air Emissions: Drigg on the Irish Sea

January 20, 2016

French State Owned AREVA, Swedish Studsvik & California URS “Self Monitor” Radioactive Waste Gaseous Emissions in the UK at Drigg …

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Runaway, Floundering, Foundering, Sinking Nuclear Power Stations?

January 19, 2016

China, once upon a time a great inventor, follows on the heels of Russia in copying an old, stupid, US …

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The Ongoing Saga 66: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

January 18, 2016

This news post ran from 18 Jan 2016 to 8 Feb. 2016. It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/12/27/the-ongoing-saga-65-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues …

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Standing at the Threshold of Too Late: 70+ Years of Nuclear is Too Much! Past Time to Shut it Down!

January 17, 2016

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Nuclear: There will soon come a time when it is too late In Dr. Martin Luther…

Runaway Barges Endanger Nuclear Power Stations-Essential Infrastructure: Life on the Mississippi

January 16, 2016

Mississippi River Traffic visible near Waterford Nuclear Reactor In Reserve Louisiana the Mississippi was at 23.83 ft at 3 am …

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Lightening Scrammed Nuclear Reactor Still at Zero Power

January 16, 2016

Riverbend Nuclear Power Station near St. Francisville, Louisiana “AUTOMATIC REACTOR SCRAM ON MAIN STEAM ISOLATION DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAULT On …

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Mouse-hole in Secondary Containment at Hope Creek Nuclear Power Station? Does it Matter?

January 15, 2016

Did a Mouse Make a Hole in the Secondary Containment of Hope Creek Nuclear Power Station? “1 inch diameter hole …

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4.2 Magnitude Quake Measured Near Japan Nuclear Research Facilities-Nuclear Reactor

January 15, 2016

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10004elu#general_summary http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10004elu#impact_dyfi “Tōkai (東海村 Tōkai-mura?) is a village located in Naka District, Ibaraki|Naka District]], Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō …

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Another 6.7 Earthquake Warns that Japan is No Place for Nuclear

January 14, 2016

Japan doing it’s routine shaking and quaking. Another 6.7 earthquake warns that Japan is no place for nuclear power stations. …

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INOPERABLE VENT STACK RADIATION MONITOR North Anna Nuclear Power Station

January 13, 2016

“INOPERABLE VENT STACK RADIATION MONITOR… Compensatory measure to perform grab samples every 6 hours was implemented….” last November. Grab samples …

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Louisiana Nuclear Reactor Scrammed by Lightning Strike?

January 12, 2016

A nuclear reactor in Louisiana and it is not prepared for thunderstorms? If it cannot be protected why did they …

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Nuclear Japan and Nuclear India vs. Nuclear Russia in the Ukraine: Toshiba and Holtec vs. Rosatom

January 12, 2016

Since 2006 Westinghouse is majority owned by Toshiba. It is 90% Japan owned: Toshiba (87%) and IHI (3%) and 10% …

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Nuclear Power Station Shenanigans Intensify in Ukraine; Defamation Case Update

January 12, 2016

From Bankwatch.org: “Nuclear plant shenanigans intensify in Ukraine Bankwatch Mail, December 17, 2015 An ageing nuclear unit in the South …

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Ukraine Snubs Safety Concerns, European Donors, Transboundary Impacts: Extends Lifetime of Fourth Soviet-Era Nuclear Reactor

January 12, 2016

From Bankwatch.org: “Ukraine snubs safety concerns and European donors, extends lifetime of fourth Soviet-era nuclear reactor December 8, 2015 Kiev, …

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Radioactive Releases from the Nuclear Reactors of the Mississippi River Watershed: What are the Dangers? It Doesn’t Take an Accident – They Legally Leak All the Time

January 11, 2016

RADIOACTIVE RELEASES FROM THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERSHED by Nuclear Information and Resource Service World Information …

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Woe Be Unto Entergy Lawyers: More on the Late, Over-priced, Unneeded; Now Old and Dangerous Grand Gulf Nuclear Reactor

January 9, 2016

Grand Gulf Nuclear Monstrosity on the Mississippi: America’s Largest Single Nuclear Reactor, in poor rural Mississippi “Those who cannot remember …

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Presley Protects Consumers from Entergy-Mississippi Power Fleecing

January 7, 2016

Elvis’ cousin Brandon at work: Related: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/entergy-grand-gulf-nuclear-ratepayer-fleece-bill-clinton-testimony/

Entergy-Grand Gulf Nuclear Ratepayer Fleece – Bill Clinton Testimony

January 7, 2016

It’s not just the nuclear power stations of today that are years behind and over-cost. This is one of many …

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Nuclear Licensing Contractor-Consultant Wants “Safety-Related” and “Non-Safety Related” (Nuclear) “Structures, Systems and Components” Defined by the US NRC (He is trotting out a nuclear industry argument from the early 1980s)

January 6, 2016

On first glance it appears reasonable to define what “structures, systems and components” are “safety-related’ and ‘nonsafety-related”. However, coming from …

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More US NRC Safety Related Exemptions for Holtec: Increase Risk of a Criticality Accident and are Illegal

January 6, 2016

Forget North Korea, Holtec and its owner Kris Singh is the biggest nuclear menace. Holtec’s nuclear “spent fuel” canisters are …

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US DNFSB (Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Bd) Worries About WIPP Fire Safety-Repeat Thermal Event

January 5, 2016

On October 31, 2015 the DNFSB reported:”Surface Fire Water System. There have been eleven fire water loop failures since 2008 …

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Degraded Emergency Management-Response at Savannah River Nuclear Site – But You Can Go Deer Hunting There; And Almost One Ton of Japan’s Plutonium May Arrive There Soon

January 4, 2016

According to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: “The SRS emergency management programs have degraded over the last few years …

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Nuclear Strategic Alliance for FLEX Emergency Response SAFER (NOT): Depends on Emergency Resources which may be Needed Elsewhere-Unavailable

January 3, 2016

“The first tier of the SAFER plan is established through PEICo contracts with commercial heavy-lift helicopter vendors for “first call …

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US House Members Urge Filters on Nuclear Reactor Vents to Protect Public-Environment from Radiation during a Nuclear Power Accident

January 3, 2016

The US NRC opposed this public and environmental safety measure, of course. It would cost nuclear utilities money. Emphasis our …

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Not One Fukushima Task Force Recommendation Fully Implemented by USNRC; Many Have No Timeline for Action, Oct. 2015 – Senator Boxer

January 3, 2016

Google-USGS-San Onofre/Diablo locations from Wikipedia “Oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wednesday October 7, 2015, 09:15 AM, EST 406 Dirksen …

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Nuclear Lobby (NEI) to Dominate NRC-Public at Meeting on Venting Radiation into the Environment and Other “Fukushima” Lessons Not Learned

January 2, 2016

Filtered chimney at Windscale ( Sellafield)Cockcroft Folly 1957 Windscale Nuclear Accident: “Without the filters – installed at the last minute …

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“Work Involving Nuclear Materials OFTEN Requires High-Grade QA” Says Lockheed Martin Operated Sandia Labs – How About ALWAYS Requires High-Grade Quality Assurance?

January 1, 2016

“Work involving nuclear materials often requires high-grade QA” says Sandia Labs, operated by Lockheed Martin! The difference between often and …

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#DriggLockTheGate: letter to Cumbria County Council

January 1, 2016

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Drigg Low Level Waste Repository (Nuclear Waste Dump) between the Irish Sea and the River Irt.…

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