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Monthly Archives: April 2016

French Government Plan to Subsidise EDF Could Be Illegal Warn Leading Barristers; Why are State Owned Entities Unfairly Allowed to Compete like Private Corporations Internationally in the first place?

April 30, 2016

Protesters picketed the entrance of the nuclear new build forum at Whitehall in London on April 20th: https://southwestagainstnuclear.wordpress.com/2016/04/20/energy-minister-and-delegates-challenged-at-nuclear-new-build-conference-in-london/ While a …

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The Ongoing Saga 70: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

April 29, 2016

This post ran from April 29th to May 25th. News continues here starting with the 26th of May: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/the-ongoing-saga-71-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It …

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US Senate Bill 2795 on Deregulation of the Nuclear Industry – Are Senators Inhofe, Booker, Crapo et. al. Just Lazy and Stupid or is it Conflict of Interest? Why is Sen. Carper Such a Jerk? A Quick and Dirty Look

April 28, 2016

It is perfectly possible that Inhofe, Booker, Crapo et. al. are simply lazy, stupid and ignorant in pushing a bill …

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US Senate Efforts to Do Away with Mandatory Licensing Hearings for So-Called Advanced Nuclear Reactors-Small Modular Reactors

April 27, 2016

Excerpts below from the April 21st, 2016 US Senate Hearing on Nuclear Energy Regulation (i.e. deregulation).”Committee on Environment and Public …

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Chernobyl’s Children of Hope Rehab Centre: As Russia Sells Nuclear Power Station to Belarus; Govt Services for Chernobyl Survivors Cut; Greenpeace and others offer help

April 26, 2016

70% of Chernobyl fallout poured down upon neighboring Belarus. 30 years later the government is failing to care for the …

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Governments Cut Services to Chernobyl Survivors while Spending Billions on Nuclear Power Stations

April 26, 2016

From Greenpeace.org: “Stand in solidarity with Chernobyl survivors! Today five million people in the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus live in …

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Ireland Freed Itself from the Yoke of Empire, Allowing it to Be Nuclear Free – 100 Yrs Ago the Easter Rising

April 24, 2016

Today marks the 100 years of the Easter Rising, which proclaimed the Irish Republic, and ultimately culminated in the Republic …

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Earth Day: Burying Radioactive Waste and Dumping it into the Oceans

April 22, 2016

April 22nd is Earth Day. NASA Earth-Rise Christmas Eve 1968 Schedelsche Weltchronik or Nuremberg Chronicle Date 1493 While browsing on …

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Japan Radioactive Rubble-Old Reactor Parts to be Sent to America and/or Britain?

April 21, 2016

First came the plutonium and HEU nuclear waste from Japan and other foreign countries to America, and people remained silent… …

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Energy Minister and delegates challenged at Nuclear New Build Conference in London

April 21, 2016

Originally posted on southwestagainstnuclear:
Protesters picketed the entrance of the nuclear new build forum at Whitehall in London this morning.…

Fagg-Stouck Rep Nuclear Utilities AND Advise US Court of Claims: Sticking it to the American Taxpayer for Billions of Dollars

April 20, 2016

The revolving door of Mr. Brad Fagg (really his name) working for the US DOJ and then going to work …

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Nuclear Waste Contractors Under US Gov Investigation; Given $13.7 Million Bonus for “Very Good” Ops; “Excellent” Tank Management But Alarm Just Went Off Indicating Increased Tank Seepage of Rad Waste

April 19, 2016

The current Hanford contractor, WRPS, LLC, for the leaky Hanford radioactive waste tanks is a consortium comprised of AECOM (due …

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Leaking Hanford Nuclear Waste Tanks

April 19, 2016

This was actually top news in the early 1990s and there were worries about how quickly the contamination would reach …

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Holtec Refused to Make Costs Available to US Gov; Continues to Suck Taxpayer Money

April 18, 2016

As US attorneys noted: “Holtec should not be able to use a highly regulated and publicly funded industry to make …

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Leukemia Near a German Nuclear Reactor: Chromosome Studies and Environmental Radioactivity Provide Evidence of Population Exposure

April 17, 2016

https://www.remm.nlm.gov/dicentrics.htm Kruemmel Nuclear Power Station was built by German company Siemens, and operated by Swedish State owned Vattenfall. (Environmental Health …

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U.S. Nuclear Engineer, China General Nuclear Power Company And Energy Technology International Indicted In Nuclear Power Conspiracy Against The United States

April 17, 2016

“In particular, the defendants allegedly sought technical assistance related to, among other things, CGNPC’s Small Modular Reactor Program; CGNPC’s Advanced …

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Japan: Amidst Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruption, Chimp At Large Points to Another Risk to Nuclear Power Stations

April 16, 2016

Over the last few days, Japan has had major earthquakes followed by a nearby volcanic eruption, pointing again to the …

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SWISS MADE Plutonium Removed From Swiss Safe to Be Buried in America

April 15, 2016

Paul Scherrer Institute where the plutonium was stored in safes, probably in an underground vault or bunker Switzerland removing plutonium …

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Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany & Dumping Swedish Nuclear Waste on the USA

April 14, 2016

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany Sweden taking Germany to international court in what appears a…

Is the 100 in Holtec’s Spent Nuclear Fuel HI-STORM 100 Cask a Reference to “Exemptions” to its Certificate of “Compliance” (CoC)?

April 13, 2016

Holtec is up to its 10th Amendment for its Certificate of “Compliance” for its Spent Nuclear Fuel System, for Lethal …

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USNRC (“Regulator” John Goshen) Seeks Holtec (“Regulated”) Approval; Upside Down Methodology; Comment Deadline April 13th, 11.59 PM ET (1 min. to the 14th)

April 13, 2016

Comment on: “ID: NRC-2015-0270-0002 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Certificate of Compliance …

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Holtec Pleads Difficulty Testing Air Velocity-Heat Distribution for Spent Nuclear Fuel Casks, Comment Deadline April 13th, ET (11.59 PM), one minute to the 14th ET

April 12, 2016

Comment on “ID: NRC-2015-0270-0002 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Certificate of Compliance …

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Yet More Holtec Safety-Quality Related Exemption Request(s) – Amendment 10: Brittle Mangalloy Metal Composition

April 11, 2016

Holtec Spent Fuel Casks at Diablo Canyon [Note that this comment deadline is long past, but the information remains important-relevant] …

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945

April 9, 2016

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945 “For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity or …

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Susquehanna Nuclear Reactor Medical Emergency Transport of Worker Through Reactor Building Airlock Doors

April 9, 2016

They don’t bother to tell us what really happened here. It appears almost certain that it is a worker who …

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Methane Occurrence and Outbursts in Salt (and other) Mines: One More Reason that Deep Burial of Nuclear Waste is a Bad Idea

April 8, 2016

The WIPP Deep Nuclear Waste Facility, which is supposed to be for US Defense related plutonium and other transuranic waste, …

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USNRC: High High Radiation Condition at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station

April 8, 2016

They repeat “high high” twice, so it must not be a typo and must be or have been very bad. …

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29 Died Needlessly on Easter Monday 2010 = One Year in Prison; $250,000 Punishment for Former Massey Energy CEO Don Massey

April 8, 2016

While better than nothing, aren’t 29 lives lost worth more than this? What is the value of a life? There …

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The US Senator Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act, Issues: Labor, Worker Safety and Health (Still Not Passed)

April 8, 2016

Apparently this bill is still being blocked. Here’s the status: “H.R.1926 – Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of …

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Radioactive Racism at Radioactive Garbage Site in Memphis, Decades After Martin Luther King’s Support of Memphis Garbage Workers Led to his Assassination

April 7, 2016

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Photo of the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike Diorama at the National Civil Rights Museum, by Adam…

US Senate Hearing: Cost of Predatory Lending to the Public; More Protections, Not Less, Needed; Sen. Warren Goes After Witnesss Chanin Whose Failure to Regulate Led to Economic Crisis; Now Chanin Advises Big Banks

April 7, 2016

“It is impossible to overstate the damage done to the families and communities most impacted by the worst financial crisis …

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Tax Windfall for Deepwater Horizon Settlement a ‘Major Coup for BP’: Worst Oil Spill in US History Treated as Business Expense Tax Write-Off

April 6, 2016

USFWS Cleaning Oil off of Brown Pelican – Louisiana State Bird Beach oil and feather Pensacola USAF photo by Tech. …

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Nuclear Power Has Always Been A Dangerous Idea: People Make Mistakes; There Is No Good Way to Store Nuclear Waste – Bernie Sanders

April 6, 2016

“Even in a perfect world where energy companies didn’t make mistakes, nuclear power is and always has been a dangerous …

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“Panama Papers: ‘An Old Tradition of English Piracy” and More

April 5, 2016

Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris; Some Additional Information-Questions Raised Following the Article Below’s Notes From openDemocracy: “Panama Papers: ‘an …

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Man Entered Naval Nuclear Training Command in South Carolina Armed with a SIG Sauer Pistol: Owner of a German Based Co. Wanted in Relation to this and More

April 4, 2016

Area where the NNSA-Obama is having foreign plutonium and nuclear waste brought in to be later buried in America. “In …

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Nuclear Worker Finds Beer In Lunchbox: “The Investigation Of This Event Is In Progress” says the USNRC

April 4, 2016

At the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Station: “FITNESS FOR DUTY – PROHIBITIED ITEM IN THE PROTECTED AREA “On 3/31/2016 at …

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The Ongoing Saga 69: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

April 3, 2016

This post was updated from April 3, 2016 to April 23, 2016. It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/04/29/the-ongoing-saga-70-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation …

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Madmen HAVE Gotten Their Hands on Nuclear Materials: Burying Foreign Nuclear Waste at WIPP and Elsewhere, USA; Lethal Poison “Gift” Basket Diplomacy; Terrorists Within the US Government

April 2, 2016

[Note that this is April 2nd and this is still dead serious, as documented below and easy to verify online. …

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UK-French-Spanish Origin Chilean Spent Nuclear Fuel Dumped on America at US Taxpayer Expense – The Opening Round of Obama’s “Nuclear Security” Plan

April 1, 2016

[Update 2 April: Please note that despite the day of publication that this post is dead serious. The sick joke …

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Recent Posts

  • 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
  • Estonia Calls on Other Countries to Follow its Lead and Contribute More Than 1% of GDP to Ukraine Defensive Aid; Sends Largest Military Aid Package to Date January 23, 2023
  • 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
  • The 160th anniversary of the January Uprising Against Russia January 22, 2023
  • South Africa Hosting Russia and China for Naval Military Drills; Major Shipping Route-Port January 21, 2023
  • South Africa Raises Profile as Cocaine Trafficking Hub January 21, 2023
  • Finland will Deliver More Defence Aid to Ukraine January 20, 2023
  • Statement of Intent Between the Ministries of Defence of Finland and Sweden January 20, 2023
  • GI Blues in Germany; #FreeTheLeopards January 19, 2023
  • US President Trump (2018): “Germany is Totally Controlled by Russia”; Germany (2022-23): Won’t Allow Re-Export of German-Made Leopard Tanks to Ukraine January 19, 2023
  • German Bundestag (Parliament) Member Dr. Johann Wadephul Demands that Chancellor Scholz FreeTheLeopards (Panzer-Tanks) for Delivery to Ukraine January 19, 2023
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  • UK Parliament: Ukraine Update by Defence Sec. Ben Wallace January 17, 2023
  • Russian Attack on Dnipro is Proof that Ukraine has to Receive Western Offensive Weapons – Rock Rachon, TVP World January 17, 2023
  • Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki on the Transfer of the Patriot System to Ukraine January 17, 2023
  • Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki in Berlin Calls on the German Govt to Deliver All Types of Weapons to Ukraine January 17, 2023
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