Smoldering Nuclear Waste Barrel Fire At Idaho National Nuclear Lab
Photo of an apparently similar fire at WIPP in New Mexico in 2014. The INL (Idaho National [Nuclear] Lab) nuclear …
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From the Nuclear “Buchenwald touch” (Hamilton’s words in 1950) to Nuclear Extermination….
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
In 1950 Dr. Joseph Hamilton, a Manhattan Project physician involved with human plutonium injections, on unknowing…
Microbial Transformations of Plutonium and Other Actinides in Radioactive (Transuranic-TRU) Wastes
“Microorganisms have been detected in TRU wastes, Pu-contaminated soils, low-level radioactive wastes, backfill materials, natural analog sites, and waste-repository sites …
Sen. Crapo of Idaho Wants More Nuclear Pork Barrel Jobs But Not Nuclear Waste; Sponsors Nuclear Bills Endangering the Rest of the Country; the Ugly Underbelly of the US Senate System – Idaho’s Shakedown of America
Idaho [Nuclear] National Lab (INL) benefits from fat cat funding and salaries, and promotes new nuclear reactors and thus waste. …
SWISS MADE Plutonium Removed From Swiss Safe to Be Buried in America
Paul Scherrer Institute where the plutonium was stored in safes, probably in an underground vault or bunker Switzerland removing plutonium …
Methane Occurrence and Outbursts in Salt (and other) Mines: One More Reason that Deep Burial of Nuclear Waste is a Bad Idea
The WIPP Deep Nuclear Waste Facility, which is supposed to be for US Defense related plutonium and other transuranic waste, …
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
[Note that this is April 2nd and this is still dead serious, as documented below and easy to verify online. …
US-German Exptal Nuclear Reactor Waste Blew Up in Nevada-Germany Trying to Send More Nuclear Waste to USA
Oppose America becoming Germany’s Nuclear Waste dump! Update: The US DOE has unofficially (not published in Federal Register) extended 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
NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) wants to build three nuclear reactors (Moorside) near Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria UK. NuGen is a …
US DNFSB (Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Bd) Worries About WIPP Fire Safety-Repeat Thermal Event
On October 31, 2015 the DNFSB reported:”Surface Fire Water System. There have been eleven fire water loop failures since 2008 …
Increased Levels of Radioactive Materials Reported in Mud at St. Patrick Birthplace of Ravenglass
Ravenglass, in Cumbria, is believed by many to be the birthplace of St. Patrick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenglass The UK has poisoned more …
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 …
DU has Pu (Plutonium) & 1 kg Enriched Uranium makes 7 kg plus of DU waste- US NRC Comment Deadline 24 July 2015 11.59 pm DC-NYC-ET
According to a US EPA document on depleted uranium, it can also have other deadly, long-lived radionuclides, such as plutonium, …
Reclassifying Nuclear Waste to Dump on States; Bury – US NRC Comment Deadline Friday 24 July, 11.59 pm NYC-DC (ET)
USNRC Comment: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal ID: NRC-2011-0012-0077 Due Jul 24 2015, at 11:59 PM ET http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NRC-2011-0012-0077 Info on the …
High Burnup Nuclear Fuel – SOS
“Over time, [nuclear fuel] burnup has increased, allowing utilities to get more power out of their fuel before replacing it. …
Radioactive Liquid Release from Drums, Safety Alert-WIPP Prequel 2011
These metal drums of nuclear waste corroded from the inside out, within 2 months to 2 years of waste repackaging. …
Sea Stars: Sentinels for Radionuclides-Nuclear Waste
Over 20 years ago, the US government gave money to researchers to study the impact of long-lived radionuclides, which might …
WIPP Radiation Leak: the USW had to test its own workers for radiation contamination
The United Steelworkers Union (United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International), which now …
Roof Fall in WIPP; Problems Just Beginning: This is What Happens When you put Waste in Salt! And, this is Nuclear Waste!
The roof has recently collapsed in Panel 3 of the WIPP Nuclear Waste Facility in New Mexico. “Installation of Roof …
Killing Radioactive Birds at Sellafield: A Bird’s Eye View
Sellafield is on the Irish Sea, so there will be water birds in the neighborhood. This is a bird’s eye …
US Low Level Radioactive Waste Rule with commentary
“Energy Solutions” Low Level Rad Waste Facility in Clive Utah At least it IS in an arid climate. Clueless as …
The Dangerous US NRC Typo Making “Low Level” Radioactive Waste More Radioactive than Allowed at WIPP
WIPP waste dump, 22 May 2014 As you will see, an error in the US NRC “library” about the “Licensing …
WIPP Fiasco: May 19th Image and Kitty Litter Thoughts
“This image was captured during the May 19 entry to Panel 7, Room 7. Damage can be seen to the …
WIPP: “Heat-Producing Event”-“Evidence of Damaged Drum”
On their May 15, 2014 entry into the WIPP facility the WIPP recovery team took the following picture, which shows …
Damning Report About Radiation Leak at URS-led WIPP (partner is Babcock& Wilcox; major subcontractor AREVA)
Who runs WIPP Nuclear Dump? That is, who are the damning allegations, found in the new U.S. Department of Energy …
From the Nuclear “Buchenwald touch” (Hamilton’s words in 1950) to Nuclear Extermination….
In 1950 Dr. Joseph Hamilton, a Manhattan Project physician involved with human plutonium injections, on unknowing victims, from 1945 to …
Alzheimer’s Disease and Ionizing Radiation
Original available here, without green highlight, which we have added: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483841/ Our postscript: The BEIR VII report is well-known for …
The Ongoing Saga 16: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/the-ongoing-saga-17-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/the-ongoing-saga-15-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ This post ran from 25 Feb. to 7 March …
Radioactive Reindeer; Chernobyl; Guinea Pigs: Part VI of a series
This is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/radioactive-reindeer-chernobyl-guinea-pigs-part-v-of-a-series/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/radioactive-reindeer-chernobyl-guinea-pigs-part-vii-of-a-series/ Radiation impacts blood and the immune system To scratch the …
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