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France’s 40 Million Euro-$44 Million Nuclear Project with Russia

August 20, 2022

Even as Russia was threatening to invade Ukraine, majority French government owned Orano was sending equipment to Russia to build …

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As in Soviet Times, France Caught Sending Nuclear Waste to Russia (Siberia), But Russia’s Sent Waste to France, as well

August 20, 2022

Orano is majority French government owned. Russia’s Rosatom is Russian government owned. These are effectively government to government nuclear deals. …

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Speech by the French Prime Minister at the Accreditation Ceremony of the P4 “High Security” Biosafety Lab in Wuhan China (English-French)

June 22, 2021

“Photographs of the Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) training laboratory for China’s Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory (Level 4) of the Chinese …

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Dangerous Radioactive Waste Storage in Texas Proposed by J.F. Lehman & France – US NRC Hearing

July 11, 2019

The proposed nuclear waste dump for Texas is by “Interim Storage Partners“– a joint venture between Waste Control Specialists (WCS), …

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Uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: A Story of Twin Tragedies (i.e. Mega-Conflict Minerals in the DRC)

June 27, 2019

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
From “The Conversation”: “The link between uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: a story of twin…

ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE SUBCOMMITTEE ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP BILLS

June 8, 2019

More nuclear waste hearings… “ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE SUBCOMMITTEE ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP BILLS Jun 6, 2019 …

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US House “Oversight” Hearing on Nuclear Waste Appears Designed to Create Gridlock; Ignore Critical Problems and Needed Solutions

June 6, 2019

Based on the news release, and on what we know of the list of invited witnesses, as of Jun 4, …

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Concerns Raised About Three Mile Island Steam Generator Tube Defects; Could Rupture Leading To LOCA-Meltdown

April 29, 2019

The Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 is still operating and owner Exelon is pressuring Pennsylvania to …

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Uranium Sellers To Owners-Operators Of US Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors Mostly Foreign, Including Foreign Governments

April 7, 2019

A lot of foreign interests, including foreign governments, benefit from US nuclear power and the subsidies which keep it afloat. …

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United States Files False Claims Act Lawsuit in Connection With MOX Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility Contract

February 21, 2019

Areva is now Orano, which is around 90% French government owned, and 10% Japanese owned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orano Effectively the United States …

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Remember To Speak Up Against High Level Radioactive Waste Coming To Texas – Deadline Extended To November 19th

October 19, 2018

Please remember to comment by November 19th, 11:59 pm EDT; 10:59 pm CDT, 9:59 pm MDT. You can comment directly, …

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French Govt Trying To Balance Budget On Backs Of Americans With Nuclear Dump In Texas

October 14, 2018

Comment Deadline extended to November 19, 2018, 11:59 pm: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2016-0231 Click to access 73873.pdf The French government is trying to …

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Catastrophe in the Making: Growth Machine Politics; Regulatory Capture; Hurricane Katrina; Fukushima; Disasters of Tomorrow

August 30, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
In “Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow“, Freudenberg, et.…

Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Comment Deadline July 30th, 11:59 pm

July 29, 2018

Comment By Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 PM ET, ID: NRC-2018-0052-0058 on Holtec’s proposed spent nuclear fuel facility in New …

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Facts On How Holtec Spent Nuclear Fuel Canisters Are Substandard And Should Not Be Used, Parked, Or Buried Anywhere

July 26, 2018

Comment By Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 PM ET, ID: NRC-2018-0052-0058 on Holtec’s spent nuclear fuel facility in New Mexico: …

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US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Needs To Rebrand Itself As The US Natural Renewables Commission; New Vision For River Bend Station (Comment to US NRC)

July 25, 2018

“Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29: 18) “Dear NRC Decision Makers, The request for public comment …

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Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

April 25, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Holtec casks with arrows pointing to small cooling vents, Diablo Canyon, NPS, NRC gov If you…

Everyday Needs To Be Earth Day

April 22, 2018

April 22nd is officially Earth Day. Everyday needs to be Earth Day. NASA Earth-Rise Christmas Eve 1968 The human population …

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France-India Nuclear Deal Expected To Be Signed On Fukushima Anniversary (Macron In India)

March 10, 2018

“Macron will visit India on March 11, 2018, seven years to the day since the start of the Fukushima Daiichi …

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Does Middle East Nuclear Reactor Deal Include A Plot For A New Oil Cartel To Double The Price Of Oil?

December 15, 2017

(See note about blog post title change at post bottom.) At the center of the Middle East US-Russia nuclear plan …

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France and Russia Compete In Attempts to Destroy Europe with Defective Nuclear Reactors; US Hell-Bent to Nuclear Auto-Destruct Too Thru a Combo of Ignorance and Malice

October 14, 2017

Nuclear regulators who are failing to do their jobs need to take notice of Japan: https://nuclear-news.net/2017/10/10/fukushima-district-court-finds-national-government-and-tepco-responsible Just because in most …

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Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Letter from the Sierra Club to the US NRC and Some Additional Info

September 22, 2017

Holtec casks with arrows pointing to small cooling vents, Diablo Canyon, NPS, NRC gov If you think that transferring the …

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US NRC Response on Crystal River Nuclear Power Station Spent Fuel Pool Near Tampa; Our Response, and More

September 15, 2017

Our question re the closed Crystal River Nuclear Power Station and Hurricane Irma. (Screenshots of the original correspondance and of …

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

August 31, 2017

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
“The first tier of the SAFER plan is established through PEICo contracts with commercial heavy-lift helicopter…

Mitsubishi Military Industrial Complex Nuked in Nagasaki: Mitsubishi Still Lives While Victims Still Die

August 9, 2017

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
http://youtu.be/gR6xDij75-4 Mitsubishi Urakami Ordance Plant. Atomic Bomb Area Nagasaki. Movie by US National Archives and Records…

Nuclear Imbecilic Foot in Mouth Disease/France Dancing to the Bank

June 16, 2017

France’s new PM Édouard Philippe, appointed by President Macron worked as Director of Public Affairs at French State owned nuclear …

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The Ongoing Saga 81: News, Updates, & More

June 15, 2017

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Last news update Thursday 15 June 2017, UTC Most recent updates are on top, after image-intro…

Secret MOX Plutonium Fuel Shipment Planned From French Gov Owned AREVA To Japan; Trump Administration Approved with Tillerson as Lead

June 8, 2017

Mere Coincidence or somehow related? AREVA Nuclear Fuel Facility in Washington State used to be Exxon Nuclear Fuel until 2001. …

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Experts: Nuclear Industry Pressured USNRC into Low-Balling Consequences of Nuclear Accident

May 27, 2017

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Overlay Indian Point Nuclear Power Station – Greenpeace OpenStreet Map Trump Tower 5th Ave NY http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/nomorechernobyls/exclusion-zone-comparison-map/ Trump’s …

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The Ongoing Saga 81: News, Updates, & More

May 24, 2017

Last news update Thursday 15 June 2017, UTC. This post updated from May 24-June 15, 2017. It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/the-ongoing-saga-82-news-updates-more/ …

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German Anti-Nuclear Activist Jailed for Blocking Train Carrying Radioactive Waste Through Densely Populated Areas

May 21, 2017

“Without informing the local population, similar trains full of radioactive material are secretly passing through densely inhabited areas every four …

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Chernobyl “Study” Contaminated by US-UK Nuclear Funding

April 26, 2017

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
http://science.energy.gov/~/media/ber/berac/powerpoint/Bertsch.ppt http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(15)00988-4.pdf “The Savannah River Site was constructed during the early 1950s to produce the basic…

High Level Nuclear Waste Interim Parking Lot Storage in Texas Comment to April 28th

April 6, 2017

Comment Deadline April 28th, https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2016-0231 Most US high level nuclear waste appears to be kept in open air parking-lot like …

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Russia Plans to Fuel Floating Nuclear Reactor(s) in St. Petersburg – Endangering the City of 5 Million, Before Towing It Around Scandinavia

March 16, 2017

Russian State owned Rosatom, which answers directly to the President of Russia (Putin). Thus, it appears more accurate to say …

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Ongoing: Japan Forcing People to Return to Radioactive Areas; NGOs Send Urgent Request to UN to Stop this Violation of Human Rights

March 11, 2017

From Greenpeace: “Tokyo, 7 March 2017 – Japan’s policy to resettle residents to heavily contaminated areas in Fukushima is in …

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Interim Storage Open-Air Parking Lots of High Level Nuclear Waste Risk Major Radioactive Leaks – Most Canister Systems Do Not Meet Standards: Made of Thin Steel; Neither Adequately Inspected Nor Adequately Monitored

February 13, 2017

Holtec Spent Fuel Casks at Diablo Canyon, California “The majority of current U.S. irradiated spent fuel storage facilities use thin-walled …

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Detonation, Fire, and Emergency Shutdown at French Nuclear Reactor on the English Channel Less Than a Month After Regulator Called the State of French Nuclear Installations “Worrying” (Updated)

February 10, 2017

Less than two weeks ago, the French nuclear regulator, ASN, published a press release on the English part of its …

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Uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: A Story of Twin Tragedies (i.e. Mega-Conflict Minerals in the DRC)

February 9, 2017

From “The Conversation”: “The link between uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: a story of twin tragedies By Susan Williams, …

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As Court Case Against It Looms, Rosatom (Russia), KEPCO (S. Korea), EDF (France), China State Nuclear – All State Owned Entities- Express Interest in S. Africa Nuclear Station Showing That Nuclear Power Is Unsustainable in a Free Market

February 2, 2017

Although a court case against the project will not be heard until end February, the South African government has announced …

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The Ongoing Saga 77: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

January 14, 2017

Last update Sunday 12 February 2017, 637 am UTC It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/the-ongoing-saga-78-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Most recent updates are on top, after …

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Nuclear Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) Does Not Protect People in India (Nor elsewhere)

December 31, 2016

India signing the CSC (Convention on Supplementary Compensation) was pushed for by the US-India Business Council when India-American Richard Verma …

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India Must Black-list French Nuclear Suppliers: Former Power Secretary writes after Exposé in France

December 31, 2016

Via Dianuke.org: “India Must Black-list French Nuclear Suppliers: Former Power Secretary writes after Exposé in France NOVEMBER 23, 2016 E.A.S.Sarma
14-40-4/1 …

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CSC Protects the Nuclear industry, Not Nuclear Victims

December 31, 2016

From Greenpeace.org: “Greenpeace condemns the new International Nuclear Liability Convention CSC protects the nuclear industry, not nuclear victims Press release …

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Power & Symbolism for Putin: Russia Offers Partial Bail Out of French State Owned Areva; Atomic Energy and Political Power in Russia

December 27, 2016

Power and Symbolism for Putin? Symbolic Power? The old Creusot Forge. There was an attempt to set up a “Le …

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Russia’s Nuclear Shakedown of Bulgaria and Its Nuclear Shakedown Colleagues: RWE, Areva, Toshiba-Westinghouse)

December 12, 2016

Reuters news from Friday had three titles about nuclear shakedowns, without calling them that, of course. Through international litigation, Russia …

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Areva wants US Taxpayers Held Liable for Nuclear Accidents-Defective Nuclear Parts; Areva Gets Multimillion $ Contract for Equipment at Extra High Risk US Nuclear Power Station Despite Ongoing Areva Nuclear Parts Scandal

November 25, 2016

Even as French government owned Areva’s defective nuclear parts scandal was already underway, Areva sent a comment to the US …

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Gov Nikki Haley $55,000 from Holtec Nuclear’s Kris Singh; Sec of State Interprets Treaties; Possible Conflict of Interest in Application of Nuclear Liability Agreement

November 21, 2016

Among the functions of the Secretary of State: “Negotiates, interprets, and terminates treaties and agreements“. http://www.state.gov/secretary/115194.htm This appears to include …

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On Monday Holtec-USNRC to Discuss Peening of Spent Nuclear Fuel Canister Welds – Apparently before Flipping Areva-NuHoms Canisters from Sideways to Upright to Move to Holtec Interim Storage

November 11, 2016

US NRC Meeting on Monday “To discuss Holtec International’s (Holtec) technical details and proposed plans to perform peening of dry …

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French and Japanese Quality Defects to Shut-down Multiple French Nuclear Reactors – Areva Le Creusot Forge and JCFC (Japan Casting and Forging) at Work

October 19, 2016

Notice that the above inspection was in 2009. Regulators have suspected or known about problems at French state-owned Areva Le …

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Leak: Areva-Le Creusot Investigating 6,000 Nuclear Parts Files for Irregularities; US NRC to Participate in ASN Led Worldwide Inspection from Nov 28th to Dec 2nd

October 14, 2016

From a US NRC Inspection Report, October 6 – 8, 2009, by Kerri Kavanagh https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/us-nrc-on-areva-le-creusot-potential-defects-in-us-reactors-feigning-ignorance/ The US NRC had concerns …

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