Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Holtec casks with arrows pointing to small cooling vents, Diablo Canyon, NPS, NRC gov If you…
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Australia: Bushfires Close To Nuclear Reactor Complex (April 16-17 2018 Maps And Interactive Map Links For Updates)
Fires as of April 16-17th. To give an idea of the map scale: Barden Ridge to Menai is approximately 3 …
Australia’s Bushfires Threatening Nuclear Reactor: Changing the Name of a Suburb Helps the Government Keep this Quiet
Fires as of April 16-17th. To give an idea of the map scale: Barden Ridge to Menai is approximately 3 …
Trump-Zinke Want to Open 90% of US Continental Shelf to Drilling; Florida Objects To More Tar Balls On Its White Beaches
Mueller needs to hurry up already and remove Trump and Zinke. Mueller should recommend tar-balling and feathering as punishment. In …
A Look Back At The 2014 Fire Near San Onofre Nuclear Power Station Which Is Again At Risk Due To Fires
Overlays of NOAA weather forecast, Near Real Time Fire Data, and San Onofre and Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Stations. This …
Southern California Fire Weather Forecast Extreme: Many Millions Of People At Risk
If you are getting rain or snow be grateful. https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/imagery-and-data “The Ventura wildfire exploded to nearly 80 square miles (207 …
US House and Senate Intel Committees Open Hearings Planned with Tech Companies Re Russian Efforts to Sway US Elections: The “American People Need to See Divisive and Cynical Russian Ads”
“Adam Schiff @RepAdamSchiff House Intel Comm will hold October hearing with tech firms. American people need to hear from them, …
Swimming with the Sharks: Goldman Sachs, School Districts, and Capital Appreciation Bonds
Originally posted on WEB OF DEBT BLOG:
The fliers touted new ballfields, science labs and modern classrooms. They didn’t mention the crushing debt…
Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Letter from the Sierra Club to the US NRC and Some Additional Info
Holtec casks with arrows pointing to small cooling vents, Diablo Canyon, NPS, NRC gov If you think that transferring the …
30,000 More Guardsmen Ready to Respond in Hurricane Relief Effort
Texas National Guard soldiers arrive in Houston to aid residents in heavily flooded areas from the storms of Hurricane Harvey, …
Giant Sequoias Threatened By Trump, Including The Over 2000 Yr Old Boole Tree, One Of Largest In The World, Comment Deadline 11.59 pm Monday July 10th
Giant Sequoia NPS gov photo There are 22 US National Monuments on the chopping block by Trump. Comment Deadline for …
Letter Opposing Burial of Nuclear Waste Equivalent to 700 Nuclear Warheads on US Beachfront – Petition
This letter may be signed in the form of a petition and/or letters sent directly. Petition link at page bottom. …
20 US State Attorneys General Call for Immediate Appointment of Independent Special Counsel to Investigate Russian Interference in US Presidential Election
The Attorneys General from the States of Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New …
Chairman Nunes Should Recuse Himself from the US House Intelligence Committee’s Russia Investigation – Ranking Member Schiff
Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Adam Schiff via twitter and Facebook: “Congressman Adam Schiff After …
Seaweed Has Again Blocked Cooling and Shut down Scottish Nuclear Power Station
Torness Nuclear Power Station is around 30 miles from Edinburgh. According to French State owned EDF, owner-operator of the UK’s …
Tetra Tech Falsifies Radiation Soil Samples at Cleanup Site – Evades Minuscule Fine Proving US NRC Runs Nuclear Nursery School
A Tetra Tech “radiation control technician and a radiation task supervisor deliberately falsified soil sample records… Tetra Tech has agreed …
Are Salton Sea California Earthquake Swarms Induced? Plus New Fault Discovered
“Geothermal power is a growing energy source; however, efforts to increase production are tempered by concern over induced earthquakes. Although …
California Earthquake Watch
“Preliminary calculations indicate that, as of 12:00 pm (PDT) on Sept. 30, 2016, there is 0.006% to 0.2% chance (less …
Poisoning the Well: How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply
From ProPublica: “Poisoning the Well: How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, …
California Nuclear Power Stations and the Earthquake Rupture Forecast
“The Great 1857 Fort Tejon Earthquake: The Last “Big One”, Date/Time: January 9, 1857 about 8:20am PST, Magnitude Mw 8.0 …
US and S. Korea Nuclear Power Stations Impacted-Potentially Impacted by Defective Schneider Masterpact Breakers (Lists)
While several US nuclear power stations are known to have problems, which apparently stem from defective Schneider Electric Masterpact breakers, …
Crescent Dunes Concentrating Solar Plant Begins Producing Electricity
From the US Energy Info Administration: Crescent Dunes concentrating solar plant begins producing electricity MARCH 3, 2016 Crescent Dunes Solar …
US-German Exptal Nuclear Reactor Waste Blew Up in Nevada-Germany Trying to Send More Nuclear Waste to USA – Comment to Oppose by 25 March 2016, 1159 pm ET
Oppose America becoming Germany’s Nuclear Waste dump! Update: The US DOE has unofficially (not published in Federal Register) extended the …
Foreign Corporations Operating UK Radioactive Waste Site “Self-Monitor” Radioactive Air Emissions: Drigg on the Irish Sea
French State Owned AREVA, Swedish Studsvik & California URS “Self Monitor” Radioactive Waste Gaseous Emissions in the UK at Drigg …
Mass Mortality among Rocky Shore Invertebrates across 100 km of Northeastern Pacific Coastline- Peer Reviewed Article
“In late August 2011, formerly abundant intertidal populations of the purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, a well-known ecosystem engineer), and …
Holtec Nuclear Fuel MPCs Certificate of Noncompliance with ASME – Comment Deadline TONITE, Oct. 28th, 11.59 PM US ET (NY-DC)/+ 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, …
“Hormesis” Advocates Dodge Scientific Rigor with “Special Pleadings” – Ties to Tobacco Industry & Koch Brother Exposed by CHP Emeritus: November 19th Comment Deadline Looms
It is unfortunately not an exaggeration to say that the proposed 100 mSv put forth by the US NRC is …
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 …
The Ongoing Saga 61: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post ran from 19 Sept. to 7 Oct. 2015, and continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/the-ongoing-saga-62-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Order is inverted. The most recent …
Diablo Relicensing: US Fukushima in the Making
[The comment period is now past, but the information remains relevant, unfortunately. Some comments may be viewed at link.] The …
The Ongoing Saga 59: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post ran from August 7 to August 31, 2015. The order is inverted with the most recent updates are …
In Light of Fast Moving Wildfires; Evacuations, US Senators call on NRC to Stop Waiving Emergency Response Measures at Decommissioned Nuclear Sites (to no avail)
May 2014 Wildfire Near San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Current California Wildfires http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current Despite calls by Senators in 2014 to …
Wildfires and Nuclear Don’t Mix: Lessons from San Onofre and Chernobyl to Australia
As the deadline looms (3 Aug.) for comments regarding the risks of the nuclear fuel chain for South Australia – …
US Sen. Boxer on TPP: Security Clearance Required for Staffers; No Notes; Race to the Bottom for Wages and the Environment
[Note: The Republican Leadership is threatening to try to run through Fast Track-TPP again, as soon as this coming Tuesday …
TPP Guts State Laws & Environmental Protection: Indian Point Nuclear & Other Examples
It has never been more clear that the US Federal government does little to protect the US public, and appears …
Restless Earth , Animals Give Advance Notice of Large Earthquakes
Dr. Friedmann Freund is part of a team who recently published an academic paper documenting the reaction of birds and …
Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Cask Storage – SOS +
Baby California Sea Lions by Eric Boerner-NOAA ca 2007 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) compared to Chernobyl Areas one …
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. …
Fukushima Lessons Still Not Learned in the US; NRC Drafted Press Materials Saying Diablo Safe to Operate, Weeks Before Receiving Seismic Safety Study
“I have learned that NRC drafted its press materials saying that its review of PG&E’s seismic study said that the …
California: Large/Mega-quake Risk-Nuclear Power Plants
USGS: Increased Likelihood of Megaquake in California “… in the new study, the estimate for the likelihood that California will …
Cover-up of Diablo Canyon Quake Risks: Appeals Court will hear case, FOE
News Release from Friends of the Earth: “Appeals Court will hear case on cover-up of Diablo Canyon quake risks Posted …
Why has the US NRC ignored Increased West Coast Earthquake Hazard? – Two Decades After the Northridge Earthquake-Years After Fukushima
“Photo by FEMA News Photo – Jan 16, 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Calif., January 17, 1994 -Many roads, including bridges and …
The Ongoing Saga 44: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/the-ongoing-saga-45-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/the-ongoing-saga-43-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Last update is on top. It ran from 4 …
Nuclear Reactor Licenses: US NRC can’t figure out to whom they are being transferred- Urgent Comment Deadline
Comment here. Deadline is Jan. 2nd 11.59 pm (23.59) US ET (Washington DC), that is 10.59 pm Central in Louisiana. …
San Onofre Nuclear Spent Fuel Risks: Earthquakes and Flimsy Containment Endanger the Continental US
San Onofre Nuclear Power Station right on the earthquake prone California coast. Many of San Onofre’s components seem to be …
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Station: Legal Petition to Intervene-Request for Hearing by Friends of the Earth (Aug. 26, 2014)
Just look at this nuclear power station! It’s astounding that it takes experts to see that it was a lousy …
US NRC: Kicking the Radioactive Waste Can Down the Road for 140 years in the “Short Term” Option for High Level Nuclear Waste (Spent Fuel Rods)
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), to be voted Tuesday, allows continued at site storage …
What They Should Study About Fukushima
Originally posted on flying cuttlefish picayune:
We see they are going to begin to STUDY CALIFORNIA KELP for radiation. Over 1,000 days…
Pumpkin Power: Turning Food Waste into Energy
Pumpkin Power: Turning Food Waste into Energy By Matthew Loveless Data Integration Specialist, Office of Public Affairs US DOE, November …
