South Texas Nuclear – Is It Really Watertight? If The Dam Fails Can They Shut The Doors Quickly Enough?
August 31st NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS …
Tag Archives: corrosion
US Congressman Pearce Pushing More Fracking in New Mexico Despite Risk of Sinkhole Collapse; Destabilization of Nuclear Waste Disposal Site
WIPP was built in a salt bed. Proximity of injection wells to WIPP Nuclear Waste disposal site risks not only …
Four Workers Accused of “Willfully” Hiding Info Re Emergency Cooling Tank Leaking into Reactor Control Room: Another Big Easy Nuclear Reactor Day for the US NRC
Palisades: another “Big Easy” Nuclear Reactor owned by New Orleans’ Entergy. Emergency cooling water on top of the nuclear reactor …
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 …
Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany & Dumping Swedish Nuclear Waste on the USA
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany Sweden taking Germany to international court in what appears a…
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. …
The Case of the Leaky Valve and Radioactive Water Spill at Takahama Nuclear Reactor Unit 4, Feb. 20, 2016
According to KEPCO, at Takahama Unit 4 PWR (pressurized water reactor) in Japan an alarm indicating “caution on the primary …
Radioactive Groundwater Contamination Found at All US Nuclear Power Stations: Pipe Failures Endanger Nuclear Power Station Cooling Systems-Environment
Corroding, or otherwise damaged, nuclear power station water intake pipes for cooling could cause a major nuclear disaster. Corroded, damaged, …
Pipe Sleeve Corrosion “Substantial Safety Hazard” for V.C. Summer-Vogtle AP1000 Nuclear Power Stations Under Construction
These nuclear power stations are still under construction and, yet, are already suffering from dangerous corrosion, presumably due to substandard …
Total E&P UK Ltd Received Record Fine Following Largest Ever North Sea Gas Release
location via Wikipedia “On 25 March 2012, a gas leak occurred at the Elgin platform resulting in a shut down …
On Dangers of USNRC Approval of Broken Nuclear Spent Fuel Rod Storage; Lack of Testing-Quality Assurance for Holtec Dry Cask Storage
Comment (12) of an anonymous individual on FR Doc # 2015-02309 This is a Comment on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission …
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 …
Why Does NuScale SMR Look Like a 1964 Drawing of Swiss Lucens Nuclear Reactor (which suffered a major meltdown in 1969)?
Whatever NuScale is, or is not, it clearly isn’t “new”. The Bible must have foreseen the nuclear industry when it …
When it comes to Nuclear Power, Small Isn’t Beautiful, Nor Safe Nor Cheap Nor Even New
NuScale in 2003 when it belonged to the US Gov and was called “MULTI-APPLICATION, SMALL, LIGHT WATER REACTOR (MASLWR)” INEEL/EXT-04-01626 …
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, …
Premature Degradation of Nuclear Dry Cask Structures and Components due to Environmental Moisture
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1232/ML12320A697.pdf These dry cask brands belong to French State owned AREVA. As illustrated above, “Spent fuel pools are needed to …
US Dept. of Energy Participating in Awesome Con
According to my Oxford Pocket dictionary, “con” means “confidence trick”, “to swindle; deceive”, and also is short for convict, (as …
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. …
Nuclear Pressure Vessel Embrittlement- US NRC Dangerous Games
See more and how to comment here. It’s easy and can be anonymous: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/us-nuclear-reactors-brittle-fracture-failurenuclear-disaster-risk-comment-by-tues-12-may-11-59-pm-eastern-time/ In the April 18, 2013 US …
Nuclear Reactor Embrittlement: Palisades Shutdown Urgent to Avert Catastrophic Meltdown
Your chance to complain to the US NRC on this topic before Tuesday, 12 May 11:59 pm Eastern Time, info/easy …
US Nuclear Reactors Brittle Fracture-Failure/Nuclear Disaster Risk
[We added to this post on early 12 May UTC. See update at bottom.] “NRC-2014-0137 Technical Basis for Regulatory Guidance …
Holtec CEO Kris Singh on (Not) Repairing Cracked Nuclear Dry Casks
Link: http://youtu.be/mUkScn_adc8 “Southern California Edison’s Community Engagement Panel 14 Oct. 2014, San Juan Capistrano, California” Kris Singh, Holtec CEO, responds …
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. …
Water and Concrete Degradation Nuclear Facilities / Seabrook NPS
While the deadline for writing in support of the proposed rule for “Improved Identification Techniques Against Alkali-Silica Reaction Concrete Degradation” …
Concrete “Surprises” at US Nuclear Power Stations
Embedded wood in the concrete containment liners caused corrosion-holes in the 1/4 to 1/3rd inch thin steel containment liners of …
WIPP: Halite (NaCl) Stalactites from Brine Water in Nuclear Waste Dump – No Joke!
A 1987 USDOE Study about Brine (salt water) in WIPP states: “The inflow, coupled with the normally high evaporation rate …
The Weeping WIPP Road: WIPP Leaking from the Get-Go
“If we contaminate our water supply, what is the meaning of national security, Dr. Maurice Weisberg, Radiologist, The WIPP Trail, …
Boston Big Dig Leaks, Corrosion, Substandard Concrete
The comment period deadline is on March 30th regarding whether or not the US NRC should use improved identification techniques …
Big Dig Concrete Fraud
Those who might be tempted to think that new nuclear would be safer than old nuclear need to consider construction …
Holtec Damaged, Corroded, Nuclear Fuel Rods in Dry Casks
Deadline in around 24 hours (11.59 pm Mon. March 9th Washington DC-EDT/3.59 am Tuesday UTC) for comment regarding storage of …
Cracked Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessels: Belgian Regulatory Head – 2 Experts Warn of Global Implications
Press Release from Greenpeace regarding reactor pressure vessel cracks: “Thousands more cracks found in Belgian nuclear reactors, Belgian regulatory head …
Pipeline Corrosion Monitor Pled Guilty to Pipeline Safety Violations and False Statements
Corrosion is an even bigger issue for nuclear reactors, which are subjected to even greater stresses due to radiation: “…jet …
Update re Thousands of Defects-Cracks in Belgian Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessels
The Belgian Nuclear Regulatory Authority released clarifications regarding the detection of the flaws-cracks in the Doel and Tihange Nuclear Reactor …
Deteriorated Concrete in WIPP Waste Shaft due to Brine-Water, already in 1992
That WIPP is not a dry environment has been known for over a quarter of a century. This should come …
High Burnup Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Cask Problems, US DOE, Aug. 2014, with Intro-Commentary
The research arm of the utilities, EPRI, hired by the US DOE (taxpayer) to do research on storage of high …
Seventeen Nuclear Headaches: Aging Nuclear Reactors and Activists
“Greenpeace activists breach perimeter fences at Forsmark Nuclear Power Station. The activists are ‘stress testing’ the facility to alert the …
Davis Besse Nuclear Close Call
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Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany & Dumping Swedish Nuclear Waste on the USA
Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany Sweden taking Germany to international court in what appears a frivolous lawsuit over the …
Neutrons in Nuclear Reactors & Bombs Make Non-Radioactive Materials Radioactive; Accelerate Reactor Degradation
One of the least discussed and bizarre and frightening commonalities between nuclear bombs and nuclear reactors is their ability to …
Honeywell Illegally Stored Corrosive Radioactive Slurry Along Ohio River – Pled Guilty; Paid Fine
A few months after the current CEO of Honeywell, Dave Cote, apparent buddy of President Obama, took over Honeywell in …
