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NuScale Nuclear Reactors Appear More At Risk For Reactor Pressure Vessel Embrittlement/Failure; NuScale Calls US NRC Standards Too “Conservative” & Wants To Weaken Them; Comment By Thursday Night (11.59 PM ET)

December 18, 2019

Comment Now! https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=NRC-2019-0180-0003 Deadline Dec 19 2019, at 11:59 PM ET ID: NRC-2019-0180-0003 NuScale nuclear claims that the old rules …

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Did Limerick Nuclear Reactor Scram Due to Another Defective ABB Part?

June 3, 2016

Was the trip due to an electrical fault at Limerick Nuclear Reactor Unit 2 caused by yet another defective ABB …

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High Level Nuclear Waste Action Alert: Vote on Installation of Experimental Holtec Underground Casks in California on Tuesday

October 5, 2015

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 …

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Radioactive Blues in Mississippi and Beyond

May 30, 2015

“A historic marker has been placed in Port Gibson, Mississippi, by the Mississippi Blues Commission, as part of the Mississippi …

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Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Cask Storage – SOS +

May 20, 2015

Baby California Sea Lions by Eric Boerner-NOAA ca 2007 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) compared to Chernobyl Areas one …

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High Burnup Nuclear Fuel – SOS

May 19, 2015

“Over time, [nuclear fuel] burnup has increased, allowing utilities to get more power out of their fuel before replacing it. …

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Nuclear Pressure Vessel Embrittlement- US NRC Dangerous Games

May 11, 2015

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 …

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Nuclear Reactor Embrittlement: Palisades Shutdown Urgent to Avert Catastrophic Meltdown

May 11, 2015

Your chance to complain to the US NRC on this topic before Tuesday, 12 May 11:59 pm Eastern Time, info/easy …

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US Nuclear Reactors Brittle Fracture-Failure/Nuclear Disaster Risk

May 10, 2015

[We added to this post on early 12 May UTC. See update at bottom.] “NRC-2014-0137 Technical Basis for Regulatory Guidance …

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US NRC Sneak Through Alert – Request Hearing by 1 June

April 30, 2015

Update-Part II here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/us-nrc-safety-abuses-alert-comment-deadline-april-30-at-11-59-eastern-time-request-hearing-by-1-june/ This is actually a laundry list of changes for many nuclear reactors. A public hearing can …

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US NRC Playing Brazen Legalese Games with Safety (Reactor Pressure Vessel Embrittlement) at Palisades Nuclear Power Station and Elsewhere

April 9, 2015

In the April 18, 2013 US NRC “Summary of the March 19, 2013 Public Meeting Webinar Regarding Palisades Nuclear Plant” …

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Dangerously Defective Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel at New EPR Flamanville – AREVA wants more tests to prove it is ok. It’s NOT ok. A bas Areva!

April 7, 2015

Why are Jersey and Guernsey putting up with Flamanville Nuclear Reactors? Aren’t they rich tax havens? Will the Kuwaitis (KIA) …

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Holtec Damaged, Corroded, Nuclear Fuel Rods in Dry Casks

March 9, 2015

Deadline in around 24 hours (11.59 pm Mon. March 9th Washington DC-EDT/3.59 am Tuesday UTC) for comment regarding storage of …

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Nuclear Reactor Cracks: Widespread Disease-Scourge – Warns Nobel in Chemistry Nominee

March 3, 2015

Dr. Digby MacDonald compares damaging cracks in nuclear reactor pressure vessels to Ebola or measles. He is professor in the …

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Cracked Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessels: Belgian Regulatory Head – 2 Experts Warn of Global Implications

March 3, 2015

Press Release from Greenpeace regarding reactor pressure vessel cracks: “Thousands more cracks found in Belgian nuclear reactors, Belgian regulatory head …

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Thousands of Cracks in Belgian Nuclear Reactors, Probable Global Nuclear Scourge

February 28, 2015

“Tests revealed a stunning 13 047 cracks in Doel 3; and 3 149 cracks in Tihange 2.” (Greenpeace) The largest …

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High Burnup Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Cask Problems, US DOE, Aug. 2014, with Intro-Commentary

February 8, 2015

The research arm of the utilities, EPRI, hired by the US DOE (taxpayer) to do research on storage of high …

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Nuclear: It is Time to Stop!

March 20, 2014

Greenpeace Action: Don’t Place Europe in Danger! March 18, 2014 (Video has some French, German, and English) Nuclear: It is …

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