Australia Faces Catastrophic Fire Conditions
From VOA News: “Australia Faces Catastrophic Fire Conditions By Phil Mercer December 21, 2019 12:47 AM SYDNEY – A catastrophic …
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At Least 3 Dead as Australia Battles Bushfires; Tuesday 12 November Forecast to be an Especially Dangerous Fire Day
“Radiant Heat Kills from a Distance” http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/prepare_for_bushfire/be_bushfire_ready/be_bushfire_ready_app.jsp#step1 “What to expect in the event of a Bushfire?” from p. 24 of …
Brazil Rejects G7 $22 Million Aid Offer to Help Fight Amazon Wildfires
“Amazon fires: Brazil to reject G7 offer of $22m aid 27 August 2019, BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49479470 Brazil is rejecting the …
Chinese Demand for Brazilian Beef Raises Amazon Deforestation Risk
This article by Thais Lazzeri originally appeared on Diálogo Chino and is republished under a Creative Commons license: “Chinese demand …
Increase in Amazon Fire Activity in 2019; Timing & Location Consistent with Land Clearing (NASA)
From NASA: “Uptick in Amazon Fire Activity in 2019 With the fire season in the Amazon approaching its midpoint, scientists …
Holtec-Orrvilon Factory Furnace Fire (Sept. 2018)
From “The Daily Record”: “No injuries in Orrville factory fire contained to furnace By JACK ROONEY / Staff Writer Posted …
Holtec-Orrvilon Fabrication Facility Fire (2015)
From “The Daily Record“: “No injuries in Orrvilon Fire By Paul Locher Staff Writer Posted Mar 25, 2015 at 4:00 …
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE SUBCOMMITTEE ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP BILLS
More nuclear waste hearings… “ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE SUBCOMMITTEE ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP BILLS Jun 6, 2019 …
US House “Oversight” Hearing on Nuclear Waste Appears Designed to Create Gridlock; Ignore Critical Problems and Needed Solutions
Based on the news release, and on what we know of the list of invited witnesses, as of Jun 4, …
Critical Fire Danger Weather Along Texas-New Mexico Border: One Of The Reasons This Area Is Unfit For Nuclear Waste
While some are getting snow due to Storm Wesley, others are at risk of fire, as the low pressure sucks …
Southern Cal Edison Reported Incident Less Than 5 Minutes Before Woolsey Fire Started
Map of Woolsey Fire area; Red dots on E Street/Alfa Road to indicate area of Southern Cal Edison incident report. …
“Do We Really Evaluate Each Being On The Basis Of A Monetary Value?”
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline August 13th, 11.59 …
“Only Our Environmental Protection Measures Stand Between Us And Disaster”
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline Monday August 13th, …
Trump Administration Taking The E And The P Out Of The EPA
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline August 13th, 11.59 …
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 …
Hurricane Harvey: ExxonMobil Admits To Flaring Hazardous Materials; Arkema Chemical Plant At Risk Of Explosion – Workers and Nearby Residents Evacuated
NASA Fire data ExxonMobile Baytown Facilityhttps://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/firms/active-fire-data exported to Google Earth. “ExxonMobil refineries are damaged in Hurricane Harvey, releasing hazardous pollutants …
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)
Less than two weeks ago, the French nuclear regulator, ASN, published a press release on the English part of its …
Was the Nuclear Control Room Panel Fire at Quad Cities Caused By a Defective GE-Hitachi Switch?
US NRC Photo: Control Room Panels (unknown nuclear power station), Nov-2007; black and white photo of Quad Cities Control Rm …
Fire at E. I. Hatch Nuclear Power Station in Georgia USA?
The reactor status for Hatch Reactor 1 was reported as 50% on Sept. 11th and Sept. 12th, which seems to …
Vogtle Nuclear Power Station: Smoke and Sparks in Fuel Handling Building (20 Dec. 2010); Defective ABB Breakers; Nuclear Disaster Near Miss 1990 – Defective Emergency Generators
Yesterday this blog reported a possible fire on August 23rd at Vogtle Nuclear Power Station, as seen on the USDA …
Possible Fire at Vogtle Nuclear Power Station on the Savannah River in Georgia, USA (23 Aug. 2016)
Possible fire at Vogtle Nuclear Power Station, which is located in Georgia, on the Savannah River, just across from South …
Hanford Nuclear Site Fires Above Electrical Substation – August 13, 2016
For whatever reasons these fires seem to be going unreported. They are burning above what seems to be the Midway …
Fire at Y-12 National Security Complex on August 6th?
The US active and recent fire map shows a fire at what seems to be the Y-12 site last Saturday, …
Hanford Nuclear Site’s Ongoing Wildfire Problem
Hanford 2007 fire, US DOE video screenshots Wildfires on the Hanford Nuclear Site have occurred in 1957, 1973, and 1981, …
Brunswick Nuclear Power Station Emergency Declared Due to Fire in the Service Water Building
Brunswick Nuclear Power Station in North Carolina and its Power Lines July 12th 2016: “At approximately 2035 EDT, there was …
Schneider-Masterpact Breaker Role in Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Power Station Fire Appears Clear
The NRC said: “The finding stems from an NRC special inspection regarding an electrical fire that led to the declaration …
S. Australia Royal Commission Goes Against Tide of History: Proposes Nuclear Power and Nuclear Dump
“Australia has the highest average solar radiation per square metre of any continent in the world“. http://arena.gov.au/about-renewable-energy/solar-energy/ “RenewablesSA is an …
Olympic Dam Mine: Largest User of Energy in S. Australia; Largest User of Australia’s Precious Water Resource – The Great Artesian Basin
The largest single user of electricity in South Australia is the Olympic Dam uranium, copper, gold, silver mine. Almost one …
Nuclear Reactors: Forest Fire Propagation Risk Assessment Methodology (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Forest fire propagation simulations for a risk assessment methodology development for a nuclear power plant Yasushi Okano *, Hidemasa Yamano …
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 – …
Is the US NRC an ISIL-Al Quaeda Secret Cell? If not they may as well be; with the NRC no need for external enemies
Thinking people can but wonder what’s wrong with the US NRC, and those working for the nuclear industry in general. …
Trident Whistleblower: Nuclear ‘Disaster Waiting to Happen’
Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol. Date 29 November 2010, …
Did We Almost Lose New York?
Gill Scott-Heron’s song “We Almost Lost Detroit”: http://youtu.be/01WRqq-ubsU “Did We Almost Lose New York? by Harvey Wasserman Published on Friday, …
Melted, Burst, Essential Service Water System Pipes OK at Nuclear Reactors Says US NRC, Comment by 14 May
Comment here: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NRC-2015-0088-0001 Names like ASME RR and ASME 13R are NOT safety codes or standards. They are “Regulatory Relief”-exemptions …
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 …
Coal Seam – Mine Fires & Environment
Coal seam fires, like nuclear energy and waste, point to the hubris of humankind: “Hubris /ˈhjuːbrɪs/, also hybris, from ancient …
