US NRC Considers Holtec Nuclear Decommissioning Exemption Request; Massachusetts AG Outlines Risks of Holtec Exemption
Giving Holtec “exemptions” appears to be a favorite activity for the US NRC. They have piled quality exemption upon exemption …
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Trump EPA Attempt To Eliminate All Environmental Regulation
Comment on “Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 Comment Tracking Number: 1k2-94w2-3hnj I oppose this proposed rule which is a tacit attempt to …
Trump EPA Proposal Revealed By Proponent As Means Of Avoiding Nuclear Operating Costs; Cleanup Costs & Evac After Nuclear Disaster
Comment by tonight, 1159 US Eastern Time (NY-DC time zone) https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 The Trump administration is setting up …
Cameco Crow Butte Uranium Mine Evaporation Pond Requirements Amendment-Teleconference Tuesday 2.30 to 3.30 PM EDT (DC Time)
Crow Butte Evaporation Impoundment (“Pond”). “PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Title: Evaporation pond requirements amendment April 11, 2017, 02:30 PM to 03:30 …
Reactors from Russia are Unsafe and Unreliable, Says Russian Environmentalist
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
“The Russian nuclear giant, Atomstroyexport, has been clearly unwilling to abide by the Indian liability law…
Nuclear Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) Does Not Protect People in India (Nor elsewhere)
India signing the CSC (Convention on Supplementary Compensation) was pushed for by the US-India Business Council when India-American Richard Verma …
CSC Protects the Nuclear industry, Not Nuclear Victims
From Greenpeace.org: “Greenpeace condemns the new International Nuclear Liability Convention CSC protects the nuclear industry, not nuclear victims Press release …
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
Even as French government owned Areva’s defective nuclear parts scandal was already underway, Areva sent a comment to the US …
Uranium Mining Giant Cameco Failed to Check Contract Workers Leaving Mining Site for Radiation Contamination for 5 months; US NRC Abuse of Alternative Dispute Resolution, i.e. More NRC Nuclear Nursery School – Complain Until ca 30 Oct
Canada’s “Cameco Corporation is the world’s largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2012, it was the …
EnerSys Warned of Potential (Emergency) Battery Failures at Nuclear Power Stations as Hurricane Hermine Threatened Numerous Nuclear Power Stations
Hurricane Hermine Tract Prediction Overlay with Nuclear Power Stations (Orange Skulls). Although non-operating since 2009, Crystal River Nuclear Power Station …
Energy Fuels Inc Uranium Mine Fire in Texas Spotted by US Border Patrol; 60 Acres Burned; Local Fire Department Forced to Battle Fire
In early August, the U.S. Border Patrol spotted a wildfire at Energy Fuel (Mestena)’s Alta Mesa In Situ Leach Uranium …
Socialist Nuclear Power (i.e. Unfair Nuclear Subsidies; Corporate Welfare) in America (and Elsewhere)
“There are many forms of government subsidization of the nuclear power industry. These subsidies include the sponsorship of research, enrichment …
Philadelphia: From Defective London Made Liberty Bell to Defective S. Korean Rail Cars (Hyundai Rotem, Rot’em or Rotten?)
“Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof Lev. XXV. v X.” “The Museum found a considerably …
Recycling Plutonium: How the US EPA is Disbursing Radioactive Waste From the Lowry Landfill to the Sewage System and onto Farmlands and Public Parks; More on the Ambushed Grand Jury
[Note that there is some overlap with yesterday’s post (the previous transcript) https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/grand-jury-accuses-justice-department-of-rocky-flats-nuclear-cover-up/ But it continues with new, additional, information]. …
Grand Jury Accuses Justice Department of Rocky Flats Nuclear Cover-Up
From DemocracyNow.org: “Grand Jury Accuses Justice Department of Rocky Flats Nuclear Cover-Up May 4, 2004 We speak with Wes McKinley, …
University of Glasgow Undermines Long Proud History by its Apparent Stifling of Dissent
Founded in 1451, University of Glasgow at 199 years in 1650 “The recent comprehensive study by Chernov and Sornette (2016) …
Small Island Nation Takes Superpowers to Court over Nukes: Lawsuits Moved Forward on Monday
Operation Crossroads Abel “Baker Explosion Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll Castle Bravo, 15 MT From CommonDreams.org: “Small Island Nation Takes Superpowers …
TEPCO Boss Indictment – “Major Step” for Justice; Trial May Reveal Hidden Info About Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Image from Idaho National (Nuclear) Lab website According to this the trial could start as quickly as …
TEPCO Executives Indicted Over Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Trial Next Year; The End of Impunity? And the Mysterious M-Fund?
Former TEPCO executives were indicted on Monday, 29 Feb., 2016, over TEPCO’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, and are expected to be …
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 …
Proponent of Radiation is Good for You has Solar Panels on HIS own Roof: Mark L. Miller of Lockheed Martin run Sandia National Lab
Mark L. Miller, one of the major proponents of 100 mSv per year exposure for the American public, which translates …
Sandia US Nuclear Lab Found Quick & Easy Solution for Radiation at Fukushima, Chernobyl & Other Contaminated Zones
Unfortunately, this is for real and not a sick joke. The US NRC proposal (comment deadline extended to November 19th) …
Nuclear Energy Opposed by Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox Christian Churches; Divestment from Nuclear Called For
The opposition to nuclear weapons by many Churches is well known and long-standing. What of nuclear energy? The World Council …
Dow Chemical-Rockwell’s Plutonium Nuisance & Price Anderson – Rocky Flats
“During the Cold War, the Rocky Flats plant served as home to a nuclear weapons production facility. Located just sixteen …
Enbridge Must Restore Environment Injured by 2010 Pipeline Rupture and Oil Spill in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River, says US DOJ; Comment Requested
These are not vultures. They are Canada Geese with oil on them from the 2010 Enbridge oil pipeline rupture and …
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, …
BP Oil Everywhere; Bacterial-laden Tarballs are BP Spill Lagniappe, as BP Still Tries to Evade Financial Responsibility
“The explosion of the rig was a disaster that resulted from BP’s culture of privileging profit over prudence,” said Assistant …
Reactors from Russia are Unsafe and Unreliable, Says Russian Environmentalist
“The Russian nuclear giant, Atomstroyexport, has been clearly unwilling to abide by the Indian liability law which has a clause …
Union Carbide: Making a Radioactive Mess in the USA (1943-1984), 41 years before the Bhopal Diaster
For 41 years, from 1943 until March of 1984, shortly before the Bhopal disaster, Union Carbide left a radioactive mess, …
Price-Anderson Nuclear Bailout – Insurance Scam
http://www.citizen.org/documents/Price%20Anderson%20Factsheet.pdf http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=2117 http://www.citizen.org/cmep/article_redirect.cfm?ID=10322 All of the above copyrighted: ©2014 Public Citizen (CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 US)
Liability for Nuclear Accidents & Waste
According to the OECD, TEPCO is liable for Fukushima and is backed up by the Japanese government: “Liability for damages …
