GE-Hitachi F-Up Could Lead to Inability to Scram-Shutdown Several US Nuclear Reactors
CONTROL ROD DRIVE MECHANISMS OF 3 US NUCLEAR REACTORS CONTAMINATED WITH CHLORIDES because of a f-up by GE Hitachi during …
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Russia’s Nuclear Marketing
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
Russia has taken the lead in marketing nuclear reactors overseas – but for how long? Just…
Why is West Cumbria Coal Mining Advisor Hiding Down Under In Oz? Earthquakes, Sellafield Nuclear Site and Methane Mix?
Comment deadline is July 10th. For more info: https://keepcumbriancoalinthehole.wordpress.com Donald Anthony Carroll is listed as a Company Director/Advisor for WEST …
Nuclear facilities targeted by hackers – say USA Homeland Security Dept. and F.B.I.
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Dept. and F.B.I. Say, NYT, By NICOLE PERLROTH, JULY 6, 2017, Since May, hackers…
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 …
Petition to Stop Fossil Fuel Extraction Near Nuclear Installations in the UK
To: Health and Safety Executive of the UK Stop Fossil Fuel Extraction Near Nuclear Installations In your role as protectors…
Proposed West Cumbria Coal Mine Near Sellafield Nuclear Site: Comment Deadline July 10th; Sample Letter; Leaflet to Print-Share
Write to Cumbria County Council to oppose by mail, email or online by the 10th July 2017 http://councilportal.cumbria.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=217 The UK’s …
Clearance to Build New Russian Nuclear Reactors in India is Illegal (Koodankulam 3 & 4)
Koodankulam Nuclear Power Protest – PMANE, – Dianuke.org “…the first two units of the Koodankulam nuclear power project are sub-standard, …
Coal AND Nuclear: Lethal Mix in West Cumbria UK
From West Cumbria Mining‘s License Map – with additions from RaFL ? Is Cumbria Being Frogmarched into Nuclear AND Coal?…
Former US Senator John Edwards Representing Thousands of U.S. Veterans Injured in Nuclear Disaster
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the…
The Ongoing Saga 82: News, Updates, & More
Last news update Wednesday 13 July 2017, UTC. News continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/the-ongoing-saga-83-news-updates-more/ Most recent updates are on top, after image-intro …
Coal Action Network Oppose New Coal Mine Plan for Cumbria Near Nuclear Waste Site
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Coal Action Network have written to Cumbria County Council opposing the new coal mine plan in…
US Congressmen Raise Concerns About Flynn’s Work on Saudi-Russian Nuclear Proposal
Trump as the guest of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Saturday evening, May 20, 2017, in …
Nuclear Imbecilic Foot in Mouth Disease/France Dancing to the Bank
France’s new PM Édouard Philippe, appointed by President Macron worked as Director of Public Affairs at French State owned nuclear …
The Ongoing Saga 81: News, Updates, & More
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Last news update Thursday 15 June 2017, UTC Most recent updates are on top, after image-intro…
Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition Condemns Trump-Zinke Recommendation to Eviscerate Bear Ears National Monument; Other National Monuments on the Chopping Block Too
Zinke’s recommendation is at Trump’s behest: “Presidential Executive Order on the Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act, EXECUTIVE ORDER“, …
Why Special Interests Want Bears Ears National Monument Gone: Uranium, Oil and Gas
The comment deadline for “Review of Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996; Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment” is July …
Secret MOX Plutonium Fuel Shipment Planned From French Gov Owned AREVA To Japan; Trump Administration Approved with Tillerson as Lead
Mere Coincidence or somehow related? AREVA Nuclear Fuel Facility in Washington State used to be Exxon Nuclear Fuel until 2001. …
Tuesday: Recommendations Against Dumping Nuclear Waste from Germany and US Commercial Nuclear Waste in South Carolina
From Savannah River Site Watch: “Action Alert! On June 6, 2017, speak up at the Nuclear Material Committee of the …
UN Rapporteur Received Reports that Japan Media Avoids Covering Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Reporter Demoted-Salary Reduced for Writing About Fukushima
USAF bombing of hiroshima-nagasaki fall 1945, color enhanced. “I have also received first-hand reports of newspapers delaying or cancelling the …
Experts: Nuclear Industry Pressured USNRC into Low-Balling Consequences of Nuclear Accident
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Overlay Indian Point Nuclear Power Station – Greenpeace OpenStreet Map Trump Tower 5th Ave NY http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/nomorechernobyls/exclusion-zone-comparison-map/ Trump’s …
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. …
The Ongoing Saga 81: News, Updates, & More
Last news update Thursday 15 June 2017, UTC. This post updated from May 24-June 15, 2017. It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/the-ongoing-saga-82-news-updates-more/ …
German Anti-Nuclear Activist Jailed for Blocking Train Carrying Radioactive Waste Through Densely Populated Areas
“Without informing the local population, similar trains full of radioactive material are secretly passing through densely inhabited areas every four …
South Dakota: Dewey-Burdock ISL Uranium Mining Aquifer Exemption Comment Deadline Extended to June 19th (Midnight)
The deadline was listed at midnight on Friday May 19th, apparently one minute to Saturday, but it’s not clear. It …
Russia selling debt and dependence to its overseas nuclear customers
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
Is Rosatom selling debt and dependence to its overseas customers? http://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-05-is-rosatom-selling-debt-and-dependence-to-its-overseas-customers When a court in South Africa torpedoed…
Long-time Trump-Putin Friend, Henry Kissinger, Met with Trump Same Day as Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador
On May 10th, the day after firing FBI director Comey, Trump met with Nixon Secretary of State-National Security Advisor, Henry …
Sparking Fears of Airborne Radiation, Wildfire Burns in Fukushima “No-Go Zone”; Forests Contaminated by Fukushima and Chernobyl “are Ticking Time Bombs”
From Common Dreams: “Sparking Fears of Airborne Radiation, Wildfire Burns in Fukushima ‘No-Go Zone’ Contaminated forests such as those outside …
Secretive South African Nuclear Deal Blocked by Court; Need for Vigilance Remains
Press Release from Earthlife Africa and SAFCEI: “NUCLEAR DEAL BLOCKED! JUDGEMENT MADE ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT’S SECRET TRILLION-RAND NUCLEAR …
The Risks Attached to South Africa’s Nuclear Energy Strategy
As published by “The Conversation”, August 19, 2015: “The risks attached to South Africa’s nuclear energy strategy By Vladimir Slivyak, …
Cumbria Life UK – “Chernobyl The Cloud Lingers On”
Cumbria Life and Chernobyl…a hard hitting article from 1996… The lifestyle magazine, Cumbria Life, is not where you would expect…
Children Still Endangered by Chernobyl Radiation in Russia; Russia Pretends Area Has Improved; Removes Medical, Social Insurance and Compensation
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/chernobyl-fukushima-radiation-light-painting/blog/56178 “Stariye Bobovichi is one of thousands of communities in Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus officially declared contaminated by Chernobyl. …
Chernobyl “Study” Contaminated by US-UK Nuclear Funding
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
http://science.energy.gov/~/media/ber/berac/powerpoint/Bertsch.ppt http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(15)00988-4.pdf “The Savannah River Site was constructed during the early 1950s to produce the basic…
At Chernobyl and Fukushima, Radioactivity Has Seriously Harmed Wildlife
From “The Conversation”: “At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife By Timothy A. Mousseau, University of South Carolina …
The Ongoing Saga 80: News, Updates, & More
This post ran from 25 April 2017 to 17 May 2017. Most recent updates are on top. It continues here: …
Russia Continues Crusade Against Environmental Groups in Run-up to Earth Day
Norwegian NGO Bellona reports: “Another Russian non-profit tarred as a foreign agent for little more than existing. In a continuing …
Russia’s Secretive, Floating, Old Style Nuclear Reactor: Fueling and Testing in St. Petersburg on the Baltic?
Russian President Putin trying to nuke his hometown? As Trump would say: “Sad”! Rosatom, the Russian State owned company which …
Beatrix Potter’s Beloved Lake District Still Endangered by Proposed New Nuclear Reactors and Nuclear Waste
Beatrix Potter, best known as the author-illustrator of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit“, “supported the efforts of the National Trust …
US NRC Webinar on Wed (sign up by Tues 2 pm): Global Nuclear Fuels Americas Performance Review – Putin Must Think It’s Great; Trying to Get an Exemption to Run His Nuclear Fuel in Illinois
While it’s not what the US NRC appears to have in mind when discussing GNF-A’s performance review, it’s been within …
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 …
High Level Nuclear Waste Interim Parking Lot Storage in Texas Comment to April 28th
Comment Deadline April 28th, https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2016-0231 Most US high level nuclear waste appears to be kept in open air parking-lot like …
Putin’s Nuclear Fuel Co. Wants Exemption to Fuel Illinois Reactors with help of Exelon, GE, Toshiba, Hitachi and US NRC
TVEL belongs to Atomenergoprom that is a part of the Rosatom State corporation. As a State corporation, Rosatom is subordinate …
GNF-A (GE, Hitachi, Toshiba) Agreement to Bring Russian Government (TVEL) Nuclear Fuel to US Market
TVEL belongs to the Atomenergoprom, which is part of the Rosatom State corporation, which answers to Russian President Putin. From …
South Africa – Zuma’s Late Night Cabinet Reshuffle: Putin-Rosatom Nuclear Coup?
“One plausible reason for the aggressive push for an expanded nuclear fleet is a political union between Russian President Vladimir …
Stop Koodankulam Nuclear Reactor Expansion: Modi-Putin Nuclear Tango in India
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Photo: Koodankulam Nuclear Power Protest, PMANE, Dianuke.org Via Dianuke.org: “Stop the Koodankulam NPP Expansion Now!: PMANE’s…
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…
Toshiba’s Westinghouse Nuclear Declared Bankruptcy; US Taxpayers and Ratepayers Left on the Hook for Billions?
Even with gross subsidies, the nuclear industry is not viable. “Westinghouse Electric Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday, …
European Commission Allows State Subsidies for Russian Govt Owned Rosatom to Build Nuclear Power Station in Hungary; Ignores Orbán Takeover of Nuclear Regulator
“… Paks [Nuclear Power Station] can only go ahead with public subsidies… The Hungarian government has mislead its people: Paks …
Toshiba’s Westinghouse Bankruptcy Underscores Financial Meltdown of the Global Nuclear Industry
From Greenpeace: “Westinghouse bankruptcy underscores meltdown of the global nuclear industry – Greenpeace Press release – 29 March, 2017 Tokyo, …
The Ongoing Saga 79: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post ran from 20 March 2017 to Monday 17 April 2017. News continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/the-ongoing-saga-80-news-updates-more/ This post was a …
