Japan Begins Removing Fuel at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
The only safe nuclear power is the sun. Amaterasu From VOA News: “Japan Begins Removing Fuel at Fukushima Nuclear Power …
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UN Rapporteur Received Reports that Japan Media Avoids Covering Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Reporter Demoted-Salary Reduced for Writing About Fukushima
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
USAF bombing of hiroshima-nagasaki fall 1945, color enhanced. “I have also received first-hand reports of newspapers…
Another Anniversary: Sure But The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Still Ongoing Everyday Of The Year
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
March 11, 2019 Every year since year 2011, at this time of the year when the…
11 March – News on this Fukushima Anniversary Week
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
Today we remember the catastrophe at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station, and the fact that this is…
Anniversary of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown – 11 March
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
There’s not a lot in the mainstream media, about this important anniversary. But much of what…
Palisades Nuclear Reactor On Lake Michigan Had To Be Manually Tripped Due To Turbine Governor Valve Problem
Palisades Nuclear Reactor (Unit 1) had to be manually tripped due to cycling of a Turbine Governor Valve. A rapid …
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Apparently Falling Apart: Another Scram Follows “Five Unplanned Downpower Events” In Less Than One Year
Construction of Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station begin over forty-four years ago in May of 1974, and it was commissioned …
Earthquake Near Watts Bar Nuclear Power Station
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60247871/executive The orange skulls are nuclear power stations/nuclear facilities. Construction started at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Station on Unit 1: …
Extension of Belgium (Doel 1&2) Nuclear Power Stations Infringes EU Environmental Assessment Requirements – EU Advocate General Opinion
“The Belgian Constitutional Court has sought the Court’s interpretation of these conventions and directives. In essence it seeks to ascertain …
San Onofre: Defective Holtec Nuclear Waste Storage System Must Be Recalled
Originally posted on San Onofre Safety:
Holtec UMAX lid with lower inlet air vents and upper (round) outlet air vent. The Holtec…
Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico To Consider Becoming Nuclear Guinea Pigs
Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean and should go solar, not nuclear. Nuclear and major hurricanes don’t mix! Nuclear Power …
On US Election Day, Saudi Crown Prince MBS Laid Apparent Foundation Stone Of Nuclear Weapons Program-Bombing Iran Plan
Apparently Russia is helping build Saudi’s new research reactor, so it will be almost certainly run off of HEU (Highly …
Iranian Official: High-Level Nuclear Cooperation with Russia in Progress
100% Russian government owned Rosatom and its subsidiaries are the world’s biggest nuclear pushers. You can’t really be anti-nuclear and …
Dry Storage and Transportation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel – Comment Deadline Monday Night 11.59 PM Eastern (There Was Less Than 2 Months For Comments – Request Extension)
This is a life and death important topic for future generations, as well as our own. And, the US NRC …
1992 NOAA Study Concluded A Severe Hurricane Could Induce A Storm Surge 6.4 Ft Above Brunswick Nuclear Power Station’s Design Basis Flood So NRC Commissioned A New Study To Prove That The Design Basis Was Good Enough – But It’s Not
It has been known that Brunswick Nuclear Power Station’s Design Basis storm surge-flood level was too low in the event …
Access To Brunswick Nuclear Power Station Limited Due To Flooded Roads; Workers Sleeping On Cots
Sometime between Thursday morning and Friday morning, the Brunswick Nuclear Reactors were powered down: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/reactor-status/2018/2018PowerStatus.txt On Saturday afternoon a report …
Hurricane Florence Landfall Radar With Location Of Nuclear Power Stations – Weather
For the very latest updates go to your preferred/local weather source. The orange icons are the nuclear power stations. Brunswick …
Brunswick Nuclear Power Station’s “Cliff Edge” Barriers Appear To Fall Almost 8 Feet Short Of Required Storm Surge Protection Level
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission NTTF [Near Term Task Force] observed that, “some [nuclear] plants have an overreliance on operator …
Brunswick Nuclear Power Station Apparently Still Hasn’t Addressed Flooding Worst Case Scenario (Reevaluation); Targeted By Hurricane Florence
As of April 2018, the US NRC hadn’t received information about how Brunswick Nuclear Power Station was going to address …
Trilogy of Atlantic Storms: Florence, Isaac, Helene; Category 4 Florence (140 MPH) Expected To Become A Category 5 Hurricane
Category 4 Hurricane Florence with 140 mph (220 km/h) sustained winds is menacing the Carolinas and Virginia. It is expected …
Fires In The Area Of Hanford Nuclear Site And Columbia Nuclear Generating Station
Fires in the area of Hanford Nuclear (Waste) Site and Columbia Nuclear Generating Station. Click on images to enlarge. Fire …
Tropical Storm Gordon: Hurricane and Tropical Storm Warnings In Effect For The US Gulf Coast – 4 AM CDT Advisory
Tropical Storm Gordon September 4, 2018, 11:47 UTC-6:47 CT. Remember to go to the national hurricane center, weather.gov and your …
Tropical Storm Gordon Warning For US Gulf Coast: Reminder Of The Dangers Of Mixing Severe Weather With Nuclear Power; Another Tropical Storm In Atlantic
For the most recent updates go to https://www.nhc.noaa.gov , hurricanes.gov and your local weather (e.g. Weather.gov). Earlier information: It’s that …
Hanford Nuclear Waste Tunnel Collapse Imminent: Failure Puts Workers, Public, Environs At Risk From An Airborne Radiological Release
No one knows the day or the hour! If you think this is just a problem of old waste, do …
Catastrophe in the Making: Growth Machine Politics; Regulatory Capture; Hurricane Katrina; Fukushima; Disasters of Tomorrow
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
In “Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow“, Freudenberg, et.…
Migrant Workers, Asylum Seekers, Homeless Used To Cleanup At Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Site; UN Experts Raise The Alarm
“Workers hired to decontaminate Fukushima reportedly include migrant workers, asylum seekers and people who are homeless,”… Tens of thousands of …
Before The US Approves New Uranium Mining, Consider Its Toxic Legacy
From “The Conversation“: “Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy By Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University …
500 Years of Dangerous Nuclear Waste: Fusion Reactors are NOT the Holy Grail; Solar is the Holy Grail!
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
500 years of radioactive waste generated by fusion nuclear reactors is still a very long time…
Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Comment Deadline July 30th, 11:59 pm
Comment By Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 PM ET, ID: NRC-2018-0052-0058 on Holtec’s proposed spent nuclear fuel facility in New …
Holtec Nuclear Waste Storage System Designed to Leak; Lacks Proper Leak Warning System – Comment Deadline July 30th, 11:59 PM
Comment By Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 PM ET, ID: NRC-2018-0052-0058 on Holtec’s proposed spent nuclear fuel facility in New …
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Needs To Rebrand Itself As The US Natural Renewables Commission; New Vision For River Bend Station (Comment to US NRC)
“Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29: 18) “Dear NRC Decision Makers, The request for public comment …
River Bend Nuclear Reactor Fallout Zone In Louisiana: Failures Of USNRC GEIS
Rosedown in St. Francisville Louisiana, near River Bend Nuclear Power Station. All comments can be seen here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2017-0141. Although the …
LSU Death Valley: An Entergy-River Bend Nuclear Disaster Could Make It Literal – Comment Deadline Monday 23rd July 10:59 PM CDT
Comment Due Jul 23, 2018 11:59 PM ET (10:59 CDT). It is easy and can be anonymous: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2017-0141 Comment is …
New York Hiding Full Risk Analysis For Gas Pipeline Near Nuclear Power Station: US Congresswoman Requests Access To Report From FERC And NYSDPS
Twenty million New Yorkers live within 50 miles of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Station. It does not close until …
One Image Proves That Both Louisiana Nuclear Power Stations Could Be Replaced By Rooftop Solar – Comment Deadline July 23rd, 11:59 pm ET (10:59 CDT)
Comment Due Jul 23, 2018 11:59 PM ET (10:59 CDT) https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2017-0141. This is for comment on the US NRC’s Environmental …
Environmental Impacts Of River Bend Nuclear Power Station Near St. Francisville & Baton Rouge Louisiana – Comment Deadline July 23rd at 10:59 PM CDT
Comment Due Jul 23, 2018 11:59 PM ET (10:59 CDT) https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2017-0141 This is to comment on the environmental impacts of …
Why Does NuScale SMR Look Like a 1964 Drawing of Swiss Lucens Nuclear Reactor (which suffered a major meltdown in 1969)?
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Whatever NuScale is, or is not, it clearly isn’t “new”. The Bible must have foreseen the…
Louisiana River Bend Nuclear Power Station Comment Deadline In A Few Hours; Petition For Hearing By July 23rd
Comment by June 21, 2018, 11.59 pm (23.59) EDT (DC-NY). 10:59 pm in Louisiana (CDT). A request for a hearing …
Entergy-River Bend Nuclear Want To Move Reactor Cooling Core Injection Point From The Reactor Head Spray Nozzle; Remove Some Oversight From NRC – Comment By Thurs. 11.59 PM/Request Hearing By July 23rd
Comments must be filed by June 21, 2018, 11.59 pm (23.59) EDT (DC-NY). A request for a hearing must be …
Trump-Pruitt Nuclear Hit Job On The EPA-American People May Increase Radiation Exposure By 400x; How Quickly Will Everyone Die?
[Update: Comment Deadline was extended to August 16th.] Since the Trump-Pruitt EPA is quoting Calabrese, this appears to be a …
Scotland At Risk Of Chernobyl Like Accident Due To Cracks In Nuclear Reactor Near Glasgow (Owned By French Govt.)
OGL-ONR UK: https://www.iaea.org/NuclearPower/Downloadable/Meetings/2017/2017-10-23-10-27-NPTDS/099_Bamber_Presentation.pdf While graphite cracking appeared much earlier, the keyway cracks were predicted in 2009 to appear by 2015. …
Russian Floating Nuclear Power Station To Be Fueled-Tested In Arctic-Murmansk Near Norway-Finland; Final Destination On Alaska Side Of Russian Arctic
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
The concept has its roots in a US Army project from half a century ago. It…
Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Holtec casks with arrows pointing to small cooling vents, Diablo Canyon, NPS, NRC gov If you…
Man Living In Highly Contaminated Soviet Nuclear Test Zone With Rare Body Shrinking Disease
Radioactive materials legally and illegally discharged into the environment by the nuclear industry impact real people, along with plants and …
Small Head Size And Delayed Body Weight Growth In Wild Japanese Fukushima Monkeys Due To Radiation Exposure
Snow Monkeys, Nagano, Japan, by Yblieb, CC-By-SA-3.0 via wikimedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_macaque “Small head size and delayed body weight growth in wild …
World Heritage Sham
Today the Prince of Wales unveiled a plaque in Keswick to celebrate the Lake District being awarded World Heritage Site…
Who Will Protect Us from the World’s Nuclear Heritage Site ?
Dear Friends, This Monday Prince Charles will be visiting the Lake District to unveil a plaque to the Lake District…
Trump-Saudi Nuclear Deal Shrouded In Secrecy And Illegally So – US Senator Markey Demands Answers
The Saudi Crown Prince was at the White House in mid February and back again in mid-March. Is he moving …
Entergy Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station: Workers Given Exam Answers; Workers Failed To Make Rounds-Falsified Records
Staircase from the Windsor Plantation Ruins, now located at Alcorn State University near Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station Perhaps this …
To Mark the 7th Anniversary of Fukushima Here is Our Reply to the UK’s latest Vicious New Build CONsultation
The government has yet another consultation out on new build – on where to site new nuclear reactors. This entirely…
