Local Thoughts on Holtec Not Negotiating with Plymouth
From https://scituate.wickedlocal.com “What are your thoughts on Holtec not negotiating with Plymouth? Aug 3, 2019 at 6:00 AM Jam session is an opinion forum offering …
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Trump Dept of Ag Announced Intention to Stop Collecting Data on Honey Bee Colonies; Honey Bees are Fundamental for Agriculture & are Bioindicators
The Trump Administration’s Department of Agriculture has recently announced “its intention to stop collecting data on honey bee colonies in …
Dangerous Radioactive Waste Storage in Texas Proposed by J.F. Lehman & France – US NRC Hearing
The proposed nuclear waste dump for Texas is by “Interim Storage Partners“– a joint venture between Waste Control Specialists (WCS), …
Another Cyprus Mystery Company Related to Holtec International (Nuclear) – Jupiterics Ltd
Another mystery Holtec related company which was in Cyprus. This one has the Holtec owner, Kris P. Singh’s wife, Martha, …
Is Holtec Orrvilon in Hong Kong a Holtec International Shell Company? What is its Purpose? Holtec Orrvilon is in Ohio!
Is this a Holtec Hong Kong shell company? Orrvilon is in Ohio. So, for what purpose does this Hong Kong …
Meet the Congressman Defending Questionable Tax Breaks for a Company Connected to His Rich Brother (Holtec Nuclear Revealed)
From ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org: “THE REAL BOSSES OF NEW JERSEY Meet the Congressman Defending Questionable Tax Breaks for a Company Connected …
Holtec Nuclear Waste Can Oligarch Kris Pal Singh’s Son Loves To Buy Multi-Million Dollar Fast Cars
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Nuclear waste can oligarch Kris Pal Singh of Holtec International has a son named Kris Pal…
The Iffy Foreign Engineers Responsible For Holtec Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage & Small Modular Reactors; Holtec Abuse Of H1B Visas; No Apparent Effort To Find-Recruit Talent
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Founded by India’s Kris Singh, Holtec appears to have a virtual monopoly on the storage of…
Critics Attack Trump Administration Push to Expedite Uranium Mining
The uranium mining which occurs in the United States is almost entirely by foreign owned companies. In this context, mining …
Uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: A Story of Twin Tragedies (i.e. Mega-Conflict Minerals in the DRC)
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
From “The Conversation”: “The link between uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: a story of twin…
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 …
Holtec Nuclear Waste Facility Poses Too Great a Risk to the Health & Safety of New Mexicans: US Congresswoman Haaland
“The concept of an interim storage facility is inherently flawed, because it will result in waste being moved twice, first …
Allerdale Council Admit Illegality of Nuclear Laundry
PRESS NOTICE ALLERDALE COUNCIL ADMIT ILLEGALITY OF NUCLEAR LAUNDRY Allerdale Borough Council have admitted in a letter (below) to Radiation…
Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) Received Site Approval Permit for 4 Russian Nuclear Reactors at El Dabaa
ALL EGYPT NEEDS IS SOLAR! THIS IS APPARENTLY FOR WEAPONS OR SIMPLY FROM BRIBERY TO GIVE RUSSIA MORE CONTROL. By …
Former US NRC Commissioner Merrifield Registered as Foreign Agent (FARA) for Saudi Nuclear
According to the NRC: “Jeff Merrifield, Partner and Energy Section leader at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, is a former presidential …
Holtec Nuclear Waste Can Oligarch Kris Pal Singh’s Son Loves To Buy Multi-Million Dollar Fast Cars
Nuclear waste can oligarch Kris Pal Singh of Holtec International has a son named Kris Pal Singh Jr. Junior loves …
Proposed US House Laws Appear to Remove Benefits Agreement Guarantees for Places where Nuclear Waste is Sited; Give California Waste Priority Removal
Any priority in removal of spent nuclear fuel (nuclear waste) should be based on multiple factors, including flood and fires, …
Prairie Island American Indian Community Comment to NRC on “Waste Confidence” and Yucca Mountain (with some additional info)
Prairie Island Native American Indian Community sits on a small island in the midst of the Mississippi River, the Vermillion …
Governor of New Mexico: Holtec Nuclear Waste Storage Bad for the Economy & Environment; Unacceptable Risk to Agriculture and Oil & Gas Industry
“The interim storage of high-level radioactive waste poses significant and unacceptable risks to New Mexicans, our environment and our economy… …
Crony Capitalism: Rick Perry US Energy Secretary? Former Texas Governor’s Experience for the Job Comes From Stiffing the American People and their Environment.
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Waste Control Specialists Radioactive Waste Burial Ground in west Texas From OtherWords.org: “Crony Capitalism Made Rick…
Washington State Governor and AG on Trump Admin Actions to Undercut Nuclear Cleanup at Hanford
Hanford tanks leak into soil groundwater schematic diagram Ironically, in the early 1990s, the New York Times covered two topics, …
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 …
New Nuclear Laundry – Sign the Letter of Complaint to Ombudsman in Workington this Saturday 8th June- 1pm at the Clock
Energy Coast Nuclear Laundry – 2019 Google Map image captured 2009 of the site now a nuclear laundry next to…
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, …
A Quick & Dirty Look At Energy Coast Laundry’s Radioactive Materials Permit (Starting With Caesium 137 Discharges to Air)
Energy Coast Laundry, showing low set chimneys, photo via RaFL “Permit DB3996DJ – Energy Coast Laundry Limited Permit number DB3996DJ …
Nightmare Coal Mine Near Sellafield Nuclear Site – Ooops don’t mention Sellafield.
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Many thanks to Real Media for posting a guest blog – the background story and info…
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station To Finally Shut By September 30th
On Wednesday, a little over forty years after the Three Mile Island (unit 2) nuclear disaster, Exelon announced that the …
Japan Begins Removing Fuel at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
The only safe nuclear power is the sun. Amaterasu “Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Taken on October 11, 2011 Cranes …
US NOAA: Fukushima Radioactive Aerosol Dispersion Model Shows North American Impacts
US NOAA Fukushima radioactive aerosol dispersion model clearly shows Fukushima nuclear disaster discharges blowing offshore and impacting North America. Fukushima …
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…
TEPCO-USNRC Knew Fukushima Was A Triple Meltdown (Units 1,2,3) Almost Immediately; Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool Believed Failed
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Photo of the 4 Fukushima Daiichi Reactors on Idaho National (Nuclear) Lab, INL, web site. http://youtu.be/teV44bW30Z4…
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
PROLIFERATION PROFITEERS: PART 13, Firm 1 – Belgonucleaire SA (Belgium)
This is from 1991, but at the minimum we continue to live with the consequences. Many of the players in …
DOE Informs Nevada Court That 1/2 Tonne Weapons-Grade Plutonium Has Been Sent From South Carolina to Nevada; Location Of Second 1/2 Tonne Unknown
South Carolina wants to get shot of its plutonium, and Nevada doesn’t want it. But, Nevada’s happy to keep its …
Cumbrian Radioactive Scrap Metal Plant Condemned by Nuclear Safety Group; Similar Facility Exists in Memphis, Tennessee
Cyclife is owned by EDF – itself largely owned by the French government. While the scrap metal facility, described below, …
Write to Cumbria County Council: Tell Them to Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole – Consultation Formal Deadline Today
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Irish Sea – the scene of the first deep coal mine in the UK in 30…
US Senator Markey Blasts Dangerous New Trump NRC Post-Fukushima Nuclear Safety Rule Which Is Even Worse Than The Obama One
Obama was bad; Trump is worse. For every bad in life, there can be a worse. Find out how close …
Washington State Opposes New Trump Admin Plan To Reclassify Nuclear Waste & Downplay Dangers of Hanford Nuclear Dregs
Comment at the following link till Wednesday night, January 9, 2019, 1159 pm Eastern Time (DC, NYC, etc); and 859 …
Washington State Governor & AG Oppose Trump DOE Proposal To Change Interpretation Of High Level Nuclear Waste
This blog posts as UTC, so this was posted when it was still Jan. 9th in the United States. Comment …
Trump-Perry DOE Proposes to Abandon High-Level Nuclear Waste in Underground Tanks Next to the Columbia River
Comment here till Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 1159 pm Eastern Time (DC, NYC, etc): https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOE_FRDOC_0001-3696 Although the comment period is …
US Senator Wyden: Trump DOE Wants To Reinterpret Statutory Definition Of High-Level Nuclear Waste
Comment deadline Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 1159 pm Eastern Time (DC, NYC, etc): https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOE_FRDOC_0001-3696 Although the comment period is over, …
Trump-Perry DOE Plan To Reclassify High Level Nuclear Waste As Low Level Through An Orwellian Stroke Of A Pen
“Hazardous High-Level Radioactive Waste Becomes So-Called “Low-Level” with the Orwellian Stroke of a Pen: The Trump Department of Energy has …
COAL!! BBC & Magical Thinking
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Ashes and Dust The BBC’s latest Christmas Cracker is to promote the first deep coal mine…
Who wants new Coal AND new Nuclear in their stocking this Christmas?
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Local leaders in Cumbria have been agitating for new nuclear and new coal in Cumbria just…
Two New Reports On Russia’s Internet Research Agency’s Social Media Tactics; One By University Which Received Mega-Donation From Trump Connected Russian Oligarch
One report is by a company called “New Knowledge”, and the other is by Oxford University and Graphika. Oxford University …
Update On First Deep Coal Mine in the UK for 30 years (It’s Near Sellafield Nuclear Site)
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Dear Friends, I have just been sent the following from Cumbria County Council. Those of you…
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 …
