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 …
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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, …
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 …
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 …
Remember To Speak Up Against High Level Radioactive Waste Coming To Texas – Deadline Extended To November 19th
Please remember to comment by November 19th, 11:59 pm EDT; 10:59 pm CDT, 9:59 pm MDT. You can comment directly, …
The Lake District’s Freshwater is “Safeguarding National Security”! Talk at New Horizons in St Annes, Nr Blackpool.
Many thanks to New Horizons for inviting Radiation Free Lakeland tomorrow evening. Doors Open at 7.30 for 8.00pm start –…
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 …
Secret Lake District Waters: “Safeguarding National Security”
Calder Abbey and the river Calder just one mile before it enters the Sellafield site ? Secret Lake District…
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 …
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 …
Trump EPA/NRC: Spreading the Italian Triangle of Death to America? Refuse Omertà.
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Why, and by what right, has a “researcher”, Giovanni Pagano, from Italy’s “Triangle of Death”, put…
Failure To Account Fully For Environmental Damage Is An Energy Subsidy Which Should Be Eliminated According To IMF Study
Even the IMF recognizes that damage to the environment, and related health-care spending, constitutes energy subsidies. This proves that they …
“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 …
Trump EPA Cost-Benefit Analysis Proposed Rule Comment Deadline Is Monday, August 13th, 11.59 pm Eastern Time
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 …
These Russians aren’t going away: Russian Government Labels Environmentalists “Foreign Agents” and “Extremists”
Originally posted on Beyond Nuclear International:
Labeled “extremists” and “foreign agents”, Fedor Maryasov and Andrey Talevlin put country and courage first By Oleg Bodrov…
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 …
Radioactive Waste Dump Owner Semnani Paid Govt Official $600,000; Official Went to Jail, Got Cancer; Semnani Got Fined, Became Iran Policy “Expert”, “Philanthropist”
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
The $40 million being given by the US DOE to a US nuclear reactor “start-up” company,…
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
Founded by India’s Kris Singh, Holtec appears to have a virtual monopoly on the storage of high level nuclear waste, …
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 …
Facts On How Holtec Spent Nuclear Fuel Canisters Are Substandard And Should Not Be Used, Parked, Or Buried Anywhere
Comment By Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 PM ET, ID: NRC-2018-0052-0058 on Holtec’s spent nuclear fuel facility in New Mexico: …
Holtec Proposal To Bury High Level Nuclear Waste – Comment Deadline July 30th 11.59 ET
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Area of the proposed site: Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project, Comment Due Jul…
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 …
RADIOACTIVE HEALTH WARNING FOR CUMBRIAN BEACHES
Volunteers at Radiation Free Lakeland (nuclear safety campaign group based in Cumbria) have been sending soil and sand samples from…
New Trump EPA Chief Was Lobbyist For Energy Fuels Uranium Mining-White Mesa Mill, Along With Murray Coal, Etc. (Lobbying Documents)
Apparently Scott Pruitt wasn’t bad enough. Andrew Wheeler, who will be acting EPA head, was a lobbyist for Energy Fuels …
Acting EPA Chief, Former Coal-Uranium-LNG Lobbyist, Expected To Continue Deregulation
This change is in time for the public hearing-comment deadline: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/trump-pruitts-epa-announces-extended-comment-period-and-public-hearing-on-so-called-transparency-rule/ https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=processSearchCriteria From VOA: “Acting EPA Chief Expected to Carry …
More Fires At Savannah River Nuclear Site in South Carolina? And Vogtle Nuclear Power Station-Construction Site?
Earlier fires with discussion of areas-maps: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/three-more-fires-at-the-savannah-river-nuclear-site-august-16-17-18-h-area-a-area-srnl-n-area/ https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/08/15/fire-at-h-area-of-the-savannah-river-nuclear-site-august-7th-2016/ The fires listed below, sensed from space, may or may not be …
UK Fires In Relation To Nuclear Sites
“Moorland fire in north England spreads, major incident declared Posted:Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:05:41 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) – Fires on moorland …
Holtec VP Says Spent Nuclear Fuel Can’t Leak Because It’s Not A Liquid! An Engineer Who Has Never Heard Of Gas, Radiation Leaks, or Flat Tires?
Remember to Comment by July 30th (Deadline extended from May: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2018/04/22/holtec-proposal-to-bury-high-level-nuclear-waste-teleconference-sign-up-deadline-monday-written-comments-due-end-may ) Joy Russell of Holtec Nuclear waste cans, who …
