Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
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Holtec casks with arrows pointing to small cooling vents, Diablo Canyon, NPS, NRC gov If you…
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Everyday Needs To Be Earth Day
April 22nd is officially Earth Day. Everyday needs to be Earth Day. NASA Earth-Rise Christmas Eve 1968 The human population …
Holtec Proposal To Bury High Level Nuclear Waste – Teleconference Sign-up Deadline Monday-Written Comments Due End May
Deadline Monday to Register for teleconference re burial of high level nuclear waste (including spent Mox fuel) in New Mexico …
Smoldering Nuclear Waste Barrel Fire At Idaho National Nuclear Lab
Photo of an apparently similar fire at WIPP in New Mexico in 2014. The INL (Idaho National [Nuclear] Lab) nuclear …
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…
Critical Minerals: Mining Involving Public Mineral Rights Should Be Nationalized; Export Banned; 1872 Mining Law Repealed; Recycling & Innovation Promoted
Under the 1872 Mining Law “mining companies–many of them foreign-owned–have taken over $300 billion worth of valuable metals from public …
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act Testimony – Draft List of Critical Minerals
Draft List of Critical Minerals Comment Deadline is Mar 19, 2018 11:59 PM ET (US Eastern Time – presumably daylight …
US “Critical Minerals” List Comment Deadline Monday Night: Uranium Should Be Removed; Focus Should Be On Recycling & New Materials-Innovation; Exports Should Be Banned
Grand Canyon Rainbow from Pima Point NPS Photo by Michael Quinn If a mineral is “critical” then export should not …
Opponents to Burying Nuclear Waste in Clay Atop a Geothermal Source Raided By French Police – Eviction-Arrests
Residents near the proposed French nuclear waste facility in Bure France have demonstrated that within 16 minutes the “argillite” clay …
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…
Did The US NRC, Entergy-Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station And/Or Crane Nuclear Know About Defective Valve When Pilgrim Brazenly Operated During “Bomb Cyclones” Riley And Grayson? Pilgrim Shutdown Due To Leak Days After “Bomb Cyclone” Riley
Entergy-Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station brazenly kept operating at 100% during Winter Storm Riley, even though they had a forced shutdown …
Nearly 2 Million Homes, Businesses Without Power After East Coast Storm; Status Of Nuclear Power Stations?
Winter Storm Riley – Nor’easter with nuclear power stations (orange skulls) early am EDT am UTC March 3 2018 Not …
Winter Storm Riley Hits The US Northeast; Emma Hits Ireland And Britain; Nuclear Power Stations At Risk in The US And Britain
US nuclear power stations (orange skulls) and Winter Storm Riley (late Friday or early Saturday), below. The US NRC used …
Fisheries and Conservation Authority Concerns: Irish Sea Subsidence and Resuspension of Radionuclides
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? Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole – Petition There are many reasons to object to…
Fossil Fuel Induced Earthquakes Near Nuclear Sites? NGOs Urge the Health and Safety Executive to Act
Below is about the UK, but the same problem exists in the USA: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/us-congressman-pearce-pushing-more-fracking-in-new-mexico-despite-risk-of-sinkhole-collapse-destabilization-of-nuclear-waste-disposal-site/ “Fossil Fueled Earthquakes Near Nuclear Sites …
URGENT – KEEP CUMBRIAN COAL IN THE HOLE/ Sample Letter: Comment Deadlines Soon
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An Urgent Request from Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole – Please Send Objections into Cumbria…
Russia: Radiation Hazard Warning This Morning Supposed Mistake-Technical Glitch
“The prerecorded warning, which aired at about 9 a.m., alerted residents to what it said were high levels of radiation …
What Coal Mine? Please Help Spread the Word
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Today we were out and about in Cumbria leafleting. Time is now short with the planning…
TAKE ACTION – NEW Leaflet to Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole
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Dear Friends, Although this is a very big deal you would not think so from reading…
Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole – New Petition and Information
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Please Sign, Share and Talk about this, Letters to the press, please help to stop this…
7th March 2018: New Date for Decision on First Deep Coal Mine in the UK for 30 years. Anyone Looking?
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Happy New Year! Thanks to all of you we have a fighting chance to stop the…
Russia To Build 4 Nuclear Reactors-Nuclear Waste Storage In Egypt On The Mediterranean (With A 35 Year Loan To Egypt From Russia)
By Middle East Monitor: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com “Russia to build nuclear fuel depot in Egypt December 5, 2017 at 9:29 am | …
What Russian Sanctions Have to Do With Arctic Drilling, In 5 Steps (Plus Background)
Background: Whereas the income of Exxon has been compared to that of countries (a), the Russian government is an oil-gas …
Radiation Free Lakeland: Review of 2017
The Beautiful Lake District – pre National Park the whole of the Lake Counties included the Lakeland mountains to the…
India Audit Report on the (Defective) Russian Gov Designed-Built Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (For Which India, USA, Japan – Not Russia – Will Be Liable In the Event Of A Major Accident)
India signing the CSC (Convention on Supplementary Compensation) was pushed for by the US-India Business Council when Indo-American Richard Verma …
India’s Audit Report on Russian Kudankulam Reactors Reinforces Civil Society’s Concerns About Safety; And US-Japan-India Will Be Liable For A Major Accident; Not Russia
India signing the CSC (Convention on Supplementary Compensation) was pushed for by the US-India Business Council when Indo-American Richard Verma …
Russian State Owned Nuclear Corporation Rosatom Expanding-Diversifying Activities In The Arctic Region
Pevek, Russia, photo released to public domain via wikipedia . By World Nuclear News: http://www.world-nuclear-news.org “Rosatom diversifies work in Arctic …
Russian Built Koodankulam Nuclear Reactors Are Dysfunctional, But India Orders More
“Rather than order an inquiry into the Congress-led UPA Government’s hasty and substandard construction of such a large and potentially …
Does The Flynn Middle East Nuclear Reactor Deal Include A Plot For A New Oil Cartel To Double The Price Of Oil?
At the center of the Middle East US-Russia nuclear plan appears to be a plan for an oil cartel to …
Bears Ears National Monument Undermines Unofficial Nuclear Waste Dump-Uranium Mining: Owner Energy Fuels Lobbied Trump Admin Against Bears Ears
Canadian Company Energy Fuels’ interest in stopping Bears Ears National Monument may not be the front end of the nuclear …
Russia Continues To Deny That It Is Source Of The Radioactive Ruthenium Cloud In Europe, But Seeks Contractor To Clean Up Part Of The Mayak Nuclear Site
Charles Digges of Bellona points out that “Moscow issues suspiciously repetitive denials about radioactive leak“, in a December 11th article. …
Russia-Middle East Nuclear Pusher Produces Useless “Evidence” In Denial Of Whistleblower Claims Re Communications With Trump NSA Flynn On Inauguration Day; Congressman Cummings Again Invites Copson For Interview
“According to the whistleblower, Alex Copson, the managing partner of ACU Strategic Partners—which funded Flynn’s trip to the Middle East …
Congressman Gowdy [R-SC] Refuses To Speak With Whistleblower Re Trump NSA Flynn’s Plan To Lift Sanctions In Order To Work With Russia To Build Nuclear Reactors In The Middle East
“It is astonishing to me that you, as the sitting Chairman of the Oversight Committee, are declining to meet with …
Whistleblower Info About Flynn Nuclear Deal Text Message Within Minutes Of Trump Being Sworn In As President
“Whistleblower Provides Key Info About Flynn Text to Business Colleague During Trump Inauguration Dec 6, 2017 Press Release Whistleblower Provides …
Keep Cumbrian Coal In The Hole Christmas Walk 7th Dec 2017
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Our mascot Bernie the Polar Bear invites you to a Christmas Walk on 7th Dec. We…
Tribal Leaders-Bears Ears Commission Of Tribes Indignant Over Trump’s Proposal To Destroy Bears Ears National Monument Leaving It Vulnerable To Looting; Grave Robbing; Fossil Fuel And Uranium Exploitation
“We’ll tell the next generation, ‘You see that ash pit over there, that’s where Bears Ears was. Now it’s a …
US Senator Udall: Trump Attack On Bear Ears, Grand Staircase Is An Assault On Public Lands; Deeply Insulting To Native American Tribes; Opens Areas Up To Fossil Fuel (And Uranium) Exploitation
“The Grand Staircase-Escalante contains dinosaur fossils found nowhere else in the world. Since its designation, 21 new dinosaur species have …
US Senator Markey Concerned About Status; Transparency of Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Discussions After Report Re Flynn’s ‘Peddling’ Nuclear Reactors in the Middle East; Trump Administration Illegally Bypassing The US Congress (Yet Again)
“Markey Expresses Concern about Status, Transparency of Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Discussions after Report of Michael Flynn’s ‘Peddling’ Nuclear Reactors in …
Trump Former National Security Advisor Flynn Promoted Russia-Middle East Nuclear Reactors Deal Within The White House; Conversations On Nuclear Proposal Included Jared Kushner
This scheme to build Middle East Nuclear Reactors involved partnering with Russia: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/09/14/did-flynn-work-from-inside-white-house-to-partner-with-russia-to-build-nuclear-reactors-in-the-middle-east-more-on-the-scheme-including-jeff-sessions-and-vp-pence-tie-ins-china-invited-to-participat Kushner-Tillerson-Trump and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al …
The Mysterious Radioactive Cloud – The Ruthenium 106 Story: We Need Full Transparency
The multiple low pressure systems-former hurricanes in the north Atlantic, at the end of September, appear to guarantee that radioactive …
No Safe Dose of Radioactive Ruthenium 106; Increased Dose is Increased Risk; Even the US NRC Knows That It Is Toxic
Ruthenium 106 is both a chemical and radiological hazard. With a half-life of over one year, Ruthenium 106 will stay …
Locals Left In Dark About Russian Radiation Spike: Russian Authorities Confirmed Spike In Radioactivity in Air Over Ural Mountains; Classified It As “Extremely High Contamination”
“Air samples in the town of Argayash, 30 kilometers from Mayak, in late September-early October, for example, showed levels nearly …
“People Have Become A Sort of Radioactive Waste”: “Mayak Is Everywhere”
“Mayak is everywhere. Rosatom may be polluting a Mayak near you: by reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from your nearby nuclear …
Russia: “Left To Die As Guinea Pigs” – Tatar Village Struggles On, 60 Years After Nuclear Catastrophe
“People don’t know what to eat and how to survive,’ Ismagilova says. ‘They have been left here to die as …
One Last Push to Hit the CrowdJustice Target – Lets Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole!
Dear Friends, Thank you so much to all who have been sharing and talking about the Keep Cumbrian Coal in…
China Connection to Cumbria UK Coal Mine Proposal Near Sellafield Nuclear Site
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There is almost universal silence on this coal mine plan from the national media apart from…
Walk Today from Whitehaven to St Bees to Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole! Coal Mining Near Sellafield Nuclear Site Is A Dangerous Idea
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Tomorrow 28th Oct at 10.30am Campaigners to Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole will be gathering…
“Impact upon the wider marine and coastal environment..from the flooded anhydrite mine” National Trust
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West Cumbria Mining plan to use existing disused Anhydrite Mine drifts to access new coal seams…
Louisiana River Bend Nuclear Environmental/Socio-Economic Impacts Scoping Comment Deadline Tonight at 10:59 PM CDT
Impact Scoping Comment Deadline Monday Night, 10.59 Central Daylight Time: “River Bend Station, Unit 1; Intent to Conduct Scoping Process …
