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US FDA Executive Officer Exposes Close Ties Between Agency and Pharmaceutical Companies: “Almost a Billion Dollars a Year Going into FDA’s Budget from the People We Regulate”

February 18, 2022

There’s the same problem with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are dependent upon user fees, as well. “FDA EXECUTIVE …

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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)

September 23, 2018

This is a life and death important topic for future generations, as well as our own. And, the US NRC …

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Catastrophe in the Making: Growth Machine Politics; Regulatory Capture; Hurricane Katrina; Fukushima; Disasters of Tomorrow

August 30, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
In “Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow“, Freudenberg, et.…

Is the 100 in Holtec’s Spent Nuclear Fuel HI-STORM 100 Cask a Reference to “Exemptions” to its Certificate of “Compliance” (CoC)?

July 27, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Holtec is up to its 10th Amendment for its Certificate of “Compliance” for its Spent Nuclear…

US EPA had Authority, Sufficient Info to Issue Emergency Order Protecting Flint Residents from Lead-Contaminated Water by June 2015; Delayed until Jan. 21, 2016 (Office of Inspector General)

October 21, 2016

The US EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) states that the US “EPA had authority, sufficient information to issue emergency …

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Areva Creusot Forge: French Regulator Published List of Defects at Flamanville Nuclear and Elsewhere One Week AFTER French Nuclear Reactors Approval Announced for Britain (Hinkley Pt.); Still No News From US NRC re Potentially Defective Areva-Le Creusot Nuclear Parts

September 29, 2016

According to the French Regulator, ASN: “To date, Areva NP has identified 87 irregularities concerning EDF reactors in operation, 20 …

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Overview of Areva Le Creusot Nuclear Parts Defects; Impact on Flamanville; Japan Possibly Implicated

September 29, 2016

Areva Le Creusot Forge, US NRC, 2009 Thank you Greenpeace France for commissioning this study! On vous remercie! Thank you …

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Catastrophe in the Making: Growth Machine Politics; Regulatory Capture; Hurricane Katrina; Fukushima; Disasters of Tomorrow

August 22, 2016

In “Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow“, Freudenberg, et. al., 2009, “assign responsibility …

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Does US NRC Think They are Chimps or Robots? Similar Isn’t the Same: Zircaloy and Areva’s M5 Alloy are not the same

August 9, 2016

How does French State owned nuclear behemoth Areva spell regulatory relief? Like Holtec and others: “US NRC”. While the underfunded …

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Researchers Helped Uncover a Public Health Crisis in Flint, but Learned there are Costs to Doing Good Science

August 9, 2016

From “The Conversation“: We helped uncover a public health crisis in Flint, but learned there are costs to doing good …

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US NRC on Areva-Le Creusot Potentially Defective Parts in US Reactors – Feigning Ignorance?

June 22, 2016

From an NRC Report, October 6 – 8, 2009, by Kerri Kavanagh In the US, nuclear reactors having potentially defective …

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Is the 100 in Holtec’s Spent Nuclear Fuel HI-STORM 100 Cask a Reference to “Exemptions” to its Certificate of “Compliance” (CoC)?

April 13, 2016

Holtec is up to its 10th Amendment for its Certificate of “Compliance” for its Spent Nuclear Fuel System, for Lethal …

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USNRC (“Regulator” John Goshen) Seeks Holtec (“Regulated”) Approval; Upside Down Methodology; Comment Deadline April 13th, 11.59 PM ET (1 min. to the 14th)

April 13, 2016

Comment on: “ID: NRC-2015-0270-0002 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Certificate of Compliance …

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Holtec Pleads Difficulty Testing Air Velocity-Heat Distribution for Spent Nuclear Fuel Casks, Comment Deadline April 13th, ET (11.59 PM), one minute to the 14th ET

April 12, 2016

Comment on “ID: NRC-2015-0270-0002 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Certificate of Compliance …

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Not One Fukushima Task Force Recommendation Fully Implemented by USNRC; Many Have No Timeline for Action, Oct. 2015 – Senator Boxer

January 3, 2016

Google-USGS-San Onofre/Diablo locations from Wikipedia “Oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wednesday October 7, 2015, 09:15 AM, EST 406 Dirksen …

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Nuclear Lobby (NEI) to Dominate NRC-Public at Meeting on Venting Radiation into the Environment and Other “Fukushima” Lessons Not Learned

January 2, 2016

Filtered chimney at Windscale ( Sellafield)Cockcroft Folly 1957 Windscale Nuclear Accident: “Without the filters – installed at the last minute …

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On Dangers of USNRC Approval of Broken Nuclear Spent Fuel Rod Storage; Lack of Testing-Quality Assurance for Holtec Dry Cask Storage

December 12, 2015

Comment (12) of an anonymous individual on FR Doc # 2015-02309 This is a Comment on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission …

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The Desire of the Nuclear Industry to Bury Nuclear Waste: Deadly Rip-off

July 23, 2015

Depleted Uranium in cheap, rusty, oil drums, en route to Utah. Apparently they will be buried like this. If not, …

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Reclassifying Nuclear Waste to Dump on States; Bury – US NRC Comment Deadline Friday 24 July, 11.59 pm NYC-DC (ET)

July 21, 2015

USNRC Comment: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal ID: NRC-2011-0012-0077 Due Jul 24 2015, at 11:59 PM ET http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NRC-2011-0012-0077 Info on the …

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Obama’s Forgotten Objection to Nuclear Power: “It Might Blow Up & Irradiate & Kill Us”

July 14, 2015

At 3:51 http://youtu.be/xRxl2cVFTLw (2007) Obama says that he wants to put his views on Nuclear Power on the record. He …

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Fukushima Lessons Still Not Learned in the US; NRC Drafted Press Materials Saying Diablo Safe to Operate, Weeks Before Receiving Seismic Safety Study

April 22, 2015

“I have learned that NRC drafted its press materials saying that its review of PG&E’s seismic study said that the …

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US NRC Playing Brazen Legalese Games with Safety (Reactor Pressure Vessel Embrittlement) at Palisades Nuclear Power Station and Elsewhere

April 9, 2015

In the April 18, 2013 US NRC “Summary of the March 19, 2013 Public Meeting Webinar Regarding Palisades Nuclear Plant” …

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US Law to Regulate Chemical Industry drafted by Chemical Industry Lobby Group/ Overrides States’ Right to Protect Citizens

March 23, 2015

For those who missed it: “Chemical lobby set to gut U.S. toxic chemical regulations, by Eric Nelson, Wed. March 18, …

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The Dangerous US NRC Typo Making “Low Level” Radioactive Waste More Radioactive than Allowed at WIPP

December 8, 2014

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
WIPP waste dump, 22 May 2014 As you will see, an error in the US NRC…

International Radiological Standards Decided by Cameco Uranium and other Nuclear Advocates

November 16, 2014

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) chooses standards which are largely used for radiological “protection” in the nuclear and …

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Regulatory Capture of the Self-Perpetuating Nuclear Industry in Japan and the USA

December 17, 2013

The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission produced a huge document, which is hundreds of pages and perhaps one thousand …

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