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Groups Slam Plan to Stack Shipping Containers of Nuclear Waste Ever Higher Beside the Irish Sea Near Drigg

July 13, 2016

Note stacking; proximity to the Irish Sea; rust; pooling water. It is in the rainiest part of England: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/2015/dec/09/cumbria-is-the-wettest-part-of-england-dont-scrimp-on-flood-defences This …

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What Radionuclides are at Drigg Nuclear Waste Dump Near the Irish Sea? Many Still Lethal After Natural Erosion Expected to Undermine It (Still Time to Oppose Drigg-Decision 15th July)

July 12, 2016

Information on how to oppose Drigg found here: https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/lock-the-gate-on-drigg-nuclear-waste-site-15th-july-in-kendal/ For the LLWR-Drigg, “radionuclides included within the radiological assessment for the …

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Drigg Nuclear Waste Dump Menaced By Coastal Erosion: Foreign Companies Profit; UK Taxpayer Holds Liability (Still Time to Oppose-Decision 15th July)

July 10, 2016

For information on how to oppose Drigg see: https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/lock-the-gate-on-drigg-nuclear-waste-site-15th-july-in-kendal/ “The Low Level [Radioactive] Waste Repository (LLWR) is situated near to …

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Nuclear Waste Contractors Under US Gov Investigation; Given $13.7 Million Bonus for “Very Good” Ops; “Excellent” Tank Management But Alarm Just Went Off Indicating Increased Tank Seepage of Rad Waste

April 19, 2016

The current Hanford contractor, WRPS, LLC, for the leaky Hanford radioactive waste tanks is a consortium comprised of AECOM (due …

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Leaking Hanford Nuclear Waste Tanks

April 19, 2016

This was actually top news in the early 1990s and there were worries about how quickly the contamination would reach …

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Foreign Corporations Operating UK Radioactive Waste Site “Self-Monitor” Radioactive Air Emissions: Drigg on the Irish Sea

January 20, 2016

French State Owned AREVA, Swedish Studsvik & California URS “Self Monitor” Radioactive Waste Gaseous Emissions in the UK at Drigg …

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Insider View of What’s Wrong with US DOE’s Contractors, in particular Bechtel; Risk of Hydrogen Explosion; Risk of Criticality Event at Hanford

August 16, 2015

“When I first arrived in April 2003 I was asked the bus ticket question by several employees: “Do you have …

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Nuclear Lobbygate: AMEC-NMP-Labour; UK “Politicians for Hire?”

January 21, 2015

With upcoming elections, some members of the UK Labour Party seem to be having fun spinning the latest of a …

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Why was the Sellafield Change Leaked to Media in Advance?

January 15, 2015

[Those outside of the UK should take note of this case as the companies operate internationally. The Nuclear Management Partners …

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Private Contractors for Nuclear Waste : Taxpayer Rip-Off; Dangerous for People & the Environment. Did the UK Figure out the Obvious? Will the US?

January 13, 2015

Sellafield: Most Dangerous Nuclear Facility in Europe; Densest Concentration of Plutonium in the World. More pictures here: http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2611216/leaked_sellafield_photos_reveal_massive_radioactive_release_threat.html Wow…! Wow…! …

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Nuclear Return to Sender: Will Germany Take ITS Uranium Back or Simply Dump on the USA?

June 29, 2014

In the nuclear return to sender game, Germany had better watch its step! It is trying to send almost a …

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US States Sue & Fine Over Old Nuclear Waste Clean-up, while US Tries to Import Nuclear Waste from Germany and Make More!

June 26, 2014

While US States such as Washington State (http://www.atg.wa.gov/divisions/ecology/hanford.aspx) and now South Carolina, are forced to threaten, fine, or even sue …

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More WIPP Pictures, 22 May 2014: Louder than words about the perils of nuclear

May 24, 2014

This disaster was brought to you by URS with Babcock & Wilcox, who are present at both the WIPP dump …

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WIPP Fiasco: May 19th Image and Kitty Litter Thoughts

May 21, 2014

“This image was captured during the May 19 entry to Panel 7, Room 7. Damage can be seen to the …

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WIPP: “Heat-Producing Event”-“Evidence of Damaged Drum”

May 20, 2014

On their May 15, 2014 entry into the WIPP facility the WIPP recovery team took the following picture, which shows …

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Damning Report About Radiation Leak at URS-led WIPP (partner is Babcock& Wilcox; major subcontractor AREVA)

April 25, 2014

Who runs WIPP Nuclear Dump? That is, who are the damning allegations, found in the new U.S. Department of Energy …

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The Ongoing Saga 22: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

April 18, 2014

This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/the-ongoing-saga-23-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/the-ongoing-saga-21-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ This post was updated from 18 April to 25 …

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The Ongoing Saga 17: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

March 8, 2014

NB: Usually updated daily. Our latest updates will be on top, so that daily readers will not have to scroll-down. …

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Recent Posts

  • EcoHealth Alliance-Daszak Worked with Russian Coronavirus Researchers as well as the Wuhan Lab (WIV) August 9, 2022
  • Trump Says Mar-a-Lago Home in Florida Raided by FBI August 9, 2022
  • Remembering Chris Hedges’ Role in Leading the US into the Second Iraq War August 8, 2022
  • Russian Troops Again Opened Fire on Zaporizhzhia NPP; Worker Injured; Rockets Hit Close to Spent Fuel Dry Storage August 8, 2022
  • Ambassador Zalkaliani Statement on the 14th Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Georgia August 7, 2022
  • DW Journalist in Ukraine Discusses Amnesty International Report: How Do You Defend a City Without Being in a City? Amnesty Ukraine Head Resigns in Protest Over Amnesty Report August 7, 2022
  • Fourteen Years Ago, Russia Invaded Georgia August 7, 2022
  • Largest Import-Export Partners A-Z List of Countries is Full of Surprises August 7, 2022
  • Taiwan: China is Biggest Import-Export Partner; Disputes Over Oil & Gas; Fishing; Shipping Routes August 7, 2022
  • MEP (Poland) Fotyga: The Russo-Georgian War Already Showed that We Cannot Rely on Negotiations with the Kremlin August 6, 2022
  • Largest Oil & Gas Companies by Revenue are China’s Sinopec; PetroChina, and Saudi’s ARAMCO August 6, 2022
  • A Brief History of Russian Genocide August 6, 2022
  • Russia Fired Upon Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station and Hit Transformer; Unit 4 on Backup Diesel Generator August 6, 2022
  • US Senator Tom Cotton Speech on Finland & Sweden Joining NATO; US Senate Ratifies: 95 Yes; Hawley Votes No; Rand Paul Votes “Present”; Cornyn, Leahy, Merkley Don’t Vote August 5, 2022
  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on Amnesty International Amnestying Russia August 5, 2022
  • Russia to Launch Spy Satellite for Iran; Israel Concerned August 5, 2022
  • Lord Cruddas Letter to UK Conservative Party Over Cyber-Attack Warnings (on British Leadership Campaign); Bring Back Boris Ballot August 4, 2022
  • US Belatedly Imposes New Sanctions on Russian Elites, Including Putin’s Alleged Baby Mama August 4, 2022
  • Ukraine Exposes Crooks Who Smuggle Military Conscripts Abroad: Channels Shut Down in Kyiv, Mykolaiv and Lviv August 4, 2022
  • Russia Again Attacked Lviv Ukraine (Near Poland) with Cruise Missiles Launched from the Caspian Sea – 1,150 mi/1851 km Distance Away or More; Ukraine Intercepted-Destroyed 7 of 8 Missiles August 3, 2022
  • “Freedom Is Not Given Forever”; What Is Happening In Ukraine Could Have Happened In Poland If Not For United Europe & NATO – Warsaw Uprising Participant August 2, 2022
  • At Opening of Exhibition “Warsaw-Mariupol – Cities of Ruins, Cities of Struggle, Cities of Hope” President Duda Notes Similarity Between 1944 Warsaw & 2022 Mariupol August 2, 2022
  • JCT: Democrats’ Proposals Increase Taxes on Millions of Low and Middle Income Americans August 2, 2022
  • Warsaw Uprising Participants & Ukrainians United By “Great Will to Be Free” August 1, 2022
  • Makeshift Drone Hits Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Headquarters in Russian Occupied Crimea on Russia’s “Navy Day” Holiday; Six Wounded; Ceremonies Cancelled August 1, 2022

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