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Cameron LNG, LLC: Request for Extension of Commencement Deadline for Non-Free Trade Agreement Authorization: Comment Deadline Tonight (Apr 30) at 11.59 pm

April 30, 2020

This apparently isn’t due to Covid-19 but rather to a pre-existing glut in natural gas, as well as a change …

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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

August 2, 2019

The Trump Administration’s Department of Agriculture has recently announced “its intention to stop collecting data on honey bee colonies in …

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Crony Capitalism: Rick Perry US Energy Secretary? Former Texas Governor’s Experience for the Job Comes From Stiffing the American People and their Environment.

June 10, 2019

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Waste Control Specialists Radioactive Waste Burial Ground in west Texas From OtherWords.org: “Crony Capitalism Made Rick…

GAO Probe into Trump Admin Nuclear Deal Negotiations With Saudi Arabia Formally Requested By Two Members Of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee

March 20, 2019

“Members of the Committee understand that the Department of Energy (DOE), rather than the State Department which usually leads nuclear …

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United States Files False Claims Act Lawsuit in Connection With MOX Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility Contract

February 21, 2019

Areva is now Orano, which is around 90% French government owned, and 10% Japanese owned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orano Effectively the United States …

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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

February 1, 2019

South Carolina wants to get shot of its plutonium, and Nevada doesn’t want it. But, Nevada’s happy to keep its …

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Hanford Nuclear Waste Tunnel Collapse Imminent: Failure Puts Workers, Public, Environs At Risk From An Airborne Radiological Release

September 2, 2018

No one knows the day or the hour! If you think this is just a problem of old waste, do …

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Trump EPA Attempt To Eliminate All Environmental Regulation

August 17, 2018

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 …

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Trump EPA Proposal Revealed By Proponent As Means Of Avoiding Nuclear Operating Costs; Cleanup Costs & Evac After Nuclear Disaster

August 16, 2018

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 …

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Trump EPA/NRC: Spreading the Italian Triangle of Death to America? Refuse Omertà.

August 16, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Why, and by what right, has a “researcher”, Giovanni Pagano, from Italy’s “Triangle of Death”, put…

Radioactive Waste Dump Owner Semnani Paid Govt Official $600,000; Official Went to Jail, Got Cancer; Semnani Got Fined, Became Iran Policy “Expert”, “Philanthropist”

August 1, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
The $40 million being given by the US DOE to a US nuclear reactor “start-up” company,…

Why Does NuScale SMR Look Like a 1964 Drawing of Swiss Lucens Nuclear Reactor (which suffered a major meltdown in 1969)?

July 14, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Whatever NuScale is, or is not, it clearly isn’t “new”. The Bible must have foreseen the…

When it comes to Nuclear Power, Small Isn’t Beautiful, Nor Safe Nor Cheap Nor Even New

July 14, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
NuScale in 2003 when it belonged to the US Gov and was called “MULTI-APPLICATION, SMALL, LIGHT…

Energy Fuels White Mesa Uranium Mill Radon Emissions Violate Clean Air Act; Alternative Feed “Sham Processing” of Radioactive Waste; Former Energy Fuels Lobbyist Now US EPA Chief

July 6, 2018

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Excerpts from the lawsuit filed by Grand Canyon Trust against Energy Fuels – the same Canadian…

More Fires At Savannah River Nuclear Site in South Carolina? And Vogtle Nuclear Power Station-Construction Site?

July 1, 2018

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 …

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Smoldering Nuclear Waste Barrel Fire At Idaho National Nuclear Lab

April 15, 2018

Photo of an apparently similar fire at WIPP in New Mexico in 2014. The INL (Idaho National [Nuclear] Lab) nuclear …

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Critical US Energy Infrastructure at Risk from Russia; Trump May Need To Be Impeached and Removed to Protect It

October 1, 2017

CITGO Corpus Christi TX Fire in 2009: http://www.csb.gov/csb-issues-urgent-recommendations-to-citgo-finds-inadequate-hydrogen-fluoride-water-mitigation-system-during-corpus-christi-refinery-fire-last-july/ Venezuela bought 50% of CITGO in 1986. By 1990 Venezuela had bought …

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The Trump Administration Throws An Additional $3.7 Billion To Late, Over Budget, Vogtle Nuclear Reactors for a Total of $12 Billion in Loan Guarantees (For Which the US Taxpayer is Liable)

September 30, 2017

New Vogtle reactors as saved from Google Earth in Oct. 2014 New Vogtle Reactors as saved from Google Earth 29 …

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Official US Citizens Advisory Board Recommends Against the Import of German High Level Nuclear Waste For Processing and Dumping

September 29, 2017

Germany needs to make up its mind. If it wants the US to become its nuclear dumping ground then it …

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Hurricane Harvey Headed For Area With Significant Oil, Natural Gas Infrastructure and STP Nuclear Power Station

August 25, 2017

The EIA failed to mention the South Texas Nuclear Power station and it was necessary to go to the bottom …

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Savannah River Nuclear Site “Active Shooter” Exercise Yields Important Lessons Learned – 16 Years After 9/11; Over 60 Years After Opening

August 9, 2017

Over 60 years after opening and 16 years after 9/11 Savannah River Site still needs to learn basic security lessons! …

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Hanford Nuclear Site: After President Trump’s Budget Proposal Comes up Short, Sen. Murray’s Proposal For A Nearly $200 Million Increase for Nuclear Waste Cleanup Goes To Full Senate Vote

July 21, 2017

Hanford Tunnel cave-in photo May 9th 2017 Hanford gov These nuclear clean-up sites need to be handled either by non-profits/not-for-profits …

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Hanford: Second Nuclear Waste Tunnel At High Risk of Collapse As Trump Aims To Remove Protective NM Perimeter; Trump Budget Fails To Adequately Fund Cleanup

July 5, 2017

After the PUREX (Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant) tunnel collapsed it was filled with sand and dirt and covered with what …

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Trump Budget Inadequate For Hanford Nuclear Site Cleanup; Nuclear Waste Tunnel Collapsed; High Risk of Second Tunnel Collapse; Comment on Cleanup Priorities July 7th Deadline

July 5, 2017

Hanford Cleanup Priorities July 7th Comment Deadline: Trump Budget Wouldn’t Fund All Legal Requirements Even Prior to the Nuclear Waste …

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Preliminary Injunction Filed to Stop Construction at Rocky Flats Due to Plutonium Contamination Concerns

June 1, 2017

USFWS Historic Lindsay Ranch Rocky Flats: Wind and solar appear a better, safer, use of the site. From The Colorado …

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Radioactive Waste Filled Tunnel Near Hanford Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant Reported Collapsed Today

May 10, 2017

THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING THERE TO MONITOR GROUND SHIFTING TO ALERT PRIOR TO COLLAPSE DESPITE ALL OF THE TAX …

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Chernobyl “Study” Contaminated by US-UK Nuclear Funding

April 26, 2017

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
http://science.energy.gov/~/media/ber/berac/powerpoint/Bertsch.ppt http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(15)00988-4.pdf “The Savannah River Site was constructed during the early 1950s to produce the basic…

High Level Nuclear Waste Interim Parking Lot Storage in Texas Comment to April 28th

April 6, 2017

Comment Deadline April 28th, https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2016-0231 Most US high level nuclear waste appears to be kept in open air parking-lot like …

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Toshiba’s Westinghouse Nuclear Declared Bankruptcy; US Taxpayers and Ratepayers Left on the Hook for Billions?

March 30, 2017

Even with gross subsidies, the nuclear industry is not viable. “Westinghouse Electric Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday, …

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Toshiba’s Westinghouse Bankruptcy Underscores Financial Meltdown of the Global Nuclear Industry

March 30, 2017

From Greenpeace: “Westinghouse bankruptcy underscores meltdown of the global nuclear industry – Greenpeace Press release – 29 March, 2017 Tokyo, …

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Interim Storage Open-Air Parking Lots of High Level Nuclear Waste Risk Major Radioactive Leaks – Most Canister Systems Do Not Meet Standards: Made of Thin Steel; Neither Adequately Inspected Nor Adequately Monitored

February 13, 2017

Holtec Spent Fuel Casks at Diablo Canyon, California “The majority of current U.S. irradiated spent fuel storage facilities use thin-walled …

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Dangerous Texas High-Level Radioactive Waste Open-Air Parking Lot Dump – Public Hearings on Monday and Wednesday; Public Comment to March 13 – License Application

February 12, 2017

News Release from Public Citizen: “Jan. 30, 2017 
License Application for Dangerous West Texas High-Level Radioactive Waste Dump Is Now …

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US EPA Hid Details of Huge Radiation Increase for Drinking Water in a Nuclear Accident; Increase Violates Safe Drinking Water Act – Arguably Illegal

January 28, 2017

PEER had to sue to get this document. And, yet, the list of radionuclides is still incomplete. There are less …

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US Officially Allows Radiation in Drinking Water 1000s of Times Greater Than Clean Water Act in Event of Nuclear Accident; Private Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Comment Deadline

January 27, 2017

The information from PEER, found below, is especially critical with the upcoming Private Nuclear Waste “Interim” Storage Facility Comment deadline …

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Nuclear Rip and Ship; Radioactive Waste Dilution- Lethal Underbelly of Private Nuclear Waste Revealed in US Lawsuit Against Trump Large Donor’s Corp.; Comment Deadline Friday 11.59 pm ET= NY-DC Time

January 26, 2017

Private Nuclear Waste “Interim” Storage Facility Comment by Friday, 27 Jan. 2017, 11.59 PM Eastern Time(NY-Boston-DC-Atlanta, Miami, etc.) This is …

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Crony Capitalism: Rick Perry US Energy Secretary? Former Texas Governor’s Experience for the Job Comes From Stiffing the American People and their Environment.

January 23, 2017

Waste Control Specialists Radioactive Waste Burial Ground in west Texas From OtherWords.org: “Crony Capitalism Made Rick Perry Our Energy Secretary …

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On the Unique DNA Damage Done by Ionizing Radiation-Nuclear Materials (and on Metting, Hultgren, et.al. Misleading the US Congress in this Matter)

December 24, 2016

Clustered DNA damage is considered a signature of ionizing radiation: “clustered DNA damage sites, which may be considered as a …

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Sun Solution: Solar Fast Becoming World’s Cheapest Electricity Source

December 17, 2016

Solar Energy has always been a no-brainer for most of the world. A few areas of the world would need …

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ExxonMobil Laggard in Fracking Disclosure Practices-Environmental and Health Violations

December 15, 2016

As most people already know, US President Elect Donald Trump has proposed ExxonMobil’s CEO, Rex Tillerson, as Secretary of State. …

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Areva wants US Taxpayers Held Liable for Nuclear Accidents-Defective Nuclear Parts; Areva Gets Multimillion $ Contract for Equipment at Extra High Risk US Nuclear Power Station Despite Ongoing Areva Nuclear Parts Scandal

November 25, 2016

Even as French government owned Areva’s defective nuclear parts scandal was already underway, Areva sent a comment to the US …

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Intrepid Hurricane Nicole Still Deters German Nuclear Waste Path to America

October 15, 2016

Hurricane Nicole The German government wants to send 30 shipments of spent nuclear fuel from its Ahaus storage facility as …

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Dedication of 210 Megawatt Solar Facility Celebrated by the US Dept. of the Navy and DOE

October 15, 2016

Mesquite 1 image. The dedication is of Mesquite 3. From the US Navy: “Department of the Navy, Department of Energy, …

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Shipments of Nuclear Waste Through Hurricane Prone Atlantic to Charleston SC Almost Monthly?

October 8, 2016

The German government wants to send 30 shipments of spent nuclear fuel from its Ahaus storage facility as well as …

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Energy Fuels White Mesa Uranium Mill Radon Emissions Violate Clean Air Act; Alternative Feed “Sham Processing” of Radioactive Waste

August 30, 2016

Excerpts from the lawsuit filed by Grand Canyon Trust against Energy Fuels – the same Canadian company that wants to …

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Socialist Nuclear Power (i.e. Unfair Nuclear Subsidies; Corporate Welfare) in America (and Elsewhere)

August 23, 2016

“There are many forms of government subsidization of the nuclear power industry. These subsidies include the sponsorship of research, enrichment …

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Three More Fires at the Savannah River Nuclear Site: August 16, 17, 18 (H-Area, A-Area (SRNL), N-Area)

August 19, 2016

Locations exported from http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/index.php and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_River_Site The last fire which we found at Savannah River Nuclear Site (South Carolina) was …

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Hanford Nuclear Site Fires Above Electrical Substation – August 13, 2016

August 14, 2016

For whatever reasons these fires seem to be going unreported. They are burning above what seems to be the Midway …

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Fire at Y-12 National Security Complex on August 6th?

August 13, 2016

The US active and recent fire map shows a fire at what seems to be the Y-12 site last Saturday, …

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Hanford Nuclear Site’s Ongoing Wildfire Problem

August 5, 2016

Hanford 2007 fire, US DOE video screenshots Wildfires on the Hanford Nuclear Site have occurred in 1957, 1973, and 1981, …

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US EPA Radioactive Drinking Water PAG Vacuous Cost Estimates: Comment Deadline Today 1159 PM ET (NY-DC), One Minute Till Tuesday

July 25, 2016

Add your comment on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Notice: [Nonprotective Inaction ] “Guide for Drinking Water after a Radiological …

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