Former US NRC Commissioner Merrifield Registered as Foreign Agent (FARA) for Saudi Nuclear
According to the NRC: “Jeff Merrifield, Partner and Energy Section leader at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, is a former presidential …
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Proposed US House Laws Appear to Remove Benefits Agreement Guarantees for Places where Nuclear Waste is Sited; Give California Waste Priority Removal
Any priority in removal of spent nuclear fuel (nuclear waste) should be based on multiple factors, including flood and fires, …
Prairie Island American Indian Community Comment to NRC on “Waste Confidence” and Yucca Mountain (with some additional info)
Prairie Island Native American Indian Community sits on a small island in the midst of the Mississippi River, the Vermillion …
Crony Capitalism: Rick Perry US Energy Secretary? Former Texas Governor’s Experience for the Job Comes From Stiffing the American People and their Environment.
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Waste Control Specialists Radioactive Waste Burial Ground in west Texas From OtherWords.org: “Crony Capitalism Made Rick…
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE SUBCOMMITTEE ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP BILLS
More nuclear waste hearings… “ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE SUBCOMMITTEE ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP BILLS Jun 6, 2019 …
US House “Oversight” Hearing on Nuclear Waste Appears Designed to Create Gridlock; Ignore Critical Problems and Needed Solutions
Based on the news release, and on what we know of the list of invited witnesses, as of Jun 4, …
River Bend Nuclear Station in Louisiana: Scram Due to Low Reactor Water Level; Still at Zero Power
Any loss of cooling water is a “near miss”. Some are just closer than others. Why do these “events” always …
US NOAA: Fukushima Radioactive Aerosol Dispersion Model Shows North American Impacts
US NOAA Fukushima radioactive aerosol dispersion model clearly shows Fukushima nuclear disaster discharges blowing offshore and impacting North America. Fukushima …
TEPCO-USNRC Knew Fukushima Was A Triple Meltdown (Units 1,2,3) Almost Immediately; Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool Believed Failed
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Photo of the 4 Fukushima Daiichi Reactors on Idaho National (Nuclear) Lab, INL, web site. http://youtu.be/teV44bW30Z4…
US Senator Markey Blasts Dangerous New Trump NRC Post-Fukushima Nuclear Safety Rule Which Is Even Worse Than The Obama One
Obama was bad; Trump is worse. For every bad in life, there can be a worse. Find out how close …
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 …
Palisades Nuclear Reactor On Lake Michigan Had To Be Manually Tripped Due To Turbine Governor Valve Problem
Palisades Nuclear Reactor (Unit 1) had to be manually tripped due to cycling of a Turbine Governor Valve. A rapid …
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Apparently Falling Apart: Another Scram Follows “Five Unplanned Downpower Events” In Less Than One Year
Construction of Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station begin over forty-four years ago in May of 1974, and it was commissioned …
San Onofre: Defective Holtec Nuclear Waste Storage System Must Be Recalled
Originally posted on San Onofre Safety:
Holtec UMAX lid with lower inlet air vents and upper (round) outlet air vent. The Holtec…
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)
This is a life and death important topic for future generations, as well as our own. And, the US NRC …
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 …
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 …
Catastrophe in the Making: Growth Machine Politics; Regulatory Capture; Hurricane Katrina; Fukushima; Disasters of Tomorrow
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
In “Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow“, Freudenberg, et.…
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 …
USNRC Value of Death Update: All Tricks, No Value of Life, No Medical Care or Caregiver Costs
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Reassessment of NRC’s Dollar Per Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy Docket ID: NRC-2015-0063Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)…
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 Holtec Browns Ferry Bribery Case Revisited: Despite An OIG Criminal Investigation Leading To Suspension-Debarment, Holtec Has Continued To Sell Its Nuclear Waste Cans And Services To Browns Ferry-TVA
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 Cans-Kris Singh: Apparent Bribery-Kickback And Allegation Of Attempted Bribery
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 …
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 By Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 PM ET, ID: NRC-2018-0052-0058 on Holtec’s proposed spent nuclear fuel facility in New …
More US NRC Safety Related Exemptions for Holtec: Increase Risk of a Criticality Accident and are Illegal (Comment Deadline July 30th, 11:59 pm)
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Forget North Korea, Holtec and its owner Kris Singh is the biggest nuclear menace. Holtec’s nuclear…
Holtec-US NRC Pushing for More Safety Related Exemptions for Nuclear Dry Cask Storage. 2nd Month in a Row! Holtec wants to Avoid Quality Testing! Comment Deadline July 30 11.59 pm
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Some will recall that March 9th 2015 was the comment deadline for another of Holtec’s attempts…
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 …
Why Does NuScale SMR Look Like a 1964 Drawing of Swiss Lucens Nuclear Reactor (which suffered a major meltdown in 1969)?
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
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
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Excerpts from the lawsuit filed by Grand Canyon Trust against Energy Fuels – the same Canadian…
Louisiana River Bend Nuclear Power Station Comment Deadline In A Few Hours; Petition For Hearing By July 23rd
Comment by June 21, 2018, 11.59 pm (23.59) EDT (DC-NY). 10:59 pm in Louisiana (CDT). A request for a hearing …
Entergy-River Bend Nuclear Want To Move Reactor Cooling Core Injection Point From The Reactor Head Spray Nozzle; Remove Some Oversight From NRC – Comment By Thurs. 11.59 PM/Request Hearing By July 23rd
Comments must be filed by June 21, 2018, 11.59 pm (23.59) EDT (DC-NY). A request for a hearing must be …
His Primary Rules: Never Allow the Public to Cool Off; Repeat a Big Lie Frequently Enough and People Sooner or Later Believe It
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
“…fascism, in Italy and Germany alike, has been subsidized above all by the magnates of heavy…
Arkansas One Nuclear Public Meeting On May 31st; US NRC Still Calling Worker Death “Incident”
Centralized location makes these old nuclear reactors, from the 1970s, a major hazard for much of North America, as is …
Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Holtec casks with arrows pointing to small cooling vents, Diablo Canyon, NPS, NRC gov If you…
Holtec Proposal To Bury High Level Nuclear Waste – Comment Deadline July 30th 11.59 ET
Area of the proposed site: Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project, Comment Due Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 …
