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Timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Assassination & Investigation

January 21, 2019

“December 1993 — Former Memphis restaurateur Loyd Jowers says members of the Mafia paid him $100,000 to plan King’s assassination. …

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Opponents to Burying Nuclear Waste in Clay Atop a Geothermal Source Raided By French Police – Eviction-Arrests

March 12, 2018

Residents near the proposed French nuclear waste facility in Bure France have demonstrated that within 16 minutes the “argillite” clay …

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Opponents to Burying Nuclear Waste in Clay Atop a Geothermal Source Raided By French Police

September 26, 2017

Residents near the proposed French nuclear waste facility in Bure France have demonstrated that within 16 minutes the “argillite” clay …

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Bernie Sanders Goes to Mississippi to Give Support to Nissan Workers; Trump Goes to Florida-Sends Inane, Childish, Tweets

March 6, 2017

Update note: Bernie Sanders has proven himself the biggest fake-fraud of all. See, for instance, newer links at blog post …

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USNRC Issues Criticality Hazard Warning to Nuclear Fuel Facilities Due to Toshiba Criticality Hazard in South Carolina; Does Toshiba Have Uranium Accounting Problems Too?

October 4, 2016

According to the USNRC: “The long-term accumulation of uranium in equipment with an unfavorable geometry, particularly in process ventilation and …

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US NRC Public Meeting re Augmented Inspection at Toshiba’s Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina, Sept. 27th

September 23, 2016

Toshiba-Westinghouse’s Hopkins South Carolina Nuclear Fuel Facility https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/us-nrc-investigates-cause-of-uranium-build-up-at-toshiba-westinghouse-nuclear-fuel-facility-last-extensive-clean-up-7-years-ago/ At the same facility within the last year: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/dangerous-alpha-radiation-surface-contamination-on-toshiba-shipment-workers-burned-at-toshiba-facility-in-south-carolina-same-facility-separate-events/ INDIA SEEKS US …

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29 Died Needlessly on Easter Monday 2010 = One Year in Prison; $250,000 Punishment for Former Massey Energy CEO Don Massey

April 8, 2016

While better than nothing, aren’t 29 lives lost worth more than this? What is the value of a life? There …

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The US Senator Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act, Issues: Labor, Worker Safety and Health (Still Not Passed)

April 8, 2016

Apparently this bill is still being blocked. Here’s the status: “H.R.1926 – Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of …

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Rigged Justice: 2016 How Weak Enforcement Lets Corporate Offenders Off Easy, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren: 29 Miners’ Deaths a Misdemeanor & More

January 31, 2016

“The failure to punish big corporations or their executives when they break the law undermines the foundations of this great …

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French Nuclear Waste Facility-Test Site Collapses and Kills One, Injures Another

January 27, 2016

The French government wants to bury their nuclear waste in argillite, on top of a geothermal resource site. On Tuesday, …

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Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship Found Guilty of Willfully Violating Mine Health and Safety Standards Leading to the Deaths of 29 Miners in the Upper Big Branch Mining Disaster

December 4, 2015

The footprint of a disaster “The jury’s verdict sends a clear and powerful message: It doesn’t matter who you are, …

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U.S. Department of Energy Sued Over Hanford Nuclear Site Worker Health and Safety Failures

September 2, 2015

News Release from the State of Washington’s Attorney General’s Office: “AG SUES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER HANFORD WORKER SAFETY FOR IMMEDIATE …

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Worker: Take Nuclear Safety Exemption and Shove it!

August 26, 2015

http://www.tva.gov/sites/brownsferry.htm# A few months before a foreman painter told his superior off about a nuclear safety related exemption, which allowed …

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Worker Suffers Internal Radiation Contamination Due to “Willful” and “Deliberate” Misconduct by Contractor-Foreman/ His Punishment by the US NRC? None.

August 26, 2015

“An NRC investigation determined that Robbie Balentine engaged in deliberate misconduct in early 2004 while acting as lead foreman for …

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US NRC Manager Comments on NRC Document: Opposes Emergency Preparedness for Nuclear Fuel Facilities (Comment Deadline Monday, 13 July 11.59 pm – NY-DC-ET)

July 12, 2015

The US NRC is requesting comment for its “Fuel Cycle Oversight Process” http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NRC-2015-0149 The only “public” comment, currently uploaded, is …

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Heartless US NRC Ignores ICRP Concerns re Radiation Risks to Cardio – Cerebrovascular Systems

June 20, 2015

The comment deadline is past, but the topic is still critically important. Some comments may be seen at the link. …

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GE Inspection Technologies Support Radiation Protection – US NRC Comment Deadline 22 June 2015, 1159 pm NY-DC (ET)

June 19, 2015

US NRC Comment Deadline on “Radiation Protection” next Monday 22 June 2015, 11.59 pm (one minute to midnight) NY-DC (ET). …

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Why would a Company Not Care about Worker or Public Safety?

March 8, 2015

Anatomy of a Disaster, CSB gov http://youtu.be/XuJtdQOU_Z4? “Work injuries and illnesses exact a tremendous toll on society. Despite the decades-old …

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WIPP Radiation Leak: the USW had to test its own workers for radiation contamination

February 21, 2015

The United Steelworkers Union (United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International), which now …

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Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster: CEO Indicted for Safety Violations Leading to 29 Miners’ Deaths

November 14, 2014

The former Massey Energy CEO was indicted on Thursday in relation to safety violations leading to 29 Miners’ deaths in …

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Honeywell Illegally Stored Corrosive Radioactive Slurry Along Ohio River – Pled Guilty; Paid Fine

June 15, 2014

A few months after the current CEO of Honeywell, Dave Cote, apparent buddy of President Obama, took over Honeywell in …

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17 Serious Safety Violations at Honeywell Uranium Conversion Plant Found Subsequent to Release of Vapor (and much more!)

June 13, 2014

The nuclear industry pollutes and leaves victims in its wake with uranium mining, and nuclear reactors leaking legally and illegally …

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  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Meets with UN Secretary-General Guterres in Lviv Ukraine August 19, 2022
  • In Ukraine’s Hard-Hit Chernihiv, Volunteers Help Older People Survive August 19, 2022
  • Video of Iranian Activists Protesting Woman’s Arrest for Refusing to Wear a Headscarf Goes Viral August 18, 2022
  • US Joint Intelligence Bulletin Regarding Violent Threats Against Federal Law Enforcement, Courts, and Government Personnel and Facilities Following Court-Authorized Search (Trump-Mar-a-Lago) August 17, 2022
  • Russia, Libya and Weaponizing Human Migration August 16, 2022
  • US DOJ Filing: Motion to Delay Unsealing of Affidavit Related to Trump/Mar-a-Lago Raid, though Additional Related Materials May Be Unsealed August 16, 2022
  • Russia ‘Weaponizing Refugees’ To Advance Its Geopolitical Goals? August 16, 2022
  • Exploitation of the “Russian” Arctic and Russian Oppression of Indigenous Peoples August 15, 2022
  • 42 Countries & EU Urge Russia to Withdraw from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station & the Rest of Ukraine; Condemn Russian Disinformation August 15, 2022
  • Russian Nuclear Power for the Whole World – Except Russia? August 14, 2022
  • New Sanctions Against Russia Needed to Block its State-Owned Nuclear Industry – address of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy August 14, 2022
  • Fighting Intensifies Around Ukraine Nuclear Plant August 14, 2022
  • Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant-List of Documents Seized Included Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information; Damage Done; Points to Dangers of Kamala Harris Presidency August 13, 2022
  • Ukraine Calls on World to Prevent Sham Trial of Ukrainian Defenders-POWs August 13, 2022
  • Nigerian Security Expert Wonders About the Influence of Rishi Sunak’s Indian Heritage & Wife, Since India’s “Seemingly Supporting the Russians”; Boris Johnson Departure is “a Win for the Russians” August 12, 2022
  • Russian Forces Again Attacked Nuclear Power Station: “Only the Complete Withdrawal of Russians from the Zaporizhzhia NPP Guarantees the Restoration of Nuclear Safety for the Whole of Europe” – President Zelenskyy of Ukraine August 12, 2022
  • US Justice Dept. Moved to Unseal Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant; Feds Sought Docs on Nuclear Weapons According to News Report August 12, 2022
  • Majority Black County Grand Jury Decides Not Enough New Evidence to Indict Carolyn Bryant-Donham in Emmet Till Abduction and Murder August 11, 2022
  • Greenpeace Investigation Challenges IAEA Nuclear Agency on Chornobyl Radiation Levels; Concerns that IAEA Compromised by Russian Deputy Director-Ties to Russia’s Nuclear State Agency, ROSATOM August 11, 2022
  • Greenpeace Calls for IAEA to Suspend Deputy over Ties to Russian State Nuclear Corporation (Rosatom) August 11, 2022
  • Potential Nuclear Disaster at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Station Threatens the World (Including Russia) August 10, 2022
  • 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

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