Category Archives: *English

U.S. Solar and Wind Power Generation Tops Nuclear for First Time via OilPrice.com

Posted on 2024/07/15 by nfield

By Charles Kennedy – Jul 11, 2024, 11:30 AM CDT For the first time ever, U.S. electricity generation from utility-scale solar and wind exceeded nuclear power plants’ power output in the first half of 2024, according to data from energy think tank … Continue reading →

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The long path of plutonium: A new map charts contamination at thousands of sites, miles from Los Alamos National Laboratory via Searchlight New Mexico

Posted on 2024/07/09 by nfield

For years, the public had no clear picture of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium footprint. Had the ubiquitous plutonium at LANL infiltrated the soil? The water? Had it migrated outside the boundary of the laboratory itself? A series of maps … Continue reading →

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LANL plans to release highly radioactive tritium to prevent explosions. Will it just release danger in the air? via Searchlight New Mexico

Posted on 2024/07/09 by nfield

Last fall, the international community rose up in defense of the Pacific Ocean. Seafood and salt purveyors, public policy professors, scientists and environmentalists, all lambasted Japan’s release of radioactive wastewater from the disastrously damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the … Continue reading →

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US Spent $98,000 Per Minute on Nuclear Weapons in 2023, New Report Says via Truthout

Posted on 2024/06/17 by nfield

By Jon Letman June 17, 2024 As raging wars in Gaza and Ukraine and sharpening geopolitical tensions fuel instability and uncertainty, global spending on nuclear weapons surged by more than 13 percent to $91.4 billion in 2023, according to a … Continue reading →

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It’s not just toxic chemicals. Radioactive waste was also dumped off Los Angeles coast via LA Times

Posted on 2024/02/21 by nfield

BY ROSANNA XIA STAFF WRITER  FEB. 21, 2024 5 AM PT For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that … Continue reading →

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Congress torpedoes a Biden nominee and casts doubt on nuclear safety via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2024/02/08 by nfield

By Allison Macfarlane | February 6, 2024 The Biden administration’s recent abandonment of Jeff Baran for another term as member on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) bodes ill for the independence of the agency—and the safety and security of the country. … Continue reading →

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Advocates demand halt to uranium mine near the Grand Canyon via Salon

Posted on 2024/01/31 by nfield

By Matthew Rozsa he Grand Canyon truly lives up to its name, being the largest canyon on Earth and one of the most popular national parks in America. But due to uranium mining in the area, some advocates are warning … Continue reading →

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A million tons of radioactive waste next to the Ottawa River? You Must Be Kidding via Sierra Club Canada

Posted on 2024/01/19 by nfield

By Ole Hendrickson, Chair of Board of the Sierra Club Canada Foundation The Sierra Club Canada Foundation is condemning a Government of Canada decision to allow 80 years’ worth of its accumulated radioactive waste to be put in a gigantic … Continue reading →

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Rokkasho redux: Japan’s never-ending reprocessing saga via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2024/01/04 by nfield

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | December 26, 2023 According to a recent Reuters report, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) still hopes to finish construction of Japan’s long-delayed Rokkasho reprocessing plant in the first half of the 2024 fiscal year (i.e. during April-September 2024). The … Continue reading →

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Why Japan should stop its Fukushima nuclear wastewater ocean release via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2023/11/25 by nfield

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | September 22, 2023 […] Part of the radioactive substances that contaminate the water is now being removed by multi-nuclide removal equipment called “advanced liquid processing systems” (ALPS)—an unfortunate name given that the Alps mountain range in Europe is … Continue reading →

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