Category Archives: *English

Hot Water: Radioactive Contaminants are Seeping Into Drinking Water Around the US via CounterPunch

Posted on 2023/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

January 4, 2023BY LYNNE PEEPLES When Jeni Knack moved to Simi Valley, California, in 2018, she had no idea that her family’s new home was within 5 miles of a former nuclear and rocket testing laboratory, perched atop a plateau and … Continue reading →

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Hot water via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/01/02 by nfield

Radioactive contamination is creeping into drinking water around the U.S. By Lynne Peeples, Ensia When Jeni Knack moved to Simi Valley, California, in 2018, she had no idea that her family’s new home was within 5 miles of a former nuclear … Continue reading →

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China, Russia, and the Bomb via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/01/02 by nfield

Alliance ruffled by dispute over nuclear weapons By Lawrence S. Wittner Even international alliances can unravel when nations confront the insanity of a nuclear holocaust. An illustration of this point occurred last September when Vladimir Putin once again threatened Ukraine and other … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: Without national debate, radical nuclear policy shift intolerable via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2022/12/26 by nfield

[…] The Kishida administration spent only four months on this policy initiative without making any serious effort to win broad public support. The attempt to chip away at important policy principles comes on the heels of its recent decision to drastically … Continue reading →

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Clean Energy or Weapons? What the ‘Breakthrough’ in Nuclear Fusion Really Means via The Wire

Posted on 2022/12/17 by nfield

By M.V. Ramana On December 13, the US Department of Energy announced that the National Ignition Facility had reached a “milestone”: the achievement of “ignition” in nuclear fusion earlier in the month. While the step has been described as a milestone in clean energy, … Continue reading →

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‘Ticking Atomic Bomb’: 50+ Uranium Mills Still Dumping Cancer-Causing Toxic Waste Into U.S. Rivers via the Defender (ProPublica)

Posted on 2022/12/13 by nfield

U.S. taxpayers bankrolled more than 50 uranium mills in the lead-up to the Cold War, but despite promises, the government has failed to address the widespread water pollution from the mills, according to a ProPublica investigation. By Mark Olalde, Mollie … Continue reading →

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Ukraine still fears another Chernobyl-size disaster at Europe’s largest nuclear plant via Reader Supported News (NPR)

Posted on 2022/12/13 by nfield

Julian Hayda 13 december 22 Sophia Arkadiyivna remembers when the Soviet Union built the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1977, just 20 miles from the village where she served as mayor. After years of atomic energy powering big Russian cities … Continue reading →

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Ministry plans tests on reusing Fukushima soil in Tokyo area via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2022/12/10 by nfield

The Environment Ministry is eyeing the Tokyo metropolitan area for its first trial runs outside Fukushima Prefecture on reusing soil decontaminated after the 2011 nuclear disaster, The Asahi Shimbun learned on Dec. 6. The ministry said the tests will take … Continue reading →

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RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island New Film by Heidi Hutner has World Premiere via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2022/12/07 by nfield

NH #598 This Week’s Feature: It’s hard to get the full picture of what nuclear is and what it does across to the general public. Isolated news stories, nuclear industry full-press spin, ADHD news cycles, and the public’s general lack … Continue reading →

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Concrete melted off ‘pedestal’ for damaged reactor in Fukushima via the Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2022/11/30 by nfield

The concrete support foundation for a reactor whose core melted down at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has deteriorated so much that reinforcing bars (rebars) are now exposed. Masao Uchibori, governor of Fukushima Prefecture, has expressed concerns about … Continue reading →

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