Category Archives: *English

Lethal radiation levels detected in Fukushima nuke plant reactor lid via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2021/09/17 by nfield

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant could be forced to reconsider the plant’s decommissioning process after lethal radiation levels equivalent to those of melted nuclear fuel were detected near one of the lids covering a reactor. … Continue reading →

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Germany to shut controversial Gorleben nuclear waste facility via DW

Posted on 2021/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After serving for decades as a storage location for German radioactive nuclear waste, the government said it would close the Gorleben mine. Locals and environmental groups have protested against the facility for years. The Gorleben mine in the German state of … Continue reading →

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Hinkley Radioactive Waste Dredge-and-Dump off Cardiff Coast – UK Marine Biologist Tim Deere-Jones – NH #534 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2021/09/16 by nfield

Radioactive waste dumping in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff Coast from UK nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point is being carried out by dredgers similar to this one (and leaving comparable plumes of pollution). Marine Biologist Tim Deere-Jones has shown increasing radiation exposure in Wales, UK.   Listen … Continue reading →

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Build Back Better Act: Climate Salvation? Or Trojan Horse? via NIRS, Beyond Nuclear, Indigenous Environmental Network, NEIS

Posted on 2021/09/16 by nfield

Devils in the details reveal massive spending on “false climate solutions,”safe energy advocates reveal WASHINGTON, D.C.:  Close inspection of the mark-up language being proposed in parts of the “Build Back Better” Reconciliation package have uncovered large hidden subsidies and loopholes … Continue reading →

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Texas is one step closer to housing tons of nuclear waste. What that means for DFW via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Posted on 2021/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY HALEY SAMSEL Outside of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Arlington office on Monday, a dozen protesters spoke out against what they saw as the inevitable: The commission was going to approve a federal permit to transport high-level nuclear waste through Dallas-Fort Worth … Continue reading →

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Why molten salt reactors are problematic and Canada investing in them is a mistake via The Conversation

Posted on 2021/09/14 by nfield

MV Ramana One of the beneficiaries of the run-up to a potential federal election has been the nuclear energy industry, specifically companies that are touting new nuclear reactor designs called small modular reactors. The largest two financial handouts have been to … Continue reading →

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Opinion: San Onofre didn’t produce nuclear energy for San Diego County, but we’re stuck with the waste　via The San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2021/09/13 by nfield

BY MIKE AGUIRRE Aguirre is a partner in the Aguirre & Severson law firm and was the San Diego city attorney from 2004-2008. Our political leaders would like us to ignore or forget the fact that San Diego is now the home … Continue reading →

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Vested interests : How Monolithic Institutions Decide What Is Best for the Rest of Us via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2021/09/13 by nfield

By Christine Fassert and Tatiana Kasperski […] On the UNESCO list Two sites linked to the dark nuclear past are already on the UNESCO list: the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site. The Chernobyl site would symbolize the long … Continue reading →

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REP. PRAMILA JAYAPAL LEADS DEMOCRATS IN URGING BIDEN TO LIMIT NUCLEAR WEAPONS via The Intercept

Posted on 2021/09/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

wenty-nine Democrats call out the president’s embrace of Trump-initiated nuclear weapon programs as the White House creates sweeping new policy. Sara Sirota CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., is leading a group of Democrats in pushing back on President Joe … Continue reading →

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Former SCANA CEO Kevin Marsh gets October sentencing date for VC Summer role via The State

Posted on 2021/09/10 by nfield

By John Monk An Oct. 7 date has been set for the sentencing of Kevin Marsh, the former CEO of SCANA who pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal conspiracy fraud charges involving a cover-up of financial troubles connected to … Continue reading →

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