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US nuclear plant explosion: transformer failure caused fire but no injuries via The Guardian

Posted on 2015/05/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Indian Point nuclear facility 40 miles from New York city shuts down after a transformer failure, but owner says public and employees not in danger A transformer failed at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in suburban New York, causing … Continue reading →

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Giant Gas Pipeline to Flank NY Nuclear Plant via Huffington Post

Posted on 2015/04/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A very large gas pipeline will soon skirt the Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC), an aging nuclear power plant that stands in the town of Cortlandt in Westchester County, New York, 30 miles north of Manhattan. The federal agencies that … Continue reading →

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Trinity Test Site Opening to Face Protest from Residents via The New York Times

Posted on 2015/04/06 by norma field

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Seven decades after an atomic bomb helped end World War II, descendants of families near a New Mexico test want tourists to know residents suffered for years afterward and some of their children may have been affected. … Continue reading →

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America’s Radioactive National Park via Who, What, Why

Posted on 2015/02/25 by norma field

By Paul DiRienzo Among the items in the $600 billion National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress last year is a measure establishing the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which encompasses three sites central to the development of nuclear weapons. … Continue reading →

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Santa Clara activist works to find balance among disparate cultures via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2015/02/01 by norma field

Marian Naranjo remembers too well the day her passions for truth-telling and conflict resolution were born. Naranjo was a third-grader in a school in Tooele, Utah. Men from Santa Clara Pueblo, including her father, worked for long periods at the … Continue reading →

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How the Atomic Age Left Us a Half-Century of Radioactive Waste via Time Magazine

Posted on 2015/01/23 by norma field

By Kate Brown Dealing with nuclear waste at a plant in Washington State has proved an intractable problem. Why? The Nuclear Disaster You Never Heard of This Is How TIME Explained the Atomic Bomb in 1945 In 1951, atomic optimism … Continue reading →

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Don’t throw history out with the radioactive bathwater via Aljazeera America

Posted on 2015/01/15 by norma field

Trisha Pritikin On Dec. 12, Congress passed legislation to create the Manhattan Project National Historical Park at three nuclear plants in Washington state, New Mexico and Tennessee. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on Dec. 19. The park … Continue reading →

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Playing chicken with Illinois’ electric rates won’t improve the climate via Crain’s

Posted on 2015/01/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The recent demand by Illinois’ nuclear power plant owner, Exelon, for a breathtaking $580 million per year in rate increases to keep running its plants raises serious questions as to wise ways to fight climate change and ensure energy security. … Continue reading →

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Granddaughter of scientist involved in developing atomic bombs visits Hiroshima and Nagasaki　via Hiroshima Peace Media Center

Posted on 2014/12/01 by norma field

by Yumi Kanazaki, Staff Writer Olivia Fermi, 57, the granddaughter of Enrico Fermi (1901-54), a scientist involved in the Manhattan Project which developed the atomic bombs, has paid her first visits to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The purpose … Continue reading →

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Washington state to sue federal government over nuclear site vapors via Reuters

Posted on 2014/11/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Washington state’s attorney general said on Wednesday he intends to sue the U.S. government for not adequately protecting workers involved in the decades-long cleanup of a decommissioned nuclear site, saying dozens have been sickened by toxic vapors. The … Continue reading →

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