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Neighbors still have questions about buried radioactive waste via WIVB.com

Posted on 2014/10/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – How dangerous is radioactive waste buried behind families’ homes at an old Town of Tonawanda landfill? Neighbors raised more questions after a News 4 Investigates report three months ago. We stayed on the story and dug … Continue reading →

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Former workers, whistleblowers shed light on nuclear site safety setbacks via Aljazeera America

Posted on 2014/10/16 by norma field

RICHLAND, Wash. – On the banks of the Columbia River, miles of open land sit undeveloped behind barbed wire fences. A handful of mysterious structures dot the landscape, remnants from the early days of the Cold War. Passing by the … Continue reading →

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Decades After Nuclear Test, U.S. Studies Cancer Fallout via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2014/09/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Examination Will Probe Radiation Exposure Near 1945 Trinity Blast in New Mexico TULAROSA, N.M.—Nearly 70 years after the U.S. conducted the world’s first atomic-bomb test here in the New Mexico desert, federal researchers are slated to visit the state this … Continue reading →

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25 years on at America’s most contaminated nuclear waste site via BBC News

Posted on 2014/06/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hanford, Washington, has long been the most contaminated nuclear waste site in the US. But critics say poor management has put the site in further danger. When Susan Leckband moved to eastern Washington state to take a job 30 years … Continue reading →

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Dispute Over Missouri Cancer Cluster via abc news

Posted on 2014/03/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Coldwater Creek in Missouri is not officially the home of a cancer cluster, but Jennifer Smith begs to differ. At 41, Smith has already been through a host of medical problems. She had endometriosis as a teen, suffered four miscarriages … Continue reading →

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50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst From Fukushima via EcoWatch/Reader Supported News

Posted on 2014/02/03 by norma field

By Harvey Wasserman ndeed, the official presumption has always been that showing proof of damage from nuclear Bomb tests and commercial reactors falls to the victims, not the perpetrators. And that in any case, the industry will be held virtually … Continue reading →

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America’s Atomic Time Bomb: Hanford Nuclear Waste Still Poses Serious Risks via Spiegel International

Posted on 2014/01/28 by norma field

The lambs were born without eyes or mouths. Some had legs that had grotesquely grown together; others had no legs at all. Many were stillborn. Thirty-one were lost in a single night. On a pasture nearby, a cow was found … Continue reading →

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Company Struggles to Keep U.S. in the Uranium Enrichment Game via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/01/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

EUNICE, N.M. — While the only American-owned company that enriches uranium prepares for bankruptcy, its competitor is zooming ahead with construction of what it describes as a cluster of far more economical and efficient new centrifuges. Urenco, a German-Dutch-British consortium … Continue reading →

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The U.S. government lab behind Beijing’s nuclear power push via Reuters Investigates

Posted on 2013/12/23 by norma field

HONG KONG – Scientists in Shanghai are attempting a breakthrough in nuclear energy: reactors powered by thorium, an alternative to uranium. The project is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a government body with close military ties that coordinates … Continue reading →

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Los Alamos National Laboratory seeking national-park designation via The Denver Post

Posted on 2013/12/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Tucked away in one of northern New Mexico’s pristine mountain canyons is an old log cabin that was the birthplace not of a famous person but, rather, a top-secret mission that forever changed the world. Pond … Continue reading →

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