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Nuclear Waste Expert Calls West Lake Landfill “Highly Toxic” via CBS

Posted on 2013/11/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BRIDGETON, MO–(KMOX)–The West Lake Landfill nuclear should be dug up and hauled away — so says a nuclear waste expert in town tonight to meet with Bridgeton residents. Robert Alvarez, who served in the Department of Energy in the Clinton … Continue reading →

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I Love My Hometown—Radiation and All. I Wish it Loved Me. via Trisha Thompson Pritikin

Posted on 2013/10/29 by norma field

This month, in my hometown of Richland, Washington, people are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Manhattan Project–the secret venture that brought us the atomic bomb. The month-long commemoration activities have been planned for years. The event opened with “For … Continue reading →

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【event】In the Shadow of Plutopia: Living Downwind and Downstream from the World’s First Plutonium Plants via ourhanfordhistory.org

Posted on 2013/10/17 by norma field

Kate Brown, author Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters Friday, October 25, 2013 7 p.m.–9 p.m. Washington State University Tri-Cities East Auditorium [ourhanfordhistory.org ] 
While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race … Continue reading →

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Company fires scientist who warned of Hanford waste site problems via The Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2013/10/06 by norma field

When senior scientist Walter Tamosaitis warned in 2011 about fundamental design flaws at the nation’s largest facility to treat radioactive waste in Hanford, Wash., he was assigned to work in a basement room without office furniture or a telephone. On … Continue reading →

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Entergy may have to shut NY Indian Point reactors by 2018 -analyst via Reuters

Posted on 2013/09/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – New York state environmental regulations may force Entergy Corp to shut its Indian Point nuclear power plant by 2018, according to a research report by U.S. financial firm Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley analysts believe New York will find … Continue reading →

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Hanford’s 70th Anniversary Celebration via Trisha Thompson Pritikin

Posted on 2013/09/10 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Join Us as We Celebrate Hanford’s 70th Anniversary! http://www.ourhanfordhistory.org/70.php Wahoo! A month-long 70th anniversary gala celebration in my hometown. Richland! Celebrating… the Manhattan Project. Sounds like fun. Unless you’re a Downwinder. The series of events was created by a partnership … Continue reading →

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Tuesday morning ceremony near Y-12 recalls Hiroshima bombing via Oak Ridge Today

Posted on 2013/08/05 by norma field

A Tuesday morning ceremony near the Y-12 National Security Complex will recall the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II, organizers said. The annual event at the front of Y-12 includes a Names and Remembrance … Continue reading →

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Ex-supervisor at Indian Point nuclear plant charged with falsifying test reports via NBC News

Posted on 2013/07/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A former supervisor at the Indian Point nuclear plant in New York has been accused of falsifying test results involving emergency generators so the plant would not have to shut down. Daniel Wilson, 57, of Walden, N.Y., was charged in … Continue reading →

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AAA 2013 Roundtable: Narrating the Nuclear

Posted on 2013/07/04 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Narrating the Nuclear: Anthropologists and Others Engage with the Atomic Era Date & Schedule November 24 Part I “Nuclear Weaponry”: 8:00am-9:45am, As part of AAA Executive Program Committee (executive session) Part II: “Nuclear Energy”: 10:15am-12:00pm, As part of Society for … Continue reading →

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Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Plant May Be Too Dangerous via Scientific American

Posted on 2013/05/30 by norma field

The most toxic and voluminous nuclear waste in the U.S.—208 million liters —sits in decaying underground tanks at the Hanford Site (a nuclear reservation) in southeastern Washington State. It accumulated there from the middle of World War II, when the … Continue reading →

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