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Commentary: Exelon’s nuclear hostage crisis tactics must end　via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2020/08/28 by nfield

By DAVID KRAFT “Nuclear Hostage Crisis: Day 2,363” Yes, that’s right. It was March 9, 2014, when Exelon announced that it would close its nuclear plants if the Illinois legislature, under House Speaker Michael Madigan’s watchful eye, did not bail them … Continue reading →

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Fukushima: How the ocean became a dumping ground for radioactive waste via DW

Posted on 2020/04/10 by nfield

The nuclear disaster at Fukushima sent an unprecedented amount of radiation into the Pacific. But, before then, atomic bomb tests and radioactive waste were contaminating the sea — the effects are still being felt today. Almost 1.2 million liters (320,000 … Continue reading →

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Nuclear plant lifetime extension: A creeping catastrophe via Bellona

Posted on 2020/03/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

 by Charles Digges Any discussion of nuclear disasters brings events like Chernobyl and Fukushima to mind. But the civilian nuclear industry could be facing a quieter nuclear failure. Simply put, the world’s nuclear reactors are getting dangerously old. […] The majority … Continue reading →

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Secrets Revealed: America Almost Stockpiled Nuclear Weapons In Iceland via The National Interest

Posted on 2019/12/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Why didn’t it happen?by Michael Peck Key point: We still don’t officially know which nations had U.S. nuclear weapons on their soil. If Miss Manners were a diplomat, she would tell us how rude it is to place nuclear bombs in the … Continue reading →

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America Built 3,155 B61 Nuclear Bombs. Around 50 Are Still in Turkey via The National Interest

Posted on 2019/10/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

One of the longest-serving nuclear weapons in America’s arsenal is the B61 nuclear free-fall bomb. The B61 bomb was first introduced in 1966 with more than three thousand bombs produced to date. The bomb is famous for its adjustable yield … Continue reading →

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18 nuclear power plants in the EU are operating without a valid license via Business Insider

Posted on 2019/08/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

18 nuclear power plants in the European Union are operating without a valid license, according to research conducted by Germany’s Green Party.  This number doesn’t include the 34 other illegal power plants in neighboring European countries that aren’t part of … Continue reading →

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Spain to Shut Down Nuclear Plants And Push Forward Clean Energy Plan via South EU Summit

Posted on 2019/04/30 by nfield

Amid a Europe-wide debate over the future of nuclear power in a renewable energy future, Spain has rolled out a schedule to close its seven nuclear power plants. This move comes as the government proposes an ambitious clean energy plan … Continue reading →

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Discrimination under the radioactive plume via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2019/01/31 by nfield

Potassium iodide distributed in Canada is denied Americans By Keith Gunter In the wake of the still ongoing March 2011 Fukushima disaster, governments in Europe and Canada began implementing more pro-active radiological disaster plans — including pre-distribution of potassium iodide … Continue reading →

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Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’: report via France24

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage facilities in … Continue reading →

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Scientists put a nuclear waste container through a demanding trip to see if the fuel would break via The Verge

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Have nuclear fuel transportation cask, will travel  Researchers sent a nuclear waste container on a 14,500-mile odyssey by truck, barge, cargo ship, and train in an effort to understand how well radioactive fuel would stand up to travel. That’s important … Continue reading →

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