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Holtec Commits to Not Discharging Contaminated Water into Cape Cod Bay via CapeCod.com

Posted on 2022/05/12 by nfield

PLYMOUTH – Senator Ed Markey (D – MA) recently led a subcommittee field hearing in Plymouth where the CEO of Holtec International, the owner of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, said the company would not dump one million gallons of radioactive … Continue reading →

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Cape Cod Bay in the Crosshairs — Holtec’s Reactor Waste Water Threat via Counterpunch

Posted on 2022/05/12 by nfield

By John Laforge Still dreaming of a nuclear reactor that is clean, safe and cheap? Holtec Decommissioning International Corp. is trying to turn that dream to a nightmare. The newly minted subsidiary intends to dump roughly one million gallons radioactively … Continue reading →

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Turning Hanford’s nuclear waste into glass logs would emit toxic vapors, says document via OPB

Posted on 2022/05/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Allison Frost (OPB) The Hanford nuclear reservation in south central Washington state holds 56 million gallons of radioactive waste. The facility produced plutonium for U.S. atomic bombs in WWII, and it kept producing for the country’s nuclear weapons through the late … Continue reading →

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[Book review] Documenting the tragic aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster　via Fukushima 311 Watchdogs

Posted on 2022/05/10 by nfield

Natsuko Katayama kept fastidious notes on what she saw – and the people she spoke to – on the grounds of the Fukushima nuclear site. We have already forgotten about Fukushima. Hardly anyone remembers what happened there 11 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Georgia nuclear plant’s cost now forecast to top $30 billion via News4Jax

Posted on 2022/05/10 by nfield

ATLANTA – A nuclear power plant being built in Georgia is now projected to cost its owners more than $30 billion. […] That amount doesn’t count the $3.68 billion that original contractor Westinghouse paid to the owners after going bankrupt, which … Continue reading →

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The poisoned environmental legacy of the ‘Nuclear Park’ via Culturico

Posted on 2022/05/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Linda Pentz Gunter France prides itself on its “Nuclear Park”, its fleet of once 58 and now 56 operational nuclear reactors that deliver 70% of the country’s electricity. However, the environmental effects of this considerable use of nuclear power – … Continue reading →

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The poisoned environmental legacy of the ‘Nuclear Park’　via Culturico

Posted on 2022/05/07 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter […] France is heavily reliant on nuclear energy. Its 56 commercial reactors dot almost every corner of the country, providing 70% of all electricity consumed. France also possesses a nuclear weapons arsenal, fueled by the nuclear … Continue reading →

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‘Dodged a bullet’: how whistleblowers averted a second US nuclear disaster via The Guardian.com

Posted on 2022/05/07 by nfield

The Netflix docuseries Meltdown: Three Mile Island, revisits a 1979 nuclear accident and the cut corners that could have resulted in a disaster years later […] Three Mile Island – still the worst commercial nuclear accident in US history – … Continue reading →

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Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again? via the New York Times

Posted on 2022/05/06 by nfield

By Motoko rich and Hikari Hida KASHIWAZAKI, Japan — Growing up, Mika Kasahara saw the nuclear power plant that hugs the coast of her hometown simply as the place where her father worked, a familiar fortress of cooling tanks and … Continue reading →

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Three myths about renewable energy and the grid, debunked via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/05/06 by nfield

By Amory B. Lovins and M.V. Ramana This story was originally published in Yale Environment 360. […] Myth No. 1: A grid that increasingly relies on renewable energy is an unreliable grid. Going by the cliché, “In God we trust; all others bring data,” it’s … Continue reading →

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