Tag Archives: climate change

How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2019/11/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By SUSANNE RUST […] Here in the Marshall Islands, Runit Dome holds more than 3.1 million cubic feet — or 35 Olympic-sized swimming pools — of U.S.-produced radioactive soil and debris, including lethal amounts of plutonium. Nowhere else has the United … Continue reading →

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Enter a single keyword The 7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change via Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation

Posted on 2019/10/24 by nfield

Mark Z. Jacobson Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University    There is a small group of scientists that have proposed replacing 100% of the world’s fossil fuel power plants with nuclear reactors as a way to … Continue reading →

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4 Gorillas to End Climate Chaos: Election Protection, No Nukes, Defund the Military, Kill King CONG via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2019/10/06 by nfield

By Harvey Wasserman he Greta/AOC generation is marching for our place on this planet. We can all turn off lights, get off plastic, go vegan, ride bikes, sail the Atlantic, demand eco-straws, solarize our homes.  But four gorillas block our … Continue reading →

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Can Nuclear Power’s Deadly Waste Be Contained in a Warming World? via Truthout

Posted on 2019/09/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear reactors are highly vulnerable to radioactive meltdowns in an era of rising climate disasters. Imagine this scenario: You are driving home from work one evening, and you notice a strange metallic taste in your mouth. That night on the … Continue reading →

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The false promise of nuclear power via Boston Globe

Posted on 2019/07/30 by nfield

By Robert Jay Lifton and Naomi Oreskes Commentators from Greenpeace to the World Bank agree that climate change is an emergency, threatening civilization and life on our planet. Any solution must involve the control of greenhouse gas emissions by phasing … Continue reading →

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I oversaw the U.S. nuclear power industry. Now I think it should be banned. via the Washington Post

Posted on 2019/05/19 by nfield

The danger from climate change no longer outweighs the risks of nuclear accidents. By Gregory Jaczko Gregory Jaczko served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2005 to 2009, and as its chairman from 2009 to 2012. The author of “Confessions … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Could Unleash Long-Frozen Radiation via Popular Mechanics

Posted on 2019/04/29 by nfield

Atomic bombs, Chernobyl, Fukushima—radiation has traveled and frozen all over the world. Global warming is changing that. By David Grossman […] […] The international team studied 17 icy locations across the globe, including the Arctic, the Antarctic, Iceland, the Alps, … Continue reading →

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A Huge Amount of Nuclear Fallout Is Embedded in Glaciers, And They’re Starting to Melt via Science Alert

Posted on 2019/04/12 by nfield

David Neild As we continue to see warming glaciers collapse and melt into the ocean, we’re potentially looking at a ticking time bomb of buried nuclear material, according to new research. Scientists have analysed 17 glacier sites and found fallout radionuclides (FRNs) trapped within … Continue reading →

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Cooper Nuclear Flooding Threat Continues – Paul Gunter, Gail Snyder + Illinois Fast-moving Nuclear Political Trickery – Dave Kraft – NH #404 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2019/03/20 by nfield

Listen Here: Audio Player00:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Podcast: Download This Week’s Featured Interviews: Paul Gunter is Director of the Reactor Oversight Project at Beyond Nuclear and a longtime veteran of the anti-nuclear wars.  He talks about the history of flooding … Continue reading →

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How Fukushima Nukes Kill Our Climate, Our Planet, Ourselves via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2019/03/13 by nfield

Harvey Wasserman […\] Here are some inconvenient truths:  About 450 reactors now spew huge quantities of waste heat that kill our global weather patterns. All daily emit carbon and more during “normal” operations and the mining, milling, and enrichment of radioactive … Continue reading →

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