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

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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U.S., Russia Extend Nuclear Power Research Ties via Nuclear Power Industry News

Russia and the United States have announced an agreement to further their cooperative nuclear power research efforts, including projects at a new fast reactor under development in Russia. The heads of the U.S. Department of Energy and Russia’s Rosatom signed … Continue reading

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When the US Used Cancer as a Weapon via Counterpunch

By Jeffrey St. Clair At the close of the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was denounced as a ferocious villain for ordering his retreating troops to destroy Kuwaiti oil fields, clotting the air with poisonous clouds of black smoke and … Continue reading

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US nuclear agency faulted for laxity and overspending via Boston Globe

Cost overruns on delayed projects add up to $16b LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, a seven-year, $213 million upgrade to the security system that protects the lab’s most sensitive nuclear bomb-making facilities doesn’t work. Those same … Continue reading

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Nagasaki Bomb Maker Offers Lessons for Fukushima Cleanup via Bloomberg

Hanford Engineer Works produced the 20 pounds of plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. It’s among the most toxic nuclear waste sites and the place Japan is turning to for help dealing with melted reactors in Fukushima. Tokyo Electric … Continue reading

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3・11後のサイエンス:ヨウ素放出を掘り起こす=青野由利 via 毎日jp

 なんで今ごろ?と感じた人は多かっただろう。この6月に日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA)が公表した 原発事故初期の放射性ヨウ素131の汚染マップだ。よく知られている北西方向の汚染に加え、福島第1原発の南側にも広がっていた。実測に基づくヨウ素の汚 染分布地図が示されたのは初めてだ。 (略) 先月、原発事故で放出された放射性ヨウ素をテーマとするシンポジウムが東京都内で開かれた。拡散シミュレーションを続けるJAEAの茅野政道さんが示したのは、鳥居さんらのデータや福島県のモニタリングポストのデータなどを追加した新たな解析結果だ。 たとえば、2011年3月15日午後の大量放出は、これまでより遅い午後5時ごろから翌日午前1時ごろ と推定された。1号機のベントや水素爆発、2号機からの放出と、各地の沈着とを結びつけることもできた。「ようやくデータが出そろって、どこに、何時に、 どれぐらいの量が沈着したかがより正確にわかるようになった」と茅野さんは言う。 東京大大気海洋研究所の鶴田治雄さんのチームは、関東地方にある国や自治体の研究機関などが独立に測定した放射性物質の大気中濃度のデータを集め、分析した結果を公表した。 ヨウ素131とセシウム137の比率をみると、3月の大量放出の時は、それ以外の時よりヨウ素の割合が小さかった。別の機関が実施した原子炉内の放射性核種の推計とつきあわせ、「この時は炉内の放射性物質が水を通さずに放出されたのではないか」と見る。 文科省などが福島県や茨城県東海村で採取したダストデータからは、3月21日の午前中と午後とで、ヨウ素・セシウム比が大きく異なることもわかった。「原子炉からの放出の状態が変化したと考えられるが、何が起きたのか、分析されていない」と指摘する。 全文は3・11後のサイエンス:ヨウ素放出を掘り起こす=青野由利

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Sixty-Eight Students to Receive Nuclear Energy Scholarships and Fellowships via Energy.Gov

WASHINGTON – The Energy Department today awarded nearly $5 million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing nuclear engineering and science degrees. The awards include 37 undergraduate scholarships and 31 graduate-level fellowships for students studying at American colleges and universities. “Supporting … Continue reading

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More funding for advanced nuclear power reactors via R & D

As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to accelerate clean energy leadership and to enable a low-carbon economy, the Energy Department announced $3.5 million for four advanced nuclear reactor projects that go beyond traditional light water designs. These projects … Continue reading

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DOE to pay $136,000 fine in Hanford settlement via the Tri-City Herald

RICHLAND — The Department of Energy has agreed to pay a $136,000 fine to settle Environmental Protection Agency allegations that it has violated legal requirements for storing radioactive and hazardous chemical waste at Hanford. It has operated waste storage areas … Continue reading

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U.S. senator criticizes incentive pay for work at Hanford vit plant via the Tri-City Herald

A U.S. senator criticized incentive pay given to Bechtel National for its work at the Hanford vitrification plant during a hearing Thursday on Department of Energy environmental cleanup contracting policies. Cleaning up radioactive waste and contamination left from past production … Continue reading

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