Tag Archives: Donald Trump

Three Mile Island closure looms after third failed bid via York Dailey Record

Posted on 2017/05/27 by kojimaaiko

For the third year in a row, Three Mile Island failed to secure a crucial contract to sell its electricity, increasing the possibility that the plant will soon close. The plant is allowed to remain open through 2034. However, Exelon will decide by … Continue reading →

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Dems blast DOE study as biased toward coal, nuclear via The Hill

Posted on 2017/05/01 by nfield

A group of Senate Democrats slammed the Department of Energy’s (DOE) ongoing electric grid reliability study as biased toward power sources such as coal and nuclear. The Democrats, who all sit on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said … Continue reading →

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The Finger on the Nuclear Button via The New York Times

Posted on 2017/02/09 by kojimaaiko

Scientists who study the risk of nuclear war recently moved the hands of the symbolic Doomsday Clock to 2½ minutes before midnight — meaning they believe that the world is closer to nuclear catastrophe than it has been since 1953 … Continue reading →

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Why Mikhail Gorbachev is worrying about US-Russia nuclear war via Christian Science Monitor

Posted on 2017/01/29 by nfield

JANUARY 28, 2017 —The threat of nuclear war is a familiar one to Mikhail Gorbachev. And in today’s world, he sees many of the same challenges that confronted the US and the Soviet Union during the cold war. In an … Continue reading →

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Radioactive Waste is Good for You, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Rick Perry as Energy Secretary via Counterpunch

Posted on 2017/01/16 by nfield

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry’s blatant conflict of interest involving the Waste Control Specialists, LLC (WCS) radioactive waste dump in Andrews County, west Texas deserves to be seriously addressed during his U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing … Continue reading →

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Putin Gives A Surprising Response to Trump’s Nuclear Plans via Fortune

Posted on 2016/12/23 by nfield

ussia’s Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was unfazed by President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to boost the U.S. nuclear arsenal, praising Trump for being in touch with U.S. public opinion while branding the Democrats sore election losers. Speaking at his … Continue reading →

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‘Doomsday Clock’ Considers Impact Of Donald Trump via WBEZ

Posted on 2016/11/15 by kojimaaiko

A group of climate scientists and other global safety experts start meeting Monday in Chicago to determine how close we are to the end of the world. The three-day conference begins with a symposium of the future of nuclear power. Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump, Perhaps Unwittingly, Exposes Paradox of Nuclear Arms via The New York Times

Posted on 2016/08/04 by norma field

WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump’s remarks on nuclear weapons have brought him, at times, to a question: Why should he be constrained from ever using them? The question has, like so many of Mr. Trump’s comments, sent shock waves. But … Continue reading →

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Here’s What Donald Trump Has Said About Nuclear Weapons via Time

Posted on 2016/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Here’s what Trump has said during the five times he has talked about nuclear weapons during the campaign so far: “Biggest problem, to me, in the world, is nuclear, and proliferation” Trump said nuclear capability was the “single biggest problem” … Continue reading →

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Bobby Knight: Like Truman, Trump would have ‘guts to drop the bomb’ via Politico

Posted on 2016/04/28 by kojimaaiko

According to Bobby Knight, Harry Truman was one of the three greatest presidents because he had the “guts to drop the bomb in 1944” on Japan. Donald Trump, he said, could join that list as one of the four greatest … Continue reading →

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