Tag Archives: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Lawsuit looks to force nuclear regulator to turn over records from San Onofre ‘near-miss’ incident via San Diego Union-Tribune

August 2018 “near-miss” saw a 50-ton canister of nuclear waste left suspended for 45 minutes. BY ROB NIKOLEWSKI […] At issue are 13 pages of records concerning what happened on Aug. 3, 2018, at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, known … Continue reading

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Opinion: San Onofre didn’t produce nuclear energy for San Diego County, but we’re stuck with the waste via The San Diego Union-Tribune

BY MIKE AGUIRRE Aguirre is a partner in the Aguirre & Severson law firm and was the San Diego city attorney from 2004-2008. Our political leaders would like us to ignore or forget the fact that San Diego is now the home … Continue reading

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The Palomares Nuclear Disaster and a Class-Action Victory via Veteran.online

BY RICHARD CURREY As Cold War tensions escalated in the 1960s, the U.S. Air Force initiated long-range patrols by B-52 bombers carrying nuclear payloads. They flew from sites within the U.S. to the border of the Soviet Union, maintaining rapid … Continue reading

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Nuclear bomb nearly detonated after falling on North Carolina – declassified report via RT

In a scenario that could’ve been extremely devastating, the United States narrowly averted a nuclear disaster in 1961 when an atomic bomb nearly detonated after falling out of a B-52 bomber that broke up in the sky. According to the … Continue reading

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Coast Guard Proposes to Transport Radioactive Fracking Wastewater by Barge via Reader Supported News

By Emily DeMarco he U.S. Coast Guard, which regulates the country-s waterways, will allow shale gas companies to ship fracking wastewater on the nation-s rivers and lakes under a proposed policy published Wednesday. The Coast Guard began studying the issue … Continue reading

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