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SAN ONOFRE’S NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE TANKS ALREADY BREAKING via Surfer

Posted on 2018/04/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BUSTED BOLT FOUND IN NEW TANK MEANT TO HOLD SPENT FUEL Just a few months into Southern California Edison’s very controversial plan to relocate spent nuclear fuel to holding tanks on the beach at San Onofre, crews are finding the … Continue reading →

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Treasure Hunt: Antiques can emit radiation via Reading Eagle

Posted on 2018/04/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Some months ago in an antique mall in Lancaster County, I saw a man with two odd-looking gadgets that emitted a beeping noise now and then. Being a curious former news reporter, I had to ask him what he was … Continue reading →

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How Agro-Chemical Giant Monsanto Has Been Destroying Environment, Human Lives for Decades via teleSUR

Posted on 2018/04/25 by nfield

[…] Another heinous discovery was made in the 1940s, when under the guise of a “nutrition study” funded by Monsanto, Vanderbilt University, a private university, gave 819 pregnant women radioactive iron. Much later, those women sued the university and received … Continue reading →

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Hinkley nuclear plant mud dump to be debated in Senedd via BBC

Posted on 2018/04/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Controversial plans to dredge mud from near the Hinkley Point nuclear site in Somerset and dump it off Cardiff Bay are to be debated in the Senedd. The Assembly’s Petitions Committee has been taking evidence on the issue and has … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear ‘Demon Core’ That Killed Two Scientists via Atlas Obscura

Posted on 2018/04/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After World War II ended, physicists kept pushing a plutonium core to its edge. Since the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, the world has been in a state of readiness for nuclear combat. In this secretive domain, … Continue reading →

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Federal judge allows Lakeland radiation lawsuit against Drummond Co. to go forward via The Ledger

Posted on 2018/04/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In a ruling released late Thursday, a federal judge again has determined that a lawsuit against the developer of the Grasslands and Oakbridge communities in Lakeland alleging radiation contamination in the soil will go forward. TAMPA — In a ruling … Continue reading →

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UK ‘yet to properly assess’ nuclear plan’s impact on Ireland via The Irish Times

Posted on 2018/04/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Activists criticise Government’s failure to engage with public over Hinkley Point C There are “alarming deficiencies” in the UK’s approach to assessing impacts of plans to expand its nuclear power programme on Ireland, according to the Irish Environmental Pillar (EP). … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Bombing Survivors Reflect on the Tragedy via U.S.News

Posted on 2018/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Yoshie Nordling is a survivor of one of only two nuclear bombs used in warfare. By KATHERINE JONES, Idaho Statesman BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Yoshie Nordling is a survivor of one of only two nuclear bombs used in warfare. She … Continue reading →

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As seas rise, Pilgrim officials consider moving nuclear waste to higher ground via Boston Globe

Posted on 2018/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On a concrete pad about 25 feet above Plymouth Bay, eight massive steel-reinforced concrete cylinders hold the remains of the radioactive fuel that has kept the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station running since the 1970s. When the plant begins decommissioning next … Continue reading →

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America’s nuclear headache: old plutonium with nowhere to go via Reuters

Posted on 2018/04/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

AMARILLO, Texas (Reuters) – In a sprawling plant near Amarillo, Texas, rows of workers perform by hand one of the most dangerous jobs in American industry. Contract workers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pantex facility gingerly remove the plutonium … Continue reading →

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