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Problems persist a decade after discovery of chronic radioactive leaks via Chicago Sun-Times

Radioactive waste continues to pour from Exelon’s Illinois nuclear power plants more than a decade after the discovery of chronic leaks led to national outrage, a $1.2 million government settlement and a company vow to guard against future accidents, an … Continue reading

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Radioactive Water Leaks From Illinois Nuclear Plants via BGA

Problems persist a decade after discovery of chronic radioactive leaks at Exelon plants. By Brett Chase and Madison Hopkins, Better Government AssociationNovember 17, 2017  Radioactive waste continues to pour from Exelon’s Illinois nuclear power plants more than a decade after discovery of chronic … Continue reading

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Radioactive leak, other Savannah River Site concerns cited by report via The Aiken Standard

By thomas Gardiner In a report dated Aug. 12, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board listed a number of issues at the Savannah River Site, including both major management and operations contract companies (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions and Savannah River … Continue reading

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Indian Point Leak Foreshadows the End of the Nuclear Age via Fortune

New York could be the next Fukushima as world governments roll back nuclear power. The Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York State is leaking radioactive contaminant into nearby groundwater, and despite plant operator Entergy’s ELA 0.08% assurances that … Continue reading

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Two Nuclear Weapons Labs Accidentally Spilled Bomb Secrets for Years via Center for Public Integrity

he Obama administration levied fines totaling nearly $1 million this week against two of the nation’s nuclear weapons laboratories, mostly for failing to keep track of classified materials and for repeatedly disclosing information related to nuclear weapons design in public … Continue reading

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Typhoon Wipha strikes Japan’s east coast via EarthSky

Typhoon Wipha, currently located in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, is pushing to the northeast towards Japan over the next 24 hours. It will likely bring heavy rain, gusty winds, and large surf across the east coast of Japan today (October … Continue reading

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Nearly nature, nearly perfect But, near Hanford (part 1) via Spokanecda.com

By Paul K. Haeder The Hanford story is a puzzle, and the connection to Spokane is both ironic and scary in many ways. Part two of this series will look more closely at the “hot milk” connection to Spokane, the … Continue reading

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South Korean minister calls Japan ‘immoral’ for covering up Fukushima leaks via Japan Daily Press

Short of calling the Japanese government a liar, South Korea’s fisheries minister strongly blasted Japan on Monday for trying to downplay and cover up the now high-profile contaminated water leaks at the disaster stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Yoon Jin-sook, … Continue reading

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Abe at Ground Zero: the consequences of inaction at Fukushima Daiichi via Japan Focus

Andrew DeWit and Christopher Hobson The Lid Comes Off Fukushima Daiichi Japan’s searing summer of 2013 saw the lid slide further off Fukushima Daiichi and its Pandora’s box of radioactive and political crises. The company in charge, Tokyo Electric Power … Continue reading

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Radiation crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant deepens as threat level raised to ‘serious’ via The Independent

“We are in a situation where there is no time to lose,” said NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka today. Operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) admitted this week that one of about 1060 giant storage tanks at the plant had leaked … Continue reading

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