Tag Archives: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Metropolis Radiation Site Emergency — Leak of Toxic Uranium Hexafluoride via NEIS

Posted on 2014/10/29 by norma field

PRESS RELEASE The Honeywell Metropolis Works facility in Metropolis, Illinois has reported another leak of Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6), a radioactive and toxic chemical compound, produced at the facility which converts uranium ore into uranium hexafluoride for the production of nuclear … Continue reading →

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Midwestern nuclear plants overseen by another NRC administrator who’s been to Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi complex 　via Ripple Effect

Posted on 2014/09/14 by norma field

As the NRC’s Midwest regional administrator, Ms. Pederson is the top regulator outside of Washington for the historically male-dominated agency’s oversight of those 16 Midwestern plants, which are spread across seven states that include Ohio and Michigan. Her regional office … Continue reading →

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Red Wing officials disappointed in feds’ decision on spent nuclear fuel　via MinnPost

Posted on 2014/09/03 by norma field

Red Wing city officials and leaders of the Prairie Island Indian Community say they are unhappy with a recent Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruling that does little to resolve the ongoing dispute over storage of spent nuclear fuel. The Prairie Island … Continue reading →

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Ex-Guards Raise Concerns About Palisades Nuclear Plant　via NBC5 Chicago

Posted on 2014/08/27 by norma field

NRC Letter to Entergy Nuclear Operations But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission identified a “chilled work environment” within the plant’s security department after staff perceived that two supervisors were terminated after raising concerns and that security management was unresponsive to employees’ … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vote on Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power: No Need to Consider Local Environmental Threats of Mounting Radioactive Waste Stockpiles When Licensing More Waste Production via NIRS

Posted on 2014/08/26 by norma field

Washington, DC – A fast-tracked vote by the four Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioners will allow resumption of licensing and relicensing of nuclear power reactors which make long-lasting deadly radioactive waste, reaffirming their denial that nuclear waste threatens this and … Continue reading →

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Hackers Successfully Crack US Nuclear Regulator For The First Time… Twice via Huffington Post

Posted on 2014/08/21 by norma field

The United States has admitted that hackers attacking its nuclear power plants have already succeeded. Twice. An investigation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the US nuclear power grid, uncovered two incidents in which hackers were able to access … Continue reading →

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Washington’s Columbia Generating Station Is a Seismic Timebomb via Earth Island Journal

Posted on 2014/05/06 by norma field

New studies reveal nuclear plant is near major faults The Columbia Generation Station, Washington’s only commercial reactor, sits inside the Department of Energy’s Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a former nuclear weapons production site. Powered by a General Electric Mark II boiling … Continue reading →

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Experts question ice wall at Japan nuclear plant via The Washington Post

Posted on 2014/05/02 by norma field

TOKYO — Experts on Friday expressed skepticism about a plan to build a costly underground frozen wall at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, a development that could delay the start of construction on the project. […] Dale Klein, a former U.S. … Continue reading →

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3rd Anniversary of Fukushima: “accident” over, catastrophe continues via Nuclear Energy Information Service

Posted on 2014/03/11 by norma field

Dave Kraft We’ve learned that the Japanese government regards its Constitution precisely the same way the U.S. government does its own – it ignores it repeatedly. Article 21 guarantees freedom of the press, and Article 19 freedom of thought and … Continue reading →

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【petition】Nuclear Reactor Pool Fire/Huge Risks in U.S. – 4.1 Million Displaced, 10,000 Square Miles Uninhabitable If Disaster Happens, According to Unpublicized NRC Study

Posted on 2014/02/18 by norma field

34 GROUPS: REACTOR LICENSING SHOULD BE SUSPENDED UNTIL NRC ADDRESSES NEW FINDINGS ON NUCLEAR REACTOR POOL FIRE RISKS, COSTS New NRC Study Shows Even a Small Reactor Pool Fire Could Displace 4.1 Million People; Make More than 9,000 Square Miles … Continue reading →

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