Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Ottawa Riverkeeper calls out gaps in Chalk River nuclear site plan via CBC News

Posted on 2017/08/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Riverkeeper joins naysayers of new waste disposal site A new nuclear waste disposal site along the Ottawa River could have devastating consequences, according a report released by Ottawa Riverkeeper.  The environmental watchdog says it pored over reports to the site commissioners regarding … Continue reading →

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Recycling Radioactive Scrap Metal – What Could Go Wrong? via Radiation Free Lakeland

Posted on 2017/08/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Last weeks headline in the Whitehaven News “New business will recycle spare food” sounds like a very good thing. Only read a little further and all is not what it seems. “Recycle Lives” is a scrap buying and reprocessing business … Continue reading →

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Researchers want to use shrimp shells to extract uranium from the ocean via CNBC

Posted on 2017/08/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Discovered in 1789 by the German chemist Martin Klaproth, uranium is today used in nuclear power plants around the world. From Canada to Kazakhstan, mines are extracting it on a large scale. In the United States, bright minds have … Continue reading →

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MICHIO KAKU ON FUKUSHIMA 2017: ‘NUCLEAR FISSION IS A FAUSTIAN BARGAIN’ [OPINION] via Inquisitr

Posted on 2017/08/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Michio Kaku, a string theory physicist, gave his evaluation of the current state of containment at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. The area was hit with a magnitude nine earthquake followed by a massive tsunami in 2011. Now, … Continue reading →

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News of the Atom: August 13 2017 via Harry Shearer

Posted on 2017/08/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

News of the Atom–missing contaminated cars from Fukushima; Idaho; radiation clean-up cost; nuclear waste shipment;  Listen to the program at News of the Atom: August 13 2017 Related articles:  原発汚染車４６０台が外部へ　一部中古車市場へ　約１９０台を回収 via 東京新聞 福島第一原発内の自家用車 汚染の約１９０台が敷地外に via NHK News Web

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Survival Expo features gas masks and Geiger counters via WGNO

Posted on 2017/08/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] At a “Survival Fair” at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, vendors filled tables with many of the items you’d find at a gun show:  bullet-proof vests, ammunition, even silencers made out of cans of gun-cleaning solvent. But times being … Continue reading →

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State suspends low-level waste shipment from nuclear plant over manifest errors via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2017/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The suspension requires Energy Northwest, operator of the region’s only nuclear-power plant, to come up with corrective actions within 90 days, and also submit to an inspection and participate in a management inspection. […] The company operates the Columbia Generating … Continue reading →

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Armstrong County nuclear cleanup delayed again via Pittsburgh Post-Gazett

Posted on 2017/08/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The cleanup of a 44-acre nuclear waste dump in Armstrong County is facing another potentially lengthy delay after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday it will re-evaluate proposals to do the work. The Corps awarded a $350 million … Continue reading →

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Multiple violations found at state’s nuclear power plant via King5.com

Posted on 2017/08/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) last month suspended indefinitely the shipment of radioactive waste from the state’s sole nuclear power plant. Internal documents obtained by the KING 5 Investigators reveal that the Columbia Generating Station, operated by the … Continue reading →

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The comic strip journalist who reports on the fallout from Fukushima via The Spinoff

Posted on 2017/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On the eve of his appearance at a Victoria University event in Wellington, comic book author Fumio Obata talks to Guy Somerset about his ongoing project chronicling the aftermath of the Fukushima tsunami and nuclear disaster. At art school, Fumio … Continue reading →

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