Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Bexar County tries to avoid nuclear waste shipments via mySA

Posted on 2017/02/22 by nfield

Bexar County commissioners are no fans of nuclear waste being shipped through their county. At their Tuesday meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved a resolution opposing shipments of thousands of pounds of spent nuclear fuel rods from more than 62 sites … Continue reading →

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The United States Used Depleted Uranium in Syria via Foreign Policy

Posted on 2017/02/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The airstrikes on oil trucks in Islamic State-controlled areas employed the toxic material, which has been accused of causing cancer and birth defects. fficials have confirmed that the U.S. military, despite vowing not to use depleted uranium weapons on the … Continue reading →

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Helen Caldicott: The Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Continues Unabated via Global Research

Posted on 2017/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Global Research Editor’s Note In 2011, with foresight and scientific analysis Dr. Helen Caldicott focussed on the implications of the Fukushima disaster at a Press Conference in Montreal organized by Global Research. The 2011 GRTV video presentation featuring Dr. Caldicott … Continue reading →

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A glimpse inside a defunct East German nuclear plant — and what it says about the future of energy in Europe via PRI

Posted on 2017/02/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

An hour north of Berlin, in the middle of a German nature reserve, a narrow smokestack rises into the air from a defunct nuclear power plant. The Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant, which came online in 1966, was the first of … Continue reading →

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The End of the World as We Know It via Hyperallergic

Posted on 2017/02/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Nuclear Culture Source Book considers the “lived experience of the uncanny nature of radiation” ushered in by disasters such as Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima. Just as science fiction has become speculative fiction, the Great Acceleration, the Anthropocene, … Continue reading →

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Company that tested Bridgeton homes for radiation falsified similar sampling in California via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted on 2017/01/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The report, issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), details an investigation into the consulting and engineering firm, Tetra Tech Inc. It found that at least two individuals with the company “deliberately falsified soil sample surveys” at a California … Continue reading →

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A 100,000-Year Tomb for Finland’s Nuclear Waste via the Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2017/01/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Other countries have hit political roadblocks in finding a lasting fix to the world’s nuclear-waste problem. Finland, meanwhile, has been quietly breaking ground OLKILUOTO, Finland—In billion-year-old bedrock, 100 stories below ground, the Finns have found what the whole world is … Continue reading →

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Documentary examines environmental impact of SRS, Vogtle nuclear activity via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2017/01/18 by nfield

A newly released documentary highlights health and environmental concerns on two of the area’s largest employers – Plant Vogtle and Savannah River Site. Containment, an independent documentary from producers Robb Moss and Peter Galison, takes a closer look at nuclear … Continue reading →

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Mayor in rural Japan who supports construction of nuclear plant wins fourth term via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/01/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OMA, AOMORI PREF. – The mayor of Oma, Aomori Prefecture, who supports the construction of a local nuclear plant, was elected Sunday to a fourth term, defeating three first-time candidates. The victory by Mitsuharu Kanazawa, a 66-year-old independent, came in … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy Giant Solar Farm to Rise From Chernobyl’s Nuclear Ashes via Total Croatia News

Posted on 2017/01/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

European Commission has approved the construction of new nuclear reactors just 150 kilometres from Osijek. The agreement with Russia which should build the Paks II nuclear power plant does not violate European laws on public procurement and therefore the European … Continue reading →

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