Tag Archives: Safety

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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Revealed: new cracks at Hunterston nuclear reactor raise radiation accident fears via The Herald

Posted on 2018/04/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NEW cracks have been discovered in one of Scotland’s ageing nuclear reactors, raising radiation safety fears and resulting in a prolonged shutdown, the Sunday Herald can reveal. Checks have detected fresh cracks in the graphite core of a reactor at … 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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North Korea says will stop nuclear tests, scrap test site via Reuters

Posted on 2018/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests and scrap its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace, the North’s state media said on Saturday, ahead of planned summits with South Korea and … 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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RADIOACTIVE PIGS Japan ‘covering up’ Fukushima nuclear danger-zone radiation levels and blackmailing evacuees to return to radiated areas swarming with radioactive pigs and monkeys via The Sun

Posted on 2018/04/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Three reactors went into meltdown after the 2011 Japanese tsunami in the worst accident since Chernobyl, leaving an apocalyptic vision of ghost towns and overgrown wildernesses and scared residents refuse to return EXCLUSIVE By Patrick Knox JAPAN is lying to … Continue reading →

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Quiet no more, French village becomes center of anti-nuclear protest via On News Today

Posted on 2018/04/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BURE, France (OnNewsToday) – The 82 residents of the French village of Bure lived a quiet life until the government began testing the feasibility of storing nuclear waste there. Now Bure is rocked by protests as a final decision on … Continue reading →

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