Tag Archives: Safety

Letter: Bring the nuclear weapons treaty into fruition this year via The Mercury News

Posted on 2018/01/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

My vision for the new year is to end the threat of nuclear war so our children, who will inherit our beautiful Earth, can grow up without fear of instant annihilation. […] In July, 122 countries voted to adopt the … Continue reading →

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Hawaii False Alarm Hints at Thin Line Between Mishap and Nuclear War via The New York Times

Posted on 2018/01/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear experts are warning, using some of their most urgent language since President Trump took office, that Hawaii’s false alarm, in which state agencies alerted locals to a nonexistent missile attack, underscores a growing risk of unintended nuclear war with … Continue reading →

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Why can’t we decide what to do about nuclear energy? via Popular Science

Posted on 2018/01/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Within sight of the sunbathers at Old Man’s surf spot, 55 miles north of San ­Diego, California, loom a pair of 176-foot-tall orbs. They’re a strange backdrop, home of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Since its first reactor fired … Continue reading →

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Armed raid on nuclear workers’ housing raises fears over Brazil’s two reactors via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/01/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Brazil is one of three Latin American countries with nuclear power. It also suffers from violent crime. Now a heavily armed gang has brought the two together Fears over the security of Brazil’s two nuclear power plants have been raised … Continue reading →

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Embattled Trump Nominee Inadvertently Draws Attention to Radiation in Drinking Water via Truthout

Posted on 2018/01/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump’s pick to run the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is probably best known for her idealistic view of fossil fuels. In 2014, she suggested that energy from fossil fuels “dissolved the economic justification for slavery” in … Continue reading →

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The Fallout of CP-1: The Culture of Competence Surrounding Nuclear Technologies (Bo Jacobs at the University of Chicago) via Vimeo

Posted on 2018/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

My lecture as part of the 75th anniversary of the first sustained nuclear chain-reaction experiment, CP-1, held as part of the Physics Colloquium of the University of Chicago on 26 October 2017. This experiment, conducted at Stagg Field at UC … Continue reading →

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Junichiro Koizumi-led group pitches bill calling for ‘immediate halt’ to Japan’s reliance on nuclear power via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/01/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A group advised by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday unveiled details about a bill calling for an “immediate halt” to Japan’s reliance on nuclear power to prevent a recurrence of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The group is seeking … Continue reading →

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LOST: US nuclear codes MISSING for MONTHS in ‘comedy of errors’, security official reveals via Express

Posted on 2018/01/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LOST: US nuclear codes MISSING for MONTHS in ‘comedy of errors’, security official reveals THE NUCLEAR launch codes went missing for up to four months in a “comedy of errors”, a former Pentagon official has confirmed. Strict security protocol insists … Continue reading →

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634: Human Error in Volatile Situations via This American Life

Posted on 2018/01/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Even the best laid plans can go catastrophically wrong when humans get involved. This week, people bungle simple operations on some of the most dangerous weapons in the world. ACT 1 In 1980, deep in a nuclear missile silo in … Continue reading →

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As choice of nuclear waste facility starts narrowing, people of Kimba are either excited or disgusted via The Advertiser

Posted on 2018/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IF there are two words that can split an already isolated South Australian town and destroy lifelong friendships, they are “nuclear waste”. Kimba, on the northern edge of the Eyre Peninsula’s vast grain-growing belt, is home to two of the … Continue reading →

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