Tag Archives: U.S.

The Hiroshima anniversary: 5 things you should know about nuclear weapons today via Vox

Posted on 2018/08/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Seventy-three years after the first use of the atomic bomb in wartime, commitment to arms control is fading. The imprint on public consciousness of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which occurred 73 years ago Monday, has faded greatly. The hibakusha, … Continue reading →

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Can Nuclear Waste Survive a 14,500 Mile Journey? via Popular Mechanics

Posted on 2018/08/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Researchers put a nuclear fuel container through an epic journey to see how safely it could travel. Can you send a container of nuclear fuel on an 14,500-mile trip through land and sea safely? Recently, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories … Continue reading →

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Group: Nuclear waste could be trucked from Illinois to Port Huron via Times Herald

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A coalition of environmental groups claims a letter from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicates that nuclear waste from power plants in Illinois will be trucked to Port Huron and shipped from there to an unknown destination. “A spill, release or fire … Continue reading →

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Nuclear wasteland: The explosive boom and long, painful bust of American uranium mining via CNBC

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Government incentives and trade barriers once sparked a gold rush for uranium, leading to a boom in mining for the nuclear fuel However, U.S. uranium miners have endured decades of distress as foreign competition entered the market and demand faltered … Continue reading →

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Scientists put a nuclear waste container through a demanding trip to see if the fuel would break via The Verge

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Have nuclear fuel transportation cask, will travel  Researchers sent a nuclear waste container on a 14,500-mile odyssey by truck, barge, cargo ship, and train in an effort to understand how well radioactive fuel would stand up to travel. That’s important … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui will warn of ‘new cold war’ on 73rd anniversary of nuclear attack via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2018/08/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

China has confirmed it will not be sending its ambassador and there has been no word from the US on whether its representative will pay respects […] Mayor Kazumi Matsui will deliver the annual Peace Declaration in the city’s Peace … Continue reading →

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Leak at SC nuclear plant polluted soil, but agency says groundwater OK via The State

Posted on 2018/08/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tests taken recently at a Bluff Road nuclear fuel factory found no signs that uranium contamination seeped from the soil into the shallow groundwater at the sprawling plant, state regulators said. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control said … Continue reading →

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Uranium Leaked Through Floor of South Carolina Nuclear Plant via EcoWatch

Posted on 2018/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A nuclear plant in Richmond County, South Carolina with a history of contaminating groundwater has leaked radioactive uranium into the soil below the plant, The State reported Tuesday. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) officials said there … Continue reading →

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In nuclear politics, one size doesn’t fit all via engadget

Posted on 2018/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Iran is not North Korea. […] The first strike on Hiroshima, Japan, killed 80,000 people and injured 70,000. The bomb was a uranium-based gun-type model and it scorched the earth bare. A second strike followed three days later on the … Continue reading →

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Ex-IEA official: Nuclear power can’t compete with solar power via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear power is “ridiculously expensive” compared with solar power and cannot compete from a financial standpoint, said the former head of the International Energy Agency. During a lecture at a symposium in Tokyo on July 23, Nobuo Tanaka, former IEA … Continue reading →

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