Tag Archives: U.S.

San Francisco’s Hunters Point Radiation Problems Worsen via Yubanet.com

Posted on 2018/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Washington, DC, May 25, 2018 — The U.S. Navy has found “data manipulation and/or falsification” afflicting years of radiation surveys on the buildings at San Francisco’s Hunters Point shipyard, invalidating its contractor’s claims the buildings are safe for “unrestricted release,” … Continue reading →

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Container problem spurs evacuation at nuclear waste site via Kristv

Posted on 2018/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Workers had to evacuate the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository after finding a container of waste misaligned inside its packaging, but officials confirmed Friday that no radiation was released.      It marked another … Continue reading →

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Investigation continues as Richland nuclear power plant restarts via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2018/05/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

RICHLAND, WA The nuclear power plant near Richland reconnected to the regional power grid Thursday morning after shutting down unexpectedly six days ago. It is the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant. It provides electricity to 92 Northwest utilities, equivalent … Continue reading →

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TROOPS PROTECTING NUCLEAR BASE FOUND ON ACID: ‘I FELT PARANOIA, PANIC’ via Newsweek

Posted on 2018/05/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Troops tasked with protecting some of America’s deadliest weapons, nuclear missiles, were caught taking the hallucinogenic drug LSD, among other substances. The Associated Press obtained a number of Air Force records showing 14 service members were disciplined for involvement with an LSD drug ring … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor Calls for Nuclear Reform at Kennedy School via The Harvard Crimson

Posted on 2018/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Keiko Ogura, 80, a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, visited the Kennedy School to caution against the use of nuclear weapons worldwide Sunday. Ogura was eight years old on August 6, 1945, when the … Continue reading →

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John Adams’s “Doctor Atomic” First Recording Due June 29 on Nonesuch via Nonesuch

Posted on 2018/05/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nonesuch releases the first recording of John Adams‘s 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic, on June 29, 2018. Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars created the libretto for Doctor Atomic, drawing from original sources. The composer leads the BBC Singers and the BBC … Continue reading →

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Alec Baldwin tells APP: No nuclear power bailout in NJ via app

Posted on 2018/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Gov. Phil Murphy has pledged an all-renewable energy future for New Jersey by 2050. He is to be commended. But, that goal won’t be achieved by doling out $300 million annually to PSEG and Exelon to bail out the Salem/Hope Creek … Continue reading →

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Oak Ridge heavy element production site receives historic designation via Knox News

Posted on 2018/05/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC), which produces heavy elements and isotopes, was recognized as a historic nuclear landmark Wednesday in an American Nuclear Society ceremony recognizing more than 50 years of isotope production and nuclear fuel cycle … Continue reading →

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Researchers turn low-level nuclear waste into glass via New Atlas

Posted on 2018/05/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Cold War left behind significant amounts of low-level nuclear waste, but the future may be a bit cleaner thanks to a team of scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), who have vitrified low-level … Continue reading →

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MANHATTAN PROJECT MUSEUM URGED TO SAY HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI BOMBS WERE WAR CRIMES via Newsweek

Posted on 2018/05/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A museum dedicated to the Manhattan Project, the World War II research effort for the atomic bomb, is being urged to state in its exhibits that bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes. The first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was … Continue reading →

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