Tag Archives: U.S.

Veteran’s Story | Witnessing the devastation in Hiroshima after the bomb that ended WWII via Mansfield News Journal

Posted on 2018/05/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Veteran: Harold Baughman, age 93 Branch: United States Army Service period: Jan. 2, 1945, to Nov. 26, 1946 “They were getting ready for the invasion of Japan; they loaded us up on LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) and we were heading … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power plant to be decommissioned via Daily News-Miner

Posted on 2018/05/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FAIRBANKS — An Army Corp of Engineers team is planning the formal decommissioning of the only nuclear power plant ever built in Alaska, Fort Greely’s SM-1A plant. The SM-1A plant provided steam and electricity to the Army post near Delta … Continue reading →

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Marshallese poet draws attention to nuclear dome via RadioNZ

Posted on 2018/05/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Marshall Islands poet has highlighted climate change, nuclear destruction and waste in a poem about a dome on Runit Island. After the second World War, the US tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands and dumped its nuclear … Continue reading →

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The Latest: House approves bill on Nevada nuclear waste dump via Star Tribune

Posted on 2018/05/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON — The Latest on legislation to revive the nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain (all times local): 11:26 a.m. The House has approved an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain despite … Continue reading →

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Kiwis fear cancer after working near leaky US nuclear reactor in Antarctica via Stuff

Posted on 2018/05/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

New Zealand soldiers who served in Antarctica in the 1960s-1970s fear they may get cancer because an American nuclear power plant at McMurdo Station leaked. US servicemen have already died. Will Harvie reports. Paul Williscroft was a cargo handler with … Continue reading →

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Danger for decades? Even closing infamous nuclear power plant TMI won’t eliminate hazards via York Daily Record

Posted on 2018/05/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Will TMI be more or less dangerous after it closes? Depends who you ask. One thing is for sure: The risks won’t go away entirely. When Three Mile Island partially melted down on March 28, 1979, the danger was immediate and … Continue reading →

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Deadly nuclear waste flights resume from Wick via The Press and Journal

Posted on 2018/05/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Controversial top secret flights carrying Dounreay’s deadly nuclear waste from Scotland to the USA resumed at the weekend. A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster touched down at Wick airport at 11:51am on Saturday to receive a load of highly enriched … Continue reading →

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Letter: No place for nuclear power via Concord Monitor

Posted on 2018/05/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The inherent lethality of nuclear power plants has long been concealed from the public, but it is apparently well-known to those working day-in, day-out to protect public health. Last week, CBS Evening News reported on two as yet unexplained rare … Continue reading →

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How the Manhattan Project’s Nuclear Suburb Stayed Secret via Atlas Obscura

Posted on 2018/05/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, once home to 75,000, went up fast and under the radar. But it was built to last, too. […] When Wilcox arrived in this part of East Tennessee in 1943, soon after graduating from college with a … Continue reading →

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For 40 Years, Hollywood Has Tried To Kill Nuclear Power. Will It Finally Try To Save It? via Forbes

Posted on 2018/05/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] “Madam Secretary” is fictional. It’s unlikely that Secretary Pompeo has ever said anything approaching, “climate change is the existential threat of our time.” And yet, in the course of just a few minutes, seven million viewers learned more accurate … Continue reading →

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