Tag Archives: U.S.

Hiroshima Bombing Survivors Reflect on the Tragedy via U.S.News

Posted on 2018/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Yoshie Nordling is a survivor of one of only two nuclear bombs used in warfare. By KATHERINE JONES, Idaho Statesman BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Yoshie Nordling is a survivor of one of only two nuclear bombs used in warfare. She … 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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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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Fermi 2 nuclear power plant offline after malfunction via The Blade

Posted on 2018/04/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NEWPORT, Mich. — DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant is still offline following an unplanned shutdown Saturday morning that activated automatic safety systems when a plant transformer malfunctioned. John Austerberry, DTE spokesman, said the utility was still looking for the … Continue reading →

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Exelon official: no new nuclear plants to be built in the US via CNBC

Posted on 2018/04/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH America’s largest nuclear plant operating company is predicting a dim future for nuclear power in the U.S. William Von Hoene, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Exelon, said last week that he doesn’t foresee … Continue reading →

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Blowing in the wind: Plutonium at former nuclear weapons site via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2018/04/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As crews demolished a shuttered nuclear weapons plant during 2017 in central Washington, specks of plutonium were swept up in high gusts and blown miles across a desert plateau above the Columbia River. The releases at the Department of Energy … Continue reading →

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Nun-activist who protests ‘immoral’ U.S. nuclear weapons focus of film via Crux

Posted on 2018/04/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SOUTH BEND, Indiana – From her petite frame, knit sweater and snow-white hair, it would be difficult to guess that 88-year-old Sister Megan Rice, a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, recently spent two years behind bars … Continue reading →

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Collateral Damage with D. J. Wilson via KDHX

Posted on 2018/03/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Episode 137: West Lake Landfill Community Advisory Group Listen to the podcast at Collateral Damage with D. J. Wilson   

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Energy Northwest in Richland to help with new type of nuclear reactor via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2018/03/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Energy Northwest in Richland will help an emerging nuclear company, Terrestrial Energy USA, with a new type of commercial nuclear reactor. Energy Northwest, which operates the Pacific Northwest’s only nuclear power reactor, already has a similar agreement with another nuclear … Continue reading →

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Three Mile Island: Yes People Died/Are Dying! – TMI 39th Anniversary SPECIAL – NH #353 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2018/03/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This week’s full-length Three Mile Island 39th Anniversary SPECIAL includes interviews with or information from: Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Energy Education. Watch a video of Arnie Gundersen speaking about the accident at the 40th Anniversary of the founding … Continue reading →

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