Tag Archives: U.S.

Energy undersecretary wants nuclear safety reports hidden from public via USA Today

Posted on 2017/11/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The head of the federal agency that produces U.S. nuclear weapons has privately proposed to end public access to key safety reports from a federal watchdog group that monitors ten sites involved in weapons production. Frank Klotz, administrator of the … Continue reading →

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UN Nuclear Chief Rejects U.S. Claim That Enforcement Of Iran Deal ‘Weak’ via Radio Free Europe

Posted on 2017/11/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The UN’s nuclear inspections chief has rejected claims by U.S. President Donald Trump and other administration officials that his agency’s enforcement of the Iran nuclear deal has been “weak.” “Some people believe that our verification activities are weak. This is … Continue reading →

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New Mexico’s nuclear weapon legacy honored by senators via Current-Argus

Posted on 2017/11/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Everything changed in the summer of 1945. Two atom bombs, the deadliest weapon ever built at the time, were dropped on major cities in Japan. Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be forever remembered for the heartbreaking destruction that followed. Almost 100,000 people … Continue reading →

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Nuclear weapons: 2017 Nobel prize is call to action via The News Tribune

Posted on 2017/11/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This year’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) culminated decades of work by citizen groups worldwide. […] ICAN brought together 122 nations to pass the 2017 U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition … Continue reading →

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The South’s legacy of abandoned nuclear reactors via The State

Posted on 2017/11/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

COLUMBIA, SC The South has more nuclear reactors than any other region, and South Carolina is the nuclear epicenter. Home to the Savannah River Site and some of the first commercial reactors and deriving 50 percent of its electricity from … Continue reading →

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South Korea will not develop or possess nuclear weapons, President Moon says via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2017/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

President Moon Jae-in told lawmakers on Wednesday that South Korea would not seek to have nuclear weapons and said that Seoul would never accept its neighbor North Korea as a nuclear-armed state. “According to the joint agreement by the two … Continue reading →

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Review Moms and other activists tackle radioactive waste in documentary ‘Atomic Homefront’ via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2017/10/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive waste isn’t likely the first thing that comes to mind when one sees the famed Gateway Arch in St. Louis. But for those who watch Rebecca Cammisa’s gripping, impactful documentary “Atomic Homefront,” that association will be impossible to shake. … Continue reading →

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Andreyeva Bay gears up to send away more old nuclear fuel via Bellona

Posted on 2017/10/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The second bundle of 22,000 spent nuclear fuel rods are set to leave the submarine maintenance base of Andreyeva Bay as part of an ongoing effort to secure Cold War radioactive hazards lurking near the Russian-Norwegian border, a Russian official … Continue reading →

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U.S. nuclear agency seeks bidders for nuclear lab contract via Santa Fe/New Mexican

Posted on 2017/10/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S. agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons cache and the science behind it has detailed its requirements for the next manager of Los Alamos National Laboratory in a final request for proposals published Wednesday. The National … Continue reading →

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Nuclear leak sends worker fleeing to shower via The State

Posted on 2017/10/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A solution toxic enough to cause chemical burns sprayed a worker at a S.C. nuclear-fuel factory last week, forcing the employee to take an emergency shower to wash the material off his arms. The solution, uranyl nitrate, leaked when a … Continue reading →

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