Tag Archives: U.S.

Nuclear agency inspecting Maryland lab after contamination via Phys.org

Posted on 2017/09/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun a special inspection at a facility in suburban Maryland following a worker’s potential exposure to radioactive contamination. A five-member NRC team began the inspection Tuesday after an incident last month when a glass ampule … Continue reading →

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Group opposes bringing German nuclear material through Charleston to Savannah River Site via The Post and Courier

Posted on 2017/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A proposed plan to ship uranium from Germany to Joint Base Charleston, then send the nuclear material along to the Savannah River Site by railroad, was denounced Tuesday by a citizens group. In a 10-9 vote, the SRS Citizens Advisory … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Power Is ‘On Its Back,’ Former CIA Director Says via Forbes

Posted on 2017/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The demise of its nuclear-power industry weakens the United States’ ability to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, a former CIA director said in Chicago Tuesday. An MIT chemist who joined the Department of Energy as its director of research in … Continue reading →

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EU to lift import curbs on rice from Fukushima, more deals likely via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2017/09/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The European Commission is set to relax import restrictions on rice from Fukushima Prefecture that were imposed after the 2011 nuclear disaster, sources said. […] In addition to rice from Fukushima Prefecture, the EU is expected to remove restrictions on … Continue reading →

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US to renew nuclear pact with Japan via Nikkei Asia Review

Posted on 2017/09/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan would be able to continue to stockpile plutonium WASHINGTON — Japan and the U.S. will likely let their existing nuclear cooperation agreement renew automatically when the pact expires next July, enabling Tokyo to continue reprocessing spent nuclear fuel. President … Continue reading →

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Efforts to squash plans for nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron escalate via The Voice

Posted on 2017/09/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Rep. Mitchell sends message to Canadian government U.S. Congressman Paul Mitchell, representing Michigan’s 10th District, recently delivered an indirect message to the Canadian government, urging it squash the proposed development of a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste on the … Continue reading →

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Of the power of having nuclear weapons via The Valdosta Daily Times

Posted on 2017/09/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Through the years, I have always wondered why, except for China, the only nations that are permanent members of the United Nations are nations that are considered white: Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States. They all have nuclear … Continue reading →

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Oversight panel: Nuclear lab workers violated safety rules via Herald.Net

Posted on 2017/09/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Putting plutonium or other materials too close together could cause a nuclear reaction. SANTA FE, N.M. — A national laboratory’s workers producing a shell for a triggering device for nuclear weapons violated safety rules in August by storing too much … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Apocalypse Now? via The New York Review of Books

Posted on 2017/09/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Ariel Dorfman Seventy-two years ago, the United States launched a pre-emptive nuclear strike against a hated faraway Asian nation. The bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, which killed some 146,000 men, women, and children—and the subsequent devastation of Nagasaki, … Continue reading →

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Vintage photos from the last time Americans faced the threat of nuclear war via Business Insider

Posted on 2017/09/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Below, take a look at how Americans dealt with the threats of the Cold War during the 1950s and ’60s — the last time nuclear war felt dangerously close. In 1951, President Truman created the Federal Civil Defense Administration, … Continue reading →

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