Tag Archives: U.S.

Stanford scholars make the case for continued nuclear investment in their new book via Stanford

Posted on 2017/08/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Jeremy Carl and David Fedor, research scholars at the Hoover Institution, discuss the state of nuclear energy in the U.S. They analyze nuclear’s benefits as well as the economic and policy challenges it faces. Nuclear energy, seemingly, has attributes Americans … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) via Youtube

Posted on 2017/08/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste poses a serious threat to public health if it’s not stored in a safe place. John Oliver explains why the United States desperately needs to build a metaphorical toilet for all that waste. Watch the video at Nuclear Waste: … Continue reading →

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U.S. WON WORLD WAR II BY BOMBING JAPAN AND THEN MAKING ITS OWN SOLDIERS SICK FROM NUCLEAR CLEANUP DUTY via Newsweek

Posted on 2017/08/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Newsweek published this story under the headline of “A-Bomb Veterans: A Plea for Help” on November 26, 1979. Due to World War II Veterans denouncing emerging neo-Nazi groups, Newsweek is republishing the story. “Nobody told us anything about radiation,” says 59-year-old Harry Coppola, who … Continue reading →

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U.S. Department of Defense to Conduct Studies of Pluristem’s PLX-R18 in a New ARS Project for Use Before Radiation Exposure via Nasdaq

Posted on 2017/08/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The DOD studies seek to test the effectiveness of PLX-R18 as a novel medical countermeasure for Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) prior to and within 24 hours of exposure to high levels of radiation The DOD studies will be conducted in … Continue reading →

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Trump’s N. Korea WARGASM! Will It Come? A Different Perspective w/Space4Peace’s Bruce Gagon & Bo Jacobs in Hiroshima – NH #321 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2017/08/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This Week’s Featured Interviews – North Korea Close-up: Bruce Gagnon is the secretary/coordinator of Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.  He provides the history of US/N. Korea relations, a context for understanding what the countries are threatening, … Continue reading →

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News of the Atom: August 13 2017 via Harry Shearer

Posted on 2017/08/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

News of the Atom–missing contaminated cars from Fukushima; Idaho; radiation clean-up cost; nuclear waste shipment;  Listen to the program at News of the Atom: August 13 2017 Related articles:  原発汚染車４６０台が外部へ　一部中古車市場へ　約１９０台を回収 via 東京新聞 福島第一原発内の自家用車 汚染の約１９０台が敷地外に via NHK News Web

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Survival Expo features gas masks and Geiger counters via WGNO

Posted on 2017/08/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] At a “Survival Fair” at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, vendors filled tables with many of the items you’d find at a gun show:  bullet-proof vests, ammunition, even silencers made out of cans of gun-cleaning solvent. But times being … Continue reading →

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State suspends low-level waste shipment from nuclear plant over manifest errors via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2017/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The suspension requires Energy Northwest, operator of the region’s only nuclear-power plant, to come up with corrective actions within 90 days, and also submit to an inspection and participate in a management inspection. […] The company operates the Columbia Generating … Continue reading →

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Japan officially gave U.S. consent to bring in nuclear weapons ahead of Okinawa reversion accord: document via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Foreign Ministry envoy gave consent ahead of Okinawa reversion pact WASHINGTON – A recently declassified U.S. document confirms that Japan gave the United States its official consent to bring nuclear weapons to Okinawa shortly before the 1969 bilateral accord that … Continue reading →

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Unheeded warnings, repeated mistakes put workers’ health at risk at Idaho nuclear lab via Idaho Statesman

Posted on 2017/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Ted Lewis knew the plutonium plates at the government lab where he worked could leak potentially lethal radioactive dust. He had seen it occur in the 1970s, when he was helping load some of those plates into a nuclear reactor … Continue reading →

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