Tag Archives: U.S.

Under the mushroom cloud: Will Nagasaki’s story be told at Hanford’s new national park? via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2017/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Seven decades ago, a U.S. atomic bomb fueled with Hanford plutonium was dropped on Nagasaki. The story of the devastation doesn’t yet have a place in a new national park taking shape in Washington. […] National Park Service officials want … Continue reading →

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Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference via Union of Concerned Scientists

Posted on 2017/08/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was one of 30 U.S.-based scientists scheduled to speak at the quadrennial International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conference on fast breeder nuclear reactors in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in late June. Lyman … Continue reading →

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Netflix is now streaming a film about nuclear weapons that puts you inside humanity’s worst nightmare via Business Insider

Posted on 2017/08/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Netflix is now streaming an experimental documentary film about nuclear weapons. “The Bomb” debuted in April 2016 at the Tribeca Film Festival as an immersive experience with 30-foot-tall screens and live music. The filmmakers hope their movie inspires viewers to … Continue reading →

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Nuclear labs endanger public with radioactive mail via USA Today

Posted on 2017/08/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

At least 25 times in the past five years, nuclear weapons contractors have improperly packaged or shipped plutonium capable of being used in a nuclear weapon, conventional explosives and highly toxic chemicals, according to government documents. […] In the most recent … Continue reading →

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Perry visits Ohio nuclear cleanup site via Chron

Posted on 2017/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to stop off in Piketon, Ohio this morning to tour a former nuclear enrichment facility where cleanup efforts are nearing the three decade mark. […]   According to the Department of Energy, the Porsmouth … Continue reading →

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1,800 tons of radioactive waste has an ocean view and nowhere to go via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2017/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The massive, 150-ton turbines have stopped spinning. The mile-long cooling pipes that extend into the Pacific will likely become undersea relics. High voltage that once energized the homes of more than a million Californians is down to zero. But the … Continue reading →

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Monks will not bring peace walk to Hanford via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2017/07/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Buddhist monks from Bainbridge Island will not lead a peace walk out from Richland to the 300 Area gate of the Hanford nuclear reservation to pray for peace this summer. The monks and other participants in the Pacific Northwest Interfaith … Continue reading →

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Michaels: Environmental impact statements are not a nuisance via Houston Chronicle

Posted on 2017/07/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The birthplace of the atomic bomb, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was founded in secret in 1943. By the late 1990s, when Department of Energy conducted a site-wide environmental impact review of proposed construction projects, the laboratory had accumulated … Continue reading →

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Healing America’s Forgotten Nuclear Refugees Is One Woman’s Mission via KQED

Posted on 2017/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nestled in Orange County, among the Starbucks, strip malls and highways, there’s a tiny immigrant community with an enormous historical burden. They come from the Marshall Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific made up of 2,000 small tropical atolls. And … Continue reading →

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Amazing nuclear bomb tests carried out 60 years ago show how little was known about deadly weapons via Mirror

Posted on 2017/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Soldiers are seen running towards the bomb minutes after the blast in the Nevada desert – seemingly unaware of the danger it posed An amazing video of an early nuclear bomb test in the 1950s shows how little was known … Continue reading →

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