Tag Archives: U.S.

Editorial: Nation’s ‘atomic veterans’ deserve recognition via Gazette

Posted on 2017/07/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thousands of military veterans who were exposed to radiation — including many who developed debilitating and sometimes fatal diseases — as the result of nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and 1962 are closer to receiving the long-overdue recognition they deserve. … Continue reading →

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Radiation Could Be Contaminating Vermonters’ Well Water. Test Today. via Burlington Free Press

Posted on 2017/07/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Chemicals like arsenic and lead are known for their potential harm when in our drinking water, but there’s another contaminant we need to watch out for: radiation. Radiation can affect your health, which is why you should have your well … Continue reading →

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Federal judge dismisses challenge to Illinois nuclear subsidies via Utility Dive

Posted on 2017/07/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dive Brief: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois last week dismissed challenges to an Illinois program aimed at supporting nuclear generation, finding opponents lacked standing and had not exhausted their options in front of federal regulators. The Illinois … Continue reading →

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Employees Exposed to Radioactive Substance at St. Raphael’s Hospital in New Haven via NBC

Posted on 2017/07/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hazmat crews responded to St. Raphael’s Hospital in New Haven after someone broke into a nuclear medicine lab, according to fire officials. New Haven Fire Chief John Alston said employees discovered the lab had been vandalized when they came in … Continue reading →

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BROWN: What to do with nuclear waste? via app

Posted on 2017/07/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

“Oh No! Now what do we do with the waste!” There seems to be a collective gasp among elected officials as they confront a practically impossible task — what to do with the tons of highly radioactive waste scattered across … Continue reading →

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The Fallout via Guernica

Posted on 2017/07/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In St. Louis, America’s nuclear history creeps into the present, leaching into streams and bodies […] Her youngest son was napping when the phone rang. Dawn was sitting on the top bunk in his bedroom folding laundry. The man on … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Watchdogs Skeptical of Los Alamos Lab Safety via Public News Service

Posted on 2017/07/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Los Alamos National Laboratory says firing workers and putting stricter controls in place are only the first steps it’s taking to protect the public as it prepares to accelerate production of a key plutonium component for … Continue reading →

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Activist to speak on risks of nuclear plant decommissioning via MLive

Posted on 2017/07/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SOUTH HAVEN, MI — Vermont activist Chris Williams will speak about the risks of decomissioning nuclear plants, as the Palisades Nuclear Plant prepares for closure.  Williams’s presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 13, in room 141 at Lake Michigan … Continue reading →

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Study Links Three Mile Island Nuclear Partial Meltdown To Thyroid Cancers In Surrounding Counties via Creen Technica

Posted on 2017/07/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A new study from the Penn State College of Medicine has — for the first time, apparently — linked the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station on March 28, 1979, to thyroid cancers in the surrounding … Continue reading →

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Rocky Flats: Colorado’s Nuclear Shadow via CBS Denver

Posted on 2017/07/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

For 37 years, the Rocky Flats plant produced nuclear weapon parts, 16 miles northwest of Denver. In 1989, the FBI and EPA raided Rocky Flats uncovering serious environmental hazards. Rocky Flats was declared a Superfund site and a $7 billion cleanup would … Continue reading →

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