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U.N. Nuclear Watchdog to Open Uranium Bank That May Have No Clients via U.S.News

Posted on 2017/07/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The U.N. global nuclear watchdog is about to open a uranium bank in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan, but it may never have any customers.  The raw material used to make nuclear fuel and atomic bombs will be stored … Continue reading →

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122 Nations Approve a Global Treaty to Ban Use of Nuclear Weapons via Democracy Now!

Posted on 2017/07/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

At the United Nations headquarters in New York, 122 countries have approved a global treaty to ban the use of nuclear weapons […] In the end, all countries with nuclear arms ended up boycotting the negotiations. The historic vote now … Continue reading →

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These massive nuclear blasts happened decades ago. We’re just seeing the videos now via USA Today

Posted on 2017/07/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The United States government declassified hundreds of Cold War-era nuclear testing films, allowing the public release of dozens of previously secret videos of exploding nuclear weapons. Most of the 64 videos released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California are … Continue reading →

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Northlanders protest nuclear weapons overseas via Superior Telegram

Posted on 2017/07/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two northern Wisconsin residents are heading overseas next week to join in a protest against nuclear weapons on an American air base in Germany. Bonnie Urfer and John LaForge of Luck, Wis., are joining a delegation from around the country … Continue reading →

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A Treaty Is Reached to Ban Nuclear Arms. Now Comes the Hard Part via The New York Times

Posted on 2017/07/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

For the first time in the seven-decade effort to avert a nuclear war, a global treaty has been negotiated that proponents say would, if successful, lead to the destruction of all nuclear weapons and forever prohibit their use. Negotiators representing more than … Continue reading →

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Repeated radiation warnings go unheeded at sensitive Idaho nuclear plant via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2017/07/04 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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Here’s A Closer Look At That Nuclear Bunker Filled With Mario Murals via Kotaku

Posted on 2017/07/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The bunker’s fascination with Mario first surfaced (as far as I can tell) back in 2014 after it was pointed out in an NPR story. Nuclear bunkers are obviously extremely secretive and hard to get access to, so there isn’t … Continue reading →

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Sailors’ $1 billion lawsuit over radiation from Fukushima nuclear disaster sails through federal court via Northern California Record

Posted on 2017/07/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] On June 22, a three-judge appellate panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously rejected an attempt by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to secure the dismissal of the class-action lawsuit. The suit was … Continue reading →

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NASA plans to put nuclear reactors on MARS to power a human colony via Mirror

Posted on 2017/07/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A successful power base on the red planet could create fuel, air and water for human settlers The first humans to settle on Mars could have small nuclear power stations responsible for providing energy. That’s because NASA is currently working … Continue reading →

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Ex-SF Navy shipyard workers allege fraud in radiation cleanup via SF Gate

Posted on 2017/07/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The cleanup of radioactive contamination at the Hunters Point Shipyard was marred by widespread fraud, faked soil samples, and a high-pressure culture where speed was valued over accuracy and safety, according to four former site workers. On Thursday, the four … Continue reading →

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