Tag Archives: U.S.

Radioactive object found near homes at Hunters Point shipyard via San Francisco Chronicle

Posted on 2018/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A highly radioactive object has been discovered at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard next to a housing area that has been declared safe and free of radioactive contamination for more than a decade, The Chronicle has learned. The finding … Continue reading →

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A New Wildlife Refuge On The Grounds Around An Old Nuclear Weapons Plant via NPR

Posted on 2018/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge sits on more than 5,000 acres of trees, wetlands and pristine rolling prairie about 16 miles northwest of Denver. It hosts 239 migratory and resident species, from falcons and elk to the threatened Preble’s … Continue reading →

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Georgia and Florida power agencies sue each other over rising nuclear reactor costs via The Bond Buyer

Posted on 2018/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two public power agencies have sued each other to determine the validity of an agreement that supports debt that was issued to finance a portion of the twin nuclear reactors under construction at Georgia’s Plant Vogtle. The Municipal Electric Authority … Continue reading →

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Six nuclear power plants are in Hurricane Florence’s path, officials say via CNN

Posted on 2018/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(CNN)Federal officials expressed confidence the six nuclear power plants in Hurricane Florence‘s path are safe, but some experts aren’t so sure, warning that flooding and torrential rains could overwhelm their defenses. The six nuclear power plants in North and South … Continue reading →

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[podcast] Reimagining Hiroshima and Nagasaki via New Books Network

Posted on 2018/09/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

N.A.J. TAYLOR AND R. JACOBS, EDS. Reimagining Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Humanities in the Post-Cold War ROUTLEDGE 2017 N.A.J. Taylor and Robert Jacobs,’s edited volume Reimagining Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Nuclear Humanities in the Post-Cold War (Routledge, 2017) developed out of a … Continue reading →

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Educational events to teach about nuclear waste shipping via Houston Chronicle

Posted on 2018/09/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Educational road shows are being held to teach the public about waste produced from nuclear energy that could be shipped through Nebraska and other states this fall. The shows provide information about the shipments from … Continue reading →

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Wyoming to take over nuclear permitting via Gillette News Report

Posted on 2018/08/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LARAMIE — Wyoming is set to sign a deal Sept. 25 to take control of oversight of its own uranium production and begin regulatory authority in October. The move to take over nuclear regulatory control from the federal government has … Continue reading →

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Federal safety inspectors didn’t know about nuclear leak for years via The State

Posted on 2018/08/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY SAMMY FRETWELL sfretwell@thestate.com COLUMBIA, SC The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says its safety inspectors did not know for six years that uranium had leaked from an atomic fuel factory on Bluff Road, a sprawling industrial plant under scrutiny for … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Safety Board Slams Energy Department Plan to Weaken Oversight via ProPublica

Posted on 2018/08/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Trump administration defended an order that could be used to withhold information about nuclear facilities from a federal board, but its leader says the action is not consistent with the U.S. Atomic Energy Act. by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe … Continue reading →

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HOW A NUCLEAR STALEMATE LEFT RADIOACTIVE WASTE STRANDED ON A CALIFORNIA BEACH via The Verge

Posted on 2018/08/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste is all dressed up with nowhere to go By Rachel Becker@RA_Becks When I got to the San Onofre State Beach about 60 miles north of San Diego, the red sun of fire season was sandwiched on the horizon … Continue reading →

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