Tag Archives: U.S.

Educational road show teaches public about shipping nuclear waste via The Grand Island Independent

Posted on 2018/08/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Waste produced from nuclear energy could begin to be shipped again from the Argonne National Laboratory this fall, and the Grand Island area is along the transportation route. Shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., were … Continue reading →

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No clean-up of nuclear leak in South Carolina for years via The News & Observer

Posted on 2018/08/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

HOPKINS, S.C. Federal regulators say the Westinghouse Electric Company has no plans to clean uranium leaks at a nuclear fuel plant despite evidence that it could reach South Carolina’s water supply. Instead, Westinghouse wants a new 40-year extension from the … Continue reading →

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The atomic fuel plant up the road: Leak sparks concerns about nuclear neighbor via The State

Posted on 2018/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

HOPKINS, SC Pollution tied to infant deaths and cancer in adults has shown up for decades in the groundwater beneath a nuclear fuel factory less than two miles from Michael Daugherty’s house. […] Now, in the aftermath of a recent … Continue reading →

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In Gorky Park, with nuclear worries via The Hill

Posted on 2018/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY MATTHEW BUNN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR  On a recent Friday night in Moscow, I went for a stroll through Gorky Park, along the Moscow River. Mothers were pushing their toddlers in strollers; couples were walking hand-in-hand; people in paddle boats were … Continue reading →

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Small amount of radioactive spent nuclear fuel to go through Michigan via Detroit Free Press

Posted on 2018/08/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A small amount of the most highly radioactive waste on the planet, spent nuclear fuel, is planned for a secretive, highly protected shipment from an Illinois nuclear power plant through Michigan and Port Huron, on its way to Canada. The … Continue reading →

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Incident at San Onofre nuclear plant prompts additional training measures via The San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2018/08/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The utility operating the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station confirmed an incident occurred last week involving a canister containing spent nuclear fuel and has directed the contractor in charge of transferring the fuel to “take corrective actions, including additional training.” … Continue reading →

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Volunteer activists credited with getting $60M for former nuclear workers via TRIB live

Posted on 2018/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The volunteer efforts of a Hyde Park environmental activist and a retired Washington Township engineer helped about 300 former nuclear workers in the region collect $60 million from the federal government for cancers likely caused by their jobs. A federal … Continue reading →

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U.N. chief offers a warning on anniversary of last nuclear attack via CBS News

Posted on 2018/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — Nagasaki marked the anniversary of the world’s second atomic bombing Thursday with the United Nations chief and the city’s mayor urging global leaders to take concrete steps toward nuclear disarmament. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the first United Nations chief … Continue reading →

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Environmental Groups, New York Politicians Want To Opt Out Of Nuclear Subsidy Program via WSKG NPR PBS

Posted on 2018/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – After U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry came to Oswego County last week to praise the state’s support of nuclear power plants, several environmental groups and New York politicians sent a letter to state leaders saying the opposite. […] … Continue reading →

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FUKUSHIMA SURVIVOR TO SPEAK AT HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION via Rafu Shimpo

Posted on 2018/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, peace, community, labor, environmental, and Native American activists remember the devastation of World War II in the Asia Pacific region and the ongoing danger of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. … Continue reading →

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