KCBS – Hunter’s Point Air Harmful to Your Health Hunter’s Point Air Harmful to Your Health Marie HarrisonSAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Gusty winds have whipped up dust from a construction project and the Hunter’s Point shipyard into a toxic mess. … Continue reading
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America’s Hackable Backbone – Forbes.com America’s Hackable Backbone 08.22.07, 6:00 PM By Andy Greenberg The first time Scott Lunsford offered to hack into a nuclear power station, he was told it would be impossible. There was no way, the plant’s … Continue reading
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I45355-2005Apr11 Nuclear Plants Not Keeping Track of Waste GAO Study Faults Federal Government for Failing to Implement Safeguards By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 12, 2005; Page A19 Pervasive problems plague the control of radioactive waste … Continue reading
TEPCO narrowly avoided worst-case scenario DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) Chiaki Toyoda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer TEPCO implemented its emergency electricity supply measures this week not just because of higher-than-predicted temperatures, but also as a result of structural … Continue reading
Herald News Official: Dead fish not unusual at power plants Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant August 23, 2007 By KIM SMITH STAFF WRITER BRACEVILLE — Thousands of fish have gone belly-up recently at the Braidwood cooling lake. While some local fishermen … Continue reading
The Enquirer – Fernald secrets now in the open * For decades the uranium processing plant at Fernald was a dirty secret. Now, 17 years after the facility in northwest Hamilton County was closed, some of those secrets will be … Continue reading
The State | 08/19/2007 | Barnwell leaks worse than feared Radioactive tritium in groundwater exceeds EPA safe-drinking levels By SAMMY FRETWELL – sfretwell@thestate.com AN ANALYSIS OF TRITIUM A look at why health regulators are concerned about tritium in drinking water. … Continue reading
Nuke group eyes shielding kids | Wilkes-Barre News | timesleader.com – The Times Leader Alert: Send comments to the NRC on expanding evacuation zones to 15 miles around reactors – post by theenergynet … Continue reading
Stopping New, Radioactive Bomb Blasts at Site 300 in the Central Valley by Loulena Miles from Tri-Valley CAREs’ August 2007 newsletter, Citizen’s Watch Recently, the public got its first chance to question regulatory officials and express concern regarding Livermore Lab’s … Continue reading
Nuke group eyes shielding kids | Wilkes-Barre News | timesleader.com – The Times Leader Nuke group eyes shielding kids Eric Epstein, of Three Mile Island Alert, is petitioning the NRC for a 15-mile radius in event of meltdown. By Rory … Continue reading
Browns Ferry sends radioactive canister to Valley Recycling By Eric Fleischauer eric@decaturdaily.com · 340-2435 A small canister of radioactive material from Browns Ferry set off truck-monitor alarms at Tennessee Valley Recycling on Tuesday. The 4-ounce can contained pipe soldering compound … Continue reading
The Local – Chernobyl ‘set back Swedish children’s development’ Chernobyl ‘set back Swedish children’s development’ Published: 16th August 2007 12:36 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/8206/ Swedish children born in the months following the Chernobyl disaster had their mental development impaired by radioactive … Continue reading
Top Story: Researchers seek breast-feeding mothers to participate in study | kirk, study, perchlorate : Portales News-Tribune Researchers seek breast-feeding mothers to participate in study By Casey Peacock: PNT Staff Writer August 15 2007 9:33 PM PNT Photo: Casey Peacock … Continue reading
The Cincinnati Post – UC shares Fernald radiation data UC shares Fernald radiation data Research conducted over 17 years By Terry Kinney Associated Press Zoom AL BEHRMAN/Associated Press file photo In 2006, Lisa Crawford talked about the $4.4 billion cleanup … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News – Hearings on tap for ill Flats workers By Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News August 16, 2007 Congressional hearings are on the horizon to figure out why ill nuclear weapons workers from Rocky Flats and elsewhere are … Continue reading
After past failures, TVA again puts faith in nuclear – Nashville, Tennessee – Monday, 08/13/07 – Tennessean.com Ex-officials of utility raise concerns By ANNE PAINE Staff Writer TVA is gearing up to provide more electricity by splitting more atoms, … Continue reading
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Chernobyl ‘not a wildlife haven’ By Mark Kinver Science and nature reporter, BBC News Radiation warning sign at Chernobyl (Image: AFP) Scientific opinion is divided on the impact of Chernobyl on wildlife The idea that … Continue reading
Chernobyl Effects ‘Worse Than Feared’ – UK News Headlines Wednesday, 15th August 2007, 00:03 The ecological effects of the Chernobyl disaster on animals are considerably greater than feared, a study suggests. Recent conclusions from the UN Chernobyl Forum and … Continue reading
MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK – The people speak: Nuclear industry acts in state of denial The people speak: Nuclear industry acts in state of denial Last month, the Japanese Kashiwazaki nuclear plant was hit by an earthquake of 6.8 magnitude. Seven … Continue reading
Local News | Appeals-court ruling opens doors for Hanford plaintiffs | Seattle Times Newspaper Appeals-court ruling opens doors for Hanford plaintiffs By SHANNON DININNY The Associated Press YAKIMA — In a sweeping ruling Tuesday, a federal appeals court overturned a … Continue reading
EPRI, NEI, NRC Inaction Killing Nuclear Workers? August 14, 2007 at 08:16:00 by Sherwood Martinelli Page 1 of 1 page(s) http://www.opednews.com Tell A Friend Monday, August 13, 2007 What EPRI, NEI, NRC and Nuclear Industry Do Not Want Reactor Workers … Continue reading
Bradenton.com | 08/14/2007 | Tallevast leaders look to EPA for support By DONNA WRIGHT and DUANE MARSTELLER Herald Staff Writers TALLEVAST — Tallevast leaders, saying efforts to clean up toxic waste beneath their community are not addressing residents’ health … Continue reading
asahi.com : POINT OF VIEW/ Katsuhiko Ishibashi: Nuclear plants at grave risk of quake damage – ENGLISH POINT OF VIEW/ Katsuhiko Ishibashi: Nuclear plants at grave risk of quake damage 08/11/2007 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN I had warned that a major … Continue reading
Nuke barrels fall, go BOOM – SFBG Politics Blog Nuke barrels fall, go BOOM by Amanda Witherell nuclear385_196357a.jpg Yikes, doesn’t this picture give you the willies? It’s from the Japanese nuclear power plant, located on a fault line like another … Continue reading
Bradenton.com | 08/09/2007 | A poor showing A poor showing Cleanup plan for Tallevast flawed The year is 2173. By now the U.S. colony on Mars has become largely self-sufficient. Citizens of the Mesopotamian Union are celebrating the 100th anniversary … Continue reading
2.7Kg Uranium Burned by Mistake(The Korea Times) 2.7Kg Uranium Burned by Mistake By Kim Tae-gyu, Kang Shin-who Staff Reporters The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) said Thursday that it burned up to 2.7 kilograms of uranium by mistake in … Continue reading
Fire at Anniston Depot bursts radioactive-gas vessels – Breaking News from The Huntsville Times – al.com Fire at Anniston Depot bursts radioactive-gas vessels Posted by rowhite August 09, 2007 4:21 PM ANNISTON — A fire at the Anniston Army Depot … Continue reading
Bradenton.com | 08/09/2007 | A poor showing A poor showing Cleanup plan for Tallevast flawed The year is 2173. By now the U.S. colony on Mars has become largely self-sufficient. Citizens of the Mesopotamian Union are celebrating the 100th anniversary … Continue reading
Nuclear energy’s dirty secrets Nuclear energy’s dirty secrets The Leader-Post Published: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 It’s astonishing that the Canadian Nuclear Association is allowed to falsely advertise nuclear energy as “clean.” Pro-nukes want us to believe nuclear energy, in contrast … Continue reading
August 7, 2007 Fortune Magazine Dear Editor: I was deeply disappointed in David Whitford’s causal dismissal of the impact the Three Mile Island (“TMIâ€) accident had on our community, i.e. Rethinking Three Mile Island. Without supplying any hard data, Mr. … Continue reading
Veterans' Rare Cancers Raise Fears of Toxic Battlefields – August 6, 2007 – The New York Sun By R. B. STUART Special to the Sun August 6, 2007 In the wake of an Iraqi official last month blaming America's use … Continue reading
Buried documents at center of debate – cleveland.com Monday, August 06, 2007 Associated Press Dayton- Contaminated documents buried in a radioactive waste landfill in New Mexico won’t be needed to determine if cancer-stricken workers from a former nuclear weapons plant … Continue reading
Gaps in Global Database Blamed on Regulators; A Scare in Bulgaria By STEVE STECKLOW August 3, 2007; Page A1 To inform the public about nuclear-plant mishaps, a United Nations agency in 1989 helped create a Richter-like scale rating them from … Continue reading
Scoop: Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Challenges Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Challenges Friday, 3 August 2007, 3:55 pm Press Release: US State Department Dr. Andrew Semmel: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Statement before the Senate Foreign … Continue reading
ReviewJournal.com – News – Milk dumped after isotope found in wells Milk dumped after isotope found in wells THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FALLON — Two dairy farmers have dumped milk after the discovery of radioactive polonium-210 in 25 drinking water wells … Continue reading
Very Specific Action that all can take to help gulf war veterans right now! During the August Recess all should contact their Senators to get support on this particular step! Write your Senator an email, call the local … Continue reading
Beyond Nuclear at NPRI 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 400, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Tel: 301.270.2209 Fax: 301.270.4000 Email: info@beyondnuclear.org Web: www.beyondnuclear.org July 31, 2007 Dear Friend of Beyond Nuclear: Last month we proudly announced that the legendary and award-winning physician … Continue reading
Independent – August 4-5, 2007: Study probes link between uranium and kidney illness Study probes link between uranium and kidney illness By Zsombor Peter Staff Writer CHURCHROCK — Roger Lewis and his family have watered their animals at the same … Continue reading
Times-News: Magicvalley.com, Twin Falls, ID Victim’s payment Downwinders optimistic that reintroduced bill will become law By Blair Koch Times-News correspondent Downwinders in Idaho have reason to applaud local senators who have reintroduced a 2005 proposal to expand the Radiation Exposure … Continue reading
The Peninsula On-line: Qatar’s leading English Daily N-plant fires stoke nuclear power debate Web posted at: 8/4/2007 8:13:36 Source ::: REUTERS LONDON • Fires in power stations are not unusual, but when they strike nuclear plants, they reignite the debate … Continue reading
News & Star Sellafield body parts probe helpline set up Published on 28/07/2007 By Susie Carter A HELPLINE has been set up as part of the inquiry into the removal of body tissue from nuclear workers at Sellafield. A telephone … Continue reading
Tri-City Herald: Local News Hanford workers evacuated after waste leak Published Saturday, July 28th, 2007 By Annette Cary, Herald staff writer A mix of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste leaked onto the ground in central Hanford Friday morning as it … Continue reading
Concerns Mount Over Nuclear Energy After Series of Scares | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 27.07.2007 Concerns Mount Over Nuclear Energy After Series of Scares Sceptics say recent errors highlight the drawbacks of nuclear energy Großansicht des Bildes mit der … Continue reading
Category:Protests against nuclear energy – Wikimedia CommonsAmerican Thinker: New Nukes for California? July 19, 2007 New Nukes for California? By Joe Somsel As a Californian, I know well the opinion the rest of the country holds of our political sensibilities. … Continue reading
lamonitor.com: The Online News Source for Los Alamos Trinity test exposed public to radiation and fallout ROGER SNODGRASS Monitor Assistant Editor An important footnote has updated the history of the world’s first test of an atomic bomb at Trinity Site, … Continue reading
Japan quake sends tremors across nuclear industry | Science | Reuters Japan quake sends tremors across nuclear industry Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:58AM EDT Email | Print | Digg | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] Photo 1 of … Continue reading
CNIC – Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Earthquake Japan’s Nuclear Safety Shaken to the Roots CNIC Report (23 July 2007) At 10:13 am on July 16 a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck just off the coast of Niigata Prefecture on the … Continue reading
Darasota Herald Tribune Not-so-clean nuclear energy Not-so-clean nuclear energy Damage at Japanese plant should give Florida pause The next time proponents tout today’s nuclear power as clean and safe, someone should counter with a one-word response: Japan. That is where … Continue reading
Hanford News Payments OK’d for early Hanford workers: Federal officials expected to follow recommendation of national advisory board This story was published Friday, July 20th, 2007 Annette Cary, Herald staff writer Early Hanford workers exposed to radiation should automatically receive … Continue reading
Study: Leukemia Rates in Children Elevated Near Nuclear Facilities | Occupational Health & Safety Study: Leukemia Rates in Children Elevated Near Nuclear Facilities July 18 2007 Leukemia rates in children and young people up to the age of 25 are … Continue reading