The Spectrum – www.thespectrum.com – Downwinders concerned about Milford Flat Fire radiation By RYANN RASMUSSEN rrasmussen@thespectrum.com CEDAR CITY – When it comes to data from the National Nuclear Security Administration concerning increased radiation levels in Southern Utah – presumably because … Continue reading
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Hanford News Hanford news briefs This story was published Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 the Herald staff Board hears comments on ill Hanford workers About 50 people showed up at the public comment session of a Richland meeting of the Advisory … Continue reading
Lung cancer: is the increasing incidence due to ra…[South Med J. 1986] – PubMed Result Lung cancer: is the increasing incidence due to radioactive polonium in cigarettes? Marmorstein J. This paper presents clinical, experimental, and epidemiologic evidence to help explain … Continue reading
aaenergynet’s bookmarks tagged with “wiki” on del.icio.usBradenton.com | 07/17/2007 | Anywhere but here Anywhere but here A Tallevast woman says her contaminated home has sickened her family for years TALLEVAST, 7/12/07–Zasue Pitts-Alston and her son, Bobby, in their home in … Continue reading
Vattenfall Sacks German Nuclear Energy Head After Problems | Business | Deutsche Welle | 16.07.2007 Vattenfall Sacks German Nuclear Energy Head After Problems The fire at Krümmel nuclear power plant was followed by several other problems Großansicht des Bildes mit … Continue reading
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Nuclear scare after Japan quake Nuclear scare after Japan quake The fire at the Kashiwazaki plant was put out after several hours Clouds of smoke poured from the Kashiwazaki nuclear power plant A strong earthquake … Continue reading
Scotsman.com News – UK – UK nuclear convoy safety record shows 67 incidents in seven years UK nuclear convoy safety record shows 67 incidents in seven years CONVOYS of nuclear material have suffered a total of 67 safety incidents over … Continue reading
News from The Associated Press Strong Quake Jolts Northwestern Japan By CHISAKI WATANABE Associated Press Writer World Video Strong Quake Jolts Northwestern Japan TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday morning, flattening dozens of wooden houses, … Continue reading
Oxford Research Group – Briefing papers – Too Hot to Handle? The Future of Civil Nuclear Power Too Hot to Handle? The Future of Civil Nuclear Power Frank Barnaby and James Kemp, with a foreword by David Howarth MP, July … Continue reading
Report blames plant for workers’ illnesses fernald Report blames plant for workers’ illnesses Independent auditor backs claims of sick employees that they weren’t protected from radiation. Listen to this article or download audio file.Click-2-Listen By Tom Beyerlein Staff Writer Friday, … Continue reading
Salt Lake Tribune – Feds puzzled by gamma radiation higher than normal near wildfire Feds puzzled by gamma radiation higher than normal near wildfire By Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 07/13/2007 07:00:57 AM MDT A puzzle … Continue reading
Investigators obtained nuclear license with almost no scrutiny GAO sting will be subject of congressional hearing today By Kathleen Day THE WASHINGTON POST Thursday, July 12, 2007 WASHINGTON — Undercover congressional investigators posing as West Virginia businessmen obtained a license, … Continue reading
times and star workington lake district, workington news sport, west cumbria news, lake district news Radiation tests on kids’ bodies Published on 11/07/2007 ORGANS from children and Cumbrian crash victims have been tested by nuclear scientists probing plutonium levels in … Continue reading
09/07/07 – Health section The cancer cure that can kill By ISLA WHITCROFT Jan Millington’s right arm hangs useless and completely numb by her side. She often cuts herself without realising it. Recently, she broke her wrist but found out … Continue reading
The World from Berlin: Nuclear Safety Meltdown in Germany – International – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News Nuclear Safety Meltdown in Germany At first the company played down a fire and a shutdown at two German nuclear plants as no big … Continue reading
Wisconsin State Journal Bill would tell vets about health risks JASON STEIN 608-252-6129 jstein@madison.comFormer Army Reserve soldier Chris Kornkven never saw combat in the first Gulf War, but he believes he suffered an invisible wound. Years after serving in Saudi … Continue reading
CQ Green Sheets – Proliferation Threat Seen in Nuclear Power Expansion June 15, 2007 – 6:50 a.m. Proliferation Threat Seen in Nuclear Power Expansion By William Scally Reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel and mounting stockpiles of plutonium pose a significant … Continue reading
KnoxNews: Columnists Retirees produce DVDs to document their plight By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com June 13, 2007 picture The Coalition of Oak Ridge Retired Employees, representing about 12,000 contractor retirees or surviving spouses, has been pushing for a pension adjustment for … Continue reading
San Jose Mercury News – Nuclear-power dilemma: It’s carbon-free, but comes with big questions Nuclear-power dilemma: It’s carbon-free, but comes with big questions By Sarah Jane Tribble Mercury News Article Launched: 06/10/2007 DIABLO CANYON – The nuclear power plant nestled … Continue reading
STLtoday – News – Illinois News Former Dow workers here keep up compensation fight By Adam Jadhav ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 06/11/2007 Dow plant Don Thompson (right) and another worker man machining station at a metal working plant in Madison, Ill. … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News – Senators seek Flats inquiry Salazar among 15 who want probe of compensation gap By Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News June 5, 2007 Fifteen U.S. senators, including Colorado’s Ken Salazar, called Monday for a congressional hearing into … Continue reading
North Jersey Media Group Radium found in drum at scrap metal recycler The Record Thursday, May 31, 2007 By EUNNIE PARK STAFF WRITER BERGENFIELD — The state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a drum at a local scrap metal … Continue reading
Atomic War Vet, last of a dying breedAndy Hawkinson served on Eniwetok in the ’50s Andy Hawkinson is the last of a dying breed. He is one of the last of an estimated 400,000 American soldiers who took part in … Continue reading
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Employees exposed to Santa Susana toxics look for compensation : Simi Valley : Ventura County Star Employees exposed to Santa Susana toxics look for compensation Lab workers struggle for care By Teresa Rochester (Contact) Sunday, May 27, 2007 Former Santa … Continue reading
deseretnews.com | Feds urged to expand fallout compensation Feds urged to expand fallout compensation By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News A congressman from Utah and one from Idaho have taken the first step that may result in expansion of federal … Continue reading
“Data storm” blamed for nuclear-plant shutdown “Data storm” blamed for nuclear-plant shutdown Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-05-18 The U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on Homeland Security called this week for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to further investigate the cause of … Continue reading
Rocky Flats project reveals long-hidden stories : County News : Boulder Daily Camera Rocky Flats project reveals long-hidden stories By Emily Tienken, Camera Staff Writer Saturday, May 12, 2007 Decades of secrecy surrounding the Rocky Flats nuclear-weapons plant have been … Continue reading
Congressman Edward Markey – May 16, 2007 – MARKEY SEEKS ANSWERS AFTER REPORTED SECURITY BREACH AT NUCLEAR PLANT Former Employee of Palisades, Seabrook Allegedly Lied About Past, Still Given Sensitive JobsWASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior … Continue reading
Casualties of the Cold War Casualties of the Cold War Review compensation program for nuclear-arms plant workers Donald Gabel’s service to his country did not occur on a battlefield. It happened at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant outside Denver. … Continue reading
Thousands of Nuclear Arms Workers See Cancer Claims Denied or Delayed – washingtonpost.com housands of Nuclear Arms Workers See Cancer Claims Denied or Delayed By Michael Alison Chandler and Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, May 12, 2007; Page … Continue reading
Nuclear Is Not the Way Nuclear Is Not the Way by Brice Smith and Arjun Makhijani Related Articles Nuclear Power Is the Future by Max Schulz Decades after the promise of nuclear energy “too cheap to meter†was swamped in … Continue reading
The Local – Swedes still dying from Chernobyl radiation Swedes still dying from Chernobyl radiationPublished: 4th May 2007 12:47 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/7200/ People in northern Sweden are still dying from cancer caused by radiation from the Chernobyl accident. And the … Continue reading
The Free Press — Independent News Media – Harvey Wasserman Harvey Wasserman Chernobyl reminds us that nukes are NOT green April 28, 2007 Twenty-one years ago this week, lethal radiation poured into the breezes over Europe and into the jet … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News A vow unfulfilled for ill nuclear workers 5,600 awaiting money promised three years ago George Barrie inhaled and ingested plutonium. April 27 2007 The government still hasn’t paid the money it promised 5,600 sick nuclear weapons … Continue reading
Reactor Makers Asked to Ponder Plane Hit | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited Reactor Makers Asked to Ponder Plane Hit Wednesday April 25, 2007 1:46 AM By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON(AP) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed … Continue reading
‘How we made the Chernobyl rain’ | Telegraph ‘How we made the Chernobyl rain’ By Richard Gray, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 11:55pm BST 21/04/2007 Russian military pilots have described how they created rain clouds to protect Moscow from radioactive fallout … Continue reading
UNIAN – Chernobyl death toll underestimated says Greenpeace Chernobyl death toll underestimated says Greenpeace The death toll from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 20 years ago could be far higher than official estimates, with up to 93,000 extra cancer deaths worldwide, … Continue reading
Pacific nuclear victims awarded one billion dollars – Yahoo! News Pacific nuclear victims awarded one billion dollarsby Giff Johnson Wed Apr 18, 3:49 AM ET MAJURO (AFP) – Residents from a Marshall Islands atoll exposed to fallout from US nuclear … Continue reading
Global warming, nuclear power health risks underestimated: Caldicott. 16/04/2007. ABC News Online Global warming, nuclear power health risks underestimated: CaldicottA leading environmentalist and physician says the health risks posed by global warming and nuclear power are worse than those of … Continue reading
CCN News http://www.ccnmag.com/news.php?id=4997 Weighing the Financial Risks of Nuclear Power Plants 2007-04-04 01:05:06 Enticed by the gleam of government subsidies, many companies are rushing to invest in nuclear power, expecting that new technology and safer reactors will make them … Continue reading
Mothers For Peace US SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF MOTHERS FOR PEACE Today, January 16, 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled against Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E’s) petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the … Continue reading
The True Costs of NUCLEAR POWER April/May 2006 The True Costs of NUCLEAR POWER By Mark Hertsgaard Taxpayer subsidies for high-risk nuclear power plants should be redirected to promote alternative energy. By Mark HertsgaardDuring a July 2005 lecture in San … Continue reading