USA: Nuclear Waste Dump for the World? Some European Governments need to Break a Bad Habit
Some European governments need to get over the nasty, unfair, habit of sending their unwanted stuff – first people, and …
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Nuke-Free photo gallery now online
Originally posted on GreenWorld:
NIRS has now posted a photo gallery of the massive Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent at the People’s…
BBC: “The UK is facing the dilemma of what to do with its huge stockpile of highly toxic nuclear waste”
Originally posted on Cumbria Trust:
BBC Inside Out reporter Chris Jackson travels to America to find out if lessons can be…
Launch of Campaign to Stop Moorside: “Biggest Nuclear Development in Europe” NO Thanks!
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
This friday the campaign was launched to Stop Moorside. Photo Gallery from the Launch Outside the…
What Makes Tennessee so Popular as a Nuclear Waste Dump? Not its Great Singers!
“Logic would suggest that if you keep adding more of something to a heap, the total amount would become greater. …
The Ongoing Saga 36: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/the-ongoing-saga-35-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/the-ongoing-saga-37-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ This post ran from 27 Sept. to 7 Oct. 2014. …
Tennessee as Radioactive Waste Dumping Ground – Fact Sheet
Original here: http://vault.sierraclub.org/ej/downloads/2012-01-nuclear-in-landfills.pdf. Material was reproduced from a Sierra Club website with permission of the Sierra Club; © 2014 Sierra …
French Nuclear Waste to Scotland, Tennessee, Sweden, and Elsewhere?
What appear to be large and small nuclear components at the Energy Solutions Low Level Waste Facility in Clive, Utah. …
German-US Governments’ Illegal-Immoral Nuclear Waste Plan. Who will stop it?
H-Canyon where the German nuclear waste may be “treated” Image from http://www.srs.gov/general/news/factsheets/hc.pdf 15 German environmental groups continue to protest the …
What does Southern Co.’s CEO know that we don’t?
Originally posted on GreenWorld:
Southern Company CEO Thomas Fanning (left) selling former DOE Secretary Chu on the wonders of Vogtle,…
Worldwide People’s Climate Marches Sunday: Stop King CONG (Coal Oil Nuclear Gas)
Originally posted on GreenWorld:
There are just four days left until the historic People’s Climate March in New York City…
Parcel of Rogues: English or Scottish Gold? Oil? Coal? Uranium? Whales?
Map from “Minerals in Britain, Gold, Past production, Future potential”, 1999, ‘Reproduced with the permission of the British Geological Survey …
Scotland’s Stone of Destiny; Such a Parcel of Rogues: Is there Still Bribery in the UK?
Stone of Scone; Scone of Destiny: “In 1296 the Stone was captured by Edward I as spoils of war and …
Scotland in UK will be International Radioactive Waste Hub; Probable International Dump; Independence Only Clear Way to Stop It
As appears clear from the SEPA “consultation” documents for 3 October, 2014, EDF (Electricity of France) intends to make its …
Scottish Innovation, Technology and Discoveries
Some rather pompous people have suggested that Scotland can’t make it on its own. To say such a thing reflects …
The Quebec 1995 Independence PlayBook Revisited by Westminster for Scotland 2014
Originally posted on 50 Days of Yes:
No secret has been made of the fact that Westminster has closely modeled the ‘No’ campaign…
UK-Westminster Ultimate Nuclear NIMBYs: Poisoning Gare Loch & the Firth of Clyde with Radionuclides
Gare Loch, Scotland, home to the UK’s Leaking Nuclear Subs and Arsenal, far, far away from the London-Westminster power elite. …
US NRC Workshop: The DESIRE of the Industry for Greater FLEXIBILITY and Reliability in LLRW DISPOSAL OPTIONS!
We kid you not! US NRC Workshop “Low Level” Radioactive Waste Disposal for “Stakeholders” – “Panel” included “Energy Solutions” Rad …
US Low Level Radioactive Waste Rule with commentary
“Energy Solutions” Low Level Rad Waste Facility in Clive Utah At least it IS in an arid climate. Clueless as …
Low Level Nuclear Waste Exemptions: UK-US perspective
Reminder that the US NRC comment period for Low Level Waste ends on Monday September 15, 2014. As we have …
Scotland: A Sensible High Level Nuclear Waste Policy
Finally! A Country with a Sensible High Level Nuclear Waste Policy! Scotland! And, the good sense to wish to stop …
Radioactive Waste Dump is Born without Fanfare or Fuss – the banality of evil
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Image: Protestors outside County Offices – this issue has been hidden by the media and given…
More on Texas Brine’s Waste (Toxic) Water Dump Plan
Originally posted on The Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle:
The Advocate – Texas Brine’s plans to discharge water into sinkhole draws concerns < has good…
The Ongoing Saga 35: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/09/27/the-ongoing-saga-36-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/the-ongoing-saga-34-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Friday, 26 September 2014 The fightback against France’s EDF-the …
Ring of Fire – Japan One Step Closer to Volcanic Nuclear Reopening: Sendai NPP-Mt. Sakurajima
Japan is in the Ring of Fire, the most seismically and volcanically active zone in the world. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/tectonics.html “In spite …
Presentation to Keekle Head Nuclear Dump Inquiry
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
KEEKLE HEAD Nuclear Dump PUBLIC INQUIRY Whose Shadow on the Land? Keekle Head 2013 Radiation Free…
Impacts to Norway from Sellafield UK Accident could be Worse than Chernobyl
A study undertaken by the Norwegian government, several years ago, modelled a hypothetical accident at Sellafield and found the impacts …
Independent Radiation Monitoring In NW – What?
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Three Wise Monkeys ? Radiation Free Lakeland are lobbying for independent radiation monitoring in the North West.…
“Vulcangate” Scotland: Radioactive Emissions Higher than Reported
“Entrance road to Vulcan NRTE A view looking to the northwest from the A836 towards the entrance to the Vulcan …
Radiation in Water: US EPA Advises Legal Cheating for Compliance
Is there radiation in your water? Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Togiak/wildlife_and_habitat/seal.html Well is there? Photo by J. M. …
The UK Atomic Energy Authority’s “terrible failure in terms of its duty of care towards the land around Dounreay”, Scotland
No surprises that the area close in to Sellafield Nuclear Facility is said to be the cheapest in England: “Welcome …
The Dangerous US NRC Typo Making “Low Level” Radioactive Waste More Radioactive than Allowed at WIPP
WIPP waste dump, 22 May 2014 As you will see, an error in the US NRC “library” about the “Licensing …
Why Crimea-Ukraine is Scottish, Not Russian: Move Over Vladimir, Here Come the Scythians
Vladimir Putin, who appears to fancy himself as some nationalist reincarnation of Vladimir Lenin mit Vladimir of Kiev wants to …
Dry Storage Act Introduced to US Congress: Overcrowded Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools are Disaster Waiting to Happen, US Senator Markey
Possible Atlantic Fukushima in the making. Europeans and eastern Canadians beware! The Atlantic is smaller than the Pacific. Note that …
The Ongoing Saga 34: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/the-ongoing-saga-35-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/the-ongoing-saga-33-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Most recent update is on top; first post is …
UBS: It’s time to join the (solar) revolution
Originally posted on GreenWorld:
UBS: the falling costs of solar power and battery storage combined with increasing use of electric…
