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Monthly Archives: October 2014

Drunk Worker at Nuclear Power Station under Construction at Vogtle, Georgia, USA

October 31, 2014

Might this help solve the mystery of issues with rebar and concrete not at required specifications at nuclear power stations …

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Sellafield: All Trick and No Treat

October 31, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Sellafield – All Trick and No Treat Sellafield: All Trick and No Treat? (well …the treats…

Honeywell Uranium Hexafluoride Leak May Have Escaped Building- Worker Lock-out Ongoing

October 30, 2014

“On October 26, at 8:24 p.m. EST, Honeywell Metropolis Works experienced a leak of UF6 inside the Feed Materials Building …

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Why Sending Nuclear Waste to Space is NOT a Solution – A Reminder

October 30, 2014

Every few years the stupid idea of shooting nuclear waste into the sun or otherwise sending it into space comes …

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US States take NRC to Court over Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Pools – States want Environmental Impact Study

October 29, 2014

Good news from last Friday, which we missed! The US States of New York, Vermont and Connecticut are challenging the …

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Letters to the Austrian Chancellor and other European Leaders – No New Build Subsidies!

October 28, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
The B30 pond in 2006 – with the Windscale Pile reflected In the B29 pond building.…

Nuclear Expert on the High Frequency and Increasing Severity of Nuclear Accidents and the Truth about Fukushima

October 28, 2014

Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen, nuclear engineer, safety expert, whistleblower, spoke at a conference this August, in which he clearly explained the …

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Leaked Sellafield photos reveal “massive radioactive release” threat

October 27, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
The B30 pond showing a full loading with fuel rods Radiation Free Lakeland have been given…

Swiss ECOPOP Initiative: An Idea Whose Time is Long Past Due

October 27, 2014

Little known-little seen Switzerland: Trees cut down and hills destroyed for concrete (beton) for immigrant housing: While not politically correct, …

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Swiss Prep for Inevitable Nuclear Accident: Potassium Iodide Isn’t Enough; Reactors Must Be Shut

October 26, 2014

Well protected in the event of a nuclear emergency? Based on Greenpeace Switzerland News: Stopping the 5 Nuclear Reactors is …

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Davis Besse Nuclear Close Call

October 25, 2014

(Emphasis, i.e. underline-highlight added to the original)

Russia, the USA and Canada Unite Against Nuclear Safety Proposal

October 25, 2014

According to Reuters 23-10-2014 (below), the US, Canada, and Russia oppose a proposal by Switzerland, which would “put pressure on …

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New Volcanic Warning Near Japan Nuclear Reactors

October 24, 2014

Near-crater volcanic warning in Japan: “Warnings around the crater Kirishimayama, 10:00 JST, 24 October 2014” Source: Japan Meteorological Agency website, …

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Small Earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture

October 24, 2014

The Japan Meteorological Agency website reported today that there was a small 3.5 magnitude earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture. We estimate …

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Why Does Diamond Rich Area Have No Ebola Clinic? Where is Beny Steinmetz or his brother?

October 23, 2014

“The diamond-rich district of Kono, which includes the town of Koidu, does not have an Ebola treatment center and cases …

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Kono Communities Affected by Mining (Sierra Leone)

October 22, 2014

Kono Communities Affected by Mining The residents of the Kimberlite township in Kono District, Sierra Leone, have been relocated to …

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The Ongoing Saga 38: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

October 22, 2014

This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/the-ongoing-saga-39-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/the-ongoing-saga-37-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Last update is on top. Earliest is at bottom. …

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Japan Needs to Run Away from the Plutonium Monju Hoodoo

October 21, 2014

https://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_Monju_nuclear_reactor_leak January 19, 1996: “The official in charge of investigating the cover-up of Japan’s worst nuclear power accident committed suicide …

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Will NRC allow more foreign ownership of U.S. reactors?

October 20, 2014

Originally posted on GreenWorld:
Section 103(d) of the Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. § 2133) states in plain language: “No…

Ebola: High Stakes of Quarantine Jumping

October 19, 2014

Many governments force various sorts of vaccinations on their populations, because vaccinations are overall protective to the population, although they …

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Japan: More & Larger Volcanic Eruptions Expected Over Next Decades – A Ticking Nuclear Time Bomb

October 19, 2014

108 of Japan’s volcanos. There are 110 active ones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Japan Japan is in the Ring of Fire, the most …

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Travelling Highly Enriched Uranium Waste to the Budapest Airport; Flying it to Moscow

October 18, 2014

(November 2013, Hungary) That the US Secretary of Energy thinks that sending “vulnerable nuclear materials” to Russia is safer than …

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Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany & Dumping Swedish Nuclear Waste on the USA

October 17, 2014

Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany Sweden taking Germany to international court in what appears a frivolous lawsuit over the …

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Stand Up to Cancer – Ban Nuclear Power NOW!

October 16, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
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500 Years of Dangerous Nuclear Waste: Fusion Reactors are NOT the Holy Grail; Solar is the Holy Grail!

October 16, 2014

500 years of radioactive waste generated by fusion nuclear reactors is still a very long time to live with deadly …

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Stop Moorside say 95% of people we spoke to at Wasdale Show

October 15, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Wasdale Show 2014– Stop Moorside – This Saturday Radiation Free Lakeland went to Wasdale Show –…

Why are subsidies OK for the UK-French Nuclear Industry, but Apple and Ireland are being targeted by the EU?

October 14, 2014

Why has EU competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia supported forcing the UK’s people to pay alms to the majority French government …

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Nuclear France: Permanent Worldwide Danger

October 13, 2014

We hear much of the importance of nuclear energy in France. What does it look like? France is paying a …

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Ebola (ZEBOV) Seems Transmitted by Air & by Pigs According to Research

October 12, 2014

USDA Pigs Weingartl et. al. (2012) have provided evidence that pigs infected with the Zaire variant of Ebola, aka ZEBOV, …

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Transmission of Ebola virus from pigs to non-human primates

October 12, 2014

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498927/

The European Commission’s nuclear decision threatens our clean energy future

October 11, 2014

River Parrett. Looking down stream with (current) Hinkley Power Stations in the background.[1] Notice the High Voltage Power Lines. Night …

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57 years ago today in 1957: The Windscale Fire

October 10, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
STOP MOORSIDE- The Land is OURS A write up about todays Windscale anniversary and a reminder…

Scottish Radioactive Waste Ship Fire & the High Fashion-Service Sector “Baroness” Verma

October 10, 2014

Meet the New UK Aristocracy: “Baroness” Verma at the Mock Council of the European Union, 17 November 2011 Foreign and …

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Nuclear Cracks Reveal Ministers’ Weak Position

October 9, 2014

“NUCLEAR CRACKS REVEAL MINISTERS’ WEAK POSITION: JOHNSTONE. By Edinburgh Greens – October 7, 2014 Posted in: News Alison Johnstone, Green …

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State Aid for New Nuclear – Privatised Profit – Socialised Risk is the ONLY Way for Nuclear!

October 8, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
EDF’s Adorable Toxic Turd Mascot Many Thanks to Everyone who Wrote to the EU commissioners –…

The Ongoing Saga 37: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

October 8, 2014

This is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/09/27/the-ongoing-saga-36-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/the-ongoing-saga-38-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Most recent update on top. Earliest on bottom. This post …

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Leaked paper shows EU Commission could grant unprecedented taxpayer funding for Hinkley Nuclear Power Station

October 8, 2014

UK subsidies for new nuclear reactors constitute unfair subsidies, anti-competitive unfair business practices, which probably have international repercussions under various …

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Stop Hinkley Letter to the European Competition Commissioner

October 8, 2014

“The Stop Hinkley campaign has written to the European Competition Commissioner to ask him to urgently reconsider his decision on …

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URGENT – BEFORE 8am Stop Dodgy Deal between UK govnt and Nuclear Developers

October 7, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Dodgy Nuclear Deal We need help to email various European Commissioners’ offices between now and 8am…

Tell EU Commissioners to Stop Dodgy Nuclear Deal- tell them before 8am BST, 9 am CEST, 3 am EDT, 4 pm JST

October 7, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
– please feel free to cut and paste and write in your own words the letter…

Ebola Outbreak: Ecology Meets Economy

October 7, 2014

Historic LAMCO Mine in Liberia, reopened by ArcelorMittal Currently ArcelorMittal exports 5 million tonnes per year of iron ore from …

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Public Money for New Nuclear – Write to the EU and Say NO

October 6, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Nuclear joker burning public Money The UK is pushing for huge state subsidies for new nuclear,…

Forestry & Malaria Control in Italy

October 5, 2014

From: Unasylva 224, Vol. 57, 2006 Forestry and malaria control in Italy In the early twentieth century, reforestation was among …

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The Fight for Justice Continues in Haiti after the Death of the Ex-Dictator Jean Claude Duvalier

October 5, 2014

Courageous Haitian Judges, Image from http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article16030#.VDCMJn8aySM Port-au-Prince, 4 Oct. 2014 [AlterPresse] The death of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier does not …

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Haiti: Justice Denied by Duvalier’s Death – Ex-Dictator Under Investigation for Crimes Against Humanity

October 4, 2014

Haiti: Justice Denied by Duvalier’s Death Ex-Dictator Under Investigation for Crimes Against Humanity OCTOBER 4, 2014, by Human Rights Watch …

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Ebola: Mining and Bats without Borders plus People without Borders

October 4, 2014

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Un-guinea.png Doctors without Borders have worked tirelessly and at great personal risk to try to contain the Ebola virus. The …

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Nuclear heartburn: even IEA says solar could become world’s dominant energy source

October 3, 2014

Originally posted on GreenWorld:
IEA projections for solar PV by region. Sending chills down the spine of nuclear and coal…

French State Owned Scottish EPA? Of Radioactive Arsings and Âneries (SEPA-EDF Consultation)

October 2, 2014

All operating UK Nuclear Reactors, but Wylfa, belong to 85% French government owned EDF. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Kingdom (NB: Nuclear Power Plants often …

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Madness Continues…Another Government Committee to “Implement Geological Disposal”

October 1, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Radiation Free Lakeland are not the only ones asking: Who are RWM? Following the successful fight…

Recent Posts

  • UK: STOP Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station – consultation ends on 3rd Feb -please write January 28, 2017
  • US EPA Hid Details of Huge Radiation Increase for Drinking Water in a Nuclear Accident; Increase Violates Safe Drinking Water Act – Arguably Illegal; A Couple of Hours Left to Oppose Private Nuclear Waste Storage (11.59 PM Eastern Time) January 28, 2017
  • US Officially Allows Radiation in Drinking Water 1000s of Times Greater Than Clean Water Act in Event of Nuclear Accident; Private Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Comment Deadline TONIGHT 11.59 PM ET Even More Important in this context January 27, 2017
  • Nuclear Rip and Ship; Radioactive Waste Dilution- Lethal Underbelly of Private Nuclear Waste Revealed in US Lawsuit Against Trump Large Donor’s Corp.; Comment Deadline Friday 11.59 pm ET= NY-DC Time January 26, 2017
  • Carson Evaded Sen. Warren Questions on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Conflicts of Interest; How Many Real Estate Scions Are Needed as White House Assistants? January 26, 2017
  • First Nations Women Stake Mining Claim on Minister Bill Bennett’s Property (British Columbia, Canada) January 26, 2017
  • US Congressmen Trying to Undermine Standards for New Wood-burning Heaters: Jealous of London’s Smog Alert? January 26, 2017
  • Trump Executive Order on Dakota Access (Bakken) Pipeline Violates Law and Tribal Treaties (But ETP Stock Value Up 4.31 % Today with Trading Increased!) January 24, 2017
  • Still Time to Stop Rex Tillerson: US Senate Vote Next Week; Things to Know About Putin’s Friend, Former Exxon CEO Tillerson January 24, 2017
  • Crony Capitalism: Rick Perry US Energy Secretary? Former Texas Governor’s Experience for the Job Comes From Stiffing the American People and their Environment. January 23, 2017
  • US Private Nuclear Waste “Interim” Storage Facility Comment by 27 Jan. 2017 11.59 PM ET(NY-DC), i.e. One Minute Till Midnight January 22, 2017
  • Trump’s “Greatest Mentor” Roy Cohn was Attorney for NYC Mob Families and Red-Baiting Aide to Joe McCarthy: Wayne Barrett (RIP January 19, 2017) Interview January 21, 2017
  • Trump Treasury Pick Mnuchin: Foreclosure King, Unfair Taxation, and Destroying Sears Pension (Senator Wyden Statement) January 21, 2017
  • “A Classic State Capitalist”: How Donald Trump Profited from Public Subsidies & Political Favors January 21, 2017
  • Trump’s Gold-Plated Son-in-Law and Other Potential Conflicts of Interest in the White House (Advisors-Cabinet): Transparency International Raises the Alarm January 21, 2017
  • Veterans Opposing Trump Nominee Tillerson Try to Meet with Senator McCain; McCain Staffers have them Arrested; #VetsRejectRex January 20, 2017
  • Kukes: Russian Oil Magnate with Ties to Putin and Cheney Gave Almost $300,000 to Trump January 19, 2017
  • We Cannot Wait for History to Judge: We Need the Truth About Trump and Russia Now (and ExxonMobil and Robert Mercer) January 19, 2017
  • Former FBI agents and Former US Atty ask Obama to free Native American activist Leonard Peltier January 18, 2017
  • The Cherokee Nation Is Entitled to a Delegate in Congress. But Will They Finally Send One? And the Choctaw too? January 18, 2017
  • Political Contributor – Developer Charles Kushner Sentenced to Max (2 yrs) in Prison for Witness Retaliation and Other Crimes (Jared Kushner’s father) January 18, 2017
  • The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard January 17, 2017
  • Worried This Billionaire Will Destroy Public Education, Teachers Have Some #Questions4Betsy – Hearing on Tuesday January 17, 2017
  • Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty to Violating the US Atomic Energy Act on Behalf of China State-owned firm CGNI for Almost One Decade (1997-2016) January 17, 2017
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Office of Inspector General on the China Nuclear Spy Case January 17, 2017

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