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Monthly Archives: December 2014

Thatcher Report on Leak at Windscale: Policy Towards Sellafield, Cancer in West Cumbria – Declassified

December 31, 2014

While trying to find out if UK secret documents on the murder of anti-nuclear activist Hilda Murrell have been declassified, …

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Lakeland’s Nuclear Crime Scene – a New Year’s Eve Vigil

December 31, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Nuclear Crime Scene – Lakeland NEW YEARS EVE VIGIL – WITNESS NUCLEAR CRIME BOREHOLES, Lies, Deception…

Nuclear Reactor Licenses: US NRC can’t figure out to whom they are being transferred- Urgent Comment Deadline

December 30, 2014

Comment here. Deadline is Jan. 2nd 11.59 pm (23.59) US ET (Washington DC), that is 10.59 pm Central in Louisiana. …

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Big Easy Nuclear Reactors that Care Forgot

December 29, 2014

Does it make anyone else nervous that New Orleans, a city best known for jazz, food, gambling, corruption, and mafia, …

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US Nuclear Energy: Follow the Money

December 28, 2014

[NB: Since this was first posted San Onofre has been shut and Vermont Yankee will be closed by the 29th …

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No Radiation Filters on New Emergency Vents for US Fukushima like Nuclear Reactors – 55 Years Behind on Safety

December 28, 2014

The UK Installed Emergency Filters on its Windscale Reactor 55 Years Ago. The US NRC refuses to add radiation filters …

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Swedish Nuclear Hypocrisy: State-owned Vattenfall is Still Suing Germany for 4.7 billion Euros for Closing Old Nuclear Reactors

December 26, 2014

Vattenfall is 100% Swedish State owned so it is essentially the government of Sweden suing Germany. The hypocrisy is that …

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Radioactive Reindeer

December 25, 2014

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Reindeer Pulling Sleigh Photo by Elen Schurova via wikimedia. “The Chernobyl accident is an obvious example…

Embrittled Nuclear Reactors Could Shatter Like Glass – Video Demo

December 24, 2014

[Warning: Please do NOT try this at home, as it can cause eye and other injuries.] From Fairewinds Energy Education: …

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Alstom Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges – Mr. Geneva, Mr. Paris, and London at Work

December 23, 2014

Alstom pled guilty to bribery in the US, and has also been charged with bribery by the UK Serious Fraud …

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San Onofre Nuclear Spent Fuel Risks: Earthquakes and Flimsy Containment Endanger the Continental US

December 22, 2014

San Onofre Nuclear Power Station right on the earthquake prone California coast. Many of San Onofre’s components seem to be …

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Japan: Another Ring of Fire Warning at M5.9 Near Fukushima

December 21, 2014

There was, not surprisingly, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, on December 20th, offshore, roughly 42 km (27 miles) from the Fukushima …

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A Medieval Response to Environmental Pollution in Northern Italy

December 20, 2014

Bassano, Italy “A MEDIEVAL RESPONSE TO MUNICIPAL POLLUTION by Robert Laures [1] Presented to the Mid-America Conference on History, 17-19 …

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Fort Calhoun Nuclear Reactor Tripping Out

December 19, 2014

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/en.html “The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on 660 acres (2.7 km2) between Fort …

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The Ongoing Saga 43: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

December 18, 2014

This is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/the-ongoing-saga-42-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/the-ongoing-saga-44-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Last update on top. First at bottom. This post ran …

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#Cofrentes17 Acquitted of Nuclear Protest Charges

December 18, 2014

From Greenpeace: “#Cofrentes17 Acquitted of Nuclear Protest Charges Blogpost by Andrew Kerr – 17 December, 2014 at 14:00 In a …

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Japan Nuclear Regulator Ignores its Duty to Protect the People (But the Fight’s Not Over Yet!)

December 18, 2014

“Sixty thousand people marched in central Tokyo on 19 September 2011, chanting “Sayonara nuclear power” and waving banners, to call …

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Fisherman Send Appeal for Mercy; AREVA Calls Police

December 17, 2014

Fisherman and farmers, whose lives and livelihoods are endangered by a proposed largest nuclear power station in the world, sent …

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For Cumbria read Gotham – Beware Nuclear “Gifts”

December 16, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Morning Star Many thanks to the Morning Star for publishing the following feature: A donation to…

US: Public subsidies for companies, $456,000 on average to create a job

December 16, 2014

“Public subsidies for companies: $456,000 on average to create a job, 27 JUNE 2013 BY OLIVIER PETITJEAN, Multinationales.org “U.S. local …

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Rio Tinto-Iran’s Rössing Uranium Mine, the UK and Apartheid

December 15, 2014

The following Wikispooks article appears largely, or entirely, written by a former UK diplomat. Most of the information about Rössing …

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How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided a Nuclear Holocaust 34 Years Ago, and Still Risks Catastrophe Today

December 14, 2014

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013, by DemocracyNow: “How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided a Nuclear Holocaust 33 Years Ago, and Still Risks …

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What if Collapsed Airport Terminal 2E were a Nuclear Power Station?

December 13, 2014

Collapsed Terminal 2E at France’s Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, June 2004, CC-BY-SA-3.0 by Andrewgprout via Wikipedia Aéroports de Paris (ADP), …

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Return to Sender – View From Hinkley Point

December 12, 2014

Originally posted on southwestagainstnuclear:
A group from the South West went to return nuclear waste to Hinkley Point today, in…

Killing Radioactive Birds at Sellafield: A Bird’s Eye View

December 12, 2014

Sellafield is on the Irish Sea, so there will be water birds in the neighborhood. This is a bird’s eye …

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Today at Hinkley “Return to Sender” Nuclear Waste Barrels

December 12, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Nuclear Waste Barrels costumes *Santa Claus to protest at Hinkley Nuclear Power Station* On Thursday 11th…

Cumbria Wildlife Trust dodges the issue of Nuclear Developments

December 12, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Kakadu World Heritage Site Those with an interest in wildlife will be aware that the nuclear…

Shuar Indigenous Leaders Call for Halting Mineral Extraction after Murder of Mine Opponent; China State Owned Ecuacorrientes Must Go!

December 11, 2014

Image Credit: noalamina.org Shuar Indigenous Leaders Call for Halting Mineral Extraction Reported by “No a la Mina”, (orig. Spanish), on …

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Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader Killed Days Before Planned Protest at COP20. How Many More Environmental Defenders Will Die Before the World Takes Notice?

December 11, 2014

Approximate Location of Mirador Mine. More detailed Map here: http://protectecuador.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PROJECTED-POISONING-OF-RIVERS-UPPER-AMAZON-BASIN-MIRADOR-OPEN-PIT-COPPER-MINE-ECUADOR-web.pdf From Global Witness: “Ecuadorian indigenous leader killed days before planned …

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Killer Says Swiss Nuclear Reactors are Safe, Including the Oldest Operating One in the World

December 10, 2014

This is too much! Couldn’t make this up folks. Swiss Parliamentarian Hans Killer serves on the board of Leibstadt Nuclear …

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Special Dangers of Pressurized Water Reactors – US NRC on Embrittlement, Thermal Shock, Stress Corrosion

December 10, 2014

“In March 2002, plant staff discovered that the borated water that serves as the reactor coolant had leaked from cracked …

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Switzerland: A Nuclear Exit Only in Name; Authorities Assure Can Limit Cancer to 1 in 100 if Earthquake at Nuclear Power Stations

December 9, 2014

Yesterday, the lower House of the Swiss parliament decided that Swiss nuclear reactors, including the oldest operating reactor in the …

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Uranium Spilled All Over Inside at ISL Mine; Exposed Workers; NRC Short of Time to Check Outside; Greater Sage Grouse Habitat at Risk

December 8, 2014

Lost Creek uranium miner, Ur-Energy, appears to have come up with a nifty trick: They spilled so much loose uranium …

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The Dangerous US NRC Typo Making “Low Level” Radioactive Waste More Radioactive than Allowed at WIPP

December 8, 2014

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
WIPP waste dump, 22 May 2014 As you will see, an error in the US NRC…

Why Spain’s Constitution Day is Important to Us All: #Cofrentes17

December 6, 2014

“Spanish Constitution of 1978: ‘…to all those present to see and hear, BE IT KNOWN: That the Cortes have approved …

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Seventeen Nuclear Headaches: Aging Nuclear Reactors and Activists

December 6, 2014

“Greenpeace activists breach perimeter fences at Forsmark Nuclear Power Station. The activists are ‘stress testing’ the facility to alert the …

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AREVA “Maintenance Training” at Ukraine Nuclear Power Station; “Incident” Within 3 Days

December 5, 2014

According to the Ukrainian government: “On 28 of November 2014 at 19:24 the disconnection of the Unit №3 of Zaporizhzhya …

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The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by the Nuclear French State in 1985

December 5, 2014

From Greenpeace: “THE BOMBING OF THE RAINBOW WARRIOR In 1985, French secret service agents planted two bombs and sank our …

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Heysham’s Graphite Core Clapped Out? No Probs..Just Change the Rules!

December 5, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Heysham 1 ? Last week the Station Manager of Heysham 1 Ian Stewart, had a Podium…

Belgium: Royal Palace Protected from Drones; Nuclear Reactors Not Protected, it seems

December 4, 2014

Belgian Royal Palace protected by electronic shield from drones Tihange Nuclear Power Station, apparently not protected from drones It appears …

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Fires at Nuclear Reactors Pose Significant Risk, Tihange Reminder of the Obvious

December 4, 2014

[NB: Tihange 2 and 3 are 89.8% owned by GDF-Suez who owns Electrabel, and 10.2% owned by an EDF subsidiary …

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Union Carbide: Making a Radioactive Mess in the USA (1943-1984), 41 years before the Bhopal Diaster

December 3, 2014

For 41 years, from 1943 until March of 1984, shortly before the Bhopal disaster, Union Carbide left a radioactive mess, …

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Price-Anderson Nuclear Bailout – Insurance Scam

December 3, 2014

http://www.citizen.org/documents/Price%20Anderson%20Factsheet.pdf http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=2117 http://www.citizen.org/cmep/article_redirect.cfm?ID=10322 All of the above copyrighted: ©2014 Public Citizen (CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 US)

December 3rd – Just a Hedgehog

December 3, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
? December 3rdJust a Hedgehog Save Greenmoorside’s Ancient Hedgerows from the diabolic Moorside Plan. Just a…

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Protest in Skouries, Halkidiki, Greece: A just struggle will not be stifled by riot police chemicals

December 3, 2014

Originally posted on soshalkidiki:
On Sunday 23/11/214, more than 1500 people, marched in protest at the Skouries mining site on…

Stop Moorside Advent Calendar and More

December 3, 2014

Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
? Government has pledged an unlimited blank cheque courtesy of the public to the same companies,…

UK Nuclear and Military Contractor’s Involvement in Dreamliner Battery Fire: the Role of Thales

December 2, 2014

“Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard Passes HMS Dragon as She Returns to HMNB Clyde, Scotland“[1] Thales has the contract for maintenance …

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Fire at Belgian Nuclear Reactor; Cracks in Pressure Vessels & Oil Leak

December 1, 2014

Streetview near Tihange Nuclear Power Station, Belgium There was a fire at the French owned Belgian Tihange 3 nuclear reactor. …

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The Ongoing Saga 42: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

December 1, 2014

This post continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/the-ongoing-saga-43-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/the-ongoing-saga-41-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Inverse order: Last update is on top. First is …

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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
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  • 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
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  • 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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