Water and Concrete Degradation Nuclear Facilities / Seabrook NPS
While the deadline for writing in support of the proposed rule for “Improved Identification Techniques Against Alkali-Silica Reaction Concrete Degradation” …
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Concrete “Surprises” at US Nuclear Power Stations
Embedded wood in the concrete containment liners caused corrosion-holes in the 1/4 to 1/3rd inch thin steel containment liners of …
Part II: Nuclear Power Stations Concrete Damage
[The problem of concrete degradation at nuclear power stations, including spent fuel pools and dry cask storage remains, even though …
Part I: Nuclear Power Stations Concrete Damage
[The problem of concrete degradation at nuclear power stations, including spent fuel pools and dry cask storage remains, even though …
Discussion of Three Mile Island Radiation Plume
“The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred on March 28, 1979, in one of the …
WIPP: Halite (NaCl) Stalactites from Brine Water in Nuclear Waste Dump – No Joke!
A 1987 USDOE Study about Brine (salt water) in WIPP states: “The inflow, coupled with the normally high evaporation rate …
The Weeping WIPP Road: WIPP Leaking from the Get-Go
“If we contaminate our water supply, what is the meaning of national security, Dr. Maurice Weisberg, Radiologist, The WIPP Trail, …
Democracy isn’t on its knees, its face down in the mud!
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
GUEST BLOG BY DR BECKY MARTIN Well that’s it folks, nuclear waste dumps are now nationally…
Roll Call of Shame: MPs who voted to Dump Democracy along with Nuclear Waste
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Tim Farron MP who is known to be opposed to geological dumping of radioactive wastes under…
Boston Big Dig Leaks, Corrosion, Substandard Concrete
The comment period deadline is on March 30th regarding whether or not the US NRC should use improved identification techniques …
Big Dig Concrete Fraud
Those who might be tempted to think that new nuclear would be safer than old nuclear need to consider construction …
Corruption of Governance or corruption in government?
Originally posted on southwestagainstnuclear:
This week has seen the publication of a report damning evidence presented to government minsiters on…
Part 2: Today the UK government Ditched Democracy to Dump Nuclear Waste
Originally posted on southwestagainstnuclear:
Today was a dark day for democracy as an outrageously small number of MPs (just 33)…
Part 1: Today the UK government Ditched Democracy to Dump Nuclear Waste
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
NUCLEAR TRAP Ignored by the Local and National press. Ignored by Conservation Groups. Today is a black…
Airworthiness Directives and the Crash of an old Airplane in the French Alps
March 26 update: Even if you believe that the recent airplane crash in the French Alps was a suicide mission, …
URGENT – TELL YOUR MP FIND THE PINK SLIP IN THEIR VOTING BUNDLE AND VOTE NO, by Wednesday 25th 2015, 2.30pm
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Hadrian- This Far and No Further ALL MPs whether pro or anti nuclear should be interested in…
The Ongoing Saga 51: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post ran from March 24-April 4 2015. It is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/the-ongoing-saga-50-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/the-ongoing-saga-52-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ Order inverted. …
Whose idea was it to scrap democracy in order to dump nuclear wastes?
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
RADIATION FREE LAKELAND – ADVERT FROM 2013 in CUMBRIA PRESS Radiation Free Lakeland and others are…
Remember that curious deal to attract the Russian fertilizer plant to Iberville Parish? Well, the deal is dead in the water
Originally posted on Louisiana Voice:
Bloomberg Business has announced that EuroChem has “shelved” its decision to build a $1.5 billion fertilizer…
Fermi Nuclear Reactor Loss of Normal & Emergency Cooling-SCRAM plus other US Nuclear Failures, March 18-19 2015
Three of these reactors are on the Great Lakes, endangering the largest freshwater system in the world. Fermi 1 was …
Japan’s Growing Nuclear Crisis, as Seen on March 15, 2011
From DemocracyNow.org: TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011 “This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids”: Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen on Japan’s Growing Nuclear …
US Law to Regulate Chemical Industry drafted by Chemical Industry Lobby Group/ Overrides States’ Right to Protect Citizens
For those who missed it: “Chemical lobby set to gut U.S. toxic chemical regulations, by Eric Nelson, Wed. March 18, …
Hilda Murrell, Anti-Nuclear Activist, Abducted & Murdered 31 years ago
“Hilda Murrell (3 February 1906 – 23? March 1984) was a British rose grower, naturalist, diarist and campaigner against nuclear …
Mean-Spirited UK Finally Throws a Few Shared Crumbs at Elderly UK Atomic Veterans
“The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those …
Burying Dangerous Radioactive Waste in Texas- LLW Another Dilute & Deceive Scam
Low Level Waste is a misnomer. The same dangerous, long-lived radionuclides are included, they just put less per weight, making …
Radioactive Waste Dump Transport Safety, Liability, & Aquifer Concerns in Texas – “LLW” 2011
Burying Radioactive Waste in west Texas From Public Citizen.org: “Jan. 3, 2011 Federal Judge’s Green Light on Nuclear Waste Dump …
Lamar Alexander’s nuclear fantasyland
Originally posted on GreenWorld:
Senator Lamar Alexander, R-TN. Photo from Wikipedia. Back in 2008, when presidential candidate John McCain was…
Vote in Parliament on Nuclear Waste Dumping- We Have Till Wednesday
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Boreholes up to 150m being dug at Beckermet supposedly for “Moorside” but there are suspicions it…
Moorside would be “Chernobyl on Steroids”
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Arnie Gundersen Looking Out over “Moorside” Beckermet towards Sellafield. The green fields between Sellafield and Beckermet…
US NRC Radioactive Dilute and Deceive Scam – Comment Deadline June 22nd (Extended)
US NRC Comment Deadline extended to 22 June 2015: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NRC-2009-0279-0098 The most strange and deadly scam, which the US NRC …
CSB Jurisdiction to Investigate BP Oil Spill Accident Upheld-Transocean Appeal Turned Down
[If only someone would sic the CSB on the nuclear industry!] 13 March 2015: “Statement by CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso …
BP Oil Everywhere; Bacterial-laden Tarballs are BP Spill Lagniappe, as BP Still Tries to Evade Financial Responsibility
“The explosion of the rig was a disaster that resulted from BP’s culture of privileging profit over prudence,” said Assistant …
Cataracts: NRC Robbing Americans Blind – Comment Deadline 22 June 2015, 1159 pm NY-DC (ET)
Vision without cataracts Vision with cataracts Images by Marcela, CC-BY-SA-3.0 US NRC Comment Deadline June 22: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NRC-2009-0279-0098 (On cataracts and …
Panelists Issue Nuclear Warning to Keswick Audience
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Keswick Reminder13 Mar 2015Panelists IssueNuclear Warning To Keswick Audience We Need to TalkAbout Moorside– Keswick 11.3.15…
Childhood Cancer Near Nuclear Power Stations
Another US NRC deadline is upon us for 24 March 2015: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/11/20/2014-27519/radiation-protection The following article by Dr. Ian Fairlie should …
Sea Stars: Sentinels for Radionuclides-Nuclear Waste
Over 20 years ago, the US government gave money to researchers to study the impact of long-lived radionuclides, which might …
UK Government Threatens to Strike Back over Austria’s Hinkley Legal Challenge
From the Greenpeace EnergyDesk: “Energy Files: UK government threatens to strike back over Austria’s Hinkley legal challenge, by Christine Ottery, …
Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain Secretly Helped Israel Build Its Nuclear Arsenal
Interview starts at 10 min: http://youtu.be/_c5CAO8X5Fw From DemocracyNow.org: “FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2006 Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain …
The Ongoing Saga 50: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This is a continuation of: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/the-ongoing-saga-49-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/the-ongoing-saga-51-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ This post ran from 12 March 2015 to 23 March …
Remember Bob Crow (13 June 1961-11 March 2014): “I Would Ban All Nuclear Power Altogether – It’s Not Safe”
Bob Crow (13 June 1961-11 March 2014) “I’ll make my position absolutely clear to my unions, I would ban all …
California: Large/Mega-quake Risk-Nuclear Power Plants
USGS: Increased Likelihood of Megaquake in California “… in the new study, the estimate for the likelihood that California will …
Learning the Tragic Lesson of Fukushima: No to Nuclear
Homeless Radioactive soil and debris, piling up in Fukushima. The people are also now homeless, due to radiation. From Greenpeace: …
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Ongoing Nuclear Crisis, 4 Years On
IAEA Mission Team (02110045)IAEA decommissioning team members walk past tanks that store contaminated water. Fukushima Daiichi, 1 February 2015. Photo …
Government Sneak DIABOLIC LEGAL ORDER to ENFORCE NUKE DUMP
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Today in Committee Room 12 of the Palace of Westminster a handful of MPs voted on…
Arnie Gundersen and Dr Ian Fairlie Banned from Keswick School
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
“Moorside” …
TAKE ACTION NOW: WANT A NUCLEAR DUMP FORCED ON YOU ?
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Please ask your MP to protect our right to say NO This Tuesday 10th March at…
Holtec Nuclear Waste (SNF) Casks: Friction Stir Welds, Kissing Bonds, & Other Safety Concerns Comment Now!
Deadline imminent (11.59 pm Mon. March 9th EDT/ 4.59 am Tuesday UTC) for US NRC comment regarding storage of damaged …
Holtec-NRC Confusing Double-Speak Damaged Spent Nuclear Fuel
Less than 24 hours (11.59 pm Mon. March 9th Washington DC-EDT/ 4.59 am Tuesday UTC) to comment regarding storage of …
Holtec Damaged, Corroded, Nuclear Fuel Rods in Dry Casks
Deadline in around 24 hours (11.59 pm Mon. March 9th Washington DC-EDT/3.59 am Tuesday UTC) for comment regarding storage of …
Why would a Company Not Care about Worker or Public Safety?
Anatomy of a Disaster, CSB gov http://youtu.be/XuJtdQOU_Z4? “Work injuries and illnesses exact a tremendous toll on society. Despite the decades-old …
