Why Does NuScale SMR Look Like a 1964 Drawing of Swiss Lucens Nuclear Reactor (which suffered a major meltdown in 1969)?
Whatever NuScale is, or is not, it clearly isn’t “new”. The Bible must have foreseen the nuclear industry when it …
Monthly Archives: August 2015
When it comes to Nuclear Power, Small Isn’t Beautiful, Nor Safe Nor Cheap Nor Even New
NuScale in 2003 when it belonged to the US Gov and was called “MULTI-APPLICATION, SMALL, LIGHT WATER REACTOR (MASLWR)” INEEL/EXT-04-01626 …
Diablo Relicensing: US Fukushima in the Making
[The comment period is now past, but the information remains relevant, unfortunately. Some comments may be viewed at link.] The …
Oil Drilling Waste “Brine” (Includes Radioactive Materials) Disposal Well Operator Indicted on Multiple Felony Charges in North Dakota
The Felony charges are against a “brine” injection well operator in North Dakota. But, meanwhile, in Louisiana, the Texas Brine-Bayou …
104 year old, US Civil Rights Activist, Survivor of Bloody Sunday (Selma, Alabama, 1965) Passed On
From DemocracyNow.org: “WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015 Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson, Survivor of Bloody Sunday, Dies at 104 Civil …
Worker: Take Nuclear Safety Exemption and Shove it!
http://www.tva.gov/sites/brownsferry.htm# A few months before a foreman painter told his superior off about a nuclear safety related exemption, which allowed …
Worker Suffers Internal Radiation Contamination Due to “Willful” and “Deliberate” Misconduct by Contractor-Foreman/ His Punishment by the US NRC? None.
“An NRC investigation determined that Robbie Balentine engaged in deliberate misconduct in early 2004 while acting as lead foreman for …
“The Freedom to Demonstrate” Against Uranium Mining for Almost a Decade: Cameco vs. Clean Water & Lakota Sioux
“SOME DAY THE EARTH WILL WEEP, SHE WILL BEG FOR HER LIFE, SHE WILL CRY WITH TEARS OF BLOOD. YOU …
Cameco Uranium Mining vs. Clean Water & Lakota People
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, is holding evidentiary hearings starting today, Aug. 24 through August 28, in Crawford, Nebraska: …
Nuclear SAFER NOT – Nuclear Emergency Backup in Heart of New Madrid Quake Zone
One of the most dangerous, and often ignored, aspects of nuclear energy is that nuclear power stations always have need …
US NRC: Spreading the Italian Triangle of Death to America? Refuse Omertà. Remember to Comment by November 19th (extended)
Why, and by what right, has a “researcher”, Giovanni Pagano, from Italy’s “Triangle of Death”, put in a comment to …
23rd to 25th August Wylfa Twinning Camp
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Wylfa-Fukushima23rd -25th August 2015 Wylfa -Fukushima August 23-25th Events Naoto Kan On 23 to 25 August,…
NuGen Told By ASA Not To Repeat Lie…But This Does Not Go Far Enough
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Nuke Liar Awards NuGen Told By the Advertising Standards Authority Not to Repeat Lie Bigging Up…
Sandia US Nuclear Lab Found Quick & Easy Solution for Radiation at Fukushima, Chernobyl & Other Contaminated Zones
Unfortunately, this is for real and not a sick joke. The US NRC proposal (comment deadline extended to November 19th) …
Insider View of What’s Wrong with US DOE’s Contractors, in particular Bechtel; Risk of Hydrogen Explosion; Risk of Criticality Event at Hanford
“When I first arrived in April 2003 I was asked the bus ticket question by several employees: “Do you have …
Official Volcano Evacuation Warning Near Re-opened Nuclear Reactors in Japan; Volcanic Ashfall Could Lead to Meltdown; Spent Fuel Pool Collapse
The dangerous Sakurajima volcano is located approximately 50 km (30 mi) from the Sendai Nuclear Power Station, which just re-opened …
Bristol Nuclear Protestors Fined for Protesting Dangerously Cracked Graphite Reactor: Shouldn’t they be awarded Medals Instead?!
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Hinkley BlockadeApril 1st 2015 Three nuclear safety campaigners from Somerset have each been fined £300 for their…
The UK’s Polonium Secret and “No Respect for Life, Liberty or Any Civilised Values”
“Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with his physically similar cousin, King George V of the United Kingdom (right), in German …
91-Year-Old Palmer Carlin – Wind Energy Pioneer: Still Working, Still Mentoring at NREL and Still Disgusting the Nuclear Industry and its Cheerleaders
When announcing the construction of the permanent facility for what is now NREL, on May 3, 1978, which he had …
American Inventor of Failed Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor Design Became Solar Expert by 1950s
Farrington Daniels (March 8, 1889 – June 23, 1972) The Nuclear Pebble Bed Reactor concept was invented by an American …
BBC 4 “Inside Sellafield” Nuclear Infomercial-Complaint
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Enthusiast for Moorside – Jim Al-Khalili It is difficult to know where to begin with this…
Obama’s Nuclear “Climate Change” Plan Proves Carter’s Unlimited Political Bribery Point
Candidate Obama said: “I don’t think there’s anything that we inevitably dislike about Nuclear Power. We just dislike the fact …
More Wildfires Near Chernobyl; Europe Must Help with Firefighters & Prevention; Fires are Important Consideration for Chernobyl Spent Fuel Facility; Holtec’s History of Corruption Should Exclude Them from the Project
Plume of smoke from fire near Chernobyl from Terra MODIS (NASA) image of 10 August 2015 via Greenpeace Russia Fires …
Ex-Japanese Prime Minister on How Fukushima Meltdown was Worse Than Chernobyl & Why He Now Opposes Nuclear Power
Part I http://youtu.be/YHY4NhOtBZo Part II http://youtu.be/Z2N2vIq7jQc From DemocracyNow.org: Tuesday, MARCH 11, 2014 Ex-Japanese PM on How Fukushima Meltdown was Worse …
Technical Problems with Japan Nuclear Power Seismic and Volcanic Evaluations
Japan has over 100 active volcanos and is in the most seismically and volcanically active zone in the world. Nuclear …
57% of Japanese Oppose Nuclear Power Restart; PM Abe Doesn’t Care; Sendai NPS Near Dangerous Decade Volcano to Start Tuesday
The good news is that 57% of the Japanese are sane and do not want more nuclear after TEPCO’s ongoing …
Japan’s Nuclear History and the Power of Peace
“Paper cranes prayers for peace. Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Japan” See: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/08/06/1000-japanese-cranes-sadako-sasaki/ From Greenpeace: “Japan’s nuclear history and the power …
1,000 Japanese Cranes: Sadako Sasaki
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokoyama_Taikan “Memorial Statue of Sadako Sasaki outside the Noborichō Junior High School in Hiroshima, Japan. Noborichō…
UK Parliamentarian (1968): Why is Germany Better Off Financially than the UK when Germany lost the War?
“How does the Prime Minister explain that West Germany, although she lost the war, is lending us money and is …
The Ongoing Saga 59: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This post ran from August 7 to August 31, 2015. The order is inverted with the most recent updates are …
Japanese Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe on 70th Anniv. of US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
http://youtu.be/Az4Px2_3Kmc From DemocracyNow.org: “Japanese Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe on 70th Anniv. of US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Thursday, …
Give Us the Ballot: The Struggle Continues 50 Years After Signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (Aug. 6, 1965-Aug. 6, 2015)
Democracy Now Video Link: http://youtu.be/nGgzrz0TW2U From Democracy Now: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Give Us the Ballot: The Struggle Continues 50 …
Hiroshima Survivors Sue Over “Black Rain” Radioactive Fallout; Demand Aid from Japanese Government for Health Impacts
The first nuclear bomb used in war was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, 70 years ago, on August 6th 1945. An …
The Bombing of Hiroshima: A Doctor’s Testimony
“Introduction The first atomic bomb actually used in war time was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 killing between …
Japanese American Service in the US Military During World War II
From: “Nisei in Uniform,” a publication of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the War Relocation Authority in collaboration …
Japanese American Hibakusha (Atomic Bomb Survivors)
“The surviving victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are called hibakusha (被爆者),…” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibakusha “Well, that’s the typical …
From “Black Rain” to “Fukushima”: The Urgency of Internal Exposure Studies
From “Black Rain” to “Fukushima”: The Urgency of Internal Exposure Studies「黒い雨」から「フクシマ」まで−−内部被曝研究の重要性, by Masuda Yoshinobu Japanese text can be found here: …
Pro-Nuclear? Think Radiation is Good for You? Time to Take up Nuclear Diving!
Isn’t that a tantalizing blue to go swimming in? Pro-nuclear? Think Nuclear Energy is good for the environment and climate …
The Day it Snowed in the Pacific
Warning: Please do not read this post if you are pregnant. Castle Bravo Operation Crossroads: Able (Atoll visible) Operation Crossroads: …
US NRC Launches Special Inspection at Honeywell Uranium Hex Facility in Metropolis Illinois
Honeywell emergency evacuation zone via USW Is the US NRC actually doing something to protect the public and not just …
The nuclear lobby want to change the law so that “radiation is good for you”
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
“Scientific Evidence that Smoking is Good for You” ….and …Now in 2015 “Radiation is Good for…
Radioactive Pebble Protest St Bees Beach 8th August
Originally posted on Radiation Free Lakeland:
Irish Sea Panoramic from Black Coombe to Scafell. Sellafield can be seen in the centre with…
Nuclear: Not Carbon Free Not Climate Friendly; Nuclear Destroys Precious Water Resources; Nuclear is Deadly
Streetview of Moorside area sheep looking toward Sellafield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorside_nuclear_power_station This is from a 2010 submission to the UK Parliament. However, …
The US Relies on Foreign Uranium Mining, Enrichment Services to Fuel its Nuclear Reactors/ Helps Perpetuate Lie that Nuclear is “Low Carbon”
The US Nuclear industry is mostly a foreign enterprise from every vantage. For many of these countries bribery is a …
Dangers of Bushfires-Wildfires & Nuclear Business
From “Bushfire Safety and Survival for Businesses and Organisations“, p. 19: http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/public/download.jsp?id=30936 “Bushfires in Australia are frequent events during the …
Wildfires Force Evacuation of Uranium Mine Sites; Stop Shipments of Uranium; Endanger Firefighters and Environment
Wildfires and uranium mining make a bad mix, as do all parts of the nuclear energy chain. Cameco’s Crow Butte …
French Areva and South Australia’s Nuclear Royal Commission: All Too Cosy?
From Independent Australia: “SA’s Nuclear Royal Commission: All too cosy with failed French nuclear giant AREVA? by Noel Wauchope 12 …
Another Penny Stock Sues Over Mine Blocked for Environmental Reasons: Gabriel Resources Joins Strateco and Pacific Rim-OceanaGold
Gabriel Resources, another nasty Canada based penny stock company, this one worth 44 cents, sues to fleece a country (Romania) …
