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Monthly Archives: April 2016

French Government Plan to Subsidise EDF Could Be Illegal Warn Leading Barristers; Why are State Owned Entities Unfairly Allowed to Compete like Private Corporations Internationally in the first place?

April 30, 2016

Protesters picketed the entrance of the nuclear new build forum at Whitehall in London on April 20th: https://southwestagainstnuclear.wordpress.com/2016/04/20/energy-minister-and-delegates-challenged-at-nuclear-new-build-conference-in-london/ While a …

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The Ongoing Saga 70: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

April 29, 2016

This post ran from April 29th to May 25th. News continues here starting with the 26th of May: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/the-ongoing-saga-71-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It …

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US Senate Bill 2795 on Deregulation of the Nuclear Industry – Are Senators Inhofe, Booker, Crapo et. al. Just Lazy and Stupid or is it Conflict of Interest? Why is Sen. Carper Such a Jerk? A Quick and Dirty Look

April 28, 2016

It is perfectly possible that Inhofe, Booker, Crapo et. al. are simply lazy, stupid and ignorant in pushing a bill …

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US Senate Efforts to Do Away with Mandatory Licensing Hearings for So-Called Advanced Nuclear Reactors-Small Modular Reactors

April 27, 2016

Excerpts below from the April 21st, 2016 US Senate Hearing on Nuclear Energy Regulation (i.e. deregulation).”Committee on Environment and Public …

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Chernobyl’s Children of Hope Rehab Centre: As Russia Sells Nuclear Power Station to Belarus; Govt Services for Chernobyl Survivors Cut; Greenpeace and others offer help

April 26, 2016

70% of Chernobyl fallout poured down upon neighboring Belarus. 30 years later the government is failing to care for the …

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Governments Cut Services to Chernobyl Survivors while Spending Billions on Nuclear Power Stations

April 26, 2016

From Greenpeace.org: “Stand in solidarity with Chernobyl survivors! Today five million people in the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus live in …

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Ireland Freed Itself from the Yoke of Empire, Allowing it to Be Nuclear Free – 100 Yrs Ago the Easter Rising

April 24, 2016

Today marks the 100 years of the Easter Rising, which proclaimed the Irish Republic, and ultimately culminated in the Republic …

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Earth Day: Burying Radioactive Waste and Dumping it into the Oceans

April 22, 2016

April 22nd is Earth Day. NASA Earth-Rise Christmas Eve 1968 Schedelsche Weltchronik or Nuremberg Chronicle Date 1493 While browsing on …

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Japan Radioactive Rubble-Old Reactor Parts to be Sent to America and/or Britain?

April 21, 2016

First came the plutonium and HEU nuclear waste from Japan and other foreign countries to America, and people remained silent… …

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Energy Minister and delegates challenged at Nuclear New Build Conference in London

April 21, 2016

Originally posted on southwestagainstnuclear:
Protesters picketed the entrance of the nuclear new build forum at Whitehall in London this morning.…

Fagg-Stouck Rep Nuclear Utilities AND Advise US Court of Claims: Sticking it to the American Taxpayer for Billions of Dollars

April 20, 2016

The revolving door of Mr. Brad Fagg (really his name) working for the US DOJ and then going to work …

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Nuclear Waste Contractors Under US Gov Investigation; Given $13.7 Million Bonus for “Very Good” Ops; “Excellent” Tank Management But Alarm Just Went Off Indicating Increased Tank Seepage of Rad Waste

April 19, 2016

The current Hanford contractor, WRPS, LLC, for the leaky Hanford radioactive waste tanks is a consortium comprised of AECOM (due …

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Leaking Hanford Nuclear Waste Tanks

April 19, 2016

This was actually top news in the early 1990s and there were worries about how quickly the contamination would reach …

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Holtec Refused to Make Costs Available to US Gov; Continues to Suck Taxpayer Money

April 18, 2016

As US attorneys noted: “Holtec should not be able to use a highly regulated and publicly funded industry to make …

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Leukemia Near a German Nuclear Reactor: Chromosome Studies and Environmental Radioactivity Provide Evidence of Population Exposure

April 17, 2016

https://www.remm.nlm.gov/dicentrics.htm Kruemmel Nuclear Power Station was built by German company Siemens, and operated by Swedish State owned Vattenfall. (Environmental Health …

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U.S. Nuclear Engineer, China General Nuclear Power Company And Energy Technology International Indicted In Nuclear Power Conspiracy Against The United States

April 17, 2016

“In particular, the defendants allegedly sought technical assistance related to, among other things, CGNPC’s Small Modular Reactor Program; CGNPC’s Advanced …

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Japan: Amidst Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruption, Chimp At Large Points to Another Risk to Nuclear Power Stations

April 16, 2016

Over the last few days, Japan has had major earthquakes followed by a nearby volcanic eruption, pointing again to the …

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SWISS MADE Plutonium Removed From Swiss Safe to Be Buried in America

April 15, 2016

Paul Scherrer Institute where the plutonium was stored in safes, probably in an underground vault or bunker Switzerland removing plutonium …

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

April 14, 2016

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Swedish Government Nuclear Shakedown of Germany Sweden taking Germany to international court in what appears a…

Is the 100 in Holtec’s Spent Nuclear Fuel HI-STORM 100 Cask a Reference to “Exemptions” to its Certificate of “Compliance” (CoC)? Comment Deadline 13 April 2016, 11.59 PM ET (one minute to the 14th)

April 13, 2016

Comment on this: “ID: NRC-2015-0270-0002 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Certificate of …

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USNRC (“Regulator” John Goshen) Seeks Holtec (“Regulated”) Approval; Upside Down Methodology; Comment Deadline April 13th, 11.59 PM ET (1 min. to the 14th)

April 13, 2016

Comment on: “ID: NRC-2015-0270-0002 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Certificate of Compliance …

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Holtec Pleads Difficulty Testing Air Velocity-Heat Distribution for Spent Nuclear Fuel Casks, Comment Deadline April 13th, ET (11.59 PM), one minute to the 14th ET

April 12, 2016

Comment on “ID: NRC-2015-0270-0002 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Certificate of Compliance …

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Yet More Holtec Safety-Quality Related Exemption Request(s) – Amendment 10: Brittle Mangalloy Metal Composition, Comment Deadline April 13, 1159 PM EDT (1 min. before the 14th NY-DC)

April 11, 2016

Holtec Spent Fuel Casks at Diablo Canyon Comment Deadline April 13th 11.59 PM US Eastern Time (i.e. all day on …

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945

April 9, 2016

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945 “For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity or …

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Susquehanna Nuclear Reactor Medical Emergency Transport of Worker Through Reactor Building Airlock Doors

April 9, 2016

They don’t bother to tell us what really happened here. It appears almost certain that it is a worker who …

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Methane Occurrence and Outbursts in Salt (and other) Mines: One More Reason that Deep Burial of Nuclear Waste is a Bad Idea

April 8, 2016

The WIPP Deep Nuclear Waste Facility, which is supposed to be for US Defense related plutonium and other transuranic waste, …

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USNRC: High High Radiation Condition at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station

April 8, 2016

They repeat “high high” twice, so it must not be a typo and must be or have been very bad. …

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29 Died Needlessly on Easter Monday 2010 = One Year in Prison; $250,000 Punishment for Former Massey Energy CEO Don Massey

April 8, 2016

While better than nothing, aren’t 29 lives lost worth more than this? What is the value of a life? There …

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The US Senator Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act, Issues: Labor, Worker Safety and Health (Still Not Passed)

April 8, 2016

Apparently this bill is still being blocked. Here’s the status: “H.R.1926 – Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of …

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Radioactive Racism at Radioactive Garbage Site in Memphis, Decades After Martin Luther King’s Support of Memphis Garbage Workers Led to his Assassination

April 7, 2016

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Photo of the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike Diorama at the National Civil Rights Museum, by Adam…

US Senate Hearing: Cost of Predatory Lending to the Public; More Protections, Not Less, Needed; Sen. Warren Goes After Witnesss Chanin Whose Failure to Regulate Led to Economic Crisis; Now Chanin Advises Big Banks

April 7, 2016

“It is impossible to overstate the damage done to the families and communities most impacted by the worst financial crisis …

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Tax Windfall for Deepwater Horizon Settlement a ‘Major Coup for BP’: Worst Oil Spill in US History Treated as Business Expense Tax Write-Off

April 6, 2016

USFWS Cleaning Oil off of Brown Pelican – Louisiana State Bird Beach oil and feather Pensacola USAF photo by Tech. …

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Nuclear Power Has Always Been A Dangerous Idea: People Make Mistakes; There Is No Good Way to Store Nuclear Waste – Bernie Sanders

April 6, 2016

“Even in a perfect world where energy companies didn’t make mistakes, nuclear power is and always has been a dangerous …

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“Panama Papers: ‘An Old Tradition of English Piracy” and More

April 5, 2016

Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris; Some Additional Information-Questions Raised Following the Article Below’s Notes From openDemocracy: “Panama Papers: ‘an …

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Man Entered Naval Nuclear Training Command in South Carolina Armed with a SIG Sauer Pistol: Owner of a German Based Co. Wanted in Relation to this and More

April 4, 2016

Area where the NNSA-Obama is having foreign plutonium and nuclear waste brought in to be later buried in America. “In …

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Nuclear Worker Finds Beer In Lunchbox: “The Investigation Of This Event Is In Progress” says the USNRC

April 4, 2016

At the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Station: “FITNESS FOR DUTY – PROHIBITIED ITEM IN THE PROTECTED AREA “On 3/31/2016 at …

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The Ongoing Saga 69: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia

April 3, 2016

This post was updated from April 3, 2016 to April 23, 2016. It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/04/29/the-ongoing-saga-70-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/ It is a continuation …

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Madmen HAVE Gotten Their Hands on Nuclear Materials: Burying Foreign Nuclear Waste at WIPP and Elsewhere, USA; Lethal Poison “Gift” Basket Diplomacy; Terrorists Within the US Government

April 2, 2016

[Note that this is April 2nd and this is still dead serious, as documented below and easy to verify online. …

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UK-French-Spanish Origin Chilean Spent Nuclear Fuel Dumped on America at US Taxpayer Expense – The Opening Round of Obama’s “Nuclear Security” Plan

April 1, 2016

[Update 2 April: Please note that despite the day of publication that this post is dead serious. The sick joke …

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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
  • 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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