Majority of Portsmouth/Piketon Sick and Dying Atomic Workers of The Cold War Still Not Compensated National and Local Activist Groups Lobby Congress To Intervene Over 70% of eligible nuclear workers formerly employed at the nuclear weapons complex in Piketon during … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2007
Mary T. Kelly, Ph.D. Assoc. Director, LWVSC Â Â League of Women Voters: South Carolina The Future of SRS: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Now that Energy Solutions, the current owner of the Chem Nuclear site seems to have given up attempts to keep the Barnwell … Continue reading
La Jicarita News – Community Advocacy for Northern New Mexico Nuclear Workers Struggle with an Unworkable Claims Process By Mark Schiller In the October 2007 issue of La Jicarita News I wrote an article about the dysfunction and corruption that … Continue reading
  New AMACOM Book Chronicles the Story of One Community’s 18-Year Struggle with Big Government and Big Business NEW YORK, NY, November 2, 2007 –/WORLD-WIRE/— AMACOM, a division of the American Management Association, has released a new book, NUCLEAR NEBRASKA: … Continue reading
Rachel’s Democracy & Health News #936, December 6, 2007 ATOMIC BALM: NUCLEAR REVIVAL IGNORES CASUALTIES By Joseph J. Mangano Nuclear power plants employ a controlled atomic fission reaction, splitting uranium atoms to create heat to boil water to make steam … Continue reading
PETITION FOR CONGRESS TO END NEGLIGENT DELAY OF COMPENSATION TO WORKERS MADE ILL FROM SERVICE IN THE COLD WAR IN THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX Mismanagement, misrepresentation and misplacement of workers’ medical records by the U.S. Department of Energy … Continue reading
Technology Review: Cleaner Nuclear Power? Senators representing several Western states, including Utah’s Orrin Hatch and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, of Nevada, are working on legislation to promote thorium. They say it’s a cleaner-burning fuel for nuclear-power plants, with … Continue reading
Nuclear Plant Site Declared Safe — Courant.com HADDAM — – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave the former Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant site a clean bill of health Monday, releasing several hundred Haddam Neck acres for unrestricted public use. … Continue reading
San Luis Obispo County’s website | Initiative to reverse ban on nuclear plants statwide is withdrawn An initiative to lift the state’s ban on new nuclear power plants will not appear on the June 2008 ballot. State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, … Continue reading
Panel weighs new information in Rocky Flats case : The Rocky Mountain News Federal scientists acknowledged Monday they have records suggesting workers from 19 buildings at the top-secret Rocky Flats site near Denver may have risked exposure to dangerous … Continue reading
YOUR COMMENTS NEEDED — Deadline is Wed. Nov 28 — this week! Addresses at bottom. Issue: New Nukes want to suck groundwater at unprecedented rates! Specifics: Southern Company is planning to expand (double) the Vogtle Nuclear Power Station in Georgia … Continue reading
Nuclear industry may running out of steam – nuclear – 25 November 2007 – New Scientist Tech Rumours of a nuclear power renaissance have been greatly exaggerated. So says an audit of the nuclear power industry released on Wednesday. … Continue reading
Calif. lawmaker cancels nuclear power ballot move | News | Reuters Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:37pm EST By Bernie Woodall LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore on Tuesday vowed to continue his efforts to repeal a state law … Continue reading
Cibola County Beacon – Former workers meet with federal caseworkers GRANTS – Only one third of the uranium workers who could be applying for compensation under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and Part E of that program … Continue reading
Department of Energy – U.S. and Russia Sign Plan for Russian Plutonium Disposition WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman and Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency Director Sergey Kiriyenko have signed a joint statement outlining a plan … Continue reading
Nuclear Plants Subject to Terrorism, Earthquakes, States Warn WHITE PLAINS, New York,, November 16, 2007 (ENS) – New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and the attorneys general of five other states have submitted a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory … Continue reading
The Free Press — Independent News Media – Harvey Wasserman November 18, 2007 One of the biggest lies ever told in American industrial history is that “no one died at Three Mile Island.†In the frenzy to get public funding … Continue reading
POWER Magazine : DOE pushing to recycle closed plants’ spent fuel The Energy Department is planning to ask Congress in next year’s budget request for authority to take title to spent nuclear fuel stockpiled at closed U.S. nuclear plants … Continue reading
WA moves to ban nuclear power plants – Australia Energy Minister Francis Logan said the legislation would ensure the state remained "forever free" of nuclear power. "State parliament has already passed legislation to ban the storage and transport of … Continue reading
Study: Yankee can’t afford shutdown: Rutland Herald Online VERNON — If Vermont Yankee nuclear plant shut down today, or even in 2012 when its federal license expires, there would not be enough money in its decommissioning fund to pay … Continue reading
Over 50 years of exposure but still no comprehensive health studies on Navajo – Kathy Helms Gallup Independent By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau Thursday, November 15, 2007 WINDOW ROCK – No health studies, no problem. A burgeoning list of cancers, … Continue reading
Military vehicle carrying nuclear warheads got lost on way from Scotland to Reading | the Daily Mail A high-security delivery of nuclear warheads to the south of England turned to farce when vehicles in the MOD convoy got lost … Continue reading
FR Doc E7-22213 [Federal Register: November 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 219)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 64003] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr14no07-17] ======================================================================== Proposed Rules Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices … Continue reading
Feds tighten scrutiny of 2nd Southern reactor | ajc.com he Nuclear Regulatory Commission has imposed stricter oversight on a second generating unit of Southern Co.’s Farley nuclear plant, based on breaker failures at that unit. It means both of … Continue reading
http://socket.kongshem.com/2007/10/farallon-islands-nuclear-waste-dump.html#links The Farallon Islands Nuclear Waste Dump If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you may be surprised to learn that “more than 47,800 drums and other containers of low-level radioactive waste were dumped onto the ocean floor … Continue reading
Italy becomes 17th member of GNEP Platts Italy became the 17th member of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership,the US DOE announced November 13. In addition to signing the GNEP statement ofprinciples, Italian Minister of Economic Development Pier Luigi Bersani signeda … Continue reading
TheStar.com | sciencetech | Port Hope radiation tests ‘alarming’ New tests that show radiation contamination in a few Port Hope residents should compel the federal government to put the town under a health microscope, local advocates say. The results, … Continue reading
Senator Domenici calls for near-term nuclear reprocessing in US Platts The US needs to build a current-generation nuclear reprocessing plant tohandle spent fuel because the Department of Energy’s current plan is "a50-year program, and we can’t wait 50 years for … Continue reading
Native American Times – Navajo Leads Uranium Roundtable on Capitol Hill Three members of Congress joined the Navajo Nation last week in a discussion on the ban of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. “Over a half century ago … Continue reading
The VA’s Claim Dodge | The American Prospect Beyond the awful conditions at Walter Reed hospital, something smells fishy in the government’s handling of veterans’ claims. One appalling case study suggests what might be happening and why. … Continue reading
alJazeera Magazine Israel is estimated to have 200 atomic bombs. Yet it doesn’t want Iran to have a peaceful nuclear program. Israel, which is estimated to have an arsenal of 200 nuclear weapons, has two options: The first is to … Continue reading
Sunday Independent On the same night last week that four robbers shot an emergency officer at Pelindaba, west of Pretoria, another attempt was made to bypass the nuclear site’s security. Intruders breached security at the Western Section of the SA … Continue reading
BBC NEWS | Business | Reactor woes hurt British Energy British Energy has warned that profits will take a knock after problems at four of its nuclear reactors. The UK’s biggest power provider posted a small increase in half-year … Continue reading
Atomic vet dies with no compensation OTTAWA – Donald Bernicky, one of a group of atomic veterans fighting the government and the Defence Department for recognition and financial compensation, died on Remembrance D … Continue reading
globeandmail.com: Town’s residents test positive for uranium contamination The result of testing conducted on a small group of residents of Port Hope has found contamination by uranium of military or industrial origin. Four of nine people tested had unusual … Continue reading
CTV.ca | Angry residents want federal contamination study Residents of a small town east of Toronto are demanding the federal government investigate new data that shows radioactive chemicals are making their way into humans. According to the Port Hope … Continue reading
The Tribune – Salazar joins list of lawmakers concerned about uranium mine Another Colorado lawmaker is voicing concern about the proposed uranium mine located north of Nunn. U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., said Tuesday he was asking the Environmental … Continue reading
Las Cruces Sun-News – Citizen Action sues over release of report on Sandia dump SANTA FE An advocacy group has countersued the state Environment Department, which last month sued to keep secret a report on possible leaks at Cold … Continue reading
Cibola County Beacon – Feds, Navajos discuss uranium CIBOLA COUNTY – Officials from the Navajo Nation continue to press the federal government to clean up dangerous, old and exposed mining sites that still exist on the reservation. Navajo President … Continue reading
AlterNet: Environment: Nevada’s Clout in the Primaries Puts the Spotlight on Nuclear Politics Meet Yucca Mountain Johnny: nice enough guy, cave explorer and not welcome in the state of Nevada. He’s the helmeted cartoon character invented by the U.S. … Continue reading
The Buffalo News: Radiation exposure at Bethlehem Steel might have been greater that originally thought A former Bethlehem Steel worker says he has uncovered evidence showing the federal government exposed workers there to more dangerous forms of radiation than previously … Continue reading
FBI Closes Probe of Nuke Plant Vandalism | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited Monday November 12, 2007 10:01 PM MIAMI (AP) – A tiny hole in a pipe at a nuclear power plant led to a big investigation over … Continue reading
Congo experts hurry to test river for radiation | Reuters Thu Nov 8, 2007 9:04am EST| Six arrested in Congo radioactive dumping scandal Radioactive minerals dumped in Congo: authorities China diverts river water to Olympics rowing site Congo mine employs … Continue reading
Congo authorities find 17 tons of dumped radioactive material – International Herald Tribune The Associated Press Published: November 8, 2007 KINSHASA, Congo: About 17 tons of unidentified radioactive material have been found dumped in a river in southern Congo’s mining … Continue reading
Talks focus on impact of uranium on Navajo – Kathy Helms DC talks this week on Navajo uranium impacts By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau November 05, 2007 WINDOW ROCK – In 1989, the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency and its … Continue reading
by Richard Lance Christie (Revised 02 Nov 07)  Free Market v. Subsidized Nuclear Power Economics:  “In a market economy, private investors are the ultimate arbiter of what energy technologies can compete and yield reliable profits, so to understand … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News – By Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News November 7, 2007 More than 800 people who worked in the top-secret Building 881 in the early years of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons site will now qualify for automatic … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News – Judy DeHaas The Rocky © Marlene Shannon’s husband, Mike Shannon, died more than four years ago from cancer. For years he worked in Rocky Flats Building 881 where, according to records, workers were exposed to neutron … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues opposing the Yucca Mountain dump, Â Judy Treichel with Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force has drafted a letter to the NRC’s Atomic Safety Licensing Board (ASLB)Â panel presiding over the Yucca Mountain dump proceeding. Her letter expresses support for … Continue reading
Catalyst: Beverly Uranium Mine – ABC TV Science Beverly Uranium Mine Reporter: Mark Horstman Producer: Mark Horstman, Paul Costello Researcher: Mark Horstman Camera: Susan Lumsdon Sound: Lauren Howard Editor: Chris Spurr Transcript Related Info 17 May 2007 Australia’s uranium reserves … Continue reading