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Top Japanese nuclear regulator: Fukushima Daiichi a “house of horrors”

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 21, 2013

U.S. NRC Chairwoman Macfarlane and Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Tanaka meeting in Japan in December 2012As reported by CNN, Japan’s top nuclear regulator has compared the devastated and leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to…

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Joseph Mangano/RPHP report on radioactivity releases from Palisades and increased death rates in the surrounding area

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 19, 2013

Entergy’s problem-plagued Palisades atomic reactor in Covert, MI, on the Lake Michigan shorelineJoseph Mangano, Executive Director of Radiation and Public Health Project, has published a report, commissioned and endorsed by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste …

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The dangers at the Palisades (MI) nuclear plant

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 16, 2013

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U.S. Rep. Upton grilled about problem-plagued Entergy Palisades atomic reactor in S.W. MI

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 15, 2013

Congressman Fred Upton answers readers’ questions at the MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette hub Aug. 14. Linda Mah | MLive/Kalamazoo GazetteAs reported by the Kalamazoo Gazette, U.S. Representative Fred Upton (R-MI, photo left) took part in a “Live Chat” with con…

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Paul Gunter discusses Fukushima leaks into the ocean on RT

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 15, 2013

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Kevin Kamps discusses the latest Fukushima crisis on The Big Picture

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 15, 2013

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Kevin Kamps discusses the worsening Fukushima crisis on RT

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 15, 2013

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Court “orders the doing of a useless act”: federal appeals panel orders NRC to resume Yucca dump licensing despite next to no funds

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 13, 2013

Jim Day, Las Vegas Review Journal, 2010 (be sure to court the toes!)
The Yucca Mountain radioactive waste dump zombie’s sixth toe twitched today.
By a 2-1 split decision, a three judge panel of the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia …

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Thom Hartmann’s Aug. 12 interview of Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps re: Fukushima Daiichi

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 12, 2013

On August 12th, Thom Hartmann interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps about the latest from Fukushima Daiichi on his radio show. Kevin teleported in via Skype from the office of Nuclear Information and Resource Service in Chicago.

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Fukushima Daiichi chief dies of cancer at 58

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 7, 2013

The chief manager of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Masao Yoshida (pictured left), died of cancer on July 9th aged 58. Yoshida disobeyed Tepco’s orders and inundated the three reactors with sea water to provide cooling. Tepco hesitated, as d…

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“Radioactivity levels in Fukushima groundwater increase 47-fold over 5 days”

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 6, 2013

As reported by the Asahi Shimbun:

‘Radioactivity levels soared 47-fold over just five days in groundwater from a monitoring well on the ocean side of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the plant operator said Aug. 5.
Tokyo Electric P…

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Japan NRA: Fukushima Daiichi’s radioactive water leakage into Pacific Ocean now an “emergency” situation

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 5, 2013

As reported by Reuters, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has admitted that Fukushima Daiichi’s ongoing radioactive water leaks into the Pacific Ocean now constitute an “emergency” situation. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), responsible for the…

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GENERATING INFLUENCE: Entergy’s Political Spending and the Battle over Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 3, 2013

Common Cause/NY Report Details Entergy’s Lobbying and Public Relations Effort on Indian Point
From 2005 through 2012, Entergy spent over $4.5M in New York State and $35.6M in Washington on political contributions and lobbying.
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“Attorney Generals Fight for Public Access in Nuclear Issues”

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 3, 2013

Environmental coalition attorney Terry Lodge of Toledo speaks out against Davis-Besse’s 20-year license extension at a press conference in Oak Harbor, OH in August 2012An article written by Roger Witherspoon, “Attorney Generals Fight for Public Access …

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Nuclear revolving door gobbles up billions of dollars of ratepayers’ money, threatening to move onto taxpayers next!

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 3, 2013

Commissioner Geoffrey Merrifield’s NRC file photoWhile still a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner, Geoffrey Merrifield (photo, left) did the nuclear power industry a big favor. He spearheaded a seemingly simple, but significant, c…

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“Advocates, Ratepayers Oppose Paying for Vogtle’s Cost Overruns”

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 3, 2013

Southern Co. photo of the proposed new reactors construction site at Plant Vogtle — a giant rat hole down which billions of dollars of ratepayer money are being pouredAs reported by the Atlanta Progressive News, Georgia ratepayers, as well as groups s…

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“Thank you, Tallahassee, for making us pay so much for nothing”

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 3, 2013

Tampa Bay Times Business Columnist, Robert Trigaux, has let Florida state legislators and the Public Service Commission have it “for passing a law forcing Duke Energy customers to pay up to $1.5 billion in higher rates for a long proposed nuclear power…

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Speaking out against foreign ownership of U.S. atomic reactors

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 2, 2013

Recently elected to the U.S. Senate, Ed Markey (D-MA) has watchdogged the nuclear industry for four decades while serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today, he has spokean out against NRC weakening its rules on foreign ownership of U.S. atomi…

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NRA questions efficacy of TEPCO’s plan to block radioactive water from leaking into ocean with below-ground walls

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 2, 2013

As reported by the Asahi Shimbun, the Japanese national government’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is doubtful that Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) plan to construct underground walls will succeed in blocking the flow of radioactively conta…

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Small number of nuclear evacuees choose to return to life in former “No Entry” zone

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 2, 2013

As reported by the Asahi Shimbun:
‘TAMURA, Fukushima Prefecture—When the sun set on Aug. 1, Hisao Watanabe sat under the fluorescent lights of his living room in the Miyakoji district here and could not contain his joy.
“I don’t nee…

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“Radioactivity levels higher in water deeper underground at Fukushima plant”

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 2, 2013

Map by Asahi ShimbunAs reported by the Asahi Shimbun: 
“Radioactive cesium levels were much higher in water deep underground at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant than in samples taken closer to the surface, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said…

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Dr. Gordon Thompson’s “devastating critique” of NRC’s HLRW storage pool fire risk whitewash

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 2, 2013

Dr. Gordon Thompson, executive director of the Institute for Resource and Security Studies in Cambridge, MAYesterday, to meet the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) arbitrarily short 30-day deadline for public comments on its “Draft Consequence…

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SACE Statement on Duke Energy Florida’s Cancellation of Levy County Nuclear Reactor Project

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 1, 2013

Contact: Jennifer Rennicks, Director of Policy & Communications, 865.235.1448, jennifer@cleanenergy.org
St. Petersburg, Fla.///NEWS STATEMENT/// Duke Energy Florida (DEF) today filed a motion with the Florida Public Service Commission to approve a…

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Environmental interveners respond to Duke’s cancellation of proposed new reactors at Levy County, FL

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 1, 2013

Washington, D.C.-based attorney, Diane Curran, represented environmental interveners NIRS and Ecology Party of Florida against the now-cancelled proposed new reactors at Levy Co., FLThe Ecology Party of Florida and NIRS, environmental interveners again…

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Cooper: Duke abandonment of Levy reactors fits into 2013 pattern of “rapid-fire downsizing” of nuclear power in U.S.

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 1, 2013

Mark Cooper of Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the EnvironmentEnergy economist Mark Cooper at Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the Environment has issued a media statement in response to Duke/Progess’s announced abandonment o…

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Another one bites the dust: Duke to cancel proposed new atomic reactors at Levy County, FL

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Beyond NuclearAugust 1, 2013

MAURICE RIVENBARK | Times The crippled nuclear power plant in Crystal River [photo, above] will not be replaced with a new nuclear facility in Levy County, state Rep. Mike Fasano said Thursday.—Tampa Bay TimesAs reported by the Tampa Bay Times, Flo…

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Callaway atomic reactor remains closed following fire in central MO

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 31, 2013

NRC file photo of Callaway atomic reactorAs reported by KMOV TV-4 St. Louis, Ameren’s Callaway atomic reactor, located in Fulton, Missouri, 90 miles west and upwind of St. Louis, remains shutdown, following a fire. Beyond Nuclear board member Kay Dr…

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State of Vermont objects to NRC over faulty radiation monitoring equipment at Entergy’s Vermont Yankee atomic reactor

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 30, 2013

VY’s infamous 2007 cooling tower collapse. The photo was distributed by a whistleblower.As reported by the Vermont Digger, State of Vermont Department of Public Service officials have written the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), objecting to a…

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EDF seeks to end its U.S. nuclear misadventure

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 30, 2013

NRC file photo of Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant on the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, MDAs reported by the Baltimore Sun, Exelon/Constellation Nuclear will pay Electricite de France (EDF) a $400 million “special dividend” payment, in ex…

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Entergy Nuclear announces 800 job cuts nationwide

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 30, 2013

Map showing location of Entergy’s “dirty dozen” atomic reactors across the U.S.In an article entitled “Vermont Yankee to cut about 30 jobs: Critics argue loss of work force could pose operation hazards,” the Burlington Free Press reports that nationwid…

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Mayor, environmentalists declare victory of people power over nuclear power

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 29, 2013

 
Sarnia Mayor Mike BradleyAs reported by the Sarnia Observer, the Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Mike Bradley (photo, left), has declared victory in a years-long campaign to block the shipment of radioactive steam generators, by boat on the Gr…

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Mobile Chernobyl bill revs its engines on Capitol Hill

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 25, 2013

The Mobile Chernobyl mock nuke waste cask, a full size replica of a truck shipping container, shown in front of the State Capitol in Jefferson City, MO during a cross-country educational tourAt 2:30 PM Eastern on Tuesday, July 30th, in room 366 of the …

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NRC ASLB to hear oral arguments Wed., July 24th on risky Davis-Besse steam generator replacements

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 19, 2013

Toledo attorney Terry Lodge represents the environmental coalition. Here he speaks out against Davis-Besse’s 20-year license extension at an NRC hearing held at Oak Harbor High School in August 2012DAVIS-BESSE HEARING DOCKET: Click here to link to all …

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Vermont Yankee owner: ‘Expect workforce reductions’

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 19, 2013

Vermont Yankee cooling tower collapse, 2007As reported by Andrew Stein at the Vermont Digger, Entergy Nuclear is forcing its Vermont Yankee workforce of 650 to essentially re-apply for their own jobs, with indications to up to 10% could be let go as a …

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Palisades & Davis-Besse among most at risk reactors in U.S. for near-term shutdown

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 18, 2013

Palisades and Davis-Besse are amongst the oldest, most risky, and most likely to permanently shutdown in the near-term of the three dozen atomic reactors located on the U.S. and Canadian shores of the Great Lakes (link to a copy of this map in the text…

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New report documents reactors most at risk of “early retirement”

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 18, 2013

Mark Cooper, Vermont Law SchoolIn a new report, Renaissance in Reverse: Competition Pushes Aging U.S. Nuclear Reactors to the Brink of Economic Abandonment, Vermont Law School energy economist Mark Cooper (photo, left) of Vermont Law School has identif…

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New World Nuclear Industry Status Report shows industry in decline

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 17, 2013

The newly published World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013 (WNISR) provides a reality check of the current situation and trends of an industry in great difficulties. Nuclear power generation experienced a record drop of 7 percent in 2012. …

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Help hold NRC’s feet to the fire — please attend Palisades Webinar, Tues., July 16, 5:30 PM Eastern

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 12, 2013

MI Radio photo showing the location of the SIRWT, located on the roof directly above the control room; the reactor containment building towers to the leftAs announced by a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) meeting notice, the agency will ho…

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Coalition rebuts motions to strike at Davis-Besse, while FOE defends legal victory at San Onofre

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 12, 2013

Terry Lodge speaks out against Davis-Besse’s 20-year license extension at a press conference in Oak Harbor, OH, in August 2012. The main bone of contention at that time was the recently revealed severe cracking of Davis-Besse’s concrete containment str…

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Beyond Nuclear on Thom Hartmann radio show regarding worsening radioactivity releases at Fukushima Daiichi

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 11, 2013

On July 11th, Thom Hartmann (photo, left) interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps on his radio show about the cancer death of Masao Yoshida, Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco) general manager of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and leade…

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Coalition defends intervention against risky steam generator replacements at Davis-Besse

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 9, 2013

Terry Lodge, Toledo-based attorney, speaking out against Davis-Besse’s 20-year license extension in August 2012 at Oak Harbor High School, OHTerry Lodge (pictured left), Toledo-based attorney representing an environmental coalition intervening against …

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Davis-Besse has emergency shutdown, pressure boundary leakage; coalition presses case against risky steam generator replacements

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 3, 2013

Toledo attorney Terry Lodge speaks out against Davis-Besse’s 20-year license extension at an August 2012 press conference in Oak Harbor, OhioOn June 29th, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company’s (FENOC) Davis-Besse atomic reactor on the Lake Erie shore…

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Paducah uranium enrichment facility suffers radioactive contamination incident 4 weeks after permanently shutting down

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJuly 2, 2013

Paducah (uranium enrichment) Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Photo credit: U.S.E.C./U.S. Department of EnergyDespite being permanently shutdown on June 1st, the Paducah facility experienced a radioactivity contamination accident on June 28th, according to&nbs…

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VT PSB rules it can and will hear issues surrounding Entergy VY’s impacts on Connecticut River

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJune 24, 2013

NRC file photo of VY on the Connecticut River border of VT and NH, 8 miles north of the MA state lineAs reported by John Dillon at Vermont Public Radio, the State of Vermont has yet again asserted its right and authority to oversee operations at Enterg…

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Coalition defends its challenge against risky steam generator replacements at Davis-Besse

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJune 22, 2013

Terry Lodge speaks out against Davis-Besse license extension at Oak Harbor High School, Ohio, in August 2012On June 21st, an environmental coalition represented by Toledo attorney Terry Lodge (photo, left) re-asserted its challenge against risky steam …

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Republicans threaten Reid with radioactive waste dump if he uses “nuclear option” to do away with U.S. Senate filibuster

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJune 19, 2013

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL FILES Members of the U.S. House energy and commerce subcommittee on environment and economy tour the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository April 26, 2011 — ironically enough, the 25th anniversary of the begin…

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Experts Explain Effects of Radioactive Water at Fukushima

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJune 19, 2013

Japanese diplomat Akio MatsumuraIn a post at his website, Japanese diplomat Akio Matsumura (photo, left) has written an introduction to essays by Dr. Gordon Edwards (President of Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility), and Dr. Helen Caldicott (…

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Radioactivity levels soar in Fukushima Daiichi groundwater, flowing into ocean

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJune 19, 2013

A water pump draws groundwater from a well in front of Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant’s unit 4 reactor building, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, on June 12, 2013.As reported by Common Dreams, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has admi…

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Wind outcompetes nuclear at Exelon’s LaSalle, IL & Limerick, PA reactors

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJune 13, 2013

As reported by Hannah Northey at Greenwire, Exelon Nuclear has blamed low wind power prices for its decision to cancel power uprates at its LaSalle, IL and Limerick, PA atomic power plants.
The American Wind Energy Association kicked Exelon out of AWEA…

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Will the State of Vermont Public Service Board deny Entergy Vermont Yankee a Certificate of Public Good?

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Beyond NuclearJune 13, 2013

Entergy’s Vermont Yankee atomic reactor, a GE BWR Mark I located on the Connecticut River border with NH at Vernon, VT, 8 miles upstream from MADebra Stoleroff of the Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance has put out the following announcement:
“The …

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