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Category Archives: N-Safety
Media, Academia Join Forces to Downplay Dangers of Nuclear Power | Dissident Voice by Titus North / March 10th, 2012 Last April 20 the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published an on-line article entitled “Short-term and Long-term Health Risks … Continue reading
It took over three years before the US acknowledged that a partial meltdown happened at Three Mile Island. A half year after Fukushima its still not clear what caused not one but three reactors to have full meltdowns, at least 3 hydrogen explosions, the undisclosed deaths of workers, billions of dollars of damages and radiation contamination that will effect the region far into the future. Here’s the additional details that played a major part in what happened.
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
Waxman sets stage for progress at Navajo uranium hearing : ICT [2007/11/02] Posted: November 02, 2007 by: Jerry Reynolds / Indian Country Today WASHINGTON – The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the House of Representatives held a hearing … Continue reading
Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free Jackson Hole Idaho National Lab By Noah Brenner November 3, 2007 Valley nuclear watchdog Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free lost a lawsuit against the federal government over its efforts to refurbish an aging nuclear reactor at the … Continue reading
U.S. Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerable To Earthquakes? NRC Affirms Safety, But Watchdog Raises Concerns Dan Shapley / News Editor The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that shook the largest power plant in the world to its knees this week in Japan has raised … Continue reading
http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/144.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UN First Committee Passes Depleted Uranium Resolution in Landslide Vote Late last night the UN First Committee passed, by an overwhelming majority, a resolution highlighting concerns over the military use of uranium. The resolution entitled ‘Effects … Continue reading
Study: Nuclear attack now could kill, injure 832,000 in Hiroshima : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) The Yomiuri Shimbun HIROSHIMA–A nuclear attack against Hiroshima would kill or injure up to 832,000 people, a study group of the … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News Federal officials did not systematically deny help for ill nuclear weapons workers such as those at Rocky Flats, a congressional investigation has found. But advocates for the ill workers said that investigators were too quick to accept … Continue reading
Industry’s plan for us | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist The many ways big money seeks to avoid reducing fossil fuel use Posted by David Roberts at 10:50 PM on 29 Oct 2007 Read more about: energy | … Continue reading
ReviewJournal.com – News – Downwinders can monitor radiation By KEITH ROGERS REVIEW-JOURNAL ON THE WEB Community Environmental Monitoring Program Science teacher Don Curry, left, and Community Environmental Monitoring Program Manager Ted Hartwell discuss the network’s capabilities Oct. 17 at the … Continue reading
Russia says radiation leak at Urals Mayak plant | Environment | Reuters By Natalya Shurmina YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Safety breaches have caused a radiation leak at a major nuclear reprocessing plant in the Ural mountains, Russia announced on Monday, … Continue reading
News & Star ‘Nuclear focus on Sellafield’ Published on 29/10/2007 Moveable priorities: Above left, Dungeness Nuclear Power Station in Kent. Above right, Sellafield, where union leaders are concerned work will be transferred from the south amid a funding crisis Moveable … Continue reading
The Coloradoan – www.coloradoan.com – Ft. Collins, CO. Those of us who live in Northern Colorado have good reasons to be concerned about the potential for uranium mining in our area. There are now five uranium companies active here. One … Continue reading
Salt Lake Tribune – Deadly dirt: Navajos in fight for their lives Tribune Editorial Article Last Updated: 10/29/2007 07:34:24 AM MDT If a picture speaks a thousand words, a small container of contaminated soil and a Geiger counter speak … Continue reading
5280 Magazine — Out in the Cold They are America’s Cold War veterans, who forged weapons from a fearsome energy source and bravely endured years of radiation for a country that pledged to take care of them. Instead, government loopholes … Continue reading
Independent – October 27-28, 2007: Panel rips into feds; Tells them they’ve had 30 years to cleanup uranium waste and have done nothing By Kathy Helms Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee plans … Continue reading
newsobserver.com | Shearon Harris: Train derailed at plant By John Murawski, Staff Writer Rail cars on a train carrying spent radioactive nuclear fuel derailed at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant in Wake County Thursday at 6:57 p.m. But the nuclear … Continue reading
Independent – October 24, 2007: Uranium legacy outrages Congress; Waxman: ‘The primary responsibility for this tragedy rests with the federal government’ Everytt Begay walks past a row of signs leaning against a fence that keeps people out of the proposed … Continue reading
The Navajo Nation has requested the federal government: * Establish a moratorium on uranium mining and processing in Navajo Indian Country that mirrors the Natural Resources Protection Act of 2005 passed by the Navajo Nation Council banning the same activities; … Continue reading
IT’S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 3 STORIES TO GET ALL OF THIS HEARING. IT ROCKED! By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau WINDOW ROCK – A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the sound of an instrument used to detect … Continue reading
Salt Lake Tribune – Navajos: Old uranium tailings leave land radioactive, people sick By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 10/24/2007 06:52:39 AM MDT WASHINGTON – The Navajo Nation representative waved an instrument over the small pile … Continue reading
Contamination From Depleted Uranium Found In Urine 20 Years Later ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2007) — Inhaled depleted uranium (DU) oxide aerosols are recognised as a distinct human health hazard and DU has been suggested to be responsible in part for … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News – Senators vow action on aid program for nuke workers S By Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News October 24, 2007 WASHINGTON – Members of a power-packed U.S. Senate committee said Tuesday that they would find ways to … Continue reading
Oxford Research Group – Briefing papers – Too Hot to Handle? The Future of Civil Nuclear Power Frank Barnaby and James Kemp, with a foreword by David Howarth MP, July 2007 Report Cover Supporters of nuclear power claim that … Continue reading
The Buffalo News: Niagara County: Testing standards for landfill are faulted Residents group cites flaws in CWM plan By Aaron Besecker – NEWS NIAGARA BUREAU Updated: 10/19/07 7:48 AM LEWISTON — New state testing requirements for CWM Chemical Services fail … Continue reading
NewsOK: Gore uranium facility facing four options Gore uranium facility facing four options Additional information about Gore, OK from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. By The Associated Press GORE — U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials have detailed four options for … Continue reading
Independent – October 19, 2007: A legacy of illness; Post-71 miners don’t want to see a repeat of past errors A legacy of illness Post-71 miners don’t want to see a repeat of past errors Strong winds carry misted water … Continue reading
OFFICE OF U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN For Immediate Release Thursday, October 18, 2007                                                 Contact: Bethany Lesser (202) 224-3978 BROWN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO CLEAN UP PIKETON URANIUM ENRICHMENT PLANT Bill Would Fund Cleanup Effort – Critical First Step To Redevelopment Of … Continue reading
asahi.com : Control rod stuck at nuclear plant – 10/19/2007 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN A control rod at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture remains stuck, raising concerns that the July 16 earthquake may have distorted the shape of … Continue reading
The government was equally tight-lipped about the radioactive fallout – although the authorities banned the sale of milk from local farms. A new study by John Garland, formerly of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, and Richard Wakeford, a visiting professor … Continue reading
U.S. Considered Radiological Weapon | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited Monday October 8, 2007 3:46 PM By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – In one of the longest-held secrets of the Cold War, the U.S. Army explored the … Continue reading
MontereyHerald.com : – Cancer almost certainly a result of radiation By Peter H. Gott, M.D. Article Last Updated: 09/28/2007 01:40:22 AM PDT Dear Dr. Gott: I am a World War II veteran, and after the war I was in the … Continue reading
Alameda Sun – Radioactive Waste at Base Written by Marc E. Albert Published: Friday, 28 September 2007 Image Radioactive contamination at the former Naval Air Station Alameda is so extensive that some areas remain off limits and parts of the … Continue reading
Manipulating Public Health Research: The Nuclear and Radiation Health Establishments RUDI H. NUSSBAUM, PHD Industry, government, and the military have systematically suppressed or manipulated epidemiologic research showing detrimental effects on human health from accidental or occupational exposures to ionizing radiation. … Continue reading
by Major John P. Shannon The exemption that the Navy claims is actually no exemption at all. The exemption the Navy claims comes from Executive Order 12344, written by none other than Ronald Reagan [the hero of the right wing … Continue reading
Rocky Mountain News – Flats workers appeal aid ruling They decry delay in providing help to ill employees By Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain News September 26, 2007 Government officials didn’t follow the law and made serious errors in denying … Continue reading
Navajo downwinders face uphill battle for RECA compensation – Kathy Helms By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau Gallup Independent WINDOW ROCK – Fifteen years ago this past Sunday, the last underground nuclear weapons test took place at Nevada Test Site. The … Continue reading
Tri-City Herald: Mid-Columbia news Mid-Columbia news Agency calls for compensation for sick Hanford workers Published Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 ANNETTE CARY HERALD STAFF WRITER A federal review is recommending that some Hanford workers exposed to radioactive americium or thorium … Continue reading
Independent – September 13, 2007: RECA reform; Navajo stands behind ban on uranium mining Gallup Independent By Kathy Helms Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — When the Navajo Nation approved a ban in 2005 on uranium mining and processing within Navajo … Continue reading
Petition Seeks Emergency Prep Checkup for Aging Plants   September 12, 2007   Contact:Eric Epstein   ericepstein@comcast.net (717)-541-1101       NRC Asked to Review Emergency Planning  Prior to Relicensing     Suspension of Licensing Proceedings Sought … Continue reading
ScienceAlert – Australia & NZ – Who’s watching the nuclear watchdog? Wednesday, 12 September 2007 By Richard Broinowski and Tilman Ruff Australia has been poorly served by the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, the Commonwealth agency tasked with preventing … Continue reading
Media Release 7 September 2007 Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake – Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant NGO’s demand the IAEA stop misleading the international community and TEPCO improve transparency NGOs today demanded that there be greater international accountability from the International Atomic Energy Agency … Continue reading
asahi.com : Next Tokai quake could be massive – ENGLISH 09/05/2007 BY TAKASHI SOEDA, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The heavily populated Tokai region, which experts say is due for a major earthquake within 30 years, has experienced at least three “super” … Continue reading
Residents want Niigata reactor construction permit nullified | The Japan Times Online Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007 Residents want Niigata reactor construction permit nullified NIIGATA (Kyodo) Niigata residents seeking nullification of the 1977 government decision that allowed Tokyo Electric Power Co. … Continue reading
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URGENT ACTION ALERT ON SANTA SUSANA FIELD LAB August 29, 2007 Dear Friends, We need your help to get the Santa Susana Field Lab cleaned up properly and enduringly. This site is heavily contaminated with radionuclides and toxic chemicals from … Continue reading
CNIC(Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center) Call for Closure of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant CNIC(Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center) Close Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant The appeal below was released in Tokyo on 21 August 2007 by the Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers … Continue reading