By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau PINEDALE, N.M. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s preferred alternative for cleaning up the Northeast Churchrock Mine site boils down to placing tailings on top of tailings at the United Nuclear Corp. mill site, at … Continue reading
After a large volume of email to me (thanks) several people were worried that taking the newsletter private would mean the loss of any kind of comprehensive overview for the public on the full scope of the nuclear industrial state. … Continue reading
Field of secrets: The Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup saga hits 20 – LA Daily News BEFORE the spring of 1989, all most people knew of the Santa Susana Field Lab were the occasional rocket tests that sent a thundering … Continue reading
The Free Press — Independent News Media – Harvey Wasserman Big Nuke’s desperate radioactive hoax in impoverished OhioJune 18, 2009 Job-starved southern Ohioans are being promised a shiny new nuclear plant. But the announcement has come with a cruel reminder, … Continue reading
FACTBOX: European nuclear plant life extensions | Green Business | Reuters Most nuclear power plants have a nominal design lifetime of up to 40 years but many have been approved to operate for longer. The possibility of component replacement and … Continue reading
Here’s the latest energy news. I’m going to create a padding process at the top of the weekly news so that the system processes the content appropriately. I’m considering some kind of standardized statement etc. but haven’t come up with … Continue reading
I hate DC politics. Isn’t it just the most psychotic process imaginable! Just think of all those pro-nuclear ideologues just dying in their own stew… The shoe could fit for us as well. Legislation passing through congress could very well … Continue reading
Is it really over? The NY Times said it’s so. Damn it took a while for them to play out the public out for all they could. Well, don’t drop your guard yet. Internationally, The biggest news was France’s EDF … Continue reading
Joseph J. Mangano MPH MBA We hear it all the time. Nuclear reactors produce 80% of the electricity in France. Their reactors are “safe” and that means the U.S. should build new reactors. This is the sound byte. But … Continue reading
Columns Harvey Wasserman The 8 green steps to Solartopia May 26, 2009 The noble vision of a Solartopian green-powered Earth is at last upon us. Our eco-future is defined by the four Great Green Truths: we have a global crisis, … Continue reading
For more information, contact: Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, (925) 443-7148 For immediate release, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Livermore Lab Caught Conducting Illegal Restricted Bio-Experiments Tri-Valley CAREs recently received documents that the group had long been seeking under the Freedom of … Continue reading
This isn’t a 100 story week. How about 150… I could spend a week just trying to describe what happened. I’ve got my hearing back! I’ve been working for the last 4 weeks without hearing in my left ear.   … Continue reading
What a busy week. We won some and lost some. Of all the issues that was probably the most important were the waste issues. Energy Solutions won a legal battle against Utah and the North West LLW compact commission that … Continue reading
NRC Regulatory Agenda Final Rules 1. Adjustment to Civil Penalties (Parts 2 and 13) RIN: 3150-AI45 Docket ID: NRC-2008-0412 Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission’s regulations to adjust the maximum civil monetary penalties (CMPs) it can assess under statues … Continue reading
This has been one of the biggest news weeks in quite awhile. The news is mixed as usual but what a week. I’ve got a dentists appt tomorrow so I’m gonna cut this short but add more commentary on monday … Continue reading
NRC Regulatory Agenda Petitions 1. Petitioner/Petition Docket Number: State of Nevada (PRM-2-14) Docket ID: NRC-2007-0011 Federal Register Citation: August 29, 2007 (72 FR 49668) Subject: Specify Issues for the Yucca Mountain Mandatory Hearing Summary: The petitioner requested that the Commission … Continue reading
Quite a roller coaster week on the news front. I’m not quite sure where to begin… Reactor cancellations and much more, but lo, we are still holding our breath about the latest $50 billion vampire that does not die, nor … Continue reading
On this the 23rd anniversary of Chernobyl, its kind of hard for me to talk just about what it means today and ignore the growing state of affairs around us. Yet, as of the 26th, there hasn’t been a single … Continue reading
The Free Press — Independent News Media – Harvey Wasserman How Chernobyl could happen here April 21, 2009 A catastrophe like Chernobyl could happen here. It’s the radioactive core of the second biggest lie in US industrial history. The atomic … Continue reading
Wow! What a turn around in the news… Was it the compost tossed at a Vermont NRC hearing that caused it all? 🙂 Probably the biggest stories are all coming from outside the US, but then that doesn’t mean that … Continue reading
The nuclear weapons issue took center stage this past week when Obama called for a dramatic scaleback of nuclear weapons. A coalition of groups has even called for a dramatic reduction of the DOE, suggesting that major facilities like Savannah … Continue reading
Some fairly major stories ran through the papers this last week. A lot of bad news mostly. What’s new. The Supreme Court favored nukes over fish at Indian Point, while the NRC was able to relicense Oyster Creek on another … Continue reading
Here’s a state by state rundown on nuclear legislative and regulatory battles. There is also a link to recent news for the state. Contact me if you want to make additions or corrections! Alabama: Legislation: Not known Regulatory: COL: Belefonte … Continue reading
Its pretty clear out there folks, the media isn’t happy about being reminded of TMI and its impacts. A look at coverage of the worst accident in US nuclear power history indicates that very few local news services covered the … Continue reading
Hey Folks. As this issue will imply, we are looking at a huge national push by the nuclear industry. I’m not going to put even a small number of the angry Yucca Mountain articles being posted all over the country. … Continue reading
a href=”http://www.counterpunch.org/wasserman03192009.html”Harvey Wasserman: The Crash of France’s Nuclear Poster Child/abr /blockquoteThe myth of a successful nuclear power industry in France has melted into financial chaos.br /br /With it dies the corporate-hyped poster child for a “nuclear renaissance” of new reactor … Continue reading
Yucca Blowback continues. All eyes on the committee that will be looking into alternatives. Following the Reid victory at cutting Yucca funding there has been a huge outburst of PR around the country. A very busy time to be online. … Continue reading
Setbacks Continue to Plague New Nuclear Reactor Plans in Georgia: Judges rule utilities lack plan to manage radioactive nuclear waste Savannah, Ga. – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s three-judge panel told Georgia utilities late last week that their application to … Continue reading
You heard it here first… Well, maybe. Senator Reid has been inching towards a kill on Yucca for years. I imagine he’s pretty happy with this last weeks confirmation of cuts to Yucca Mountain’s budget. The impacts are all over … Continue reading
Automated Translation of the french article (machines suck!) by Sortir Du Nucleaire – March 3rd, 2009 – EDF lost 9% on the Paris stock market yesterday, and has lost over 70% in the last few months; – Areva lost more … Continue reading
Being old sucks. All those old pipes communication lines that are starting to sag and weaken make for a scary ride, especially when economic times mean cutting corners. What a wonderful country we’re in! We’ve now got word that Yucca … Continue reading
Historic Note: This complilation of Russian news stories in 2009 documents the state of affairs of a country that was/is just barely recovering from a economic collapse far worse than anything the U.S. ever experienced. The country’s agenda to rebuild … Continue reading
After last week, this news cycle is a quite a bit slower, but only slightly. If you want a quick review of the major stories skip my own thoughts here at your own peril.. 🙂 Having played around with doing … Continue reading
This is a presentation of Japan’s nuclear state of affairs during following the July 2007 Earthquake that shook the country’s nuclear industry down to its core. Japan and France have remained as the world’s two heavy nuclear promoters after the … Continue reading
This is a good time to do a special on our wonderful nuclear French Connection. Here you will find the best english wire stories that have come out about France over the last year and a half. As an introduction … Continue reading
It was a nuclear news fallout week! I could write a huge article just trying to cover all the blowback from the $50 billion bailout campaign. I went to a party last night that had nothing to do with nuclear … Continue reading
Real policy time! Change…. One drip at a time. No bold sweeping policy changes here folks. Biden’s trip to Europe has Russia, Iran and North Korea all happy. Or are they. Unlike Bush, there is now some kind of “diplomatic” … Continue reading
I kind of feel like a groundhog. The west coast has been in a warm spell since the beginning of the year. Its been in the mid 60’s all January, and bay area water authorities notified the public to start … Continue reading
 By Harvey Wasserman   The desperate, dangerous nuclear power industry has dropped a $50 billion stealth bomb meant to irradiate the Obama Stimulus Package.  It comes in the form of a mega-loan guarantee package that would build new reactors … Continue reading
 A new energy future means a new Energy Department Bulletin of Atomic Scientists By Robert Alvarez | 8 January 2009 Article Highlights Energy Secretary-designate Steven Chu’s most daunting challenge may be reforming the department. Energy’s existing structure isn’t well-suited to … Continue reading
What a mixed message that comes through on this issue. There are pushes to open reactors in Asia to a controversy over the cost of building a new reactor in Turkey. Everybody and their uncle are all in India trying … Continue reading
A lot of news in the last week. Chu got his day before the senate and Senator Reid got a promise to defund Yucca. Obama’s stimulus package includes $54 billion for energy incentives. Sorry folks, no plan B. News stories … Continue reading
I’m Back! After a week long case of food poisoning and additional struggles to get my my life back into one piece. Thanks to everyone who send me notes! I’ve also posted older stories from the first week of the … Continue reading
Harvey Wasserman January 8, 2009 A nuke power bailout must NOT be part of the hundreds of billions of federal dollars about to pour out of Washington to revive our Bush-whacked economy. If the huge Obama stimulus package we all … Continue reading
This is a makeup article of stories from the first week of January. I took the week off due to food poisoning and am pretty much recovered. The TVA tailings disaster has given the coal industry a nasty black eye! … Continue reading
Seasons Greetings to all! I went to an interesting presentation made by Harvey Wasserman here in the Bay Area during the weekend and got a chance to chat with him afterwards! I’m also compiling a summary of the best stories … Continue reading
The nuclear renaissance came in like a lion and went out like a three eyed fish. Its still too early to tell just what the coming year will bring, but the initial signs are that if any thing, we can … Continue reading
Growl… I was hacked again and lost several hours of work. Take two… This issue starts out with a bit of classic corporate Americana. The Brits just learned that their government secretly sold their entire nuclear weapons production operations to … Continue reading
This was the don’t blink week if there ever was one on energy issues. The big stories rolled in like storms one after the other. The top story for me was the finding that Bush’s AG lied to congress over … Continue reading
Special report: How our economy is killing the Earth – NewScientist: Science-in-Society – THE graphs climbing across these pages (see graph in detail, or explore the data) are a stark reminder of the crisis facing our planet. Consumption of resources … Continue reading