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Vermont and New York lead the movement to shut down nuclear reactors

Shut down dangerous old nuclear reactors, Greenpeace USA,  by Jarred Cobb – March 24, 2011 “….The federal government has failed for years to provide appropriate oversight of nuclear reactors, but fortunately, two states are leading the fight to close down their dangerous old nuclear reactors.  In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo has been a longtime critic of Indian Point, and has called for a safety review of the reactors.  In Vermont, where the state legislature voted overwhelmingly last year to close Vermont Yankee as scheduled in 2012, over 600 people gathered outside the reactor on Sunday to show solidarity with the people of Japan and call for the plant to be shut down.This Monday, March 28, people across the country will be showing their support for the people of Japan and calling for a world free of nuclear disasters. To find a Stand with Japan vigil near you, go to: www.greenpeace.org/usa/vigilsforjapan.

Shut down dangerous old nuclear reactors | Greenpeace USA

March 26, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

The first manufacturing victims of ionising radiation

Until, one by one, the dial painters began, mysteriously, to fall ill.  Their teeth fell out, their mouths filled with sores, their jaws rotted, they wasted away, weakened by an apparently unstoppable anemia. By 1924, nine of the dial painters were dead

The Radium Girls | Speakeasy Science, By Deborah Blum March 24, 2011 “……Radon (Rn) is an element found in the earth’s crust as a radioactive “daughter” of uranium. ……….After American troops joined the war in Europe, (1916) the factory in Orange, New Jersey won a contract to supply radium-dial instruments to the military. By the time the war ended, wristwatches with their glowing dials and handy wristbands were all the style. So were luminous-faced clocks, nicely dressed up in gold and ebony for elegant homes. The corporation’s business was as healthy as ever, as healthy, you might say, as radium itself.There was not a thought worth mentioning that radium might not really be the golden child of the elements. Continue reading →

March 26, 2011 Posted by | health, history, USA | Leave a comment

Oyster Creek nuclear reactor – the oldest and most dangerous?

Oyster Creek has been dogged by problems including a corroding liner in the carbon steel containment unit; leaks that allow radioactive tritium to seep into drinking water; and huge volumes of stocked spent fuel rods.

“We have 40 years of radiation on site — two-and-a-half to three times more than in Japan,”

Oldest US nuclear reactor: a ‘disaster’ in waiting?, Google news, By Karin Zeitvogel (AFP) –25 March 11, LACEY, New Jersey — A sleepy New Jersey town has popped onto people’s radar screens because it has the oldest running nuclear power plant in the United States — and, some say, the most dangerous.

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March 26, 2011 Posted by | safety, USA | Leave a comment

How to deal with dead nuclear reactors?


“The need for national and international mechanisms for early planning, adequate funding and long-term strategies applies not only to decommissioning, but also to radioactive waste management and spent fuel management.”

Closing old atom plants poses safety challenge: IAEA By Fredrik DahlMar 24, 2011  VIENNA (Reuters) – The closing of aging nuclear reactors is expected to peak in 2020-30, posing a major challenge in terms of safety and the environment, a draft U.N. atomic agency report says. Continue reading →

March 26, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, decommission reactor | Leave a comment

Radiation exposure send Fukushima workers to hospital

Reactor workers exposed to radioactive water , – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 25 March 11, Water that three workers were exposed to at Japan’s crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant contained radioactive materials 10,000 times the normal level, the plant’s operator said. Continue reading →

March 26, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

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