Ground is cracking underneath Fukushima nuclear power plant
Fukushima ‘alarm’: Ground cracking, radioactive steam seeping, Examiner.com Deborah Dupre , Human Rights ExaminerAugust 17, 2011 – Doomed to cripple before quake and tsunami As Canadians learned about dangerous radiation falling on them in rain on Tuesday as far east as Toronto registered at 20,000 CPM, equivalent to the highly targeted dose of radiation for cancer radiotherapy, the Fukushima catastrophe escalated even higher Wednesday with evidence that the ground is cracking under the crippled nuclear power plant, causing radioactive steam to escape, “very serious and alarming” according to Anissa Naouai’s guest on Russia Today, Dr. Robert Jacobs, Professor of nuclear history at Hiroshima Peace Institute. Continue reading
Solar energy’s rise, as nuclear power’s future fades
Solar energy is vast, ubiquitous and indefinitely sustainable. There will never be a major solar accident, there’s minimal waste disposal issues, and we will never go to war over solar energy.
Solar will force coal and nuclear out of the energy business The Conversation, by Andrew Blakers, 18 August 2011, A solar energy revolution is brewing that will put the coal and nuclear industries out of business……..In contrast to coal and nuclear, solar is fully sustainable and safe. Solar is now an established industry that is growing very rapidly. Continue reading
Down, down, continues uranium price
Uranium market sees thin activity and lower price, Industrial Fuels and Power, August 17th, 2011 The uranium spot price delivered no surprises this week as it slipped further by US$1.00 to US$50.50/lb. Three days earlier, TradeTech had noted a US$1.25 WoW fall to US$50.25/lb, attributing the drop to thin demand and supply “with a few sellers competing for even fewer sales opportunities.”
Buyers – this week utilities, traders and financial entities – are largely uninterested and reluctant to commit purchases. …http://www.ifandp.com/article/0013083.html
Churches unite against uranium mining in Virginia
The Interfaith Center said it will join forces with the Keep the Ban coalition and work with the faith-based community to keep Virginia free of uranium mining…..
Virginia Interfaith Center opposes uranium mining, Canadian Business, By AP | August 17, 2011, RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy announced its opposition Wednesday to ending a 1982 state ban on uranium mining.
The faith-based group, which has advocated for expanded health care for children and low-income families and battled predatory lending practices, said it joins environmental groups and others opposed to uranium mining. Continue reading
Nuclear power plans scrapped by government, West Bengal, India
West Bengal government rules out Haripur nuclear project, THE HINDU 18 Aug 11 The West Bengal government has ruled out the nuclear power plant at Haripur in the State’s Purba Medinipur district.Replying to questions in the Assembly here on Wednesday, State Power Minister Manish Gupta said the government had decided to scrap the proposal. The government had no plans for the present to set up nuclear plants elsewhere in the State….
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been maintaining that Haripur is not the proper place for a nuclear power plant as it was a densely populated area and fishermen in the region would be affected.
When in the Opposition, Ms. Banerjee had vowed that her party would scrap the project if it came to power……http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2366598.ece
New book exposes USA’s atomic bomb cover-up
New Book: “Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki”
VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYvodtZDTc&feature=youtu.be
New Book exposes USA ‘s atomic bomb cover up Greg Mitchell 17 August 11, Just out this month, my 12th book: Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki and The Greatest Movie Never Made (Sinclair Books). This is a haunting account of how the U.S. suppressed the only film footage shot in the atomic cities, by an American military crew, for decades. The shocking cover-up even extended to MGM and Hollywood — and to President Truman. And there was no WikiLeaks to get the film aired.
America’s “nuclear entrapment” continues to this day. Atomic Cover-up takes a wide angle look at the use of the bomb in 1945–and its impact right up to 2011. It might be sub-titled “From Hiroshima to Fukushima…..”http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com/
US Dept of Energy told – “No new uranium mining. Clean up the old”
Opponents not only want the DOE to reject new uranium mining in the area, they also want past contamination cleaned up.
DOE gets an earful on uranium mine leasing program near Telluride, Montrose, Colorado Independent, By David O. Williams | 08.17.11 Depends where you were last week when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) took feedback on its uranium mine leasing program in southwest Colorado. In some places like Telluride, according to media reports, the feds met with stiff resistance…..
Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not protect public from radioactive groundwater leaks
The NRC’s decision on groundwater protection comes four months after an Asbury Park Press investigation documented hundreds of leaks and spills of radioactive water called tritium over the decades at plants, including Oyster Creek in Lacey. The NRC has never issued a fine against any plant.
NRC fails to change groundwater protection rules for nuclear plants, Activist says NRC needs to enforce its rules on radioactive water leaks and spills, Aug. 17, 2011 APP.com, Todd B. Bates:After years of criticisms that they were lax in dealing with radioactive leaks, spills and groundwater contamination at nuclear power plants, federal regulators have decided to let the industry keep policing itself.
The five-member U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission agreed to maintain the status quo and not add a tougher level of oversight Continue reading
The spread of Fukushima nuclear radiation in our interconnected world
amazed that particles could be spread across the world from such a small footprint like a reactor, which he compared in size to a swimming pool.
“It shows you how connected the world is,” he said. “What happens in one place can show up someplace else.”
Church group will lobby General Assembly to keep ban on uranium mining
Group will lobby General Assembly against uranium mining, WSJ By Anita Kumar, 17 Aug 11, Officials at the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy say they will be mobilizing activists across the state to lobby the General Assembly to continue a moratorium on uranium mining in the state.
Trieste Lockwood, director of the group’s power and light program, said that mining could harm drinking water, residents’ health and the economy by damaging agricultural, tourism and fishing industries if there is an accident….
“The financial gain of one corporation is really simply not worth the longterm risks to so many people,” Lockwood said.
Radioactive Tritium in Connecticut River, from Vermont Yankee nuclear plant
Tritium has leaked from dozens of nuclear plants around the country, but it has been particularly problematic for Vermont Yankee as it seeks to renew its license….
Within weeks, the state Senate voted 26-4 to block the state Public Service Board from issuing a permit for the plant to operate after its initial 40-year license expires in March 2012. Vermont is the only state with a law requiring its Legislature to give the OK before regulators can issue a new nuclear plant permit.
Tritium from Vt. nuke plant in Connecticut River, Boston.com, By Dave Gram, Associated Press / August 17, 2011, MONTPELIER, Vt.—Radioactive tritium that leaked from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant into surrounding soil and groundwater has now reached the nearby Connecticut River, the state Health Department said Wednesday as it released new river water test results….. Continue reading
A scientific measure of the radiation leaked from Fukushima
Measurements Reveal Extent of Leakage from Japan’s Damaged Fukushima Reactor ScienceDaily (Aug. 16, 2011) — Atmospheric chemists at the University of California, San Diego, report the first quantitative measurement of the amount of radiation leaked from the damaged nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan,….. Continue reading
Brown’s Ferry Nuclear Plant’s safety violations confirmed
NRC confirms earlier harsh safety finding for Browns Ferry Unit 1, August 17, 2011, By Brian Lawson, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Federal nuclear power regulators said in a letter released today they have confirmed their original finding that a malfunctioning valve at TVA’s Browns Ferry nuclear plant Unit 1 represented a significant safety violation.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which in June rejected the Tennessee Valley Authority’s appeal of the finding, said it enlisted a group of NRC staff members who were not involved in the original assessment to review the findings.
The staff also found that the “red” finding, the NRC’s harshest grade was justified. Such a finding requires repair of the problem and will lead to more inspections at Browns Ferry….. http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/08/nrc_confirms_earlier_harsh_saf.html
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