TV: Concerns about integrity of top of giant Louisiana salt dome — Measures 1-by-3 miles (DIAGRAM & VIDEO)
“…Reporter: Its also not clear, however how far that fracture could have traveled and its impact on the overall integrity of the top of this massive salt dome.
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We’ve requested multiple interviews with the Department of Natural Resources. So far none have been granted….”
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Local news reports cavern filled with radioactive material may have collapsed — “Concerns swarm about what could leak out” around sinkhole (VIDEO)
“…Anchor: Some are worried about radiation in the area now…
Reporter: That fear comes after Texas Brine was given the green light to fill its brine cavern with naturally occurring radioactive material years ago.
Now that scientist believe that cavern may have collapsed, concerns swarm about what could leak out……”
Fukushima Chief Yoshida: We must bring foreign experts in to help — Reactors NOT stabilized (PHOTO)
(Subscription Only )Title: Fukushima boss Masao Yoshida breaks silence on disaster
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Source: The Australian
Author: Rick Wallace
Date: Aug 11, 2012
“…While the government of Japan has declared the cold shutdown and is anxious to talk up progress at the site, Mr Yoshida spoke in his interview as if he didn’t consider the reactors stabilised.
He said he had remained silent until now because he felt it was not right to speak while the four investigations into the tragedy – now concluded – were still under way…”.
Mr Yoshida said he and the other workers told everything to investigators and the findings reflected this, but their human stories didn’t come through in the investigatory reports.
Hibakusha bear witness to nuclear power’s exploitation of indigenous peoples
the world is still full of hibakusha who can testify to the rippling consequences of radiation exposure on health, family and community.
Nuclear testing hibakusha who have been removed from their home communities have suffered the social breakdowns
They often define themselves in relation to the colonial power that irradiated them, i.e., they are victims of French nuclear testing, of Soviet nuclear testing, of American nuclear testing
Hibakusha: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Beyond . Dr Bo Jacobs 11 Aug 12, http://www.dianuke.org/hibakusha-hiroshima-nagasaki-robert-jacobs/ Hundreds of hibakusha gather in Hiroshima today, and in Nagasaki on 9 August. Many more will stay away from such commemorations, preferring to spend these anniversaries in private. Almost all of these hibakusha were children when their families were attacked with nuclear weapons: and it is these grown children who remain to bear witness.
While over 70,000 people were killed in Hiroshima on the day that the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city center in August 1945, even more people became survivors of that attack. Many tens of thousands would die in the coming weeks, months and years, but some would live long and full lives. Their lives would forever be marked by this experience. Many have never shaken the trauma of expecting that they would die, having watched their family and their friends die, having seen an endless horizon full of the dead and dying and the corpses of people and animals burned beyond recognition, and of seeing their homes and city disappear into fire and rubble.
Beyond the epidemiological and psychological affects on the hibakusha, the social impacts were often as devastating. Experiencing discrimination in marriage and employment, many were also plagued by their own worries about whether to have children, and by anxieties that every subsequent cold or flu that they or their children experienced might be the first signs of an impending fatal illness. In a sense the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki never ended. Continue reading
Mururoa Atomic Bomb test site in danger of collapsing
French Nuclear Test Site Mururoa Atoll in Danger of Collapse Report kept secret for 2 years By Raiatea Tahana-Reese Epoch Times , 10 Aug 12, The French government, since 2010, has kept secret that Mururoa Atoll, the site of French nuclear testing in the Pacific, is in danger of collapsing, according to Mururoa e Tatou (MET), the Nuclear Association in French Polynesia.
MET President Roland Oldham told ABC’s Radio Australia Pacific Beat program that the issue was detailed in a leaked report from the French Ministry of Defence and should have been made public long ago.
Mr Oldham said if the atoll were to collapse, radioactive material would be released into the Pacific Ocean, and could cause a 15-metre tsunami. “Just in that little area, there is over maybe 12 underground tests in that area, and we have to remember that France have done
altogether 193 nuclear test explosions in Mururoa,” he told Pacific Beat.
“In the soil of Mururoa, if something happens there are about 150 holes containing very dangerous radioactivity.” Continue reading
“Who will rid the nuclear industry of this troublesome nun?”
The actions of Sister Rice, a New York native who grew up on a prosperous block in Morningside Heights, and her companions, ages 57 and 63, are a huge embarrassment for President Obama
“It’s the criminality of this 70-year industry,” she said. “We spend more on nuclear arms than on the departments of education, health, transportation, disaster relief and a number of other government agencies that I can’t remember.”
The Nun Who Broke Into the Nuclear Sanctum. NYT, By WILLIAM J. BROAD August 10, 2012 She has been arrested 40 or 50 times for acts of civil disobedience and once served six months in prison. In the Nevada desert, she and other peace activists knelt down to block a truck rumbling across the government’s nuclear test site, prompting the authorities to take her into custody.
She gained so much attention that the Energy Department, which maintains the nation’s nuclear arsenal, helped pay for an oral history in which she described her upbringing and the development of her antinuclear views.
Now, Sister Megan Rice, 82, a Roman Catholic nun of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, and two male accomplices have carried out what nuclear experts call the biggest security breach in the history of the nation’s atomic complex, making their way to the inner sanctum of the site where the United States keeps crucial nuclear bomb parts and fuel.
“Deadly force is authorized,” signs there read. “Halt!” Images of skulls emphasize the lethal danger. Continue reading
No nuclear waste solution in sight, as USA suspends new and renewing nuclear power licences
The suspension is likely to lower confidence in the nuclear industry, both on the part of the public and lawmakers. At least one congressman called for the end of new nuclear power in response to the order.
A century after a reactor shuts down, “the entity that operates reactors might not exist; the NRC might not exist. How do you say with a straight face that’s going to be safe?”
US nuke plant delay fails to solve storage conundrum http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22165-us-nuke-plant-delay-fails-to-solve-storage-conundrum.html 10 August 2012 by Sara Reardon The gauntlet has been thrown: until the US figures out what to do with its nuclear waste, new nuclear plants can’t be licensed and existing licences can’t be renewed.
The dramatic decision, taken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 8 August, is a sign of mounting pressure over the issue of nuclear waste storage, and is likely to rekindle doubts over the future of the nuclear industry. But whether it will result in a solution anytime soon is still unclear.
In taking the decision, the NRC was responding to a complaint from 24 organisations, demanding that it set more specific guidelines for its plans regarding nuclear waste.
The current modus operandi is for US nuclear plants to store spent fuel in pools onsite in the hope that a permanent geological repository, such as Nevada’s Yucca Mountain – or even better, somewhere else – becomes available within the coming decades. Continue reading
Up to 113,845 jobs in clean energy for Michigan
“It’s a job creating machine, with the added benefit of cleaner air, improved public health and healthier communities.”
All told, the initiative would create between 74,495 and 113,845 jobs in Michigan..
Renewable energy ballot measure called ‘job creating machine‘ By Karen Bouffard Detroit News Lansing Bureau, August 10, 2012 Lansing— At least 74,000 jobs would be created if voters approve a proposed ballot measure that requires 25 percent of energy to come
from renewable sources by 2025, according to a Michigan State University study released Friday.
Results of the study were announced by supporters of the Michigan Energy Michigan Jobs renewable energy ballot proposal, which is opposed by utility companies and business groups. The higher renewable electricity standard would create more than $10
billion in investments, according to the study. Continue reading
$39 billion loss for Australian uranium miner Paladin
Uranium mine lost K39 billion in 2011 , The Maravi Post, 10 Aug 12 BLANTYRE–The Kayekelera uranium mine in Karonga, which is operated by Paladin Energy Limited of Australia, lost K39 billion in nine months of operation ending March 2012 due to fluctuating prices of the commodity on the international market, the company’s top official has said.
Greg Walker, general manager for international affairs, told the Daily Times Business that the loss was a result of the historic earthquake in Japan that produced a Tsunami in March last year. Spot price for uranium oxide dropped from $75 (some K21, 000) to $47.50 (K13, 000) after the closure of Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.
Walker said now the price is at $49.50 -K14,000 – saying this was below the direct cost of production at Kayelekera, the country’s biggest investment. Walket told the daily that Paladin have bankrolled $145 million–K41 billion- to keep the mine afloat… http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-news/society/1486-uranium-mine-lost-k39-billion-in-2011.html#.UCbaJ6FlT4Y
Permanent ban on uranium determined by James Bay Cree Nation
James Bay Cree Nation enacts permanent uranium moratorium in James Bay territory, The First Perspective (Canada) Crees “determined to protect our way of life against the unique and grave threat posed by uranium mining and waste, today and for thousands of years to come”. Waskaganish, QC, Aug. 9, 2012 – The James Bay Cree Nation has declared a Permanent Moratorium on uranium exploration, uranium mining and uranium waste emplacement in Eeyou Istchee, the James Bay Cree territory. The permanent moratorium was enacted unanimously by the Annual Cree Nation General Assembly in Waskaganish.
“The risks inherent in uranium exploration, mining, milling, refining and transport, and in radioactive and toxic uranium mining waste, are incompatible with our stewardship responsibilities in Eeyou Istchee,” the Resolution declares.
“The Cree Nation is determined to protect our economies and way of life against the unique and grave threat posed by uranium mining and uranium waste, today and for thousands of years to come,” said Grand Chief Dr. Matthew Coon Come. “We are not opposed to sustainable and equitable mining and other industrial and resource development activities in Eeyou Istchee – but the toxic and radiation risks created by uranium mining and uranium waste are unique in scale and duration.” Continue reading
Scotland CAN get to %100 renewable energy
100% renewable energy ‘attainable’
http://www.strathearnherald.co.uk/strathearn-news/scottish-news/2012/08/10/100-renewable-energy-attainable-64054-31597089/ Aug 10 2012 The ambition to generate 100% of Scotland’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020 could be within reach, a report has suggested.
Scotland’s Renewable Energy Sector In Numbers – an online portal by industry body Scottish Renewables which pulls together figures from a range of sources – shows figures on energy capacity, output, jobs and investment, and emissions which were buried away in dense government reports. Continue reading
Call to attend Washington Senate briefing 22 September
The U.S. Senate: Attend the briefing on nuclear power
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-u-s-senate-attend-the-briefing-on-nuclear-power 11 Aug 12, As your constituent, I urge you to attend a critical briefing on nuclear safety organized by Rep. Dennis Kucinich. The meeting is scheduled for Thurs, Sept. 20th, 2012 from 2 – 4 pm on Capitol Hill in the Cannon Building, Room 121.
Why attend this briefing? There is an ongoing nuclear disaster in Japan. Prior to this disaster, the regulators in Japan said they had all the safety measures possible in place. Our Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has said the same thing about our 104 aging nuclear power plants.
Despite the assurances from Japan, a major nuclear disaster happened. A large part of Japan is now uninhabitable.
Nuclear disasters are NOT unique to Japan. Continue reading
Belgium’s nuclear reactors – serious safety problems
Installing a replacement meanwhile has never been attempted anywhere because of the problem of high radiation levels.
The agency is also mulling the permanent closure “in the worst case” of a second reactor in the country’s south near Liege. The tests showed “faults in the steel base material” on which the reactor vessel is mounted
Belgian nuclear chief ‘sceptical’ reactor can be restarted http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5giMgDamP-y9XYqUMpuO7Y0Bxd5kQ?docId=CNG.31919a592d9f6a151c693e0dac609bdf.111 11 Aug 12, BRUSSELS — The head of Belgium’s federal agency for nuclear safety AFCN said on Friday he was “sceptical” that an ageing reactor closed over fears of cracks could be restarted. Continue reading
VIDEO: Albuquerque rain radiation fallout test
ABQ NM rain fallout test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2zkf4C6tpc&feature=share Aug 9, 2012 Tested an overnight rain shower around 1am 8-7-2012 In Albuquerque NM, west of the Airport. This is normal monsoon moisture. 11:05 1st 10 min test ends with a reading of 567.0 12:30 2nd test begins with a quick spot average of 715 cpm 2nd ten min
test concludes with a Whopping 671.7 !
Comments ( mrjoeman )
Wow ! those readings are insane ! I live in Vancouver BC just across
the Pacific from Japan and my daily readings have been only 270 – 300
CPM (10 min) of background the last four months. My rainwater readings
have been only slightly higher than background with a few spikes 3X
background back in May. Does NM have much Radon gas? Are you
downstream of Nuclear Plants. Thanks for posting your vid.
If it was from the granite it wouldn’t be coming down in the rain.
This has to be fallout from a nuke plant nearby or Fukushima coming
in on the jet stream.
Redawgy in reply to mrjoeman (Show the comment) 6 hours ago
holy smokes that is HOT, as in nuclear waste.
Redawgy 6 hours ago
stupid tablet…..
Is there any way you can post what the numbers mean?
jrruper1 23 hours ago
Any way you that you can link what the numbers mean?
Thanks for stepping up and posting your results.
jrruper1 23 hours ago
Nuclear weapons lab security – like a fish, it rots from the head down
Where’s the Oversight at Nuclear Labs? Hands-Off Approach Is Recipe for Disaster HUFFINGTON POST, Project on Government Oversight (POGO) 08/10/2012 By Peter Stockton and Lydia Dennett As the saying goes, “The fish rots from the head down.” This is certainly the case at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where an 82-year-old nun and two accomplices recently broke in, raising serious questions about the Department of Energy’s (DOE) security strategy.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a statement provided to the Knoxville News Sentinel on Monday: “The department has no tolerance for security breaches at any of our sites, and I am committed to ensure that those responsible will be held accountable.” But there is no denying that Y-12 was a giant failure of federal oversight. Now the people being axed are lower-level employees rather than those who have allowed the security standards to fall far below acceptable levels, such as Secretary Chu, himself. Continue reading
Vogtle nuclear power plant to go ahead – but could be stalled later
The NRC’s effort to resolve the nuclear waste dilemma, however, could yield new regulations that would affect Plant Vogtle’s completion date
Spent fuel from decades of operating Plant Vogtle’s units 1 and 2, meanwhile, has nearly filled the available storage space in the pools.
NRC nuclear licensing freeze won’t stall Vogtle The Augusta Chronicle By Rob Pavey, Aug 10, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision this week to suspend final approval of new nuclear power plant licenses leaves just two projects – including Plant Vogtle – fully authorized to build and operate the first new U.S. reactors in a generation.
The moratorium, which also stalls license renewals for existing plants, will remain in
place while regulators re-evaluate the safety and environmental impacts of storing spent nuclear fuel at commercial reactor sites. Continue reading
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