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Generator failures at nuclear power plant ‘very troubling’ Examiner AUGUST 14, 2012 BY: KEITH STEIN According to Xcel Energy, operators at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, in Minnesota, were forced to shut down one of two nuclear reactors early Tuesday morning when two diesel generators were determined to be inoperable during a monthly test. The unit is being shut down until the generators can be repaired. These generators are part of the safety systems in place to help maintain plant function in the event of a loss of offsite electricity.  “To have not just one, but both of the back-up diesel generators fail is very troubling,” said Johnny Johnson, tribal council president of the Prairie Island Indian Community, in a press statement. …  http://www.examiner.com/article/generator-failures-at-nuclear-power-plant-very-troubling

August 15, 2012 Posted by | USA | Leave a comment

Just In: Gov’t calls for immediate ‘worst-case analysis’ of risk to cavern with almost a million barrels of butane — Concerned about ‘possible release’ — Pipeline was “bent” when massive sinkhole expanded

Title: State wants updated risk plan on nearby cavern
Source: AP
Date: August 14, 2012 at 4:48p ET

 

“..State agencies say they’ve asked the company owning a natural gas pipeline that was bent by an expanding sinkhole in Assumption Parish for an updated risk management plan on a nearby butane storage cavern.

The cavern houses 940,000 barrels of butane…”

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Comparison image shows severe mutation of Japan butterfly’s stump-like wings (PHOTO) — Reporter: “Scary” that humans could be affected by mutations too

http://enenews.com/shocking-comparison-image-shows-severe-mutation-of-japan-butterflys-stump-like-wings-photo-scary-that-humans-could-also-be-affected-by-radioactive-mutations

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“…But asGizmodo’s Mario Aguilar points out, the much more alarming language comes just prior to that pacifying sentence, as scientists make connections to other radioactive disasters and their links between animal and human mutations:In the case of the Chernobyl accident, changes in species composition and phenotypic aberration in animal sand an increase in the incidence of thyroid and lymph cancers in humans have been reported. Similarly, an increase in the incidence of cancers has been reported for atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan….”

Title: Fukushima’s First Mutants Are Malformed Butterflies
Source: The Atlantic Wire
Author: Adam Martin
Date: August 14, 2012

Source: International Science Times

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