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UK nuclear plant shut down when smoke seen

Heysham nuclear reactor shut down ‘as precaution’, BBC News Lancashire, 3 May 13, EDF said the plant was shut down as a precaution A nuclear reactor has been shut down after smoke was seen coming from a plant in Lancashire.

The reactor at Heysham One nuclear power station was shut down at 18:00 BST on Thursday due to smouldering lagging on a turbine.

EDF, which operates the reactor, said it was shut down as a precaution….. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-22394359

May 4, 2013 Posted by | incidents, UK | Leave a comment

Military planes dropped “radiation bombs” by U.S. cities — 60 times more radioactivity than released during TMI meltdown

http://enenews.com/military-planes-dropped-radiation-bombs-cities-60-times-radioactivity-released-during-tmi-accident

Published: May 3rd, 2013 at 11:48 am ET
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Title: Humans Used for Radiation Experiments: A Shameful Chapter in US History
Source: City Watch (Los Angeles)
Author: John LaForge
Date: May 3, 2013

Humans Used for Radiation Experiments: A Shameful Chapter in US History

[…] The military even dumped radiation from planes and spread it across wide areas around and downwind of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Los Alamos, NM, and Dugway, Utah. This “systematic radiation warfare program,” conducted between 1944 and 1961, was kept secret for decades.

“Radiation bombs” thrown from USAF planes intentionally spread radiation “unknown distances” endangering the young and old alike. One such experiment doused Utah with 60 times more radiation than escaped the Three Mile Island accident, according to Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, who released a report on the program 20 years ago. […]

See also: Victims of suspected radiological spraying in St. Louis suffer thyroid, other cancers — Helicopters covered children in powder — “Oh my God, if they did that there’s no telling what else they’re hiding”

“….President Clinton, by executive order, created a committee to look into just how extensive the government’s human-irradiating activities had been. The committee’s thousand-page report was released in October 1995, and contained many, many more tidbits on the long, terrible history of the “Human Radiation Experiments”:

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The World of Illegal Arms Trafficking | Interview with Kathi Lynn Austin

 

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Published on 3 May 2013

Image source ; Tribeca Online Festival Best Short Film: A Short Film About Guns, directed by Minos Papas (USA, UK). Winner receives $5,000. The award was given by Geoff Gilmore.

Abby Martin talks to Kathi Lynn Austin, executive director of the Conflict Awareness Project, about the global arms trade, the UN’s International Arms Trade Treaty, and the need for higher international standards of regulation of these deadly commodities.

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A Short Film About Guns: Trailer

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