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Nuclear Hotseat #154: WHO/IAEA Unholy Alliance – Joe Mangano Shreds WHO’s Epidemiology + Never-been-heard Alison Katz Outakes

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The second of two special encore presentations on the World Health Organization’s “Unholy Alliance” with the pro-nuclear International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Joseph Mangano of Radiation and Public Health Project (radiation.org) shreds the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) stranglehold on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ability to present honest information on radiation dangers to public health. A point-by-point analysis of IAEA’s flawed epidemiological mandate to WHO, based on the late Dr. Rosalie Bertell’s analysis. Core information on how the entire world has been tricked into believing radiation is no big deal.

Last weeks full podcast featuring Allison Katz and other previous podcasts can he accessed here;

http://www.nuclearhotseat.com

 

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Abnormality found in wildfowl in Fukushima in all research areas due to radiation, but not that anyone will admit it! – Asahi online

すべての調査地で異常が確認された。12年3月までに調べた5541羽のうち、13・8%にあたる767羽に同様の尾羽の異常がみつかった。
【異常をもつ鳥の97・3%は、11年に生まれた幼鳥だった。】

Source; 「小型渡り鳥、尾羽根の異常が急増 2011年秋から」
http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG5N56HZG5NUGTB00V.html?iref=comtop_list_sci_n02

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That the feathers of the tail of migratory birds small that Oojurin , in the autumn of 2011 , abnormal length or was irregular or lacked the worm-eaten -like spreads is confirmed in research Yamashina of ( Yamashina ) birds Institute were . Cause is not known , but it is mentioned as a possibility and impact of radioactive material released infection and unknown parasite , TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident .

Order to know the route of migration and ecology , survey caught once , to Hocho it with a leg ring is continuing in various locations from 1961 to Oojurin . According to the research team , October 24, 11 , abnormal tail feathers were first identified in the study area of Niigata Prefecture . For this reason , it was an emergency survey of 17 stations in 14 prefectures from Tohoku to Kyushu .

Then , abnormality has been identified in the study area of all . Of the 5541 birds were examined to March 12 , abnormalities of the tail feathers of the same is found in the 767 birds which corresponds to 13.8% . 97.3% of birds with abnormal , the young bird was born in ’11 .

Last fall , the team reported in the Journal of the Ornithological Society of Japan these findings . From the fact that while the phrase “ could not be determined ” , abnormality was observed in all the study area , and the cause was pointed out the risk of changes in the environment of the region to use the route of migration , such as in common is impact . Potentially , I was considered and the influence of parasites, infection, malnutrition, thyroid abnormalities and radioactive material .

Editorial Board Ueda Toshihide

03:00 May 24, 2014

Original in Japanese

 

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Fukushima: High radioactivity stops workers from fixing dangerous structure

exclamation-flag-japanJapanese Journalist: Workers “very worried” about deformed 400 ft. structure falling on Fukushima reactor buildings and causing another crisis — Immediate repairs needed yet “can’t do anything” due to extreme radiation levels — Staff told to “constantly watch it” — One of site’s most dangerous places http://enenews.com/japan-journalist-workers-very-worried-about-deformed-400-ft-structure-falling-on-fukushima-reactor-buildings-needs-immediate-repair-yet-they-cant-do-anything-about-it-due-to-extr?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ENENews+%28Energy+News%29 3 May 14

Fukushima VoiceMay 28, 2014: Mako Oshidori in Düsseldorf “The Hidden Truth about Fukushima” […] The lecture, given in Japanese [on March 8, 2014] and translated into English.

Moderator: My name is Mariko. Welcome to a lecture by Mako Oshidori. […] A huge earthquake, followed by tsunami and the nuclear accident, has become an unprecedented disaster for the Japanese as well as the rest of the world. Moreover, this accident is not only out of control but continues to be in critical state. […]
Mako Oshidori: I am actually a journalist with the highest attendance rate at the TEPCO press conference. […] in 2013 when the Japanese central government decided to begin to restart nuclear power plants, the government placed a watch on me […] a piece of paper was distributed with a list of names […] such as the former prime minister Naoto Kan […] A researcher who was given the list and told not to approach anybody on it was friendly with me and told me the list included my name. Soon after that a mysterious man began to follow me. […]

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Deformed ‘Stack’ Near Units 1 & 2

  • Oshidori: I would like to talk about the current status of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This is a chimney called a “stack” […] one of the places that I consider the most dangerous. It is 120 m tall. In December 2013, it was discovered the highest radiation level, 25 Sv/h, at the bottom of the stack. […] humans cannot go near it. The problem gets worse. TEPCO discovered deformities on 4 sides at 60 of the 120 meter height […] Some are totally severed. Ordinarily, this should be immediately repaired, but the bottom of the stack is 25 Sv/h […] they can’t do anything about it. What TEPCO is doing about this is they have appointed workers to constantly watch it. […] Workers on site are very worried about whether it would fall onto the reactor buildings. If it ever fell on Unit 1 or 2, all the workers would have to evacuate […] and it could lead to a severe accident necessitating evacuation […]

See also: Japanese Journalist: Fukushima workers die suddenly but it’s not reported, says nurse at plant — Gov’t agents following me for surveillance (VIDEO)

June 5, 2014 Posted by | Fukushima 2014 | Leave a comment

Wildfire danger to New Mexico nuclear waste facility

wildfire-nukeU.S. nuclear waste facing wildfire risk THE HINDU, NARAYAN LAKSHMAN , 5 June 14, A New Mexico facility containing 3,706 cubic meters of toxic radiological materials may be on the precipice of a serious incendiary event after the U.S. Department of Energy confirmed that it would fail to meet a deadline to remove drums of nuclear waste from the wildfire-prone area owing to safety concerns.

Although the DoE initially planned to move the “transuranic waste,” from the federal Los Alamos National Laboratory to a Texas facility by June 30, shipments out of the facility were said to have been “put on hold due to concerns about the chemical stability of the mixture in the containers.”

The deteriorating conditions of nuclear waste storage at the facility in recent years were further exacerbated in 2011 by wildfires near the nuclear-weapons laboratory, and the state government of New Mexico ordered the site to complete transfer of the material to other locations “before this year’s wildfire season reaches its peak,” the Nuclear Threat Initiative group noted.

However, apparently one Los Alamos drum of transuranic waste, comprising “tools, rags and other debris contaminated with radioisotopes such as plutonium from U.S. nuclear labs,” may have been responsible for a radiological leak at a repository near Carlsbad, New Mexico, on February 14……. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/us-nuclear-waste-facing-wildfire-risk/article6083055.ece

June 5, 2014 Posted by | safety, USA | Leave a comment

Senator Markey gives shocking statistics on NRC whistle-blower harassment

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Hearing on the NRC`s Implementation of the Fukushima Near Term Task Force Recommendations and other Actions to Enhance and maintain nuclear safety.
US Senate committee on environment and public works

4 June 2014
Senator boxer began by highlighting her concerns about the Spent Fuel Pool safety at San Onofre and the major fire that caused the decommissioned plant to evacuated in the recent fire that threatened the nuclear plant. She also asked if the plants operator`s request to waiver their commitments on plant safety would be upheld as the NRC had not turned down a request for a waiver in all the years that this procedure had been in place.
Senator Boxer brought up the fact the plants had been shut down and took the NRC to task when they said that there have been no major safety issues. Senator Boxer said that the Japanese said the same thing before Fukushima.She also had concerns about the seismic testing post Fukushima and confirmed that no new reviews had been put in place. She asked how long before the new seismic report would be completed and was told 2018.
Senator Marky brought up the fact that these assessments were problematic and said it was irresponsible to wait until 2018 with the fuel pool in place.
Senator Marky then mentioned the issue of Chinese hacking and the NRC rules on letting the Chinese workers from the shadow program walk around. The NRC denied that it would let them walk around according to its rules but didnt understand how they were able to walk around.
During the question and answer session Senator Marky brought up the issue of whistleblowers from the NRC being persecuted by staff and managers. He came up with some shocking statistics
Whilst the NRC said that there was a free and open procedure for complaints and issues to be raised by whistle-blowers, Senator Marky said that he had received many complaints from NRC staff and held an NRC report that had not been made public. In that report he said that ;

“A staggering 75 percent who used the procedures said they received a poor performance appraisal after they raised their whistle-blower concerns”
“ Two thirds said they were excluded from work activities by the management”
“25 percent were past over for promotion”
“25 percent were even verbally abused by their colleagues and their supervisors”

He went on to say that “These results are shameful”
And then commented that “I had an oversight committee in 1981 and an on-site at San Onofre in 1983 and this whole pattern just continues at the agency and it is troubling, especially since Fukushima. It is important for this culture to change and I am afraid that it has not”

The full 2 hour debate can be found on this link.
Lots of interesting comment and rebuffs and the pro nuclear lobbyists want nuclear to combat climate change without mentioning the wind solar hydro thermal words once..

http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.LiveStream&Hearing_id=a3e6c0c8-e443-7540-8820-0d43fbc55022

June 5, 2014 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Two Pakistani Nuclear military offices murdered

murder-12 Linked to Pakistan nuclear program killed in attack  Fox News June 04, 2014 A suicide attacker killed two military officers linked to Pakistan’s nuclear program, along with three civilians, near the Kamra air base, not far from this capital, police told Efe.

The incident occurred in the Fateh Jang area about 10 a.m. when a vehicle belonging to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission was boarded by the suicide bomber, who was on foot, after which he detonated the explosives attached to his body…….http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/06/04/2-linked-to-pakistan-nuclear-program-killed-in-attack/

June 5, 2014 Posted by | incidents, Pakistan | Leave a comment

Another nuclear hazard in Japan – 110 active volcanoes

safety-symbol-Smflag-japan‘Ring of Fire’ volcano risk the last obstacle for Japan nuclear plants BY MARI SAITO AND KENTARO HAMADA TOKYO Tue Jun 3, 2014 (Reuters) – In the three years since the Fukushima disaster, Japan’s utilities have pledged $15 billion to harden their nuclear plants against earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes and terrorist attacks.

But as Japan’s nuclear safety regulator prepares to rule on whether the first of the country’s 48 idled reactors is ready to be come back online, the post-Fukushima debate about how safe is safe enough has turned to a final risk: volcanoes.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has already said the chance of volcanic activity during the lifespan of Kyushu Electric Power’s nuclear plant at Sendai was negligible, suggesting it will give it the green light. The plant, some 1,000 km (600 miles) south of Tokyo, lies in a region of active volcanic sites.

Critics, including some scientists who were consulted by the NRA, say that shows regulators are turning a blind eye to the kind of unlikely but potentially devastating chain of events that pushed the Fukushima Daiichi plant into a triple meltdown in 2011 when a tsunami crashed into the facility.

The debate has played out in several months of public hearings in Tokyo by the NRA and could weigh on the last hurdle for restarting nuclear plants – the opinion of local residents – at a time when the costs of keeping reactors shut are mounting……..

Critics say the NRA safety review overestimates the power of science to predict future volcanic eruptions.

Japan lies on the “Ring of Fire”, a horseshoe-shaped band of fault lines and volcanoes circling the edges of the Pacific Ocean. Japan itself is home to 110 active volcanoes.

Sendai, at the southern end of the island of Kyushu, is 50 km (31 miles) from Sakurajima, an active volcano. Five giant calderas, crater-like depressions formed by past eruptions, are also in the region, the closest one just 40 km (25 miles) from the Sendai plant.

“No-one believes that volcanic risks have been adequately discussed,” said Setsuya Nakada, a professor of volcanology at the University of Tokyo, who advised officials when they were forming regulatory guidelines for monitoring volcanoes……..

As soon as the NRA clears the Sendai nuclear plant for restart, local townships closest to the facility will hold public hearings. The government has said it will defer to the prefecture and the host city to make the final decision. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/04/us-japan-nuclear-volcano-idUSKBN0EE2BF20140604

June 5, 2014 Posted by | Japan, safety | Leave a comment

Britain taking risks in extending safety limits of old nuclear reactors

safety-symbol1UK will have to gamble with nuclear safety to provide power, analyst warns http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/04/uk-may-need-to-gamble-with-nuclear-safety-to-avoid-blackouts Safety limits of Britain’s ageing nuclear power plants may have to be extended to avoid major blackouts  The GuardianThursday 5 June 2014 Britain may have to stretch safety limits on nuclear power stations to keep the lights on, warned a leading energy analyst on Wednesday.

Dorian Lucas, a nuclear specialist at energy consultancy, Inenco, made his comments after it was revealed that power group, EDF, had won permission to change the rules for its Dungeness B station.

flag-UK“Britain has no choice but to gamble with extending the safety limits of the country’s ageing fleet of nuclear power plants to avoid the looming spectre of 1970s-style blackouts,” said Lucas.The atomic power station in Kent has come to an agreement with the Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) that it can have the margin increased on the shrinkage of the graphite bricks inside the reactor from 6.2% to 8%.

The bricks are losing weight due to decades of radiation but a spokeswoman for EDF said the new limit was only a “teeny little step” that was well within the most conservative safety case.

In a statement, the nuclear regulator said: “ONR would not allow continued operation of any nuclear reactor unless it was safe to do so. We recognise the challenges presented by ageing of the Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) fleet in the UK, and we continue to pay close attention to the problems associated with the graphite core of the reactors. We are satisfied that the reactors are safe to operate.”

But Steve Thomas, professor of energy policy at the University of Greenwich, told the BBC: “It doesn’t feel good when we come up against limits and the first thing they [the ONR] do is to move the goalposts.”

June 5, 2014 Posted by | safety, UK | Leave a comment

Compensation program for those made sick by Nevada atomic testing radiation

radiation-warningCompensation for radiation exposure discussed at event By SANDY LOPEZ, Las Vegas Review Journal, 4 June 14, View Staff Writer

More than 60 years after the testing of nuclear weapons at the former Nevada Test Site, the people who were affected are being compensated with the help of a school program.

The UNLV School of Medicine became the first institution to offer medical outreach and education to Nevada residents affected by nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site from 1951 to 1962. An outreach event took place May 16 at the Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive.

“We developed the Radiation Exposure Screening & Education Program to educate the public on the cancer risks that they may have been exposed to as a result of where they lived,” said Dr. Thomas Hunt, associate professor at the UNLV School of Medicine and principal investigator of the educational outreach. “We educate people, recommend screening tests based on age and gender and try to catch cancers early where people can still be cured.”

The school created the program nine years ago to offer free cancer screening clinics to Nevada residents exposed to radiation.

The program provides medical screening by appointment and diagnostic services to facilitate early detection and treatment of cancer and other health hazards associated with radiation.

Hunt estimates that between 300 and 400 Nevadans are screened annually through the program.

In addition, the program assists people through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which provides payments to individuals diagnosed with certain illnesses as a result of the exposure to radiation released during atmospheric nuclear weapons testing or while working in the uranium mine industry.

Jenna Fox, program eligibility coordinator, estimates that as of February, people have been compensated almost $2 million and claims that more people have been approved than denied.

“We’ve had people who don’t have any insurance, but we can give them resources in the community that can help them,” Hunt said.

The most common cancers Hunt has seen due to radiation exposure are lung, breast and colon cancer. However, people can be compensated for 20 different cancers. hose eligible for compensation must have direct ties to above-ground nuclear testing or the uranium mining operation or they must have been physically present in a so-called downwind county.

Downwind counties include portions of Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

Nevada counties include Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye, White Pine and the northeast area of Clark, which includes Moapa, Mesquite, Overton, Logandale and Riverside.

The act also includes survivor benefits, which are available to families of people affected by atmospheric nuclear testing or the uranium mining industry.

If the person who became ill with a compensable disease is deceased, the first person eligible to file a claim on his behalf is the spouse, followed by children, parents, grandchildren and grandparents.

Jeanette Shoemaker, a participant of the May 16 educational program, recalled living in North Las Vegas as a girl and witnessing effects of the mushroom cloud and the boom from the underground testing conducted at the former Nevada Test Site.

“I remember seeing debris from the test site on the cloth diapers that my mother used to hang outside,” Shoemaker said. “My father, grandfather and uncle all worked at the test site. I remember seeing my father come home with debris from his work, yet my mother never qualified for survivor’s benefits.”…….

Freley Hosannah, grant and project manager of the Radiation Exposure Screening & Education Program, said people should be proactive if they think they have been exposed to radiation.

“People can actually be diagnosed with cancer years later,” said Hosannah. “Two or even three generations can be affected by this. It’s important to catch cancers early before it gets to a late stage that isn’t treatable.”

For more information, call 702-992-6887 or visit medicine.nevada.edu/las-vegas/resep. Contact North View reporter Sandy Lopez at slopez@viewnews.com or 702-383-4686. Find her on Twitter: @JournalismSandy.

 

June 5, 2014 Posted by | health, USA | Leave a comment

Legal case continues over Australian govt’s plan to dump nuclear waste on Aboriginal land

Indigenous land owners accuse lawyer of manipulating nuclear waste storage report June 4, 2014 –  Legal Affairs Reporter for The Age A lawyer who was key to the Howard government’s plan to store nuclear waste on indigenous land has been accused of manipulating the legal process required to ensure its approval.

Traditional owners from four indigenous clans are challenging the Ngapa clan’s 2007 nomination of Muckaty Station for the dump site in the Federal Court in Melbourne. The owners, including Aboriginal elders, argue they did not consent to the nomination, were not consulted on the agreement reached and were misled on the government’s proposal for the nuclear storage site.

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Ron Levy was then the chief legal counsel for the Northern Land Council, which was set up to help indigenous people in the Northern Territory acquire and manage traditional lands. Mr Levy will be called as a witness later in the five-week case before Justice Anthony North.

Ron Merkel, QC, for the traditional owers, told the court on Thursday that Mr Levy “personally edited” anthropologists’ views in a Council report which concluded that only the Ngapa Lauder clan owned the site. Mr Levy also wrote a new section in the final report, reflecting his view that the Land Commissioner could depart from judges’ previous decisions on land claims, “if relevant material was before the commissioner.”

Mr Merkel said that he did this “(so) that the Lauder Ngupas would be recognised by the Northern Land Council as the only traditional owners of the site so their consent could be secured.” The site nomination could then “jump a hurdle” of having to consult in more detail about about the plan with other clans, he said………..

Mr Merkel told the court on Tuesday that Mr Levy, who controlled the consultation process, also failed to tell the full Northern Land Council or traditional owners about the only up-front $200,000 payment given to traditional owners for the site nomination or the terms of their agreement.

But he later told the federal goverrnment that he had all traditional owners’ full consent.

Mr Merkel said there was no explanation for this “unless … Mr Levy had a plan from the outset about how to achieve the end result and he did”. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/indigenous-land-owners-accuse-lawyer-of-manipulating-nuclear-waste-storage-report-20140604-39jk8.html#ixzz33nhZjp26.

June 5, 2014 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, indigenous issues, Legal, wastes | Leave a comment

Journalists using ‘weasel words’ to deny the reality of climate change

weasel-words1STUDY: US Reporters Use More Weasel Words in Covering Climate Change, Mother Jones,A new paper finds that our journalists  are constantly hedging on a scientifically settled issue—considerably more so than reporters in Spain.By  Jun. 3, 2014 It’s no secret that different countries have different densities, so to speak, of global warming denial. In particular, English-language speaking nations like the US and the UK tend to be relative denialist hotbeds, and their media include a considerable amount of global warming skepticism. By contrast, media researchers have found that in Spanish-speaking countries like Mexico and Chile, as well as in European nations, journalists tend to cast much less doubt on climate research.

And now, a new paper captures the US media’s relative discomfort with climate science in a new way: By comparing the preponderance of words that suggest scientific uncertainty about climate change in two US newspapers, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, with the concentration in two Spanish ones, El País and El Mundo. The study, by Adriana Bailey and two colleagues at the University of Colorado-Boulder, is just out in the journal Environmental Communication. It finds a considerably greater concentration of such uncertainty-evoking words in the US papers in their 2001 and 2007 coverage of two newly released reports from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The study used a technique of linguistic analysis that involved examining newspaper articles for “epistemic markers,” defined as “any words or expressions suggesting room for doubt” about climate science. Obviously, there are many, many such words and phrases, and the list of terms considered was quite exhaustive, ultimately comprising 10 separate grammatical categories. In English, terms suggesting uncertainty ranged from “common hedging verbs” (believeconsider, and appear) to “synonyms for uncertain” (blurryinaccurate, andspeculative)…….

The study contained several other troubling findings as well. As suggested by the figure at right, the total “epistemic density” of US articles in actually increased from 2001 to 2007, even as scientific uncertainty about climate science declined. “Contrary to expectation, we saw increases in hedging, or constant amounts of hedging, in all four papers we analyzed,” says Bailey.

Here’s why that’s so odd. This was, after all, the period in which the IPCC went from saying it is “likely” that humans are driving global warming, to saying it is “very likely.” Yet hedging was more prevalent in the latter time period, not less. What’s more, it looks as though the increase in hedging words in US papers from 2001 to 2007 occurred solely at the New York Times—where it grew from 141 words in 10,000 to 297 in 10,000—even as the Wall Street Journal did not show a change over time (236 words versus 235 words per 10,000). (The study did not examine how papers covered the 2013 release of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, which jacked up the scientific certainty even further.)

And there was one more finding of note. The researchers specifically categorized the uncertainty-laden terms by tone, so that more neutral words, like “estimate,” were separated out from clearly negative ones, words that forcefully suggested that the science of climate change is dubious. …….http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/06/climate-media-journalists-hedging-new-york-times

 

 

June 5, 2014 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change, media | Leave a comment

Nuclear Regulation Authority gives a win for residents near closed Oi nuclear plant

A Small Victory For Japanese Nuclear Residents & One Man’s AMAZING Plan To Replace Non-Renewable Energy Collective Evolution, June 4, 2014 by Jeff Roberts

One small victory for Japan

Good news was announced this past Wednesday for residents residing near a nuclear power plant in West Japan; a Japanese court ruled against the restarting of two reactors, acknowledging residents’ safety fears and halting the government’s plan to revive nuclear power.

This was the first ruling against the starting of reactors since the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami which resulted in a world-threatening meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Currently, all of Japan’s 50 reactors are offline due to shutdowns or safety checks. The court ruling stated that the Oi plant in western Japan posed a severe risk to residents in the event of a major earthquake, an event likely to happen due to Japan’s unfortunate location in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The court acknowledged the claims of 166 people who resided within 250km of the plant.

In response to the world’s growing unease about nuclear power, the Nuclear Regulation Authority introduced new safety standards in July 2013. The goal was for plant operators to put in specific countermeasures against serious accidents like meltdowns or tsunamis………http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/06/04/a-small-victory-for-japanese-nuclear-residents-one-mans-amazing-plan-to-replace-non-renewable-energy/

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Nuclear submarine commander reveals horror of 2011 accident

submarine,-nuclear-underwatHorror on board Plymouth nuclear submarine as crew battles to survive By Plymouth Herald   June 04, 2014 By TRISTAN NICHOLS Defence Reporter @tristan_nichols A “CATASTROPHIC” systems failure on board a Devonport-based nuclear submarine caused a mass-casualty incident, The Herald can today exclusively reveal.

When HMS Turbulent’s air conditioning plants malfunctioned during a deployment in the sweltering heat of the Indian Ocean, it resulted in 26 casualties.

Eight of those casualties were in a ‘life-threatening’ condition.

Temperatures inside the boat soared to 60 degrees Celsius with 100 per cent humidity as the crew battled to fix the problem miles from land.
With the three-year anniversary of the previously unreported incident having just passed, Ryan Ramsey, the submarine’s Commanding Officer at the time, today revealed: “I genuinely thought there was going to be a loss of life on board. People were going to die.”

The tragic incident happened at about 10.30am around three hours after the hunter-killer submarine had left Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates on May 26, 2011……….http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Horror-board-Plymouth-nuclear-submarine-crew/story-21181219-detail/story.html

June 5, 2014 Posted by | incidents, UK | Leave a comment

One Man’s AMAZING Plan To Replace Non-Renewable Energy

A Small Victory For Japanese Nuclear Residents & One Man’s AMAZING Plan To Replace Non-Renewable Energy Collective Evolution, June 4, 2014 by Jeff Roberts see-this.wayhttp://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/06/04/a-small-victory-for-japanese-nuclear-residents-one-mans-amazing-plan-to-replace-non-renewable-energy/ “…….. VIDEO: One man’s AMAZING plan to replace non-renewable energy The big oil, gas, coal and nuclear companies claim that we need those energy sources in order to power America. Good news: it’s a myth. Mark Diesendorf – Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of Environmental Studies, UNSW at the University of New South Wales – notes: The deniers and scoffers repeatedly utter the simplistic myth that renewable energy is intermittent and therefore cannot generate base-load (that is, 24-hour) power. Detailed computer simulations, backed up with actual experience with wind power overseas, show that the scoffers are wrong. Several countries, including Australia with its huge renewable energy resources, could make the necessary transition to an electricity generation system comprising 100 per cent renewable energy over a few decades. Diesendorf gave an update earlier this month: Continue reading

June 5, 2014 Posted by | renewable, USA | 1 Comment

EDF wants to weaken safety standard at Dungeness nuclear atation

safety-symbol-Smflag-UKNuclear power plant dismisses safety concerns Folkestone Herald, By Antony Thrower  June 04, 2014

DUNGENESS power station has dismissed claims in the media this morning which claimed a reactor at the site would have breached the agreed safety margin “within months” and could have to “shut down”.

The BBC reported graphite bricks at the core of the advanced gas-cooled reactors were cracking and starting to lose weight due to decades of radiation, which could affect safety.

It suggested the current graphite weight loss limit for Dungeness is set at 6.2% but the regulator says when it reached 5.7% its operator, French power giant EDF, applied to raise it to 8%…….http://www.folkestoneherald.co.uk/Nuclear-power-plant-dismisses-safety-concerns/story-21186452-detail/story.html

June 5, 2014 Posted by | safety, UK | Leave a comment