nuclear-news

The continuing series of workplace safety incidents at Hanford — just last weeksix more workers received medical attention after breathing toxic vapors — shines a light on a little-known exception for the government-owned nuclear waste site in southeastern Washington.

Unlike every other workplace in the state — from the BP oil refinery at Cherry Point to corporate offices in downtown Seattle — the 586 square mile Hanford Site is exempt from federal and state workplace safety oversight and enforcement.
http://www.king5.com/news/investigato…

The dangers posed by radioactive waste from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, as well as other US cities that exemplify America’s nuclear waste problems.
http://rt.com/shows/breaking-set-summ…

NBC stations reveal nuclear workers suffering severe brain damage, dementia — Toxic waste raining down from sky, wore baseball caps for protection — Brains being eaten away, teeth falling out — Workers raising safety issues framed using false evidence, fired — Gov’t not allowed in to investigate (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/nbc-stations-revea…

http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reacto…

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Biennial Environmental Compliance Report

“14.2.10 Special Requirements for Plutonium Shipments, 10 CFR §71.63
Shipments containing plutonium must be made with the contents in
solid form if the contents contain greater than 0.74 TBq
[terabecquerel] (20 Ci [curies]) of plutonium.
The applications for the TRUPACT-II, the HalfPACT, the RH-TRU 72-B Cask, and the
CNS 10-160B Cask describe the allowable plutonium contents of the packaging. The
NRC reissuance of the C of C confirms that the packaging continues to meet the
applicable requirements.”

http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0836/M…

Health Effects Message Testing: Detonation of Improvised Nuclear Device
National Center for Environmental Health
Radiation Studies Branch
http://cryptome.org/2014/05/health-me…

NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Actions Needed by NNSA to Clarify Dismantlement
Performance Goal
http://cryptome.org/2014/04/gao-14-44…