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Workers at Entergy’s Waterford Nuclear Power Station in Louisiana didn’t do their fire watches and pretended that they did. One was sleeping. Will the workers be sleeping when the flood waters of the Mighty Mississippi River roll down that way?


The 10 page letter NRC access no. is ML15350A197 and can be found here: http://adams.nrc.gov/wba/ This was originally sniffed out by the New Orleans Times Picayune: “Nuclear plant contractors faked 10 months of inspection records” By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune December 27 2015, and picked up at https://nuclear-news.net/2015/12/28/inspection-records-were-faked-at-usa-nuclear-power-station/. The Times Picayune uploaded the document here, as well: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2655155-Waterford-Fire-Watch-Inspection-Letter-to-Entergy.html#document/p1

A laundry list of other Waterford crimes for 3rd Quarter 2015:
http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/WAT3/wat3_pim.html

Killona Louisiana is apparently from the Irish meaning of church or chapel, but Entergy has changed the meaning and significance to English Kill. It is 97.8% African American: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF. Killona and Waterford were plantations: http://www.stcharlesparish-la.gov/departments/economic-development-and-tourism/parish-history/town-histories/killona-town-history

World:

¶ The new energy policy of Chile targets 70% of power to come from renewable sources by 2050. The new national plan Energy 2050 is aimed at reducing energy blackouts. It will allow Chileans access to electricity and ensure that 70% of Chile’s energy supply comes from renewable sources by 2050. [Greentech Lead]

Solar, wind, sheep

¶ A fully renewable energy system is achievable and economically viable in Russia and Central Asia in 2030. Researchers from Lappeenranta University of Technology modelled a renewable energy system for Russia and Central Asia. Results show that renewable energy is the cheapest local option. [Eurasia Review]

¶ Nova Scotia Power is stabilizing electricity prices at the same time it performs the most rapid transition to renewable energy in Canada. It has gone from generating nine per cent of electricity from renewable sources in 2007 to more than 25% in…

Nuclear a terrorist risk, Whyalla News Dec. 28, 2015, Local towns such as Whyalla could be made terror targets if South Australia does become part of the nuclear fuel cycle.

This risk was outlined as part of a Nuclear Royal Commission public session held at the Whyalla public library in front of a small group of locals earlier this month.

Regional engagement officer Jon Bok said that an increased threat of terrorism was one of the several risks the commission were taking into account.

“At the moment we are looking into several issues, with terrorism being one of them,” Mr Bok said.

Mr Bok declined to comment on what counter-measures could be taken to prevent a terrorist attack…… http://www.whyallanewsonline.com.au/story/3617682/nuclear-a-terrorist-risk/

Ukraine to sign agreement on nuclear energy with Australia in 2016http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/314722.html 29 Dec 15  Ukraine plans in 2016 to sign an agreement with Australia on cooperation in the field of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, Director of the Department of Strategic Planning and European Integration at the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine Mykhailo Bno-Airiian has said.

“One of the main tasks for 2016 is the signing of an agreement between the government of Ukraine and Australia on cooperation in the field of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes,” he said at a briefing in Kyiv.

According to the department, the agreement has been agreed with the Australian government and is currently undergoing national procedures for its signature and ratification.

Opinion:

¶ Should we solar panel the Sahara desert? • Could one solution to climate change be to harvest the power of sunlight where it shines brightest on the planet? Should we solar panel the Sahara desert? Four experts with four points of view discuss the radical proposal with the BBC World Service Inquiry program. [BBC News]

Rows of curved mirrors capture solar energy at the Ouarzazate plant in Morocco

¶ Martin Luther King III: How the polluter-backed National Black Chamber misleads minorities • The National Black Chamber of Commerce has been warning communities of color that the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan will cause job losses and generate higher energy bills. Neither is true. [Washington Post]

World:

¶ Wind will be the energy source for two of Volkswagen’s factories in Mexico. That is, if all goes through as planned. Spanish turbine maker Gamesa agreed last…

“Bulletin 88-08: Supplement 1, Thermal Stresses in Piping Connected to Reactor Coolant Systems
OMB No.: 3150-0011
NRCB 88-08, Supplement 1

UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555

June 24, 1988

NRC BULLETIN NO. 88-08, SUPPLEMENT 1: THERMAL STRESSES IN PIPING CONNECTED
TO REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEMS

Addressees:

All holders of operating licenses or construction permits for
light-water-cooled nuclear power reactors.

Purpose:

The purpose of this supplement is to 1) provide preliminary information to
addressees about an event at Tihange 1 that appears to be similar to the
Farley 2 event and 2) emphasize the need for sufficient examinations of unisolable piping connected to the reactor coolant system (RCS) to assure that there are no rejectable crack or flaw indications. No new requirements
are included in this supplement.

Description of Circumstances:

Tihange 1 is an 870 MWe, Westinghouse-type, 3-loop, pressurized-water reactor
located at Tihange…

From the US NRC:
“The purpose of this bulletin [NRC Bulletin 88-05] is to require that licensees submit information regarding materials supplied by Piping Supplies, Incorporated (PSI) at Folsom,
New Jersey and West Jersey Manufacturing Company (WJM) at Williamstown, New Jersey and to request that licensees 1) take actions to assure that materials comply with ASME Code and design specification requirements or are suitable for their intended service, or 2) replace such materials.”

But guess what happened? First: “Based on the reported measurement and analytical results to date, the NRC has concluded that for full power licensees it is appropriate to suspend, temporarily, the field measurements, testing, records review, and the preparation of justifications for continued operations (JCOs) that were requested by Bulletin 88-05 and Supplement 1 until further notice.”

This appears a long-standing US NRC rule of thumb: don’t look so you don’t find. Jesus…