2021 January 23 « nuclear-news

Canada’s nuclear regulator updates its drug and alcohol testing requirements.

Canada’s nuclear regulator updates its drug and alcohol testing requirements. 22 Jan 21, ………Depending on the nature of their job, nuclear workers may be tested:

Before being hired
After an incident has occurred
Randomly
If a supervisor has cause to believe there is a reason to test (also known as ‘reasonable grounds’)
Follow-up after confirmation of a substance use disorder…… https://www.miragenews.com/canada-s-nuclear-regulator-updates-its-drug-and-alcohol-testing-requirements…..

January 23, 2021 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, safety | Leave a comment

Biden keeps Trump appointee as acting nuclear weapons chief

Biden keeps Trump appointee as acting nuclear weapons chief

By: Aaron Mehta 22 Jan 21, WASHINGTON — Charles Verdon will serve as acting administrator for the National Nuclear Security Agency, serving under acting energy secretary David Huizenga as the Biden administration begins.

Huizenga, the new acting energy secretary, had been serving as associate principal deputy administrator for NNSA. He comes from the nonproliferation side of the agency and has experience with DoE’s office of environmental management.

Verdon, who was confirmed in 2018 as head of defense programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration, is one of the few Trump political appointees being kept in a national security position. Previously a career NNSA employee, Verdon has largely avoided politics during his time in office, focusing instead on the technical details behind America’s planned nuclear warhead modernization efforts.

The NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency located within the DoE. While the Pentagon is in charge of developing the planes, submarines and missiles that deliver nuclear weapons, the NNSA is in charge of developing and producing the actual warheads. The department’s fiscal 2021 budget request for nuclear weapons activities was $15.6 billion. ……. https://www.defensenews.com/smr/nuclear-arsenal/2021/01/21/biden-keeps-trump-appointee-as-acting-nuclear-weapons-chief/

January 23, 2021 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | Leave a comment

Documentary ‘The Toxic Pigs Of Fukushima’ About Nuclear Disaster Aftermath

Vice Acquires Doc ‘The Toxic Pigs Of Fukushima’ About Nuclear Disaster Aftermath
: Vice has picked up all rights to Valparaiso Pictures’ documentary The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima by The Eagle Huntress filmmaker Otto Bell.

The film charts the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 which triggered a tsunami, nuclear disaster and mass evacuations in Fukushima Prefecture. Today, as part of a government push to encourage resettlement, local hunters have been enlisted to dispose of radiated wild boars that now roam the abandoned streets and buildings.

The film was inspired by the photographs of co-producers Toru Hanai and Yuki Iwanami and the original score was written and performed by ambient artist Midori Takada……. https://deadline.com/2021/01/vice-toxic-pigs-fukushima-documentary-nuclear-disaster-1234677534/

January 23, 2021 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

COPELAND WORKING GROUP: Burying Heat Generating Nuclear Wastes is “The Right Thing to Do” No it Isn’t! —

Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole: Copeland “Working Group” along with Allerdale “Working Group” are ostensibly the “local support” for a Geological Disposal Facility in Cumbria. They are enthusiastically going along with the ‘new and improved’ process of steps towards Geological Disposal of Heat Generating Nuclear wastes. The last process was a…
COPELAND WORKING GROUP: Burying Heat Generating Nuclear Wastes is “The Right Thing to Do” No it Isn’t! —

January 23, 2021 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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