VIDEO: public backlash against nuclear power in Taiwan
VIDEO Taiwan sees public backlash over nuclear power http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22710028 30 May 2013 It has been more than two years since the accident at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima Japan. But the safety of nuclear energy remains extremely controversial, not just in Japan but around the world.
Taiwan has been building a new plant 30km from its capital Taipei.But opposition has been intensifying and the public may be asked to decide in a referendum later this year whether the construction should continue at all.The BBC’s Cindy Sui reports.
VIDEO: Finland’s nuclear waste tunnels
VIDEO Finland to bury nuclear waste underground http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/05/201352154030372976.html Country plans to solve problem of disposing radioactive waste permanently by using tunnels. 21 May 2013 Finland has struggled with disposal of radioactive waste for decades, with temporary storage sites requiring constant monitoring.
The country now plans to bury its nuclear waste in tunnels underground.
But in the United States and elsewhere such tunnels have been prevented because of safety fears.
Al Jazeera’s Tim Friend reports from a facility in Olkiluoto island.
Images of potential radioactive fallout, if San Onofre nuclear plant had an accident
Imaging Potential San Onofre Fallout What might the radioactive fallout cloud look like at San Onofre from a Chernobyl-like or Fukushima-scale nuclear accident? http://eon3emfblog.net/?p=6317
Recently two concerned men, each in his own way, have set out to answer that question. Torgen Johnson mapped a scaled overlay of the Fukushima fallout cloud over the San Onofre region. Paul Frey mapped a scaled overlay of the Chernobyl radioactive plume. Their findings are presented
VIDEO: Finland’s nuclear waste tunnels
VIDEO Finland to bury nuclear waste underground http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/05/201352154030372976.html Country plans to solve problem of disposing radioactive waste permanently by using tunnels. 21 May 2013 Finland has struggled with disposal of radioactive waste for decades, with temporary storage sites requiring constant monitoring.
The country now plans to bury its nuclear waste in tunnels underground.
But in the United States and elsewhere such tunnels have been prevented because of safety fears.
Al Jazeera’s Tim Friend reports from a facility in Olkiluoto island.
PODCAST: the danger of Hanford’s old, leaking, radioactive waste tanks
Great Haste Made Great Waste at Hanford
Expert: “Incipient collapse” of radioactive waste tanks possible at U.S. nuclear site (AUDIO) http://enenews.com/expert-incipient-collapse-radioactive-waste-tanks-possible-nuclear-site-audioTitle: Great Haste Made Great Waste at Hanford
Source: Fairewinds Energy Education
Date: May 22, 2013
Nuclear policy expert Robert Alvarez: Not much attention is paid to the fact that these tanks [at Hanford] that are holding these wastes, they’re decades old.
Most of them were constructed from the 40s-60s, over a third of them have leaked, and their structural integrity really leaves much to be desired.
By the time we get around to removing the contents of these wastes and ultimately stabilizing them, these tanks could go in to a state of incipient collapse.
Full report here
Hanford officials lied to authorities about radioactive leak
VIDEO Hanford officials hid leak evidence from advisory panel http://www.king5.com/news/investigators/Hanford-officials-hid-leak-evidence-from-advisory-panel-208417861.html
‘Amazing’: Plutonium leak at U.S. nuclear site hidden from public — Official: “A very deliberate cover up… I will use the word that we were lied to” (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/amazing-plutonium-leak-at-u-s-nuclear-site-hidden-from-public-official-a-very-deliberate-cover-up-i-will-use-the-word-that-we-were-lied-to-video
Title: Hanford officials hid leak evidence from advisory panel
Source: KING 5
Author: SUSANNAH FRAME
Date: May 21, 2013
A government-chartered advisory panel was told last September that materials spotted outside the inner wall of a tank holding radioactive waste at the Hanford Site were possibly the result of a “carbonate buildup,” “cross-contamination” or “rainwater leakage.” […]
On Aug. 13, the results were sent to multiple [Washington River Protection Solutions] officials showing measurable amounts of Cesium-137 and Strontium-90, two highly radioactive elements that are a byproduct of nuclear fission. Trace amounts of Plutonium 239/240 and Americium-241 were also detected.
A reference to the results in a Leak Assessment Report made public on Nov. 7 says the materials were registering 800,000 dpm (disintegrations per minute), a high level of radioactivity that had never been found in that portion of the tank before. […]
“This was a very deliberate cover up and I will use the word that we were lied to. There’s no two ways about it, we were lied to,” said state Rep. [Gerry] Pollet. […]
Anchor: “Susannah, amazing stuff, thank you.”
New Book: A Short History of Nuclear Folly
A Short History of Nuclear Folly [Hardcover] http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nuclear-Folly/dp/1612191738/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369261455&sr=8-1&keywords=short+history+of+nuclear+folly Release date: April 30, 2013
In an unprecedented people’s history, Herzog digs deep into archives, interviews nuclear scientists, and collects dozens of rare photos. He explores the “accidental” drop of a Nagasaki-type bomb on a train conductor’s home, the implanting of plutonium into patients’ hearts, and the invention of wild tactical nukes, including weapons designed to kill enemy astronauts.
Told in a riveting narrative voice, Herzog—the son of filmmaker Werner Herzog—also draws on childhood memories of the final period of the Cold War in Germany, the country once seen as the nuclear battleground for NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries, and discusses evidence that Nazi scientists knew how to make atomic weaponry . . . and chose not to.
VIDEO: continuing damage at Hanford radioactive waste facility
VIDEO: Great Haste Made Great Waste at Hanford http://fairewinds.org/podcast/great-haste-made-great-waste-at-hanford The Hanford nuclear site, located on the Columbia River in Washington state, was built as part of the Manhattan Project to process plutonium for nuclear weapons. Operated until the end of the Cold War, the decades of weapons production has left Hanford as the most contaminated nuclear site in the US, with a long history of cover-ups about the leaking high-level radioactive waste. In a project that is currently 10-years behind schedule, the DOE is attempting to build a vitrification plant at Hanford to process and neutralize the massive amounts of radioactive waste left behind by the creation of nuclear bombs. Today, nuclear policy expert Robert Alvarez joins Kevin and Arnie to discuss the ongoing environmental damage to the Hanford site.
Japan’s Monju nuclear reprocessing plant not safe to restart
AUDIO Japan’s nuclear safety record criticised by regulator http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/connect-asia/japans-nuclear-safety-record-criticised-by-regulator/1132464 17 May 2013, Japan’s nuclear watchdog has refused to give the go-ahead to commission an experimental fast-breeder reactor due to safety concerns. The Monju reactor in the Fukui prefecture has been closed for almost two decades after a leak and a fire in 1995.
The head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority has blasted Monju’s operator for its lack of a safety culture, saying it deserved severe action.
The decision comes as dealing with Japan’s stockpile of nuclear waste becomes more urgent. Reporter: Karon Snowdon Speakers: Professor Andrew O’Neil, Director of the Griffith University Asia Institute; Hajime Matsukubo, International relations director of Tokyo’s Citizens Nuclear Information Centre
YOUTUBE: 14,000 USA people may have died as result of Fukushima radiation
Peer reviewed study shows 14000 US deaths http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdow_6pN6jY Dr. Janette Sherman, M.D., Internist and Toxicologist. There’s more trouble at Fukushima. Nuclear safety experts are accusing the Japanese government of lying after 230 tons of radioactive waste was found in a tunnel underneath the crippled nuclear plant – just a few days after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko said the crisis is over.
There’s also news that Unit 4 at the plant is on the verge of collapsing – something that nuclear power expert Paul Gunter talked about on my radio show yesterday. This new information suggests that the Japanese government is still misleading the world on just how severe the Fukushima crisis still is.
But even more troubling is the impact this nuclear crisis on the other side of the world has had right here in the United States. There’s shocking new evidence out that the Fukushima disaster may have led to the deaths of as many as 14,000 people…in America! For more on this – I’m joined by Dr. Janette Sherman – Internist and Toxicologist – and co-author of a new report on the link between an increase in deaths here in America and the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Video: Japan’s $30 billion, 20 year Rokkasho project
the biggest shareholder this project is TEPCO, the operator of the shattered Fukushima nuclear complex.
VIDEO: Japan to open nuclear plant http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2013/s3761126.htm Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 16/05/2013 Reporter: Mark WillacyJapan is about to open a 30 billion dollar state-of- the art nuclear fuel re-processing plant.
Transcript
TONY JONES, PRESENTER: It took more than 20 years to build and cost nearly $30 billion. Now Japan’s state-of-the-art nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is about to open. The plant in the far north of the country will be capable of turning spent nuclear fuel into eight tonnes of plutonium each year. The Japanese say the weapons grade plutonium will only be used for power generation, but that hasn’t soothed American concerns about the security of the stockpile and the possible effect on a regional arms race. North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy was given an exclusive look inside the Rokkasho nuclear complex. Continue reading
San Onofre nuclear plant – restarting it would be an experiment on the public!
NRC: Lapdog or Watchdog? http://www.fairewinds.org/content/nrc-lapdog-or-watchdog
:Title: NRC: Lapdog or Watchdog?
Source: Fairewinds Energy Education
Date: May 15, 2013
Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Chief Engineer: It really is breaking news. […]
[The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is] saying that to operate the [San Onofre nuclear power] plant going forward would be an experiment.
That’s their words; they said it was an experiment. […]
Now that word experiment is critical because what the law says is that if you do an experiment in a nuclear reactor, you have to get the public’s input through a public hearing process before you do the experiment.
So we’ve got an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board who unanimously agreed with Friends of The Earth that [plant operator Southern California] Edison was going to do an experiment on the people of Southern California, and before they’re allowed to do that experiment, they have to seek a public license.
Listen to the report here
Japanese media’s taboo on the issue of radiation exposure
Issues of radioactive exposure are considered taboo on Japanese media http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHtbi1Q4aZ8 On December 20, 2012, a multi-professional symposium was held in Tokyo. The specialty of the speakers ranged from freelance journalist, politician to comedian. The symposium was organised by Free Press Association of Japan, a non-profit organisation.
VIDEO: Hanford nuclear facility caught unprepared for radiation leak
http://www.krem.com/news/northwest-news/207043831.html No plan in place when leak alarm sounded at HanfordTitle: No plan in place when leak alarm sounded at Hanford
Source: KING 5
Author: SUSANNAH FRAME
Date: May 11, 2013
[…] Quick action to address a leak in AY-102 was important given the nature of the high-level waste the tank contains, according to Bob Alvarez, a former nuclear policy adviser to President Clinton. Tank AY-102 contains massive amounts of the nuclear by-product Strontium-90 –- more than any other tank at Hanford. Strontium-90 sinks to the bottom of waste tanks and generates heat so hot it boils the material around it.
“It’s been known for over 50 years at Hanford that high heat loads at the bottom of tanks cause them to leak and crack. This is not unknown,” said Alvarez.
The contents of AY-102 will eat through the secondary tank liner -– the final barrier between the toxic sludge and the environment — faster than any other material at the site. […]
Watch the video here
Anti nuclear Sister Megan Rice, in handcuffs and leg irons – not allowed out before sentencing
(scroll down for video) http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/09/83-year-old-nun-gets-20-year-sentence-for-symbolic-nuclear-facility-break-in/ VIDEO 83-year-old nun gets 20 year sentence for ‘symbolic’ nuclear facility break-in Raw Story By Stephen C. Webster, May 9, 2013 “…….Sister Rice has been arrested between 40 or 50 times committing acts of civil disobedience, according to The New York Times, including once in Nevada after she physically blocked a truck at a nuclear test site.
Depleted uranium munitions like the kind stored at the facility Sister Rice targeted are blamed for some of the worst birth defects and soaring cancer rates seen in post-war Iraq, particularly in the city of Fallujah following the siege of 2004, in which U.S. soldiers killed thousands of civilians.
The city has never recovered, particularly from the use of depleted uranium munitions, and to this day residents suffer from health effects “worse” than those seen following the nuclear detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to a study by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
“I believe we are all equally responsible to stop a known crime,” Sister Rice said from the witness stand, according to quotes published by her group. She called herself a “citizen of the world” and reportedly smiled as the verdict was read.
Convicted nuclear protesters must stay in jail MIAMI HERALD, BY ERIK SCHELZIG 9 MAY 13, ASSOCIATED PRESS “….The trio appeared in court Thursday in handcuffs and leg irons seeking their release until their Sept. 23 sentencing…” .http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/09/3389262/nuclear-protesters-seek-release.html
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