Six people who were children living in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and have since developed thyroid cancer filed a lawsuit … Six cancer patients sue utility over Fukushima radiationRead more
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Xcel Energy Shuts Down Minnesota Nuclear Plant After Second Leak of Radioactive Tritium
Minnesota’s largest electric utility has temporarily shut down the Monticello nuclear power plant after reporting radioactive tritium was released into the surrounding groundwater near the … Xcel Energy Shuts Down Minnesota Nuclear Plant After Second Leak of Radioactive TritiumRead more
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Nuclear Fusion Won’t Save the Climate
I awoke on December 13th to news about what could be the most significant scientific breakthrough since the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first … Nuclear Fusion Won’t Save the ClimateRead more
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France tweaks rules to keep nuclear plants running during heatwave
France’s nuclear power regulator has extended temporary waivers allowing five power stations to continue discharging hot water into rivers as the country contends with a … France tweaks rules to keep nuclear plants running during heatwaveRead more
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The Buried Waste From French Nuclear Tests in Algeria
The Hoggar massif is located in the west of the Algerian Sahara. Prehistoric men have left stunning rock carvings there. The men of the 20th … The Buried Waste From French Nuclear Tests in AlgeriaRead more
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Smaller reactors may still have a big nuclear waste problem
Lindsay Krall decided to study nuclear waste out of a love for the arcane. Figuring how to bury radioactive atoms isn’t exactly simple — it … Smaller reactors may still have a big nuclear waste problemRead more
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The Record-Breaking Failures of Nuclear Power
The Tennessee Valley Authority could likely rightfully claim a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, but it’s not an achievement for which the … The Record-Breaking Failures of Nuclear PowerRead more
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The Doomsday Machine and Nuclear Winter
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WfF1_pJb4&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (11/13)
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Once Fired, There’s No Calling a Nuke Back
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngXCZ6_7mBY&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (8/12)
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Nuclear first use would be a murderous, criminal action
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr-uRKzYTv0&rel=0&feature=relmfu] U.S. Refuses to Adopt a Nuclear Weapon No First Use Pledge Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (7/12)