The Pacific Sandpiper, a specially built cargo ship with safety features far in excess of those found on conventional vessels, left Britain’s Barrow port bound … The world’s radioactive rubbish is piling upRead more
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Nuclear Glossary
What they say: ‘Safe’ What they mean: ‘Produces vast amounts of dangerous waste that will be a burden for the next 240,000 years to while … Nuclear GlossaryRead more
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Workers at Former Huntington Plants Exposed to Plutonium, Neptunium
Huntington, WV (HNN) – HNN has confirmed through publicly available, unclassified documents that the workers at the formerly ‘secret’ Huntington Pilot Plant/Reduction Pilot Plant (HPP/RPP) … Workers at Former Huntington Plants Exposed to Plutonium, NeptuniumRead more
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Obama knows about a “Clean” Nuclear power technology
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama said that “(t)o create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more … Obama knows about a “Clean” Nuclear power technologyRead more
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Free ‘Hot’ drinking water
In October 2008, Greenpeace published data showing that drinking water around the Caetité uranium mine in the state of Bahia, Brazil was contaminated with uranium … Free ‘Hot’ drinking waterRead more
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Master Class on Nuclear Lobbying
Nuclear industry has no doubt learnt some lessons during the past decade. Not that they learned hot to build reactors properly. And obviously not the … Master Class on Nuclear LobbyingRead more
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Nuclear Power Regaining Favor Amid Recession, Climate Concerns
The Obama administration may soon guarantee as much as $18.5 billion in loans to build nuclear reactors to generate electricity, and Congress is considering whether … Nuclear Power Regaining Favor Amid Recession, Climate ConcernsRead more
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Run your dirty business and dump your waste far away
Areva and EDF fighting over at home but happily agreeing on dumping depleted uranium to Russia. Yesterday there was another shipment 500 tonnes of nuclear … Run your dirty business and dump your waste far awayRead more
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10,000 MWe bloody power in India
The narrow roads in this fishing village wind down to a crisp blue creek full of frenetic activity. Across the creek is the location of … 10,000 MWe bloody power in IndiaRead more
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Lesson in how not to go nuclear
As the UAE prepares to adopt nuclear energy, it can draw pointers from Finland’s troubled Olkiluoto plant. What should have been a relatively low-cost and … Lesson in how not to go nuclearRead more