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Nuclear Weapons
Monday, July 23, 2007
No to nukes
By @ 2:58 PM :: 784 Views :: 2 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing, Clean and Renewable Energy, Nuclear Waste and Contamination, Nuclear Weapons, Energy Intelligence News Releases
JAPAN SEES NUCLEAR POWER as a solution to global warming, but it's paying a price. Last week, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake caused dozens of problems at the world's biggest nuclear plant, leading to releases of radioactive elements into the air and ocean and an indefinite shutdown.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
38 Drums of Radioactive Waste Unaccounted-For
By sstamper @ 4:27 PM :: 621 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Waste and Contamination, Nuclear Weapons
Los Alamos National Laboratory can't account for 38 containers of radioactive waste materials after completion of a four-month inventory conducted at its Area G nuclear dump site.
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
GNEP: Nuclear wolf in sheeps clothing (VIDEO)
By jmaxand @ 9:52 AM :: 1610 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, Reprocessing, Nuclear Waste and Contamination, Nuclear Weapons, Bruneau nuclear reactor
WATCH: an interview with experts addressing GNEP through the failed history of reprocessing in the US and abroad.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
INL to begin counter-terrorism tests
By sstamper @ 12:17 PM :: 520 Views :: 2 Comments :: :: Nuclear Weapons
Following recent completion of an environmental assessment, the U.S. Department of Energy will begin using a new site at the Idaho National Laboratory to test the effectiveness of protective devices used against explosives attacks by terrorists.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Who Needs Nukes
By sstamper @ 2:53 PM :: 548 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Weapons
The problem with nuclear weapons today can be summed up as follows: They are going out of fashion where they are needed most and coming into fashion where they are needed least.
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Friday, March 16, 2007
Feds say declining conditions may put workers, public at risk
By sstamper @ 1:16 PM :: 552 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Weapons
OAK RIDGE - A federal safety board is questioning the safety of enriched uranium operations at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, saying workers and the public could be at risk.
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Thursday, February 01, 2007
Divine Strake Meeting
By sstamper @ 7:49 PM :: 712 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Downwinders, Nuclear Weapons
Boise, Idaho -- Idaho's downwinders turned out in force Sunday afternoon to share their concerns with the government agencies responsible for Divine Strake. The explosive experiment slated for the Nevada desert has many worried they are once again in the path of radioactive fallout.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Scientists fail to sway residents
By sstamper @ 7:25 PM :: 749 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Downwinders, Nuclear Weapons
With posters, maps and charts on radiation exposure, government scientists tried to assure about 35 residents Tuesday that the Divine Strake non-nuclear blast planned for the Nevada Test Site will not harm their health or the environment.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
NYTimes on Opposition Divine Strake Enivronmental
By sstamper @ 6:35 PM :: 745 Views :: 2 Comments :: :: Downwinders, Nuclear Weapons
Las Vegas, Jan. 10 -- A twice-postponed nonnuclear bomb test in the middle of the Nevada desert may face additional legal challenges over its potential to propel dangerous radioactive particles from the soil into the air over four states.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Lawmakers fight Divine Strake bid
By sstamper @ 11:10 PM :: 653 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Weapons
The Salt Lake Tribune, December 5, 2006...WASHINGTON - Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Jim Matheson wrote to the Pentagon last month, expressing disappointment with the decision to conduct Divine Strake - a major explosion designed to help develop bunker-buster bombs - in Nevada.
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