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Monday, July 23, 2007

No to nukes
By @ 2:58 PM :: 1139 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.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

38 Drums of Radioactive Waste Unaccounted-For
By sstamper @ 4:27 PM :: 941 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.

Saturday, June 02, 2007

GNEP: Nuclear wolf in sheeps clothing (VIDEO)
By jmaxand @ 9:52 AM :: 2180 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.

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

INL to begin counter-terrorism tests
By sstamper @ 12:17 PM :: 804 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.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Who Needs Nukes
By sstamper @ 2:53 PM :: 812 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.

Friday, March 16, 2007

Feds say declining conditions may put workers, public at risk
By sstamper @ 1:16 PM :: 815 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.

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Divine Strake Meeting
By sstamper @ 7:49 PM :: 1065 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.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Scientists fail to sway residents
By sstamper @ 7:25 PM :: 1060 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.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

NYTimes on Opposition Divine Strake Enivronmental
By sstamper @ 6:35 PM :: 1041 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.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Lawmakers fight Divine Strake bid
By sstamper @ 11:10 PM :: 918 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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