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50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima
50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima Fukushima’s missing melted cores and radioactive gushers continue to fester in secret. Japan’s harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a global corporate media blackout aimed—successfully—at keeping Fukushima out of the public eye. But that doesn’t keep the actual radiation out of our ecosystem, our markets … or […]
As US Seeks To “Contain” Iran Nuclear Plans, Russia & China Expand Theirs
As US Seeks To “Contain” Iran Nuclear Plans, Russia & China Expand Theirs As The United States continues to ‘deal’ with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Sputnik News reports that “the expansion of cooperation between the Russian Federation and China in the nuclear sphere is being actively discussed.” The source went on note that talks on the construction of […]
Oil Market Knee-Jerk Reaction To Nuclear Deal Unjustified
Oil Market Knee-Jerk Reaction To Nuclear Deal Unjustified A group of exhausted diplomats did the unthinkable. The P5+1 countries and Iran came to a massive and historic framework agreement over Iran’s nuclear program, paving the way for a final deal to be hashed out before the real deadline in June. Negotiations went past the self-imposed […]
Its A Damn Good Deal That Will Change History—–Unless The GOP War Party Sabotages It
Its A Damn Good Deal That Will Change History—–Unless The GOP War Party Sabotages It The announcement of a “framework” for an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear research and development had all the drama of a thriller – theextended negotiations, dragging out over several days and deadlines, the anticipation, the furor surrounding the process, and […]
Is There Any Hope Left For Nuclear Energy?
Is There Any Hope Left For Nuclear Energy? Can nuclear help avoid the worst effects of climate change? The International Energy Agency recently provided a roadmap for nuclear power, detailing how the technology could help keep global temperature increases within a 2-degree scenario. According to the IEA report, between 2015 and 2050 total installed nuclear power […]
Radioactive leak at major Ukrainian nuclear plant – report — RT News
Radioactive leak at major Ukrainian nuclear plant – report — RT News. A radioactive leak has been detected at Ukraine’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe, a media report says, citing the country’s emergency services. The report claims that levels of radiation are 16.8 times the legally permitted norm. LifeNews published what it claims […]
Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant Suffers 2nd Emergency Shutdown In 3 Weeks | Zero Hedge
Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant Suffers 2nd Emergency Shutdown In 3 Weeks | Zero Hedge. Following a reported “minor” accident three weeks ago, Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant,Europe’s largest and the 5th biggest in the world, was shutdown. The ‘glitch’ it appears has reoccurred as RT reports, one of the reactors at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant has automatically shut down. Causes […]
Fukushima Children Thyroid Cancer Rate Continues To Rise | Zero Hedge
Fukushima Children Thyroid Cancer Rate Continues To Rise | Zero Hedge. Fukushima prefecture has been conducting regular checkups of over 360,000 people who were in Fukushima in March 2011 and were age 18 or under when the nuclear crisis struck.As WSJ reported in August, a study by researchers in Fukushima prefecture found 57 minors in the prefecture have […]
India to build nuclear reactors with Russia – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English
India to build nuclear reactors with Russia – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English. India is to build at least ten more nuclear reactors with Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said after talks with President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi. “We have outlined an ambitious vision for nuclear energy of at least […]
Russia Signs Deal With Iran To Build 8 Nuclear Power Units | Zero Hedge
Russia Signs Deal With Iran To Build 8 Nuclear Power Units | Zero Hedge. With this year’s APEC meeting in China having just barely concluded, where the biggest news was not the inability of the US to make any material headway in trans-Pacific trade (who needs trade when you have a printer?) or that China is “willing” […]
The Great Change: BooneDoggle
The Great Change: BooneDoggle. “In the event of the worst case – where successive 75-year-old earthen dams built by the Corps of Engineers under emergency wartime conditions are overtopped or washed away – there is no plan to protect these riverside nuclear reactors.” Many of our friends have been urgently sending us warnings of an […]
5 nuclear scientists assassinated near Damascus – report — RT News
5 nuclear scientists assassinated near Damascus – report — RT News. Five Syrian nuclear scientists have reportedly been killed by unknown assailants while riding a bus north of Damascus, near the research center where they worked, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. “Unidentified attackers murdered five nuclear energy engineers who worked in the […]
8 Countries With Nuclear Power Plants Most At Risk Of Tsunamis
8 Countries With Nuclear Power Plants Most At Risk Of Tsunamis. The tsunami that destroyed a nuclear reactor at Fukushima, Japan, caused a major re-think of nuclear power, which up to the accident in 2011, had been considered a relatively safe, clean form of electricity generation. The tsunami that followed shortly after a 9.0 mega-quake […]
California Could Suffer a Fukushima-Style Meltdown Washington’s Blog
California Could Suffer a Fukushima-Style Meltdown Washington’s Blog. U.S. Ignoring Earthquake Risks to Nuclear Plants Scientists warned that an earthquake could take out Fukushima. The Japanese ignored the warning. (The Fukushima reactors were damaged by the earthquake before the tsunami hit, because the design of the reactors was defective.) But that couldn’t happen in the U.S. … right? Well, the engineers who […]
AmeriScan: October 29, 2014 | Environment News Service
AmeriScan: October 29, 2014 | Environment News Service. ‘Secret’ Decision to Hide Nuclear Plant Quake Risk Challenged … Concerts Aim to Turn Out Youth Vote for Climate … U.S. Enters the ‘Age of Renewable Energy’ … New California Homes Must Provide EV Charging … EPA Okays Pesticide Mix Hazardous to Butterflies … Keystone XL: TransCanada […]
