Feds Cut Nuclear Emergency Exercises, Avoid Public Scrutiny
Not since the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina has the US federal government so callously ignored disaster red flags. Disregarding lessons of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, the Nuclear Regulatory Administration (NRC) secretively issued…
May 17th, 2012 FOIA Archive Release – RASCAL Estimations – SPEEDI Data – Communications – Status Updates
Last Updated 15:25 Main FOIA Archives FOIA’s Related to Reactor Research/Data NRC RASCAL Estimations Unit 4 Case Summary One Batch – Pages From Pages From ML12123A057 -397 Pages 3 11 2011-12 Snl Zr Fire…
NRC issues confirmatory action letter to Seabrook Nuclear Plant to address concrete degredation
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has issued a Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, confirming regulatory commitments made by the company to address concrete degradation at the Seabrook nuclear power…
FPL estimate of costs to increase capacity of nuclear reactors jumps to double initial projections
The cost of increasing the capacity at Florida Power & Light Co.’s four nuclear reactors has risen to $3 billion, a $600 million jump since the company’s estimate last year and double the…
US nuclear submarine in Phillipines may lead to worsening relationships with China
Filipino citizens and analysts say one of the “stealthiest, most technologically advanced” nuclear-powered submarines in the world, a US Navy attack submarine near the Philippines violates a Philippines’ law banning nuclear weapons and…
Investigation underway to establish cause of fire at Hinkley Point B
BBC Reports An investigation is underway to establish the cause of a fire which caused multiple firefighters to be dispatched to the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset. Residents in Bridgwater had reported hearing…
Subsidized economic time bombs stunning in relation to anything else
Global nuclear share continues its long-term decline, as plans for new plants are being abandoned left and right, and countries are announcing full exits – but licenses being granted for multiple reactors at…
TEPCO admits to having ignored more warnings of Fukushima Daiichi tsunami risk
Tokyo Electric Power Company admitted to JiJi Press reporters on Tuesday that it was aware a tsunami could cause a total blackout 5 years before last March’s disaster, but did not act on…
An Audacious Nuclear Hypocrisy
With audacious hypocrisy, American pro-nuclear pundits have been indulging in the familiar sport of losers – the relentless bashing of the more successful. With nuclear energy rapidly losing favor around the globe, the…
Japan Atomic Energy Commission confirms nuclear fuel reprocessing more expensive than direct disposal
If Japan’s future energy policy has a goal of zero reliance on nuclear power, a working group of Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission says that fuel recycling should be discontinued and the spent fuel disposed of….
Yokota Air Base received equivalent of chest x-ray to thyroid in 72 hours after onset of Fukushima Disaster
Daily Inhalation Dose at Yokota Air Base (upper bound) 12.5 mrem (125 uSv) in three days March 20, 21, 22 The first weekend after the Tsunami, every adult in Tokyo got a 12.5…
March 16th, 2011 – Merrill Lynch VP asks former USNRC director “What do you make of the Japanese reactor situation?”
Merril-Lynch Vice President George Vassiliou is a Financial Advisor in the Washington DC Merrill Lynch office. He focuses on total wealth management and provides solutions for multidimensional personal and business finances and planning….
2011 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Salaries exposed after government worker database went public this week
A new database that went public Tuesday morning obtained through a Freedom of Information Act placed with the Office of Personnel Management by a WUSA9/Gannett sister publication, The Asbury Park Press, allows you to enter a…
Recent financial schemes show new nuclear energy anything but cheap
The Charlotte Observer reports Duke Energy, a Charlotte-based utility, wants lawmakers to allow it to recoup nuclear pre-construction costs faster. Duke Energy wants to adjust electric rates annually to recover those proposed nuclear plant…
NRC releases document from June 2006 overview of SONGS steam generator replacement project
This week, the Voice of OC reported that some documents were missing in their search for the cause of tube wear in the still-idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station: Federal officials investigating excessive tube wear,…
Nrc to Increase Oversight of St. Lucie Reactor 1 after exceeding threshold for Unplanned Scrams
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is increasing its oversight of Unit 1 at the St. Lucie nuclear power plant as a result of the number and type of unplanned shutdowns the plant has…
North Anna emergency diesel generator violation leads to increased NRC oversight
Located 40 miles northwest of Richmond, the North Anna nuclear plant faces increased oversight from the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission due to a violation of low to moderate safety significance linked to the…
April 15th, 2011 – GE Hitachi Nuclear Response Team (GE Power & Water) assessment of the existence of a vessel breach on Fukushima U2
From: RST01 Hoc Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 9:16 PM To: OST01 HOC Subject: FW: GEH Nuclear Response Team Response In reference to Task 4706, the task is complete. The GEH assessment of…
Data prepared for the Commissioner for the discussion of the presence of plutonium in the spent nuclear fuels
Zhian Li, PhD Sr. Criticality and Shielding Engineer Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Currently: On a rotational Assignment at Division of System Analysis Nuclear Regulatory Research…
April 29th, 2011 – SFP Risk Assessment Thoughts – Criticality concerns
Don .Helton Division of Risk Analysis NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Don Helton – SFP Risk Assessment Thoughts – Pages From C142449-02LX-2 Related Articles on Page 2…
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May 17, 2012
Dee — Perfectly written, Linda!
Last year, Europe invested more in SOLAR Energy than any other energy source, and Renewable Energy has created...
May 17, 2012
Thanks, Enformable — Great reporting!
Remember how complicit the U.S. media was in downplaying the radiation from Japan?
I've never seen so many synonyms of...
May 17, 2012
Russell Lowes — Hi Linda,
Your article is appreciated. I want to point out that nuclear is not a good way in which...
May 17, 2012
misitu — What worries me more is the gabions in the picture. Gabions are chicken wire baskets of stones often used in...
May 16, 2012
CaptD — This ought to wake up some folks in Somerset!
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