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…
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…
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….
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,…
A land of opportunity which sees no need for new nuclear reactors in foreseeable future
Brazil’s population is growing rapidly, the Brazilian economy is now over $2.5 trillion in size, the largest in Latin America, and is set to surpass France this year as the world’s fifth largest…
San Onofre: No restart plan submitted – No root cause identified
Edison International announced in an e-mail statement, that it hasn’t filed a request with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to restart its San Onofre nuclear plant, adding that any forward-looking statements regarding potential…
Car accident in Iran kills one IAEA inspector and injures another
Two experts of IAEA were involved in a car accident while they were on a mission near Khondab heavy water production facilities in a central province of Iran, reported Xinhua, citing the semi-official…
Union authorizes strike at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station over health-care, safety, and staffing issues
A vote last week by the Utility Workers Union of American Local 369, yielded ”99 percent” in favor on an authorized strike at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station over health-care, safety, and staffing issues. Nearly…
US nuclear industry initial order in response to Fukushima Disaster consists of 300 pieces of portable equipment
The nuclear power industry has met a deadline to order a variety of backup, readily-deployable safety equipment to handle “extreme events,” such as the tsunami-generated Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, according to the…
US continues pressure to reopen debate on Indian Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act
The US wants “greater debate” on the issues of foreign direct investment (FDI) and civil nuclear cooperation in India, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an India Times report. “We want to…
NASA set to deploy probes to study Earth’s radiation belts and solar influence
Packed inside a U.S. military cargo plane from Maryland, two twin NASA satellites designed to probe and predict changes in Earth’s radiation belts arrived at the Kennedy Space Center runway on Tuesday, at…
China and Japan to review nuclear safety – Kazakhstan and Japan form nuclear fuel agreement
Japanese Minister Goshi Hosono and China’s minister of environmental protection, agreedto create a dialogue mechanism between Japan’s “future” nuclear plant regulatory body, and its counterpart within the Chinese Environmental Protection Ministry. “It is…
State Senator and NRC Executive Director in tug of war over Pilgrim relicensing
State Sen. Robert Hedlund of Weymouth is urging the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delay renewing the license for the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth until additional safety measures can…
San Onofre facing possible “2012″ dilemma
The San Onofre nuclear plant has consistently been one of the least profitable power station for its stakeholders, and is now forced to possibly face its own “2012” scenario, including potentially incurring millions…
Russia France and Japan competing to building nuclear plant in one of world’s driest countries
Much of the nuclear push in recent reports has focused mainly in other 3rd world countries to build NPPs, which is often fueled by claims that, the only way to sustain their existence…
The strange case of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Supreme Court of Injustice
Do we ever sit back and really appreciate what has happened in Japan? Only 400 days ago, the previous more immature versions of our past selves might have scoffed and laughed at any…
Japanese nuclear power plant constructs 3/11 memorial museum to celebrate ‘Nuclear Safety Culture Day’ with local residents
In the first year after the March 11th disaster, the Shimane Nuclear Power Plant has worked hard to ensure local residents that nuclear safety is the top priority at the plant. Months after…
Work to load nuclear fuel at Kudankulam to begin soon
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Srikumar Banerjee confirmed that all possible efforts are still being made to bring both reactors at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to operational status as soon as possible. The…
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May 18, 2012
Linda Lewis — Thank you for your comment, CaptD.
When the government tries so hard to keep something secret, you can be sure there's...
May 18, 2012
CaptD — Why are these things being done in SECRET?
Disaster planning is already a JOKE and things like this are only adding...
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...
