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What does a Banana have in common with a Nuke plant?

Abalone - 1 hour 52 min ago

What does a Banana have in common with a Nuke plant? Nothing. Ones waste will need to be cooled, guarded & bureaucrated for 500,000 years. The other you feed to your children. Questions? Watch this video below. Aging Nuke Plants On Fault ... Continue reading →

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'Religious communities shouldn't instigate anti-nuke stir' - Zee News

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'Religious communities shouldn't instigate anti-nuke stir'
Zee News
Chennai: Admitting it was the responsibility of the Centre and state governments to allay fears of locals over the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday urged religious communities not to 'instigate' anti-nuclear ...
Religious groups should not instigate anti-nuke protesters: govtIndian Express

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Tamil Nadu government decides to constitute expert panel on Koodankulam ... - Economic Times

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The Hindu

Tamil Nadu government decides to constitute expert panel on Koodankulam ...
Economic Times
CHENNAI: With efforts to break the logjam over the Koodankulam Nuclear power plant hitting a dead-end, Tamil Nadu Government has decided to constitute an expert panel to look into the "fears and concerns" of locals over the project.
Centre, TN should operationalise Kudankulam: MPZee News

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Trivialising the real dangers - Financial Express Bangladesh

Nuke News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:42


Trivialising the real dangers
Financial Express Bangladesh
Anti-nuclear activists say that uranium mining, nuclear weapons testing and accidents at power plants, storage, transport and disposal of waste, all have been creating Hibakusha. Medical physicists like Dr Goffman would agree hundred per cent.

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Many problems at SONGS and in our community

Abalone - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 08:13

There is a very serious problem going on at San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station but all we hear from SCE & NRC is the same old story they always say "everything is safe, very little if any radioactivity was released,"you will be fine co... Continue reading →

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Detangling two fast moving stories about nuclear - Energy Collective

Nuke News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 07:10


Energy Collective

Detangling two fast moving stories about nuclear
Energy Collective
Anti-nuclear groups, including Utah HEAL and Uranium Watch, vowed to challenge the water rights decision based on the newspaper's report. Did Progress cancel its Levy County, Florida reactors? The short answer is no, Progress Energy did not cancel its ...

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Koeberg safety protocol 'outdated' - Independent Online

Nuke News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 00:39


Independent Online

Koeberg safety protocol 'outdated'
Independent Online
ANTI-NUCLEAR organisation Koeberg Alert Alliance (KAA) has battled with Eskom for the past two years to release its emergency evacuation plans for the proposed nuclear site at Koeberg – only to find that the document is outdated.

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Southern Regulators Push Nuclear - GPB

Nuke News - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 14:08


GPB

Southern Regulators Push Nuclear
GPB
They ensure customers get electricity while the company is guaranteed profits. Other regions take a more market-driven approach to electricity. Ellen Vanko of the anti-nuclear Union of Concerned Scientists says, in those regions, nuclear power plants ...
Trivialising the real dangersFinancial Express Bangladesh

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We cannot wish Britain's nuclear waste away - The Guardian (blog)

Nuke News - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 04:59


We cannot wish Britain's nuclear waste away
The Guardian (blog)
He reveals that Prof David MacKay, chief scientific adviser to the UK government's energy department and author of Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air, has endorsed a remarkable estimate. The UK's stockpile of nuclear waste could be used to ...

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Anti-nuclear activists intensify protests - Times of India

Nuke News - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 18:04


IBNLive.com

Anti-nuclear activists intensify protests
Times of India
MADURAI: The already stumbling efforts by the Centre to get the activists give up their protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power project has hit a roadblock as the attack on the anti-nuclear activists by Hindu Munnani workers at Tirunelveli has ...
Tirunelveli: Assault, Stone-Pelting on Nuclear Plant ProtestScoop.co.nz (press release)

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NRC it is time for States to Question your Authority

Abalone - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 17:34

If you have not read the ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/library/treaties/atomic-energy-act/trty_atomic-energy-act_1954-08-30.htm), I would not only encourage you to do so I would ask you and your colleagues to rec... Continue reading →

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Japan Realizes They Don’t Need Nuclear Power

Abalone - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 17:27

via SimplyInfo.org / January 27, 2012 / Japan is now down to 3 operating nuclear reactors. With an estimated 30% of their electricity coming from nuclear power there were considerable concerns about meeting the power demand. Last summer Japan institute... Continue reading →

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Nowhere to Run

Abalone - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 17:23

via nf2045.blogspot.com / February 1, 2012 / A couple weeks ago I was interviewed on Corbett Report Radio by independent radio journalist James Corbett (see also his blog Fukushima Update). After the interview, I thought of dozens of ways I could have ... Continue reading →

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SONGS release of radiation

Abalone - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 16:33

ACTION ALERT: This my letter the city of San Clemente this morning, if you live in a 100 mile area I hope you while join in writing them now. Email at: George" Dear George and members of the city Council,Yesterday's emergency shutdown at SONGS i... Continue reading →

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New Risks for Nuclear Plants Reactors in Central, Eastern U.S. Face Greater Earthquake Threat, Study Finds

Abalone - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 13:19

By REBECCA SMITH Nuclear reactors in the central and eastern U.S. face previously unrecognized threats from big earthquakes, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday. Experts said upgrading the plants to withstand more substantial ... Continue reading →

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Black Swan theory and the anti-nuclear sentiment - Energy Collective

Nuke News - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 11:47


Black Swan theory and the anti-nuclear sentiment
Energy Collective
Every nuclear reactor has some combination of systems to remove decay heat from the core. In evaluating whether Black Swan Theory contributes to the anti-nuclear sentiment, one must consider whether such events were isolated outliers or part of a ...

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Calvert residents testify in favor of 3rd reactor - So Md News

Nuke News - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 09:52


Calvert residents testify in favor of 3rd reactor
So Md News
Baltimore-based utility company Constellation Energy pulled out of a joint venture with UniStar in 2010. And on Thursday, the atomic safety board was set to hold a legal hearing in Prince Frederick to address a challenge from four anti-nuclear groups ...

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Out with VY, in with natural gas and coal - Commons

Nuke News - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 08:34


MassLive.com

Out with VY, in with natural gas and coal
Commons
Only to the most zealous anti-nuclear ideologue does this decision make environmental sense. The historical record of fossil-fuel power generation is replete with emissions-related fatalities. In a press release last July, the US Environmental ...
Entergy CEO asks PSB to reconveneBrattleboro Reformer
Salmon: PSB's duty is to view Vermont Yankee objectivelyvtdigger.org

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San Onofre Nuclear Reactor Shut Down After Leak

Abalone - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 08:17

Radioactive water spills into containment dome, yet there is no danger to the public, officials say. http://sanclemente.patch.com/articles/operators-shut-down-san-onofre-one-reactor-unit-as-a-precaution#_= Here we go again. The public rela... Continue reading →

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Renewable energy faces problems with disposal, too - Commons

Nuke News - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 08:12


Renewable energy faces problems with disposal, too
Commons
Actually, the nuclear industry has invested heavily in two solutions, only to be stymied by the anti-nuclear lobby. First, billions of dollars have been spent to develop a nuclear waste repository in Nevada. For existing spent fuel that won't just go ...

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