Tag: nuclear
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Fukushima Disaster Doesn’t Stop Japan From Including Nuclear Power as Vital Source in New Energy Plan
Though their nuclear reactors are responsible for a catastrophic meltdown nearly three years ago at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant—and subsequent radioactive leaks, food scares, petitions and lawsuits—Japan officials said Tuesday that the country needs to add more nuclear energy to its supply. Japan released its first energy draft since the Fukushima disaster, and it includes plans…
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International Witnesses Tour Fukushima Area, Hear Victims’ Stories
By Brian Blomme When most of us think of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster we think about leaks of contaminated water, criminal gangs hiring ill-trained workers to work on cleaning up radioactive materials on the site, ice-dams to stop water flowing, or government announcements that never improve anything. [caption id="attachment_322751" align="alignnone" width="500"] Six anti-nuclear activists…
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Obama’s Nuke-Powered Drone Strike on America’s Fiscal Sanity
So the “all the above” energy strategy now deems we dump another $6.5 billion in bogus loan guarantees down the atomic drain. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced finalization of hotly contested taxpayer handouts for the two Vogtle reactors being built in Georgia. Another $1.8 billion waits to be pulled out of your pocket and poured…
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Energy Secretary Moniz Announces $6.5 Billion Loan For First Nuclear Plants in Nearly 30 Years
For all its talk about the need to deploy more clean energy, the Obama Administration continues to live up to its “All of the Above” policy stance. Today, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the approval of a $6.5 billion loan for Southern Co. to build two reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating nuclear…
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How Small Reactor Fires Could Result in U.S. Nuclear Disasters Worse Than Fukushima
[caption id="attachment_322026" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: CNN’s Pandora’s Promise[/caption] No matter the size, a nuclear reactor pool fire is dangerous enough to change millions of lives forever. The Nuclear Information Resource and Service and dozens of other organizations on Tuesday uncovered an unpublished study by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that suggests that even a small nuclear reactor…