By Bjorn Hilt | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War | December 8, 2015 Besides the terrible effects of the burst of light that causes eye damage, the heat that sets everything flammable on fire, the electromagnetic pulse that knocks out all electronic devices, and the blast that produces winds with ten times […]
By James Hansen, Kerry Emanuel, Ken Caldeira and Tom Wigley | The Guardian | December 3, 2015 … We have become so concerned about humanity’s slow response to this challenge that we have decided we must clearly set out what we see as the only viable path forward. As scientists we do not take advocacy […]
Nuclear’s greatest hope may be the ‘Clean Power Plan’ By Thomas Overton – POWER magazine– 11/17/2015 Another month, another premature nuclear plant retirement. About two weeks ago, Entergy finally threw in the towel on the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, N.Y., a move that came as a surprise to exactly no one […]
By John Laforge | CounterPunch | November 2, 2015 Early on Sunday Oct. 25, an underground fire caused an explosion in a low-level nuclear waste site in the desert 10 miles from Beatty, Nevada, and 115 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The explosion and fire followed flash flooding that shut down Beatty’s escape routes: US […]
By Sophie Yeo | Carbon Brief | October 20, 2015 Finland has a 15-year-old problem called Olkiluoto 3. This nuclear plant was once the bright star of Finland’s energy future and Europe’s nuclear renaissance. It was seen as a key component in Finland’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 and end reliance […]
By Ian Fairlie | CounterPunch | October 16, 2015 In 2013, I discussed several epidemiological studies providing good evidence of radiogenic risks at very low exposure levels. A powerful new study has been published in Lancet Haematology [1] which adds to this evidence. However the study’s findings are more important than the previous studies, for […]
By John Laforge | CounterPunch | October 14, 2015 “[W]e should be carefully monitoring the oceans after what is certainly the largest accidental release of radioactive contaminants to the oceans in history,” marine chemist Ken Buesseler said last spring. Instead, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency halted its emergency radiation monitoring of Fukushima’s radioactive plume in […]
Children living near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant have significantly higher rates of thyroid cancer than children not living near the site, says the author of a new study.
RT | October 3, 2015 Fukushima police have finally reacted to a criminal complaint filed against TEPCO and 32 of its top officials two years ago over the contamination caused by the 2011 nuclear disaster. They have referred the case to prosecutors. The Fukushima District Prosecutors’ Office will now determine whether to pursue criminal charges […]
By Judith Curry | Climate Etc. | September 17, 2015 You have signed the death warrant for science. – Peter Webster In case you don’t know what RICO is (Wikipedia): The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly referred to as the RICO Act or simply RICO, is a United States federal law that provides […]
