Ashai Shimbun: City to investigate NRA's conclusion that radioactive rice unrelated to Fukushima plant work

Ashai Shimbun: City to investigate NRA's conclusion that radioactive rice unrelated to Fukushima plant work

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Addressing cover-up suspicions, the city assembly here will investigate how the Nuclear Regulation Authority concluded that work at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was not the cause of radioactive contamination of rice paddies.

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NBC Los Angeles: LA's Nuclear Secret

NBC Los Angeles: LA's Nuclear Secret

Tucked away in the hills above the San Fernando and Simi valleys was a 2,800-acre laboratory with a mission that was a mystery to the thousands of people who lived in its shadow. In a place called Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), there was a secret collaboration between the U.S. government and private companies to test the limits of nuclear power.

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CounterPunch: Nuclear Power Kills! the Real Reason the NRC Canceled Its Nuclear Site Cancer Study

CounterPunch: Nuclear Power Kills! the Real Reason the NRC Canceled Its Nuclear Site Cancer Study

After spending some $1.5 million and more than five years on developing strategies to answer the question of increases of cancer near nuclear facilities, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) last week reported that they would not continue with the process. They would knock it on the head [1].

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NaturalNews: Third US Navy sailor dies after being exposed to Fukushima radiation

NaturalNews: Third US Navy sailor dies after being exposed to Fukushima radiation

(NaturalNews) At least three of the U.S. Navy sailors exposed to radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan have now died from mysterious illnesses, according to Charles Bonner, an attorney representing approximately 250 of the sailors in a class action lawsuit against companies involved in running the Fukushima plant.

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Mining Awareness: Burying Dangerous Radioactive Waste in Texas- LLW Another Dilute & Deceive Scam

Mining Awareness: Burying Dangerous Radioactive Waste in Texas- LLW Another Dilute & Deceive Scam

Low Level Waste is a misnomer. The same dangerous, long-lived radionuclides are included, they just put less per weight, making it another dilute to deceive scam. Instead of diluting with water and air, like for the nuclear reactor emissions, they dilute with other waste. And, even then the NRC has a web site typo allowing more concentration: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/the-dangerous-us-nrc-typo-making-low-level-radioactive-waste-more-radioactive-than-allowed-at-wipp/

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CleanTechnica: Climate US Navy Launches Another Salvo At Climate Change Denial

CleanTechnica: Climate US Navy Launches Another Salvo At Climate Change Denial

Fresh off its Facebook link to an incendiary Rolling Stone article on climate change and national defense, the US Navy Task Force Energy is now drawing our attention to an op-ed by a former Navy commander outlining the risks of continued oil dependency. This one pulls no punches either, drawing attention to the thousands — yes, thousands — of American deaths attributed to petroleum transportation in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

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Bringing The Focus Back On Life

Bringing The Focus Back On Life

The Fukushima Daiichi disaster opened the door to see how this is not merely a Japanese crisis. It is a crisis that transcends geography and time. We traced the roots of this crisis back 60-years to the fishing boat Daigo Fukuryumaru, or #5 Lucky Dragon, and American efforts to force nuclear power upon the Japanese people.

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