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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The Whistleblower: Arnold Gundersen of Goshen

The Whistleblower: Arnold Gundersen of Goshen

Reprinted from The Litchfield County Times, Connecticut, December 10, 1999- Ten years ago, Arnold Gundersen of Goshen was a senior vice president with Danbury-based Nuclear Energy Services, a card-carrying member of the nuclear industry. Since then, he has become a dedicated whistleblower, taking on the industry that once supplied him in his family with a comfortable lifestyle and a bright future.

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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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KBOO Interview: Columbia Generating Station

KBOO Interview: Columbia Generating Station

The Columbia Generating Station, a nuclear power facility in Washington, was shutdown on May 9th for refueling that was scheduled to take forty two days. Fifty days later, Columbia is only partially online, functioning at 60% of full operating capacity. In an interview with KBOO radio, Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education gives his expert analysis of what might be going on as the public is kept in the dark by both Columbia's owner Energy Northwest and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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