News and Articles Archives - 2000 - 2001
| Childhood Cancer Near German Nuclear Power Plants |
| Nuclear Agency to Pay for Radiation Drug to Protect Thyroid |
| VA Proposes Additonal Aid for Atomic Vets |
| Nuclear Power's Second Act; Rising Demand for Electricity Revives Aging Reactors (NY Times) |
| NRC Head Asks for Radioactive Toasters |
| AMERGEN: The British are COMING AGAIN! to buy up US nuke plants -- safety record questionable. |
| Shell Kills Documentary and Alleged Nuclear Cover-Up |
| Utah Escalates Nuke Waste Fight |
| USEC Files Complaint Against European Competitors |
| Clinton Signs Order To Compensate Nuke Weapons Workers |
| Norwegian Jets Intercepted Russian Planes After Kursk |
| Cold
War Style Russian Tu-95 Nuclear Capable Flights
Near Alaska |
| Natural Gas Shortages, Coal Looked At |
| California Utility Politics |
| California
Teetering On Edge Of Wide Spread
Blackouts |
| Submarine HMS TIRELESS Suffers Probable Core Meltdown |
| Gore lines up against nuclear power - in a letter to Nuclear Information and Resource Center, he says "I have disagreed with those who would classify nuclear energy as clean or renewable." |
| Millstone Editorial - Dominion take-over bodes ill for Ct. Millstone Plant |
| NRC Deems Nuclear Waste Site Safe Up to 44,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel could be stored at Skull Valley in the desert 45 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. |
| NRC's Process of Calculating Health Risks is Seriously Flawed |
| Nation's Water at Risk. DoE study suggests radioactive contaminants from nuclear weapons are 10 times greater than believed. |
| Inspector General Finds Nuclear Agency Misled Congressman |
| Letter from concerned citizen re DoE PLANS FOR EXPANDED PRODUCTION OF PLU-238 FOR FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS |
| Plowshare Nuns Refuse Bail |
| Birthpangs of Peace -- Five Women's Perpetual Labor -- their village is global and reaches to the stars. |
| Indian Point Accident Problems Revealed...another example of just how frail and questionable the safety systems at nuclear power plants really are. Subject to human error and technological mishaps which could result in unthinkable catastrophe, Indian Point, a clearly fallable nuclear plant, is located less than 30 miles upriver from one of the most densely populated cities in the world -- home to millions of Americans, as well as the financial capitol of the world, and the United Nations! Click Here for details |
| Indian Point Lessons Learned Report |
| Hot Water Gets Cold Shoulder EPA to begin flushing radioactive waste into public sewer systems! |
| Nuclear Waste Barrels Found in English Channel |
| Stresses lurking in damaged reactors could scupper plans to dismantle them |
| Los Alamos Secrets Found but Mystery Abounds |
| Los Alamos Nuclear Secrets Missing |
| Los Alamos Run-Off Poses Another Possible Danger |
| Up in Smoke - Los Alamos Problem of Getting Rid of Contaminated Sites |
| Los Alamos Reports on Radioactivity Source and Danger |
| Forest Fire Razes Bomb Laboratories |
| Work to Start on Capturing Contaminated Runoff from Los Alamos Fire |
| Scientists Find Breast Cancer Rates Elevated in Areas with High Exposure |
| Making Sense -- Simple and Cheap : Stockpiling Potassium Iodide could save millions of lives and billions of dollars |
| N U C L E A R P O W E R A N D Y2K by A. Stanley Thompson, PhD |
| A
Million Infant Deaths in India From Chernobyl
Nuclear Powers Charge Bush's Campaign 50,000 More Chernobyl Cancers Predicted Nevada's Stake in Nuclear Power The state's pension plan invests heavily in utilities that generate radioactive waste $300 million deal signed to dump nuclear waste on the Goshute Indian Reservation in Utah. Radiation Damage May Be Passed to Offspring Nuclear site workers who call attention to safety problems face retaliation Nukes Forever - US Plans Revealed Settlement with environmental groups says DOE must post waste info and provide monitoring and assessment funds Energy Department Opts Against Reusing Spent Nuclear Fuel Nuclear Power No Countermeasure to Global Warming Russia Wants Aid to Shut Down Chernobyl Time Bomb Radioactive Ammo Used in Kosovo Protest Movement Mushrooms Nuclear Lab Waste Info Now on Internet in Response to Environmental Groups' Perseverance Ploughshares Defendant Speaks out, "No Trial for Depleted Uranium" Tokai Fallout Detectedin Southern California Germany DeclaresNo Safe Way to Store Rad Waste Simple Blood Test to Measure Cell Damage From Radiation Nuclear Agency Misled Congressman The Current State of Affairs with regard to nuclear proliferation is not good, says Jimmy Carter Radioactive Contamination Discovered in Water Sample off the Nevada Test Site 1.3 Billion People Killed, Maimed, Sickened By Atmospheric Testing & Nuke Plants 2000 Mother's Day Gathering at the Nevada Test Site Strontium 90, the atomic age horror of 40 years ago, is still with us -- deep within us. Gulf War Syndrome Cited in Autopsy of Former Soldier |
NRC
staff admits the new risk-informed
regulatory oversight process will reduce plant safety margins "Nukes are Not Forever" is available with sample chapters in PDF Format Hanford Study Finds High Risk in Low Radiation Exposed Workers A-Bomb Debris Sold as Scrap Thailand Radioactive Waste Spill Pinpointed Meat Irradiation Becomes Legal --Considered Unwise Due to Inadequate Research, Poor Labeling Laws Material Found in Cat Litter Being Tested For "Sopping Up" Nuclear Waste Entertainment Giant Switches to GREEN Energy 7 US ReactorsExperienced Y2K-Related Problems Book Review:The Plutonium Files America's Secret Medical Experiments Press Release: Radiation expert warns of danger from overuse of medical X-rays claiming they're responsible for many cancer and heart disease deaths. Gene Abnormalities Found Near Test Site Pentagon Withheld News of Major New Year's Computer Failure Alliance Demands Nuclear Stand Down Anita Roddick Body Shop CEO Takes A Stand Against WTO Abuses Plutonium Pits Raise Safety Issues Julia Butterfly, Leaves Perch--Action Saves Trees Corporate Takeover of World's Nukes Church Says Marshall Islands Nuclear Test Compensation Too Little (3 reports) Women's Statement to Conference on Disarmament Advocating Peace, Livermore Lab Chemist Quits in Protest Livermore Engineer's Mysterious Death California & Nevada Face Serious Radiation Risk Colorado To Spread Plutonium Laced SewageOn Farm Fields Plutonium Pancakes? Students Protest N.Y. Nuclear Plant Leak Was "Accident Waiting to Happen" Chernobyl Described As "Genetic Disaster" DOE to Begin Shipping Nuclear Waste to Nevada Workers Exposed to Plutonium at U.S. Lab |
- No Trial for Depleted Uranium by Philip Berrigan Click Here
- Dr. Rosalie Bertell Responds to Ploughshares Sentencing with Letter to Judge Smith
- Los Alamos Update Letters/Advice on How to Protect
- Taiwan Likely to Halt Nuclear Project -- Simulated Melt-Down Shows Cost Too High! Click Here
- Chernobyl About To Close
- Keep Recycled Radioactive Waste out of the kitchen
- Nuclear Project in Turkey cancelled after strong public opposition!
- Los Alamos Analysis (prior to the fire) of contaminated areas -- now turned to cinder with plumes carrying radioactivity.... Click Here
- World Health Organization Predicts 50,000 More Cancers from Chernobyl
- Germany Will Give Up Nukes... Click Here
- Read Why I am Voting for Nader letter written by Brian O'Leary, Ph.D/campaign 2000
- Read what Ralph Nader thinks about nuclear power. Ralph Nader's environmental agenda offers the first real opportunity for the changes we need to make toward a cleaner and greener world!
- Does the American public know how much they are subsidizing the nuclear industry? "Activists in Germany and USA are discussing a petition to change the nuclear liability laws.
- Earth DayAnti Nuclear Events Worldwide
- Nuclear Weapons Testing Continues! Now Called 'Sub-Critical' US Dept. of Energy conducted its 3rd
- Nuclear Test this year!
- Oppose Mobile Chernobyl Bill NOW! before nuclear waste is shipped through your neighborhood! (NIRS ACTION ALERT).
- Join the 2000 Mother's Day Gathering at the Nevada Test Site
- Write or email Heads of Government and urge them to attend the 2000 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review and Extension Conference at the United Nations in New York from April 24-May 19, 2000.
- Three Things You Can Do Before April 24 to Help Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
- April 25 Panel Discussion, NYC - Preventing and Arms Race in Outer Space
- Festival of Hope March 19th and Trial March 20th, 2000 HOPE for the PLOWSHARES VS. DEPLETED URANIUM
- German Chancellor Ready to Close All Nuclear Plants
- Limerick Plant Shut Down
- U.S., Russia Monitor Nukes Joint Team Track Weapons Systems for Y2K Glitches
- Chernobyl Re-startAlarms Y2K Grass-Roots Focus Group
- Government Accounting Office Reports Lack of Rigor, Structure in Y2K Nuclear Weapons Review
- The New York Times, Y2K and the World's Nuclear Systems: THE DEADLIEST GAMBLE IN HISTORY
- Calls & Emailsto the Senate Y2K Committe made a Difference!
- US Navy/Marine Corps Survey Shows Cities at Risk
- U.S. and Russia Agree on Joint Defense Against Y2K Debacles
- State Dept Expected to Announce “Authorized Departure” policyfor U.S.Government Employees in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus.
- European Parliament Says: Take Nuclear Weapons Off Alert and Close Reactors for Y2k!
- Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Three Mile Island Lawsuits
- DOE's Plans for Major Changes in Nuclear Weapons Complex Spawns Protest Letter Signed by Hundreds of Groups
- Nuclear Power Plants Create More Waste Daily, While There is No Safe Long Term Storage
- Radiation May Be Risk Factor in Other Diseases
- Russian Police Raid Home of U.S. Environmental Scholar
- European Activists Plan Nuclear Transport Demos
- Human Error and Nuclear Accidents -- a Pattern
- Broken Promises to Stop California's Ward Valley Dump
- Soviets Hid Nukes in US
- Women acquitted of anti-nuclear protest
- Environmentalists Protest Plans for Nuclear Plant on the Mediterranean
- Assessment of Japanese Accident Based on Erroneous Readings
- Russia Y2K Trouble is Likely
- Y2K "Uncovered" (Nudes - Not Nukes?)
- U.S. to Test Nuclear Y2k Readiness in Russia
- Japanese Nuclear Accident Result of Illegal Cost Cutting Practice
- Japan Accident Boosts German Anti-Nuclear Calls
- Spin Doctors on Japanese Accident
- Criticality of Accident at Tokai Uranium Processing Plant...
- Alec Baldwin Holds Forum on Tooth Fairy Project CANCER CAUSING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS FOUND IN CHILDREN'S TEETH -- LEVELS EQUAL TO THOSE DURING ABOVE-GROUND NUCLEAR TESTING YEARS
- Worse Case Scenario -- Y2K and Nuclear Plants
- Consequences of Reactor Accident (CRAC-2) Report
NRC/Sandia Studied Meltdowns/Risks at US Nuclear Power Plants in 1982!- Perspective on Y2K Problems
By Dr. Helen Caldecott- Y2K Accountability by Robert Theobald
- Y2K, Nuclear Nightmares & the Health Effects of Radiation by Paul Swann
- Nuclear Power and Y2K Article by A. Stanley Thompson. PhD and author of Thermal Power from Nuclear Reactors, and many papers on design methods for power plants and nuclear reactors.
- How Might the Millennium Bug Affect Nuclear Power Plants?
By David Lochbaum, senior nuclear engineer for the Union of Concerned Scientists- BBC Report
"Because of the nature of the Y2K issue, it is not possible to be 100% certain that all potential problems will be corrected"...NRC- White House Presentation on Nuclear Plant y2k Problems
Union of Concerned Scientists -- July 7,l999- The Weakest Link -- Emergency Diesel Generators
By Scott D. Portzline -- Includes reports of defects and problems in Emergency Diesel Generators (EDGs) at U.S. nuclear power plants.- Reports of Defects and Problemsin Emergency Diesel Generators at U.S. nuclear plants documented since January 1, l999. If generators fail the chance of an accident approaches certainty.
- Safety of Nuclear Power Plants Questioned
A recent report, commissioned By Greenpeace and written by nuclear engineer John Large, raises serious doubts over the industry's Y2K preparations world-wide.- Letter to NRC from the Union of Concerned Scientists
This letter from the Union of Concerned Scientists clearly outlines the Y2K conflict the NRC has established.- NRC Denies NIRS Petitions on Year 2000 Concerns
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Public Affairs
Washington DC 20555, Tel: 301/415-8200--E-mail: opa@nrc.gov- Trouble at Indian Point
An example of an "event" at a nuclear power plant.- U.S., Russia Urged to Lower Missile Alert for Y2K
- Y2K WASH - World Atomic Safety Holiday
Nuclear Citizen's Forum, Berlin- http://www.trendmonitor.com/
Trend Monitor has the whole story. They have been monitoring the y2k nuclear situation for the past three years, and you're not in the picture until you've read their latest findings.- Public Safety Accountability
"It is unconscionable that a person whose responsibility includes safeguarding public health and welfare, should allow personal opinion, or fear, or ridicule to take precedence over their professional obligations. If Y2K problems result in preventable personal harm, then these individuals should be held accountable." Paloma O'Riley, national y2k organizer- A Call to Action Letter
- Executive Summary - A Working White Paper on Y2K:
"A Call to Action: National and Global Implications of the Year 2000 and Embedded Systems Crisis" by Paula D. Gordon, Ph.D.- Y2k Nuclear Video: Testimony from experts on nuclear weapons & power -- U.S. Representative Ed Markey and Dr Helen Caldicott, March 8, 1999. Approximately 1 hour, cost is $20.00. Email Robert Ridgeway at: NY2KC@juno.com
- Expressions in Y2K Poetry
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