30 years after TMI, the system is broken again
Thirty years ago, Americans stood in shock watching unfold what had been officially deemed by federal officials as "incredible"—a major accident at a nuclear power reactor. Americans watched their...
View ArticleStartling revelations on Three Mile Island & nuclear power
A special Facing South investigation by Sue Sturgis It was April Fool's Day, 1979 -- 30 years ago this week -- when Randall Thompson first set foot inside the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near...
View ArticleThe real story of Three Mile Island
With the passing of the 30th anniversary of the incident that occurred at Three Mile Island happening last week, there has been plenty of discussion on DKos about the pros and cons of nuclear power....
View ArticleDisgruntled nuclear employees protest, NRC investigates
The San Luis Obispo (CA) New Times reports: A year of failed labor negotiations prompted engineers from Diablo Canyon to protest outside PG&E’s headquarters in San Francisco. Their complaints have...
View ArticleFull of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
With apologies to MacBeth, Mike Rogers (MI-08) is doing a great job of turning legitimate national security issues into a tale told by an idiot. He's still squeaking about a possible transfer of...
View ArticleNuclear Meltdown in North Carolina?
One of the things I love about the Daily Kos community is the ability of diarists' on this site to write about issues that much of the mainline press ignore. One of my favorite sites that is really...
View ArticleNational Research Councel's PHEV Report is Wrong (I)
If you are like me and you are really interested in alternative fuel and energy you probably find yourself trying to read everything you can that is published on the subject. I try to stay in touch...
View ArticleA Kos Blitz: Tell NRC that PHEV Report is Bad Research (II)
This is part two of a blog I began http://www.dailykos.com/... because I was incensed by the report published by the National Academies Press titled Transitions to Alternative Transportation...
View ArticleWeekly Mulch: Saying No to the Nuclear Option
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Faced with the nuclear crisis in Japan, governments around the world are confronting the vulnerabilities of their nuclear energy programs. And while some...
View ArticleEver wonder what a Lack of National Energy Policy will get you?
Ever wonder how the Nuclear Industry got off the ground. Beside the serious PR push from Eisenhower to promote the "Friendly Atom" that would "Save the Day" ... 1950’s Nuclear Energy & Atomic...
View ArticleFukushima: the sense that profit for a few is taking precedence over the...
Hi When this whole thing started, in the first day or so I knew it was going to be very bad and cascade. I didn't want to be right, I'd much rather be wrong, but, what troubled me was the people...
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Fukushima: The Failure was Deliberate indifference and the NRC knew and Lied.
This is a very big accusation, but I feel obliged to state it. Le document d'Areva sur Fukushima Look At the above Document, Read Page 11. See Where it says Battery Power Required? Now look at...
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TEPCO discovery of Fukushima sediment contamination in areas identified by...
TEPCO, the owners of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, just announced that they found contamination levels 100 to 1,000 times higher than normal in sediment from the Fukushima coast....
View ArticleFukushima Update: 5-28-11
The G8 Rulers of the World summit in France issued a declaration on Friday [May 27] underscoring the importance of "learning the lessons" of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and urging all nations who...
View ArticleFlood Berm Collapses at Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Power Station
It’s been raining fairly steadily in the area surrounding Ft. Calhoun and all along the Missouri river. Last night they lost a berm. FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) - A berm holding back floodwater at the...
View ArticleNuclear Update 6-28-11: All Things Nuclear Not In Nebraska
There have been a number of diaries over the last couple of days about the flooding situation in Nebraska at the Ft. Calhoun plant north of Omaha and the Cooper plant south of Omaha. So this update...
View ArticleNuclear Update
Below is an update on whats going on in the nuclear world. It is provided to give you information about the problems we are having nuclear “stuff”. Included is a correction of a misstatement of fact I...
View ArticleIf Nuclear Power were such a Great Bet -- would Entergy have to Sue, to Keep...
Entergy? No it's not a Typo ... Nor a new form of 'Green Energy'. "Entergy" is a Nuclear Energy Corporation operating Vermont. And according to VT Senator Bernie Sanders: In April, Entergy, a $14...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Hidden Costs of Boiling Water, Cheaply
The Cost of Fukushima docsgreen.blogspot.com -- 31 March 2011 How much will the Fukushima nuclear power disaster cost the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the Japanese economy, and the Japanese taxpayer?...
View ArticleSome Lessons Learned about an Infallible Industry
Design Flaw Fueled Nuclear Disaster by Norihiko Shirouzu and Chester Dawson, Wall Street Journal -- July 1, 2011 TOKYO -- Some senior engineers at Tokyo Electric Power Co. knew for years that five of...
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