Tag Archives: nuclear
US nuclear command shake-up foreshadows possible event
Navy Vice Adm Timothy Giardina was removed from duty on 3 September, a US official said on Saturday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24321395 Admiral Giardina was serving as the deputy in charge of the US Strategic Command, which oversees nuclear assets. He has not been arrested or charged as part of the inquiry, into possible use of counterfeit casino […]
Fukushima will leak radiation into the sea forever
The Japanese prime minister directed his government on Wednesday to step in to help stabilize the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, after continuing radiation leaks exposed the failure of the plant’s operator to contain the problem more than two years after a triple meltdown. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/world/asia/fukushima-nuclear-plant-radiation-leaks.html?hp&_r=0 Some 300 tons, or about 75,000 gallons, of contaminated groundwater […]
Fukishima leaking radiocative material into sea
The stricken nuclear power plant at Fukushima has probably been leaking contaminated water into the ocean for two years, ever since an earthquake and tsunami badly damaged the plant, Japan’s chief nuclear regulator said on Wednesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/world/asia/japanese-nuclear-plant-may-have-been-leaking-for-two-years.html?ref=world In unusually candid comments, Shunichi Tanaka, the head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, also said that neither his […]
More nuclear waste leaking in WA
Six underground tanks holding radioactive waste are leaking at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in eastern Washington. It was unclear how long the additional tanks have been leaking. One of the 177 tanks at the site was leaking radioactive waste liquids at a rate of 150 to 300 gallons per year since interim stabilization of Hanford’s […]
Dirty Babylon 