Fake ‘Radiation’ Text Messages And E-mails
Fukushima Nuclear Reactors 1-4. Photo: National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs, Ministry of Land, Infastructure, Transport and Tourism Many citizens across Asia have been warned...
View ArticleAmerica’s Most Vulnerable Nuclear Power Plants
Is this list a case of fear-mongering? Possibly, but I would want to be aware if one of these was in my neighborhood. The Daily Beast presents a ranking of our nation’s most ripe-for-disaster nuclear...
View ArticleJapanese Engineers Plug Fukushima Leak
Photo: DigitalGlobe-Imagery This sounds familiar, did they get advice from BP? The Guardian reports: Engineers battling to contain the crisis at Japan‘s Fukushima nuclear power plant appeared to have...
View ArticleConfessions Of A Nuclear Power Safety Expert
An expert on the safety of nuclear power plants comes to the conclusion that there is simply no such thing as an 100 percent safe nuclear reactor. Via Miller-McCune: I soon came to the conclusion that...
View ArticleUnraveling The Stuxnet Virus
From Patrick Clair a year ago, a quick and excellent look at the troubling Stuxnet virus. It has since been confirmed that the United States and Israel were behind its use against Iran’s nuclear...
View ArticleRadioactive Goldfish Discovered At Ohio Nuclear Power Plant
No word on an eye count. Russia Today reports: Two radioactive goldfish were found swimming in a juice pitcher of nuclear reactor water in an underground steam tunnel at an Ohio power plant....
View ArticleJapanese Authorities Admit Fukushima Has Been Leaking Radiation Into Water...
Via the New York Times, a reminder to always take officials with a grain of salt when they issue statements denying that the oceans and air are being poisoned: The stricken nuclear power plant at...
View ArticleNuclear Reactor At Fukushima May Turned Into A Tourist Attraction
A summer vacation spot that will give you a healthy glow? Thanks to a tip from Rhoid – Japan Today reports: Paying visits to historic places where death and suffering occurred is known as “dark...
View ArticleJellyfish Cause Shutdown At Massive Swedish Nuclear Power Plant
The New York Times reports on how the world ends: In an episode that evokes B-grade sci-fi movie plots, but actually reflects a continuing global problem, nuclear engineers in Sweden have been...
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