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All Holtec nuclear waste thin-wall canisters likely damaged from inferior Holtec downloading systems
All Holtec thin-wall stainless steel canisters (only 1/2″ to 5/8″ thick) are likely damaged from Holtec’s inferior canister downloading system. The downloading system lacks precision, resulting in metal to metal scraping and gouging of canister walls. This significantly shortens the … Continue reading
Posted in Action Alert, holtec, NRC, Nuclear Waste, PG&E, Southern California Edison
Tagged California, callaway, corrosion, environment, gouging, government, HI-STORM, holtec, legislation, new mexico, nuclear waste, politics, san onofre, stress corrosion cracking
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1/24/2019 NRC meeting on defective San Onofre Holtec nuclear waste storage system
On January 24th the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hear Southern California Edison’s (SCE) reasons to continue to load 44 more Holtec nuclear waste canisters, even though they know every thin-wall canister loaded in the Holtec nuclear waste storage system … Continue reading
1/23-24/2019: NRC ASLB Holtec New Mexico CIS Nuclear Waste meeting
On January 23rd and 24th at 8AM to 4PM PST the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) holds oral arguments on the Holtec Spent Fuel Storage application for the proposed New Mexico Consolidated Interim Storage (CIS) … Continue reading
Posted in Action Alert, holtec, NRC, Nuclear Waste, Press Release, Southern California Edison
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NRC ignores Holtec design problem that gouges walls of all San Onofre nuclear waste canisters
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) admitted today they plan to ignore the Holtec engineering design problems that cause gouges in the walls of all San Onofre nuclear waste storage canisters. So far 29 canisters are loaded. An additional 44 canisters … Continue reading
11/29/2018: NRC admits San Onofre Holtec nuclear waste canisters are all damaged
The Holtec nuclear waste storage canisters at San Onofre are lemons and must be replaced with thick-wall casks. 11/29/2018 Oceanside: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) admits in their November 28, 2018 NRC Inspection Report and Notice of Violation, ML18332A357 (page … Continue reading
San Onofre defective Holtec nuclear waste storage system is a lemon and must be recalled
The Holtec nuclear waste dry storage system (Hi-STORM UMAX) is a lemon and is putting California’s safety, economy and security at great risk. It must be recalled. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Southern California Edison, California Coastal Commission (CCC), and … Continue reading
Posted in Action Alert, California Coastal Commission, CPUC, holtec, NRC, Nuclear Waste, Press Release, Southern California Edison, Whistleblower
Tagged camp pendleton, Coastal Commission, CPUC, Governor, holtec, house, legislation, NRC, nuclear waste, Orange county, san clemente, san diego county, san onofre, senate, stress corrosion cracking
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*UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai — Mitsuhei Murata’s speech, March 16, 2015
Originally posted on Japan Safety : Nuclear Energy Updates:
The former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland, Mitsuhei Murata, made the following speech at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai on March 16, 2015. ” Nuclear disaster and global ethics Preface…
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The evidence that radiation from nuclear reactors causes childhood leukemia
Originally posted on GreenWorld:
Radiation spike caused by refueling at one of Bavaria’s Gundremmingen reactors. Last July, we published a piece on recent groundbreaking work from the U.K.’s Dr. Ian Fairlie and the connection between radiation releases from nuclear reactors…
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