Tag: Fukushima

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, nuclear power, BlondCounty
Collamer

Freezing Fukushima: The Solution

“Utilizing new technologies, we will freeze the 100-square miles surrounding the devastated plant, surgically remove it, towing it by barge to the Arctic where it will remain frozen, rendering it harmless. Comments regarding global warming will be addressed in a private conference at a later date.”

poor planning - earthquake, tsunami, blackout, meltdown
Collamer

Nuclear: Vermont Yankee to Close, 22 Fukushimas Still Threaten US

The Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor, one of the oldest nuclear plants in the country and the subject of heated battles over the decades, will close late next year. This would leave the US with 99 operating reactors. Four reactors in Georgia and South Carolina are under construction, and the Tennessee Valley Authority is finishing a fifth in Tennessee. But the industry is in a period of rapid decline.

San Onofre Nuke Plan, nuclear dangers, ocean health
Collamer, Nuclear, Oceans

Edison’s Reef: A Not So Glowing Report — By Jerry Collamer

While large fish fail to thrive at Southern California Edison’s artificial reef off the coast of San Clemente, California, mitigation mandated by the California Coastal Commission to repair destroyed kelp beds at their San Onofre Nuclear Plant (called SONGS), a wider marine mammal crisis is ongoing. Could radiation released from SONGS be the culprit in both cases?

Japan nuclear disaster
Environmental Health, Nuclear

Fukushima Radiation Hitting the Streets of LA and Beyond – Dr. Mark Sircus

Right after Chernobyl blew its top, Edward Teller said on the ABC Evening News in late April 1986, “The chances of a real calamity at a nuclear power station are infinitesimally small. But should it happen, the consequences are impossible to imagine.” Now after Japan’s Fukushima disaster, radiation continues to spread across the Pacific to North America with unimaginable consequences.