Atomic Rate Rape & the New China Syndrome  By Harvey Wasserman  Small wonder the death knell of new US nukes may be upon us. Two reactors proposed for Florida will now, say its would-be builders, cost $24 billion or more…up from their original maximum guess of $4 billion each…far beyond comparable renewables and efficiency ( ). Two Georgia nukes still wanting tax-funded loan guarantees have been caught pouring faulty concrete and using non-design rebar steel( ). Currently licensed reactors from California to Vermont, from Texas to Ohio to Florida are...…Atomic Rate Rape & the New China Syndrome  By Harvey Wasserman  Small wonder the death knell of new US nukes may be upon us. Two reactors proposed for Florida will now, say its would-be builders, cost $24 billion or more…up from their original maximum guess of $4 billion each…far beyond comparable renewables and efficiency ( ). Two Georgia nukes still wanting tax-funded loan guarantees have been caught pouring faulty concrete and using non-design rebar steel( ). Currently licensed reactors from California to Vermont, from Texas to Ohio to Florida are...WW…

Let’s Bury King C.O.N.G. at People’s Climate March |  EcoWatch.com Above all, the worldwide  on Sept. 21 must bury King C.O.N.G.: , ,  and .Which also means  and .The fossil/nuclear corporations have been given human rights but no human responsibilities. They’re about to gut our most crucial means of communication.They’re programmed to do just one thing: make money. If they can profit from killing us all, they will.Ironically, we now have the technological power to get to Solartopia—a socially just,...…Let’s Bury King C.O.N.G. at People’s Climate March |  EcoWatch.com Above all, the worldwide  on Sept. 21 must bury King C.O.N.G.: , ,  and .Which also means  and .The fossil/nuclear corporations have been given human rights but no human responsibilities. They’re about to gut our most crucial means of communication.They’re programmed to do just one thing: make money. If they can profit from killing us all, they will.Ironically, we now have the technological power to get to Solartopia—a socially just,...WW…

Los Angeles to San Onofre: “Not So Fast!”An update on the continued troubles of San Onofre from Harvey Wasserman.A unanimous Los Angeles City Council has demanded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conduct extended investigations before any restart at the San Onofre atomic power plant.The move reflects a deep-rooted public opposition to resumed operations at reactors perched in a tsunami zone near earthquake faults that threaten all of southern California.Meanwhile, yet another top-level atomic insider has told ABC News that San Onofre Units 2 and 3 are not safe to operate.On April...…Los Angeles to San Onofre: “Not So Fast!”An update on the continued troubles of San Onofre from Harvey Wasserman.A unanimous Los Angeles City Council has demanded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conduct extended investigations before any restart at the San Onofre atomic power plant.The move reflects a deep-rooted public opposition to resumed operations at reactors perched in a tsunami zone near earthquake faults that threaten all of southern California.Meanwhile, yet another top-level atomic insider has told ABC News that San Onofre Units 2 and 3 are not safe to operate.On April...WW…

http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/nuke-powers-collapse-gets-ever-more-dangerous Nuke power’s collapse gets ever more dangerousNovember 30, 2012In the wake of this fall’s election, the disintegration of America’s decrepit atomic reactor fleet is fast approaching critical mass. Unless our No Nukes movement can get the worst of them shut soon, Barack Obama may be very lucky to get through his second term without a major reactor disaster.All 104 licensed US reactors were designed before 1975—a third of a century ago. All but one went on line in the 1980s or earlier.Plunging natural gas...…http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/nuke-powers-collapse-gets-ever-more-dangerous Nuke power’s collapse gets ever more dangerousNovember 30, 2012In the wake of this fall’s election, the disintegration of America’s decrepit atomic reactor fleet is fast approaching critical mass. Unless our No Nukes movement can get the worst of them shut soon, Barack Obama may be very lucky to get through his second term without a major reactor disaster.All 104 licensed US reactors were designed before 1975—a third of a century ago. All but one went on line in the 1980s or earlier.Plunging natural gas...WW…

[This is the first in a two part series]How bad is Fukushima?’s missing melted cores and radioactive gushers continue to fester in secret.Japan’s harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a  aimed—successfully—at keeping Fukushima out of the public eye.But that doesn’t keep the actual radiation out of our ecosystem, our markets … or our bodies.Speculation on the ultimate impact ranges from the utterly harmless to the intensely  .But the basic reality is simple: for seven decades, government Bomb factories and privately-owned reactors have spewed massive quantities...…[This is the first in a two part series]How bad is Fukushima?’s missing melted cores and radioactive gushers continue to fester in secret.Japan’s harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a  aimed—successfully—at keeping Fukushima out of the public eye.But that doesn’t keep the actual radiation out of our ecosystem, our markets … or our bodies.Speculation on the ultimate impact ranges from the utterly harmless to the intensely  .But the basic reality is simple: for seven decades, government Bomb factories and privately-owned reactors have spewed massive quantities...WW…

That we still must fear Chernobyl more than 28 years after it melted and exploded underscores the “nightmarish side of nuclear power.”In support of the dying industry, the New York Times Editorial Board has penned an inadvertent epitaph.Appearing in the May 2 edition, twists and stumbles around the paper’s own reporting. Though unintended, it finally delivers a “prudent” message of essential abandonment.The Times does concede that “The world must do what it can to increase energy efficiency and harness sun, wind, ocean currents and other renewable sources to meet our ever-expanding...…That we still must fear Chernobyl more than 28 years after it melted and exploded underscores the “nightmarish side of nuclear power.”In support of the dying industry, the New York Times Editorial Board has penned an inadvertent epitaph.Appearing in the May 2 edition, twists and stumbles around the paper’s own reporting. Though unintended, it finally delivers a “prudent” message of essential abandonment.The Times does concede that “The world must do what it can to increase energy efficiency and harness sun, wind, ocean currents and other renewable sources to meet our ever-expanding...WW…