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Reactor Reax Top Stories - US Insurance Fund Can`t Cover Major Nuclear Disaster

Confronting the reality of our nuclear world.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - With so many things taking place in the world; a UN vote for Palestinian statehood, the execution of a man in Georgia with a questionable conviction, a loose NASA satellite streaking dangerously toward earth... we tend to forget other very serious problems, like the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Unpaid bills, insurance companies that can't cover costs... it is all a result of capitalism-gone-wild; corners cut during the construction of nuclear facilities...

US to Launch Nuclear-Capable Missile from Vandenberg on International Day of Peace

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has initiated an Action Alert in which thousands of citizens around the country have sent messages to President Obama urging him to cancel the planned missile test

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) - The United States has selected September 21, 2011, the United Nations International Day of Peace, for its next launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The launch will take place at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with a target in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

An annual International Day of Peace was declared by the United Nations General Assembly as a day for "commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples."

Jesus Christ, PIA`s and Nuclear Resistance

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Genius will not. Education will not. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." - Calvin Coolidge

(TENNESSEE) - Today, the third of The Y-12 Thirteen were sentenced. They were arrested on 5 July 2010 after crossing through the thin strands of barbed wire at the Y-12 Oak Ridge, nuclear weapons site in Tennessee and charged with trespassing.

Their motives were fueled by faith/conscience in protest of the continued and soon to be expanded production of Hydrogen Bomb materials at the Y-12 Complex.

Secrets Between Friends?

The U.S. – Israeli link has for several decades determined the course of events in the Middle East and on the global arena.

(MOSCOW) - A U.S. space scientist, formerly employed by the government has pleaded guilty on charges of espionage and agreed to a 13-year sentence. If he had not pleaded guilty, he could have faced death penalty or life in prison.

54-year-old Steward D. Nozette worked at the White House in 1989 – 1990 on a project aimed at discovering water on the moon. In the 1990s he worked for the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Also, he worked on the “Star Wars” missile defense project and had access to the nation’s most guarded nuclear secrets.

Scottish Parliament Calls for Vanunu`s Freedom

Yesterday members of the Scottish Parliament called for Mordechai Vanunu's right to leave Israel and Vanunu recalled "the beginning of this case in 1987."

(CLERMONT, Fla. ) - On 7 September 2011, The Scottish Parliament Tabled the Motion: *S4M-00789# Sandra White: Mordechai Vanunu, Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower—

That the Parliament notes the 25th anniversary of the revelations by Mordechai Vanunu regarding Israel’s secret nuclear weapons programme, which is estimated to number over a hundred warheads with the potential to annihilate the entire Middle East;

Vanunu Waits and I Remember

Includes videos and conversations that became a part of Chapter 11: 16 DAYS IN ISRAEL PALESTINE, in KEEP HOPE ALIVE

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - While Vanunu waits for his next court date, “about the restrictions on Oct’ 3. About canceling my Israel citizenship, we are waiting to hear from Interior minister. We are waiting for Israel to End this case, they must give me my Freedom Now!!!”

He is staying busy uploading video interviews he has given, beginning in 2004, after he was released from 18 years in a windowless tomb sized prison on his You Tube Channel.

A National Nuclear Nightmare in the USA? Now?

Simulation Map of Cesium-137 Deposition Across the Pacific by CEREA Shows Contamination in US Greater Than That of Western Japan.

(FUKUSHIMA, Japan) - France's CEREA has the simulation map of ground deposition of cesium-137 from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident on its "Fukushima" page.

Japan is Venting Radiation High Into Atmosphere

There are reports that teachers are forcing school children to eat food that their parents told them not to eat.

(HUMBOLDT, Calif.) - Radioactive cesium exceeding 8,000 becquerels/kg has been detected in the ashes from burning the regular household garbage in Kanto and Tohoku regions.

The Ministry of the Environment has decided to apply the same rule as the disaster debris and allow the ashes to be buried.

Evacuate Fukushima: Japanese Propaganda Regarding Fukushima 福島の子供を守れ

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND FORWARD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW.

(FUKUSHIMA, Japan) - The whole international press have blackout the worst catastrophe in modern history. So this is a humble reminder of what really is going on in Fukushima and beyond today.

There is a crime against humanity happening right under our nose and all we can hear is a deafening silence. Please spread this video as much as you can ... in the name of humanity... thanks.

Iran Sanctions: Much Ado About Nothing

Harsh sanctions on Iran target the country's economy and adversely affect the daily life of the ordinary citizens.

(TEHRAN) - Almost five years have passed since the UN Security Council imposed its first round of sanctions against Iran over the allegations that Tehran might be moving toward developing nuclear weapons.

Since that time, four rounds of devastating sanctions have been imposed on Iran by the Security Council and several nations, over its nuclear program.