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Reactor Reax: Weekly Roundup of Nuclear Stories

Catch the latest media reports from around the world about nuclear energy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - What is the world to do with an ever accumulating supply of spent, dirty radioactive waste?

Ending Nuclear, Other Energy Subsidies

Conservative Groups Urge Halt to Treasury-Backed Loan Guarantees.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Congress is considering more taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for nuclear, and other energy sources that America can't afford.

The U.S. is facing a $1.65 trillion deficit and a $14 trillion national debt.

Oregon Legislators Protest Nuclear Storage at Hanford

"Because of this operation, Hanford is today the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States." - Portland legislators

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - 17 Portland-area legislators have contacted officials with the U.S. Department of Energy to share their concerns over nuclear waste storage.

Study Reveals Dangerous Amounts of Radioactivity in Unsafe Conditions at U.S. Nuclear Reactor Sites

Nuclear Radiation Risks/New Report – Alvarez to Detail Fukushima-Style Dangers in U.S. From Unsafe Nuclear Fuel Rod Storage

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A new report entitled “Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage,” indicates the nature and extent of radioactive contamination and nuclear chain reactions due to the unsafe storage of nuclear fuel.

Greenpeace Statement on TEPCO Admission of Full Meltdown and Reactor Core Breach at Fukushima-Daiichi Reactor 1

“TEPCO must immediately make public any other information about the state of the other reactors at Fukushima.”

(TOKYO Greenpeace) - Greenpeace today criticised TEPCO and Japan for continuing to underplay the seriousness of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

This came after TEPCO admitting that a partial meltdown of the reactor 1 core at Fukushima occurred a mere five hours after the tragic earthquake and tsunami. A full meltdown came 16 hours later.

IMAGINE Paine, Petty and Lennon Talking to Congress about AIPAC

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right…Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."- Thomas Paine

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - "Imagine there's no countries…Nothing to kill or die for. Imagine all the people; living life in peace.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one…Imagine all the people sharing all the world…Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

The Future of Nuclear Power In The U.S.

Opponents of nuclear power are using a worst-case analysis to scare people by focusing on the nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - In order to keep the lights on and the motors running while reducing harm to humans and planet Earth, fossil-fuel power has to shrink.

While we shouldn't forget Three Mile Island and Chernobyl and the recent disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, we need a rational discussion about the future of nuclear power in this country without misinformation and histrionics.

Reactor Reax: Roundup of Stories About Nuclear Power

Problems relating to this non natural supply of power are diverse and widespread.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Is the writing on the wall, visible to all? I have to ask that question, as we mire through the mindless mire of corporate thinking in a modern age that is in so many ways, not even close to an age of awareness and understanding.

There will always be reasons that big business and deep pocketed men want to boost their earnings and further their power in the world, but back to that writing on the wall.

Reactor Reax: Roundup of Stories About Nuclear Power

The nuclear industry and the military industrial complex are both extremely political and profit based; they rely on fear mongering and scare tactics to secure their deals.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - According to Albert Einstein, Insanity is defined by, "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

It seems fascinating that the nuclear power industry is continuing in force after the history of disasters that are filed under its name.

Grazie Vik Arrigoni: Italy Buries Gaza Peace Activist With Great Honor

They say he really isn't gone; that a person of his status does not simply go away, instead Vik remains in countless ways.

(SALEM / ROME) - Thousands gathered to say goodbye today, to one of the most powerful and successful peace activists in history. Vittorio 'Vik' Arrigoni is responsible for bringing the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) back to Gaza to document and reveal Israel's constant human rights violations against the Palestinian people.

All who knew Vik loved him. His death, which allegedly came at the hands of terrorists in Palestine, is one that makes no sense for anyone who knows anything about Gaza.