Global Warming Stops Nukes

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Global Warming Stops Nukes

More proof that nukes don’t stop global warming, but global warming stops nukes.

Two Turkey Point reactors owned by Florida Power & Light are cooled by water from 168 miles of canals. Due to global warming, and exacerbated by discharge from the reactors, the canals are now overheated, and one degree from the maximum temperature allowed by the NRC.  Arnie Gundersen was interviewed by Miami News Radio, which has a news brief.

The reactor could shut down or reduce power, but demand for air conditioning is high. Rather than shutting down, FPL wants to draw 30 million gallons of water a day from an underground aquifer.

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Nuclear Free Future: Nuclear Industry Profit Before Nuclear Safety

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Nuclear Free Future: Nuclear Industry Profit Before Nuclear Safety

Entergy and the other nuclear power operators are proposing they be exempt from any emergency plans after a reactor is closed, because they say there is no risk. But the taxpayer is still paying for Price-Anderson insurance, because there is risk. The industry can’t have it both ways. If they want to eliminate emergency planning, then it’s time they pay for their own insurance.

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Presentation to Diet Members at Japanese Diet Building

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Presentation to Diet Members at Japanese Diet Building

Arnie Gundersen made a presentation to Diet members August 31, 2012. The Diet is Japan's legislative body, with 480 members elected to the House of Representatives and 242 elected to the House of Councillors. He opens by explaining why he is dedicating the rest of his life to making sure that the consequences of this accident were chronicled properly, compared to what the US did after Three Mile Island.

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Public Interest Group Formed to Monitor, Engage DOE Activities at the Savannah River Site

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Columbia, S.C.-- In response to the need for increased monitoring of the nuclear projects carried out by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the Savannah River Site (SRS), a new public-interest watchdog group is being launched today.

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The Hottest Particle

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The Hottest Particle

In this video Mr. Kaltofen discusses the hottest hot particle he has ever found, and it was discovered more than 300 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi site. If Fairewinds Energy Education was a Japanese website, the State Secrets Law would likely prevent us from issuing this video.  

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Arnie Gundersen on Al Jazeera Discussing Fukushima Anniversary

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Arnie Gundersen on Al Jazeera Discussing Fukushima Anniversary

What we’re finding are very, very small microscopic particles that are lodging in people’s lungs. And the Japanese government is not talking that exposure into effect. The health consequences within 20 kilometers and 30 kilometers out are really significant and will be for decades.

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Cancer Risk To Young Children Near Fukushima Daiichi Underestimated

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Cancer Risk To Young Children Near Fukushima Daiichi Underestimated

For every year a young girl is the in the radiation zone, 1 in 100 girls is going to get cancer due to their exposure from Fukushima. As each year passes it compounds, so if a young girl is there for 10 years, 10 out of 100 will get cancer. The statistics are terrifying and the Japanese government has allowed families with young children to return to Fukushima prefecture.

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Nuclear Power: Their Profits; Our Risks

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Nuclear Power: Their Profits; Our Risks

Money, power, and engineering hubris were put ahead of the lives and health of the people of Japan and the northern hemisphere as radiation releases continue to leave the site and migrate into the environment. This catastrophe is the world's worst industrial disaster.

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