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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Secretly Dumping Other People's Problems

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Secretly Dumping Other People's Problems

(APN) ATLANTA -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is close to finalizing plans to accept highly radioactive commercial spent nuclear fuel from Germany to be deposited at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina, according to news reports that were buried deeper than the plutonium itself.

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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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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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From the New Yorker: Sandy, Fukushima, and the Nuclear Industry

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From the New Yorker: Sandy, Fukushima, and the Nuclear Industry

In a New Yorker article on Hurricane Sandy's effect on nuclear plants in its wake, Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen is cited regarding the Oyster Creek plant, which lost its connection to grid power during the storm, forcing operators to resort to backup generators:

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Nuclear Power Through the Fukushima Perspective

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Nuclear Power Through the Fukushima Perspective

By Karl Grossman, Huffington Post  It started this June in California. Speaking about the problems at the troubled San Onofre nuclear plants through the perspective of the Fukushima nuclear complex catastrophe was a panel of Naoto Kan, prime minister of Japan when the disaster began; Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the time; Peter Bradford, an NRC member when the Three Mile Island accident happened; and nuclear engineer and former nuclear industry executive Arne Gundersen.

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