The Brown’s Ferry nuke plant in Alabama, is under investigation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Investigators say a cooling system failure is of “high safety significance”.
Last October the plant had a cooling valve problem, in reactor 1, that cause it to shut down. Operators say the valve is fixed. But there are concerns especially […] Continue Reading…
Toyota has announced they have worked deals to secure, or substitute, 80% of the parts they are missing to build their cars.
The problem is that it’s not 100% of the parts they need. Last month Toyota officials said that it only took one missing part to shut down production.
On 17 April, Tokyo Electric Power Company issued a plan to control the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant. That plan involved 51 steps, so far as of 10 May, only one is being done; the continued pumping of water to try and cool the reactors and fuel pools.
TEPCo admitted they did not expect such high […] Continue Reading…
Schools near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant have found radiation contamination in the top soil of their playgrounds.
Normally you remove the top soil and have it hauled away in sealed containers, as nuke waste. But that’s not what the Japanese government is suggesting.
School officials are being told by the government to simply bury […] Continue Reading…
How could a few shut down nuclear plants have such drastic affects on Japan’s industries? When it’s more than a few, try 60%.
Electrical power shortages will continue thru summer. Japan has 54 commercial nuke plants, right now 32 are shut down. Some, like Fukushima Daiichi, were shut down by the 11 March disasters. Others […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company admits high levels of radiation contamination in Reactor 3 spent fuel pool, are coming from the reactor’s core!
TEPCo recently tested the water of the spent fuel pool, and found radiation that was not present prior to the 11 March disasters, which damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The readings are 140,000 […] Continue Reading…
Starting in 2012, Florida will cut back the maximum number of weeks that unemployed people can collect benefits.
This is not to save the state money, but the corporations. Like Idaho, companies in Florida are the ones who pay into the unemployment system. Florida lawmakers said by reducing the number of weeks a person can […] Continue Reading…
A study published by The Sunday Times shows that while the average Brit is struggling with a bad economy and government cut backs, the rich in the United Kingdom just get richer.
The Sunday Times “Rich List” says 1,000 of the richest Brits, not only kept their wealth, but actually increased it. In fact, the […] Continue Reading…
The U.K.’s Security and Counter Terrorism Minister has quit. Pauline Neville-Jones is stepping down, according to the Prime minister David Cameroon.
No reason has been made public, but Neville-Jones will now serve as special representative to business on cyber security.
In a move to save government money, some British officials want to put the power of the courts in the hands of the police.
British Home Secretary Theresa May, says the plan could save the U.K. 2.5 million hours of bobby time, equating to huge savings of money for the government. The way she wants […] Continue Reading…