Radiation from Japanese Nuclear Plant Detected in United States

So, are we all gonna die? Will select individuals become super heroes? Ooooo. . .big, giant reptile creatures? I always liked Gamera. Thanks to Stupid Monkey Planet for the link.


Source:LiveScience

Japan's Nuclear Problem and the GE Ecomagination Ad

I've pondered the GE "Ecomagination" ad series here in the blog space before, and mused that the "line dance" ad was cute. Particularly the bio-suited boogiers. But since the Japanese nuclear meltdown situation started--at a GE-built reactor--it's not quite so cute anymore. After seeing so many images of workers in similar bio suits, and in much less "good time" environs, it sort of gives me a wiggins now. I keep cringing, and thinking "Silkwood shower. . ." Ugh.

Nevada Fighting Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump

Image from Atomic Archive

George Bush is still trying to dump the nation's nuclear waste in Nevada's back yard, even though our state doesn't produce any. But thankfully, Nevada is fighting back. So there, Mr. Bush!

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Nevada files challenge against federal nuclear dump license

Nevada officials say they've filed the first challenge against a Bush administration bid to win Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval for a national nuclear waste dump outside Las Vegas.

State Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto calls the massive 8,646-page license request submitted Tuesday for the Yucca Mountain project "legally deficient" and incomplete. . .

Read more at: MSNBC

Thanks to Stupid Monkey Planet for the link.