Posts Tagged ‘reactors’

Gabon: The Home of Ancient Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear reactors, manmade machines designed to generate energy from nuclear fission, have been around since 1942. Some may be surprised to find out, however, that though manmade nuclear reactors were created nearly 80 years ago, natural nuclear reactors existed much before that. In fact, natural nuclear reactors existed for billions of years before manmade reactors […]

Damaged Fukushima Reactors Leaking Coolant After Last Weekend’s 7.3 Earthquake

Matsuo said the cooling water level fell as much as 70 centimeters (27 inches) in the primary containment chamber of the Unit 1 reactor and about 30 centimeters (11 inches) in Unit 3. TEPCO wasn’t able to determine any decline in Unit 2 because indicators have been taken out to prepare for the removal of melted debris, […]

Flynn Used White House Position To Lobby For Mid-East Nuclear Reactors: WSJ

Rumors that former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn might be the next former Trump administration official to be indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller have been circulating for weeks now. Last week was no exception, with US media reporting that Flynn’s legal team had decided to stop cooperating with the White House council and […]

Fukushima Operator Can Restart Reactors at World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant

Source: Guardian The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been given initial approval to restart reactors at another atomic facility, marking the first step towards the firm’s return to nuclear power generation more than six years after the March 2011 triple meltdown. Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved an […]

Tehran threatens to ban iPhones unless Apple officially registers in Iran

TEHRAN – In an ultimatum, Iranian officials asked iPhone manufacturer Apple Inc. to either officially register in Iran or have its products banned, a local news agency reported Monday. “If Apple will not register an official representative in Iran within the next few days, all iPhones will be collected from the market,” Tasnim News Agency […]

The FBI Now Has The Largest Biometric Database In The World. Will It Lead To More Surveillance?

Nearly a decade ago, fueled by fears of another 9/11-style attack, the FBI signed a $1 billion contract with military behemoth Lockheed Martin to develop and launch the unit, dubbed Next Generation Identification (NGI). The FBI began with a small pilot program in 2011. In late 2014, the facial recognition program finally became […]

‘Tyrannical aggression’: 1,000s protest Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen 1 year on

The demonstrators were waving Yemeni nation flags and carrying banners, the largest of which read: “Together Against Tyrannical Saudi aggression,” as the coalition’s warplanes flew above the crowd on Sanaa’s Sabaeen Square at supersonic speeds, in what AFP called “an apparent show of force.”   Saudi Arabia and its allies launched an intervention in Yemen […]

Bernie Sanders Should Do Well In Three States On Saturday

Bernie Sanders has a good chance to win three states on Saturday and then set the scene for a revolutionary contest between himself and rival Hillary Clinton. The States of Washington, Alaska and Hawaii will vote on Saturday for their Democratic presidential nominee. Sanders and Clinton both relish the fact of going against a Republican businessman, […]

American Tourist Killed During Stabbing Attack In Tel Aviv

An American tourist was killed and at least thirteen people including Russian tourists were injured in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa Port on Tuesday. According to reports, victims were stabbed at three locations during the 20-minute attacking spree which happened as the US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel for a two-day […]

Iran’s Mellat bank to reopen Seoul branch next month

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran’s Mellat Bank plans to normalize operations of its branch in Seoul as early as next month following the lifting of sanctions on the Middle East country, a bank official said Wednesday. Last month, the U.S. and the European Union removed economic curbs on Tehran on the heels of its landmark deal on […]

German Media Incites Racist Hysteria

Using the pretext of alleged incidents of sexual harassment in Köln (Cologne), the German media has launched a hysterical, racist campaign against millions of immigrants and Muslims. On New Year’s Eve, thousands of people gathered in Köln and in other major cities throughout Germany to celebrate the holiday. The next day, police issued a press […]

Egypt says 90 percent chance of hidden rooms in Tut tomb

– In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 file photo, tourists look at the tomb of King Tut as it is displayed in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. On Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said there is a 90 percent chance that hidden chambers will […]

Solar halo with circumhorizontal arc photographed over La Plata, Argentina

     Don’t call them “fire rainbows,” experts say. They’re not rainbows. And they originate with ice, not fire Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer sent in these wonderful images of a circumhorizontal arc, which he captured a few days ago – November 21, 2015 – in La Plata, Argentina. Above the colorful arc is a halo encircling […]

UN Votes in Favor of Ending Cuban Blockade 191-2

Once again, the United States and Israel voted against the motion to end economic sanctions. The United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of lifting the blockade against Cuba Tuesday, with only the U.S. and Israel voting against. The initiative has been backed by the majority of members for the last 23 years. Secretary-General Ban […]

Covering the Leaking Reactors At Fukushima With Tents Will Only INCREASE Global Exposure to Radiation

Washington’s Blog Sept 7, 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Radiation Will Be Spread By Use of Tents When I first heard that Tepco will place large tents over its leaking Fukushima reactors, I reacted with derision, as did Tyler Durden:   Artist’s impression of this latest Japanese venture: My reaction a couple of weeks later – after seeing […]

DC quake turns off two nuclear reactors

Tuesday afternoon’s 5.8 earthquake caused two nuclear reactors at a power plant outside of Washington DC to go offline. The facilities at Lake Anna, roughly a dozen miles away from the epicenter of today’s quake in Virginia , was rated by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission as the seventh most “at risk” plant of […]

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