Canaries in the Uranium Mine~ The Abandoned Uranium Mine Crisis

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Nuclear power is dirty--from cradle to grave. At the beginning of the fuel chain, uranium mining, milling, processing and enrichment cause widespread environmental devastation and produces enormous quantities of radioactive and toxic waste. Nuclear reactor operation results in routine releases of dangerous radioactivity into our air and water, and, as shown at Chernobyl and Fukushima, major reactor accidents can make areas of our planet permanently uninhabitable. The radioactive waste generated by reactors is nearly instantly lethal, and will remain hazardous for millenia. And, to date, there is no scientifically-defensible, publicly-acceptable solution for radioactive waste storage. https://youtu.be/7H0-hHMF0EA Nuclear Power Is Dirty Campaign w/ NIRS #NuclearPowerIsDirty https://youtu.be/LBgDFdPRPfE 2016 03 25 15 01 Canaries in the Uranium Mine The Abandoned Uranium Mine Crisis and the Campaign to https://youtu.be/i8UNEy1vcqI This video is from March 25, 2016 NIRS webinar on widespread radioactive contamination around abandoned uranium mines across the U.S. and the campaign to force their clean-up. https://youtu.be/i8UNEy1vcqI You can subscribe to their YouTube channel Here: NirsNet http://tinyurl.com/zgfmygl Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) http://www.nirs.org/ Twitter: @NIRSNET Kakrapar plant leakage: All future atomic power expansion plans should be put on hold, says former AERB chief http://tinyurl.com/zro46r3 Kakrapar Nuclear Plant Is Likely Undergoing A Loss-Of-Coolant Accident: Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan read article in full here: http://tinyurl.com/j64lb79 The Kakrapar Unit-1 PHWR Primary System Leakage Incident on March 11, 2016 The Kakrapar Unit-I nuclear reactor in Gujarat is undergoing a moderately large leakage of heavy water from its Primary Heat Transport (PHT) system since 9.00 AM on March 11,2016. From the very limited information released by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) of the government , as well as from the conversations I had with press people who have been in touch with nuclear officials, few inferences can be drawn. Till 7.00 PM on March 12,2016 , the DAE officials have no clue as to where exactly the PHT leak is located and how big is the rate of irradiated heavy water that is leaking into the reactor containment . However, some reports indicate that the containment has been vented to the atmosphere at least once , if not more times , which I suspect indicates a tendency for pressure build up in that closed space due to release of hot heavy water and steam into the containment housing . If this is true, the leak is not small , but moderately large , and still continuing. No one confirms that any one has entered the containment (in protective clothing) for a quick physical assessment of the situation , perhaps it is not safe to do so because of the high radiationfields inside . When NPCIL officials state that the reactor cooling is maintained , I believe what they may be doing is to allow the heavy water or light water stored in the emergency cooling tanks to run once-through the system and continue to pour through the leak into the containment floor through the break . All this points to the likelihood that what Kakrapar Unit-1 is undergoing is a small Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA) in progress. It is most likely that one or more pressure tubes (PT) in the reactor (which contain the fuel bundles) have cracked open , leaking hot primary system heavy-water coolant into the containment housing . The reactor cooling is said to be maintained which , in view of the PT breach , can only be by supply of heavy water or light water from the storage tanks of the emergency cooling systems . While it may perhaps ensure bulk coolant temperatures in the PHT system to be well under control , it could still mean fuel centreline temperatures in the channel which may have a breach could be quite high . The seriousness of the accident and the potential high risks to the plant and personnel in the near vicinity are yet to be assessed , because NPCIL and AERB do not yet know where the location of the leak is or how to initiate actions to stop it. They were waiting for a team of AERB Specialists to reach Kakrapar in the afternoon of March 12 th. (today) to jointly decide between AERB & NPCIL how to proceed from here on. This is therefore a potentially serious accident in progress read article in full here: http://tinyurl.com/j64lb79 Japan Diary 2016, Fukushima+5, Part 6. “Dose” does not exist, only exposure http://safeenergy.org/ Nuclear Power and Climate: It's No Solution Don't Nuke the Climate! http://www.nirs.org/cop21/dontnukethe... Stop Fukushima Freeways! http://tinyurl.com/nwgll2m Women and Radiation http://tinyurl.com/zlo58zf Close Indian Point! http://tinyurl.com/j9clb32