Category Archives: Nuclear Safety

Harold Simmons Actually Looks Like Mr. Burns

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Harold Simmons Actually Looks Like Mr. Burns”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Harold Simmons needs to be a household name, and not for a good reason. He would make The Simpsons into a documentary. I’ll let Rachel Maddow explain:

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Fukushima Fallout: Five 9/11s

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Fukushima Fallout: Five 9/11s”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Nuclear power is unsafe at any wattage, but especially so when multiple reactors get sited on a fault line. The radioactive contamination got carried by Pacific winds all the way to the United … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Fukushima, Alabama

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Fukushima, Alabama”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBrowns Ferry got hit with a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) citation. There have been five of those issued to the entire American industry since 2001: The finding means Browns Ferry will undergo increased NRC … Continue reading →

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Republican Tea Codependency

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Republican Tea Codependency”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe verification regime in Obama’s new START is better than Reagan’s. The treaty has the unconditional support of everyone in the defense establishment. It’s vital to a nonproliferation strategy to deal with rogue states. So … Continue reading →

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PCCF: Obama’s Pakistan Policy

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “PCCF: Obama’s Pakistan Policy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailCandidate Obama pledged to make nuclear security a key part of his foreign policy. President Obama made nuclear disarmament his central, long-term goal at the United Nations, promoting the security of nuclear weapons and … Continue reading →

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Whistleblower Win

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Whistleblower Win”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail A rare win for a whistleblower. James Speegle, 43, contended he was fired in May 2004 two days after he alerted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the torus, a vessel used to store cooling water … Continue reading →

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