August 2013

Nuclear Weapons 37 - U.S. Nuclear Plant Security Report 1 - The Report

           There has always been a close connection between nuclear weapons and nuclear power. A great deal of the motivation for launching the commercial nuclear power industry was to provide more support for the nuclear weapons programs in the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. As other nations developed their own nuclear weapons programs, a global movement arose to oppose the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Nuclear Reactors 43 - Plutonium Accident at Idaho Nuclear Laboratory

          I have expressed concerns about the way that the United States Department of Energy has handled accidents and other problems involving nuclear materials. Past blogs have detailed their lack of transparency, dishonesty, incompetence and violations of regulations and laws at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the State of Washington. Today I am going to talk about the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

Nuclear Weapons 36 - Nuclear Issues in the Middle East

           I have done a number of blog posts about nuclear weapons and nuclear treaties. Recently I criticized someone who thought that we should not reduce our nuclear weapons below their current levels. We still have a thousand warheads aimed at Russia ready to launch in minutes. The Russians have an equal number aimed at us and ready to launch. This is courting the destruction of human civilization and we should end it as quickly as possible.

Nuclear Reactors 41 - French AREVA has its Own Problems

            Yesterday I posted a blog article about problems with Rosatom, the Russian state corporation that regulates and promotes nuclear industry in Russia. I also mentioned problems with the Japanese nuclear industry and the South Korean nuclear industry. All three of these countries are busy trying to sell questionable nuclear technology to other countries. There are not a lot of countries manufacturing nuclear reactors these days.

Nuclear Reactors 40 - Problems in Russian Nuclear Industry

           I have had a lot to say about problems in the Japanese nuclear industry in previous blog posts. Major players in the industry have been shown to be corrupt as have government agencies that should be regulating the industry. TEPCO knew about the problems that caused the Fukushima disaster and could have done something about them before the tsunami. Other problems have been reported with reactor designs and manufacture of reactor components.

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