Geiger Readings for Apr 19, 2018
Radioactive Waste 338 - South Carolina Nuclear Waste Landfill Is Before the South Carolina State Supreme Court
For decades radioactive pollution has been leaking into groundwater and a creek from a landfill for nuclear waste near Barnwell, South Carolina. The landfill opened in 1971 and is currently managed by the Chem-Nuclear company.
Geiger Readings for Apr 18, 2018
Nuclear Weapons 354 - Prominent Russian Military Man Says That Nuclear War Between The U.S. and Russia Is Inevitable
The world has lived under the threat of all-out nuclear war for sixty years. At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviet Union each had tens of thousands of nuclear warheads. Now the U.S. and Russia have under five thousand warheads each thanks to disarmament treaties.
Geiger Readings for Apr 17, 2018
Nuclear Reactors 554 - Russian Duma Considering A Bill To Cut Off Nuclear Trade With U.S. Companies
Last year, Congress passed a tough sanctions bill against Russia and Russian oligarchs in retaliation for their interference in our 2016 elections. The Trump administration refused to implement the sanctions until the political pressure made them impossible to ignore.