Nuclear expert says that radioactive material from Fukushima has “contaminated much of Pacific Coast of North America. enenews.com Taking U.S. and Russian missiles off high alert could keep a possible cyberattack from starting a nuclear war, a former commander of U.S. nuclear forces says, but neither country appears willing to increase the lead-time to prepare the weapons for launch. news.yahoo.com Austria on Tuesday called for banning nuclear weapons because of their catastrophic humanitarian effects, an initiative it said now has the backing of 159 countries. news.yahoo.com Burying nuclear waste in very deep drilled holes that go below the reach of water that could return to the surface of the Earth could be given a test run in the United States in 2016, according to the University of Sheffield’s Engineering Department. nuclearstreet.com
