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NRC Rejects NWEA’s Raising of Fukushima Issues in Relicensing of the Columbia Generating Station/WPPSS No. 2 Nuclear Plant

December 2, 2011 | Accidents, Advocacy, Columbia Generating Station, Columbia River, Energy, Human Health, Lawsuits, Nuclear Power, Petitions

After the meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan, NWEA sought to participate in the process to extend the operating license of the CGS reactor.  The Fukushima reactors are all General Electric boiling water reactors with what is termed a Mark I...

In Memory of Dr. Rudi Nussbaum

October 25, 2011 | Energy, Hanford, Human Health, Nuclear Power

With great sadness we note the passing of Dr. Rudi Nussbaum, professor emeritus of Physics at Portland State University.  Dr. Nussbaum, who survived the Holocaust and was an avowed pacifist, was an eloquent opponent of nuclear power and weapons.  Most recently he...

Nuclear Disaster Was Inevitable

March 24, 2011 | Accidents, Energy, Hanford, Nuclear Power

The nuclear disaster unfolding at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan (six reactors with spent fuel pools and an additional common pool) are very troubling, raising concerns about worker exposure, land and sea contamination, public health, and the...