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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1864613/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1864613/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Russia in talks with Iran to build more nuclear power plants <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BushehrPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BushehrPowerPlant</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IranNuclearProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IranNuclearProgram</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IranRussia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IranRussia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NuclearCooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearCooperation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>German election candidates clash over economy in four-way TV debate <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/751682/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/751682/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChristianSocialUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSocialUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElectionCampaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionCampaign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FriedrichMerz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FriedrichMerz</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OlafScholz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OlafScholz</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RobertHabeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertHabeck</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialDemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialDemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ViceChancellor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViceChancellor</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Video] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AskomiwKsanaqak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskomiwKsanaqak</span></a> (Forever Dangerous) – <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNations</span></a> Resist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearColonialism</span></a></p><p>Nov 20, 2024 </p><p>"Indigenous nations and communities continue to express their opposition to nuclear energy and radioactive waste. The Passamaquoddy Recognition Group (PRGI) and the CEDAR project at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada, co-produced a report and this video to amplify these Indigenous voices. Featuring Chief <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HughAkagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HughAkagi</span></a>, Chief <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RonTremblay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonTremblay</span></a> and Councillor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeytonPitawanakwat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeytonPitawanakwat</span></a>."</p><p>Watch: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i7XtIGFqyY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9i7XtIGFqy</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a> </p><p>The report is available here: <a href="https://cedar-project.org/indigenous" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cedar-project.org/indigenous</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWasteStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWasteStorage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WolastoqGrandCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WolastoqGrandCouncil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeskotomuhkatiNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeskotomuhkatiNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PassamaquoddyNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PassamaquoddyNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEDARProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEDARProject</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radioactivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioactivity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactivePollutionKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactivePollutionKills</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNationsResistNuclearColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNationsResistNuclearColonialism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Listening to Indigenous views</p><p>“We believe that the Earth is our Mother, and that she has been violated, she has been hurt, she has been raped, she has been damaged for far, far too long,” - Chief Ron Tremblay, Wolastoq Grand Council.</p><p>Posted on December 1, 2024 by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeyondNuclearInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeyondNuclearInternational</span></a></p><p>"The study found that overall, Indigenous nations and communities do not support the production of more nuclear waste or the transport and storage of nuclear waste on their homelands. They have made their opposition known through dozens of public statements and more than 100 submissions to the regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.</p><p>"At the same time, the federal government positions nuclear energy as a strategic asset to Canada now and into the future. The government recently launched a policy to get nuclear projects approved more quickly, with fewer regulations. The government’s position has created an obvious conflict with Indigenous rights-holders.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radioactivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioactivity</span></a> cannot be turned off – that’s what makes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> so dangerous. Indigenous opposition to nuclear waste is rooted in values that respect the Earth and the need to keep life safe for generations into the future. The radioactivity from high-level waste can take millennia to decay and if exposed, can damage living tissue in a range of ways and alter gene structure."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2024/12/01/listening-to-indigenous-views/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">beyondnuclearinternational.org</span><span class="invisible">/2024/12/01/listening-to-indigenous-views/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWasteStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWasteStorage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeskotomuhkatiNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeskotomuhkatiNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PassamaquoddyNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PassamaquoddyNation</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNationsResistNuclearColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNationsResistNuclearColonialism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2022. I'm guessing it was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussianDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianDrones</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a>: Sightings reported over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> and palace</p><p>18 January 2022</p><p>"Days of sightings of drones over key Swedish sites including nuclear plants have prompted the country's security service to take the lead in an investigation.</p><p>"Three nuclear sites have been targeted and sightings have been reported over airports and the royal palace.</p><p>"Authorities have not speculated on who is behind the mysterious drones.</p><p>"Police and the coastguard are searching the sea and islands around Stockholm, local media reports say.</p><p>"The latest sightings on Monday evening involved a drone above the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForsmarkNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForsmarkNuclearPlant</span></a>, but security agency Sapo said it was also investigating earlier drone flights near the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ringhals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ringhals</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oskarshamn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oskarshamn</span></a> power plants. Police appealed to the public to come forward with information.</p><p>"Sapo said the drones were suspected of 'grave unauthorised dealing with secret information'.</p><p>"'The security service is conducting the investigation regarding the drone flights over our nuclear plants. Regarding other drone observations it's so far a matter for the police,' Sapo official Fredrik Hultgren told the BBC.</p><p>"He refused to give details about the type of drone, but they have been widely described as military-style and as having large wings.</p><p>"Swedish TV reported that a police helicopter was following a drone flying above it at a height of up to 1,000m (3,280ft) to the south-west and north-west of the capital Stockholm.</p><p>"According to the Aftonbladet news site, a drone was seen over the weekend circling the parliament and government buildings, as well as the royal palace in Stockholm. Drones were earlier spotted near Kiruna and Lulea airports.</p><p>"Prosecutors are keeping an open mind over who is behind the drone flights. They come at a time of increased military alert in Sweden because of tensions between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and the West over the Russian military build-up near the borders of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>.</p><p>"Sweden has recently deployed troops to the Baltic island of Gotland in what officials describe as a signal that Sweden's military forces are ready to defend their territory.</p><p>"Sweden is not a member of the Nato defence alliance but said it was responding to three Russian landing craft moving into the Baltic Sea through Denmark's Great Belt Strait."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60035446" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/world-europe-6003</span><span class="invisible">5446</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Why the concern about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a>? As drones become more sophisticated and weapons become smaller, drones could be a potential threat. Or perhaps just used for surveillance. But still...</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a> Spotted over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> Country</p><p>by Theo Burnman<br>Published Aug 23, 2024</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> is investigating drone flights, suspected to be Russian <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> drones, flying over key nuclear infrastructure in the north of the country.</p><p>"The drones, which have not yet been identified, have been spotted flying over nuclear power facilities in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brunsb%C3%BCttel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brunsbüttel</span></a>, a city north of Hamburg near the coast of the North Sea, according to German newspaper Bild.</p><p>"The tabloid reported that the Flensburg public prosecutor's office, which opened an investigation into the drone flights, said that they were looking for 'agent activity for sabotage purposes in connection with repeated drone flights.'</p><p>"The Schleswig-Holstein state criminal police agency suspects that the drones are Russian Orlan-10s, previously used by Russia for surveillance and espionage, Bild said. </p><p>"The airspace over Germany's nuclear infrastructure is a no-fly zone [the US has no laws against drones]. However, internal German police documents have revealed the zone has been breached several times in the last month.</p><p>"Newsweek contacted the Flensburg public prosecutor's office and the Russian Ministry of Defense for more information.</p><p>"Germany has taken increasing action against sabotage in recent months. On August 14, it temporarily closed off part of a military base in Cologne after an unknown suspect broke in and tampered with the water supply. There is still no indication as to who broke into the base and what their motives were."</p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/russia-drones-germany-nato-nuclear-plant-1943384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/russia-drones-ger</span><span class="invisible">many-nato-nuclear-plant-1943384</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From a month ago...</p><p>Drones spotted flying near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalemCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalemCounty</span></a></p><p>News 12 Staff<br>•</p><p>Dec 15, 2024 </p><p>"A drone sighting was reported Saturday night near two PSE&G nuclear power plants in Salem County.</p><p>"A company spokesperson made a statement in response to the incident. It read in part, 'PSE&G is aware of reports of drones flying over the Salem and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopeCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HopeCreek</span></a> Nuclear Generating Stations. We have contacted the appropriate authorities.'</p><p>"The spokesperson also said, 'the safety and security of our employees, customers and communities are our top priority and we will continue to work with authorities.'"</p><p><a href="https://longisland.news12.com/drones-spotted-flying-near-nuclear-power-plants-in-salem-county" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">longisland.news12.com/drones-s</span><span class="invisible">potted-flying-near-nuclear-power-plants-in-salem-county</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HopeCreekNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HopeCreekNuclearPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalemNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalemNuclearPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OregonNuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OregonNuclearPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PSGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSGE</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedWing</span></a> Police Respond After <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlant</span></a> Reports <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a></p><p>Andy Brownell<br>Published: January 9, 2025</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedWingMinnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedWingMinnesota</span></a> (KROC-AM News) - "A southeastern Minnesota law enforcement agency is reporting an encounter with mysterious drones.</p><p>"A news release issued Thursday afternoon by the Red Wing Police Department indicates Goodhue County Sheriff's Office dispatchers received a report around 6:30 PM Wednesday from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrairieIslandNuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrairieIslandNuclearPowerPlant</span></a>. The report indicated four to five drones had been seen flying around the area of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/XcelEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XcelEnergy</span></a> facility.</p><p>"The news release says Red Wing Police and officers from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrairieIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrairieIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TribalPolice</span></a> Department responded to the report and observed two drones flying around the power plant and the nearby Lock and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dam3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dam3</span></a> on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MississippiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MississippiRiver</span></a>. It states that the officers monitored the drones until they were no longer seen in the area."</p><p><a href="https://krocnews.com/red-wing-police-respond-after-nuclear-power-plant-reports-drones/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krocnews.com/red-wing-police-r</span><span class="invisible">espond-after-nuclear-power-plant-reports-drones/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a> were spotted over a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlant</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JeffLandry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffLandry</span></a> wants state authority to take them down.</p><p>BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer Jan 10, 2025 </p><p>"Landry said Friday that drone activity over a nuclear plant in Louisiana occurred within the past several days, though he declined to provide greater detail.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Entergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entergy</span></a> confirmed Friday that drone sightings occurred at the company's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiverBendStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverBendStation</span></a> nuclear power plant in early January.</p><p>"'While drones are not a substantial risk nor a threat to safety, we have reported the sightings to the appropriate law enforcement officials,' a statement from Entergy said. 'Our nuclear team, including our security professionals, follow industry safety protocols and best practices to continue keeping our employees, communities and plants safe.”</p><p>“The safety and security of our employees, our plants and our communities are our top priority," the statement said.</p><p>"On Friday, the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that parish authorities are 'investigating a rash of unidentified drone sightings reported over the last two weeks.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/louisiana-nuclear-plant-drones-landry/article_0ce5c37a-cf87-11ef-9985-9703ba481b9e.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nola.com/news/crime_police/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-nuclear-plant-drones-landry/article_0ce5c37a-cf87-11ef-9985-9703ba481b9e.html</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>A tale of two <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> along <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LakeMichigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakeMichigan</span></a>: Extended life and a revival? </p><p>WUWM 89.7 FM | By Chuck Quirmbach<br>Published January 10, 2025</p><p>"This year could be a big year for the status of two nuclear power plants around Lake Michigan.</p><p>"That includes a shutdown plant just 120 miles east of Kenosha that is seeking a first-of-its-kind restart.</p><p>"The year could also be significant for extending the life of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a>'s only working commercial plant, located 95 miles north of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Milwaukee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milwaukee</span></a>.</p><p>"On the west shore of Lake Michigan, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NextEraEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NextEraEnergy</span></a> says it still wants a 20-year extension for the two reactors at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PointBeachNuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PointBeachNuclearPowerPlant</span></a>, located north of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TwoRivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoRivers</span></a>, which would keep the site operating until the early 2050s.</p><p>"If that plan sounds familiar, it’s because <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WUWM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WUWM</span></a> has been reporting on the proposal for about four years. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRC</span></a>) approval is still pending.</p><p>"In a written statement this month, Florida-based <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NextEra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NextEra</span></a> said it has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Point Beach, 'ensuring it’s ready to produce energy for decades to come.' The company says the plant powers nearly 1 million homes and businesses and provides about 14% of Wisconsin’s electricity.</p><p>"But nuclear power critics, like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KevinKamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KevinKamps</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeyondNuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeyondNuclear</span></a>, say there are concerns that key parts of the power production units are too <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brittle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brittle</span></a> to last another 20-plus years. He says there’s an alternative.</p><p>"'Point Beach’s electricity could easily be replaced through the expansion of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> in Wisconsin. It’s ready to go. It would be more effective for the people of Wisconsin. It would certainly be much safer,' Kamps says.</p><p>"On the east shore of the lake, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalisadesNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesNuclearPlant</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovertTownship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovertTownship</span></a>, Michigan, shut down nearly three years ago. But at the urging of some federal, state, and local officials, the Biden administration has provided a $1.5 billion loan to Holtec International, which bought the mothballed plant from the utility Entergy, so Holtec can try to restart Palisades.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"A key concern appears to be the damaged steam generator tubes at Palisades, which are likely to need repair or replacement. On Jan. 14, Holtec and the NRC are scheduled to discuss the matter.</p><p>"The NRC says Holtec will have to prove the plant is safe.</p><p>"Incoming President Donald Trump has made conflicting statements about nuclear power, so it’s unclear if he will try to get the NRC to favor either of the Lake Michigan plants."</p><p><a href="https://www.wuwm.com/environment/2025-01-10/a-tale-of-two-nuclear-power-plants-along-lake-michigan-extended-life-and-a-revival" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wuwm.com/environment/2025-01-1</span><span class="invisible">0/a-tale-of-two-nuclear-power-plants-along-lake-michigan-extended-life-and-a-revival</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoltecLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoltecLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AgingNuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgingNuclearPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearSafety</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Risky Revival: How <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palisades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palisades</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlant</span></a> could impact agriculture </p><p>While state leaders champion the Palisades reopening as an energy solution, local farmers remain divided over the potential threats to their land and water.<br> <br>by S. Nicole Lane, for Investigate Midwest December 10, 2024</p><p>COVERT, Michigan — "The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, long synonymous with safety lapses and regulatory oversight, is poised for an unprecedented comeback under Michigan Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GretchenWhitmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GretchenWhitmer</span></a>’s plan to reopen the shuttered plant by 2025 — the first attempt of its kind in U.S. history.</p><p>"However, in this robust agricultural region, there are fears about how reopening a problematic plant could impact area farmers and the food they produce.</p><p>"Approximately 6,362 farms are within 50 miles of Palisades. In Van Buren County alone, where the plant is located, there are 838 farms. Michigan’s southwestern corner, home to 80% of the state’s farms, is often called the 'blueberry capital of the world.' </p><p>"'A leak (and) this 150-year-old farm is done,' said Bill Adams, who runs Adams Blueberry Farms in Hartford, Michigan, 16 miles south of the plant. 'Why would they restart something that old and sitting this long?'</p><p>"Opened in 1971, Palisades, which is located along <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LakeMichigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakeMichigan</span></a>, once generated 5% of Michigan’s electricity, enough to power 800,000 homes. But a litany of mechanical issues plagued its operations for decades.</p><p>"In 2013, the plant leaked 79 gallons of diluted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveWater</span></a> into Lake Michigan, forcing a five-week shutdown — its ninth closure in just two years. </p><p>"Federal regulators repeatedly flagged the plant for safety concerns, from undetected <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadiationExposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadiationExposure</span></a> among employees in 2008 to persistent cracks in its 300,000-gallon storage tank that leaked for over a decade. In 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) described Palisades as having some of the worst cases of nuclear fuel container weakening in the nation.</p><p>"The plant was permanently shut down on May 31, 2022, with its owners citing financial and safety concerns. But just months later, Whitmer announced a plan to revive Palisades, reigniting debates over the risks and benefits of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearEnergy</span></a> in a state still grappling with its troubled legacy.</p><p>"Typically, after 40 years, a nuclear power plant is closed and undergoes a complex decommissioning process that can take up to 30 years to complete. Globally, the only plants that have reopened are in Japan. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Holtec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holtec</span></a> Decommissioning International bought Palisades in 2022 with the goal of dismantling it. Now, with Whitmer’s support, they have since decided to reopen the plant, something Holtec has never done. </p><p>"Neither Holtec nor Whitmer’s office responded to multiple requests for comment. "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/12/10/risky-revival-how-michigans-palisades-nuclear-plant-could-impact-agriculture/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">investigatemidwest.org/2024/12</span><span class="invisible">/10/risky-revival-how-michigans-palisades-nuclear-plant-could-impact-agriculture/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Holtec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holtec</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoltecLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoltecLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>All those <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> sightings over the Northeast reminds me of the sightings over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> plants a few years ago.</p><p>Dozens More Mystery Drone Incursions Over U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Revealed</p><p>David Hambling, September 7, 2020</p><p>"I recently described how a swarm of drones flew in a restricted area at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PaloVerdeNuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaloVerdeNuclearPowerPlant</span></a> on two successive nights last September. A new cache of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoIA</span></a>) reveals how 24 nuclear sites suffered at least 57 drone incursions from 2015 to 2019 – and Palo Verde itself was overflown again in December, despite new security measures.</p><p>"The documents were obtained from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Douglas D. Johnson on behalf of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). The SCU’s main interest is in anomalous aerospace phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs, but Johnson uncovered a series of incidents involving something less exotic but potentially more threatening: commercial drones.</p><p>"In the September incidents, a swarm of five or six large drones flew over the Unit 3 nuclear reactor at Palo Verde in Arizona for about eighty minutes, a length of time which suggested they were carrying out a thorough survey of the site. The documents released at the time referred to a similar incident at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LimerickNuclearGeneratingStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LimerickNuclearGeneratingStation</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>.</p><p>"Johnson sent a follow-up request to get more details. The response was a terse list of fifty-seven security incidents (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SIDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIDs</span></a>) involving drones, running from December 2014 to October 2019. This provides little more than the date and location, with no details of the number or type of drones involved. We do not know how many involved multiple, simultaneous drone flyovers. At the time the list was generated, three of the incidents were listed as ‘Open’ and five ‘Closed Resolved.’ but the overwhelming majority, 49 of them, were ‘Closed Unresolved.’ This indicates that for 85% of the cases the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRC</span></a> has no idea who the perpetrators are or what they intended, and has given up on finding them."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/09/07/dozens-more-drone-incursions-over-us-nuclear-power-plants-revealed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/davidhambling</span><span class="invisible">/2020/09/07/dozens-more-drone-incursions-over-us-nuclear-power-plants-revealed/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MysteryDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MysteryDrones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>CSIRO study busts nuclear energy balloon</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2024/12/09/csiro-study-nuclear-energy-is-not-the-savior-some-people-say-it-is/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2024/12/09/c</span><span class="invisible">siro-study-nuclear-energy-is-not-the-savior-some-people-say-it-is/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nuclearenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nuclearpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearpower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nuclearpowerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearpowerplants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/powerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerplants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datacenters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/bitcoinmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoinmining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/electricitydemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricitydemand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/zeroemission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zeroemission</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/decarbonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decarbonization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/smallmodularreactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallmodularreactors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nuclearindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearindustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cleanpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanpower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cleanenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/greenhydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenhydrogen</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>CSIRO study busts nuclear energy balloon</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2024/12/09/csiro-study-nuclear-energy-is-not-the-savior-some-people-say-it-is/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2024/12/09/c</span><span class="invisible">siro-study-nuclear-energy-is-not-the-savior-some-people-say-it-is/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nuclearenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearenergy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nuclearpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearpower</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nuclearpowerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearpowerplants</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/powerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerplants</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datacenters</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bitcoinmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoinmining</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grid</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electricitydemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricitydemand</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/zeroemission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zeroemission</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/decarbonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decarbonization</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMR</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/smallmodularreactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallmodularreactors</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nuclearindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearindustry</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cleanpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanpower</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cleanenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanenergy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utah</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/greenhydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenhydrogen</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>LIVE: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMiningActionNetwork</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montreal</span></a></p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a><br>November 14, 2024</p><p>MONTREAL -- "The Western Mining Action Network is meeting today in Montreal, with speakers from the network's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousCaucus</span></a> speaking on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearFuelChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFuelChain</span></a>, defending the water and land, and the rights stated in the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNDIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNDIP</span></a>]. </p><p>The Deadly Nuclear Fuel Chain </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetuucheGilbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetuucheGilbert</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcomaPueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcomaPueblo</span></a>, said there should be more concern over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFuel</span></a> chain, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a>. The nuclear fuel chain includes the making of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBomb</span></a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpentFuelRods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpentFuelRods</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a>. </p><p>"In his homeland, in the Grants mining district in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, the abandoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a> are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> hazards affecting the water, air and the animals on the ground. </p><p>"Nearby on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a>, there are more than 500 abandoned uranium mines and there are massive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMill</span></a> waste sites, where the ore was processed. These all emit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadonGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadonGas</span></a>. He pointed out that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McArthurRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McArthurRiver</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeyLakeUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeyLakeUranium</span></a> Mine and mill in northern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saskatchewan</span></a>, Canada is the world's largest uranium mine and mill. </p><p>"Petuuche said he believes that the cancers now that the people in his area are suffering from are a result of radioactivity. There was also the atomic bomb testing in Nevada. All of that radioactivity spread over the entire United States. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> breathing the radioactivity in the air are also radiation victims."</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/live-western-mining-action-network-in.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/live-western-mining-action-network-in.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>This story is from 2017. But how many <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a> systems and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> still use outdated software that's vulnerable to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a> attacks!</p><p>Windows 95, 98 And XP Still Power Much Of The Pentagon’s Critical Infrastructure</p><p>by Brittany Goetting — Saturday, April 29, 2017, 05:28 PM EDT</p><p>"Microsoft ended support for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> in 2014, but the Pentagon currently pays Microsoft to continue providing support for the outdated OS. The majority of the computers equipped with Windows XP or older are thankfully not connected to the internet. The computers are nevertheless vulnerable to cyber attacks, especially if they are connected to other computers with internet access.</p><p>"Haegley is currently working on transitioning all the devices to Windows 10 and pushing for an extension of their bug bounty program. Last spring the Department of Defense released a list 138 vulnerabilities and offered roughly $150,000 USD to bug bounty hunters. Haegley hopes that senior staff within the Pentagon will be supportive of the program. He noted, 'The best and brightest could help us get through that'.</p><p>"As of last spring, the Department of Defense still uses Compass. This system is a command and control system that is used for deliberate and crisis action planning, strategic mobility analysis, and mobilization and deployment movement execution. It runs on a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Windows2008" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows2008</span></a> Server and is programmed in Java. It also uses a 2009 Oracle 11g database. The United States nuclear force still runs on IBM Series/1 computers and uses <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloppyDisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloppyDisks</span></a> designed in the 1970's to coordinate some of its functions. These operational functions include intercontinental ballistic missiles [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICBMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICBMs</span></a>], <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> bombers, and tanker support aircraft."</p><p><a href="https://hothardware.com/news/windows-95-98-and-xp-still-power-a-majority-of-the-pentagons-critical-systems" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hothardware.com/news/windows-9</span><span class="invisible">5-98-and-xp-still-power-a-majority-of-the-pentagons-critical-systems</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cyberattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberattack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CyberWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirGapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirGapping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USBStick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USBStick</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Thread] The next installment from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KleeBenally</span></a> 's book, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoSpiritualSurrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoSpiritualSurrender</span></a> </p><p>“The devastation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearColonialism</span></a>, which permanently destroys <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> communities throughout the world, is outright ignored by some of the most devout <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> advocates. They claim <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearEnergy</span></a> production is also a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSolution</span></a> to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>. More than 15,000 abandoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a> are located within the so-called US, mostly in and around Indigenous communities, permanently poisoning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLands</span></a> and waters with little to no action being taken to clean up their deadly toxic legacy. There are currently 93 operating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearReactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearReactors</span></a> in the so-called US that supply 20% of the country’s electricity. There are 60,000 tons of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HighlyRadioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighlyRadioactive</span></a> spent waste store in concrete dams at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> throughout the country with the waste increasing at a rate of 2,000 tons per year.</p><p>“In 1987 the ‘US’ Congress initiated a controversial project to transport and store almost all of the US’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicWaste</span></a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YuccaMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YuccaMountain</span></a> located about 100 miles northwest of so-called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LasVegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LasVegas</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>. Yucca Mountan has been held holy to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternShoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternShoshone</span></a> Nations since time immemorial. In January 2010 the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ObamaAdminstration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObamaAdminstration</span></a> approved a $54 billion taxpayer loan in a guarantee program for new nuclear reactor construction, three times what Bush previously promised in 2005. In April 2022, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BidenAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenAdministration</span></a> government bailout to ‘rescue’ nuclear power plants at risk for closing. A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonial</span></a> government representative stated, ‘US nuclear power contributes more than half of our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonFree</span></a> electricity, and President Biden is committed to keeping these plants active to reach our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> goals.’ </p><p>“They, along with Climate Justice activiists, cite nuclear energy as necessary to combat <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>, all while ignoring the devastating percent impacts <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> have faced. There is nothing clean about energy produced from nuclear colonialism. From its weapons (including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepletedUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepletedUranium</span></a>) to its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> and its waste; Indigenous bodies, lands, and waters continue to be sacrificed to heat water with radioactive materials which creates steam that moves generators to change batteries made from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithium</span></a> extracted from other Indigenous sacred lands so <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teslas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teslas</span></a> can mo you forward into a ‘just’ climate future.</p><p>“A green economy sustains and advances colonial progress, which means mitigated selective and ongoing destruction of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a>.”</p><p>Pages 139-140</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousAnarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousAnarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashng</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestInPowerKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestInPowerKleeBenally</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RIPKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIPKleeBenally</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCanyonMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCanyonMine</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>There used to be a joke about how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFarms</span></a> were immune to fires and explosions (as opposed to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a>). But a quick search revealed that those do happen -- but the cause is usually the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumIon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumIon</span></a> batteries, not the solar panels!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFarm</span></a> fire in Upstate New York sends possible <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> smoke billowing into surrounding community</p><p>July 27, 2023 / 10:52 PM EDT / CBS News</p><p>New York - "Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an advisory Thursday night due to potentially toxic smoke billowing from a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BatteryFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatteryFire</span></a> at a solar farm burning near the Canadian border."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solar-farm-battery-fire-upstate-new-york-possible-toxic-smoke-shelter-in-place-lyme-jefferson-county/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/solar-farm-ba</span><span class="invisible">ttery-fire-upstate-new-york-possible-toxic-smoke-shelter-in-place-lyme-jefferson-county/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BESFacility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BESFacility</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumBatteries</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Meanwile, in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>...</p><p>Fluid leak forces rail shipment to return to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanOnofre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanOnofre</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlant</span></a> </p><p>"The NRC noted two violations — one for failing to ensure the pressurizer was 'properly closed and sealed to prevent release of radioactive content' and the second for not properly packaging it for shipment."</p><p>Story by Rob Nikolewski, The San Diego Union-Tribune<br>August 21, 2024</p><p>"A pair of dismantled pressurizers that departed the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station by rail had to be returned to the now-shuttered power plant after it was discovered that one of the giant pieces of equipment had leaked fluid during the trip.</p><p>"Surveys conducted by the plant’s operator, Southern California Edison, said 'no detectable radioactivity' above otherwise normal background levels was detected and there was 'no threat to public health and safety, or the environment.' But an official with the utility admitted to the Union-Tribune, 'that should not happen.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fluid-leak-forces-rail-shipment-to-return-to-the-san-onofre-nuclear-power-plant/ar-AA1pcVyR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/fluid-le</span><span class="invisible">ak-forces-rail-shipment-to-return-to-the-san-onofre-nuclear-power-plant/ar-AA1pcVyR</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SONGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SONGS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearTransport</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a></p>
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