
NH #590: Uranium Mine to become Int’l Radioactive Waste Dump? Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Fights White Mesa Mill
Nuclear Hotseat
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Nuclear Hot Seat in the US
The Department of Health and Human Services has ordered a 290 million dollar supply of a medication used for injuries caused by radiation. Tokyo Electric Power Company is planning on dumping over one and a half million tons of tritium contaminated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. A special NRC inspection of the Farley one nuclear reactor following a complicated reactor trip in August found that multiple mistakes had been made in an accident occurred when a technician accidentally dropped a floor tile.
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