Nuclear Power & Radiation

TOLEDO BLADE COVERS DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR COVER-UP TRIAL

A federal jury in Toledo may soon be deciding whether some company officials engaged in a cover-up of safety problems at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. Although the story has gotten little national attention, the Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has covered the trial in detail.
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AREVA Bans Pens, Cameras, Recorders at SEJ's Lynchburg Nuclear Tour

AREVA, the world's largest builder of nuclear reactors, banned pens, recorders and cameras during a field trip to the company's Lynchburg facilities organized by SEJ during its 2008 annual meeting held in Roanoke, VA.
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Pressure Mounts To Fix Old Uranium Sites

One of those problem areas is the thousands of old mines that were dug to extract uranium ore. During the era from the 1940s to the 1980s when most were excavated, many were simply abandoned when they played out or the economic incentives changed. Radioactivity now contaminates many sources of human and environmental exposure.
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