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Saturday, July 15, 2017
IAEA Says Safety at Nuclear Energy Facilities in Russia at High Level
IAEA Says Safety at Nuclear Energy Facilities in Russia at High Level
Energoatom gets approval to build used fuel facility
Energoatom has received regulatory approval to start construction of a central used fuel storage facility at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRC) issued a licence on 6 June regarding "the right to carry out activities in the construction and commissioning of a nuclear installation", marking the official start of work on the facility, Energoatom said.
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-Energoatom-gets-approval-to-build-used-fuel-facility-10071701.html
Friday, July 14, 2017
The Energy Collective Daily: Proposed California Electric Vehicle Initiative Would Drive EV Sales with $3Billion in Incentives
Proposed California Electric Vehicle Initiative Would Drive EV Sales with $3 Billion in Incentives | The Energy Collective Daily |
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- Proposed California Electric Vehicle Initiative Would Drive EV Sales with $3 Billion in Incentives
- Brent and WTI Crude Oil Prices Expected to Average About $50 Per Barrel Through 2018
- Study Suggests Route to Improving Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
- Huge Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Off. Here’s Why It Worries Scientists
- How Much of an Impact Do Green Building Designs Really Have on the Environment?
- Cities Plan Path to 100% Clean, Renewable Energy
- Are Supermajors Spooked By Peak Oil Demand?
- Carbon Capture and Storage: Too Expensive For Reducing Power Sector Emissions
- There’s Far More Opportunity Than Crisis in California Renewables Curtailment
- There’s Less To Musk’s Big Australian Battery Deal Than Promotion Implies
- U.S. Petroleum Refinery Capacity Continues to Increase
- Energy News: Volvo Goes All In with EVs; BioFueling America; Modular Nuclear and Renewables Can Be BFFs
- Global Investor Touts Methane Opportunity with Oil and Gas Industry
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup July 14, 2017
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Position Paper Confirms UK Will Quit Euratom Nuclear Treaty
Position Paper Confirms UK Will Quit Euratom Nuclear Treaty
http://www.nucnet.org/all-the-news/2017/07/13/position-paper-confirms-uk-will-quit-euratom-nuclear-treaty
Dr. Strangelove and the Los Alamos Nuclear Fiasco
Dr. Strangelove and the Los Alamos Nuclear Fiasco
Farming out the nuclear arsenal turned out to be radioactive.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/dr-strangelove-and-the-los-alamos-nuclear-fiasco/
NRC final Near-Term, Mid-Term and Long-Term Non-Light Water Reactor Implementation Acton Plans
This message is to inform interested stakeholders that the NRC has issued its final Near-Term, Mid-Term and Long-Term Non-Light Water Reactor (Non-LWR) Implementation Action Plans (IAPs).
The
staff has developed a vision and strategy to assure that the NRC is
ready to review potential applications for non-LWR technologies
effectively and efficiently. The staff described the vision and strategy
in “NRC Vision and Strategy: Safely Achieving Effective and Efficient
Non-Light Water Reactor Mission Readiness,” which was published in the
Federal Register on July 21, 2016, for stakeholder input. The NRC
updated its Vision and Strategy Document to reflect stakeholder feedback in December 2016.
To
achieve the goals and objectives stated in the NRC’s vision and
strategy, the NRC has developed IAPs. The IAPs identify the specific
activities the NRC will conduct in the near-term (within 5 years), mid-term (5-10 years), and long-term (beyond 10 years) timeframes. In
the fall of 2016 the NRC released its draft near-term IAPs to obtain
stakeholder feedback. The staff also developed draft mid- and long-term
IAPs, which were made publicly available in February 2017. The staff
obtained stakeholder feedback on the IAPs during a series of public
meetings held between October 2016 and March 2017. The staff also
briefed the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) on March 8
and 9, 2017. The staff considered the ACRS comments and stakeholder
feedback in the final IAPs.
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Fukushima Update 7/13/17
Tepco posts its plans for next week’s unit #3 underwater investigation… A Harvard University instructor says fear is more dangerous than radiation… The main road through Namie will open in the fall… NRA Chair Shunichi Tanaka says North Korea should target Tokyo instead of nuke stations… The NRA chides Tepco for a lack of initiative with Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning.
http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup July 13, 2017
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A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.
North Korea Earthquake off North Korea not result of nuclear test: Pentagon http://www.reuters.com/ North Korea’s bomb program under 3 generations of Kim family http://wtop.com/national/2017/ Will Trump stop the 10 Chinese companies supplying North Korea's nuclear program? http://www.newsweek.com/2017/ Dwindling options for preventing North Korean nuclear weapons http://www.washingtontimes. North Korea missile test: U.S. should consider talks with Kim Jong-Un's regime, says nuclear weapons expert http://www.newsweek.com/ United States Trump Policy Nominee Boosts Nukes, Slams Russia http://breakingdefense.com/ White House knocks defense bill’s Crimea, INF Treaty provisions http://thehill.com/policy/ House NDAA Amendment on New Start Implementation http://amendments-rules.house. Rogers: Hawaii in the crosshairs: The North Korean ICBM threat [Commentary] http://www.defensenews.com/ Dr. Strangelove and the Los Alamos Nuclear Fiasco https://www. International Iran, EU start first ever joint project on nuclear safety http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/ Retired Generals Urge Trump To Maintain Iran Nuclear Deal http://dailycaller.com/2017/ Trump Plans to Certify that Iran Is in Compliance With Nuclear Deal http://www.weeklystandard.com/ With Fraying U.S.-Russian Ties Comes Fraying Arms Control https://www.rferl.org/a/us- Russian Nuclear Train Ready for Revival http://www.newsmax.com/ India modernising nuclear arsenal with eye on China: US expert http://www.thehindu.com/news/ India knows how to make nuclear weapons http://www.thehindu.com/ U.K. Plan to Quit European Nuclear Treaty Stirs Alarm https://www.nytimes.com/2017/ Brexit department lays out nuclear and justice stance for negotiations https://www.theguardian.com/ IAEA Nuclear Security Series https://www.iaea.org/ Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. Receive this message as a forward? Subscribe to the Nuclear Roundup here. |
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How Social Media Stifles Free Speech
How Social Media Stifles Free Speech
by Jeff Trag • July 13, 2017 at 4:00 am
- Even more problematic is that those platforms are free to delete the pages and posts of users they deem to have violated whatever they decide are "community standards." This includes judging content supportive of, for example, restricting migration in Europe.
- Facebook, for example, also often permits real hate speech while banning websites that expose this hate speech.
- Ultimately, the only way to keep the United States safe is by protecting its citizens' ability to discuss ideas that without fear. If we lose our freedom of expression on the internet, we lose our democracy.
One of the greatest contemporary battles for individual liberty and freedom of the press is being conducted in cyber space.
Today,
political, journalistic and corporate elites are in the process of
trying to control, and even rewrite, "story lines" of history and
current events with which they might disagree, and that they see
slipping through their fingers.
It
is a form of censorship akin to banning the printing press or
preventing open debate in the literal and proverbial public square.
Facebook, for example, also often permits real hate speech while banning websites that expose this hate speech.
There
are, however, constitutional and legal measures that can and should be
taken to protect Americans from having their right to express themselves
as they wish – without causing harm to public safety or engaging in
illegal activity -- violated every time they log in to their social
media accounts.
Continue Reading Articlehttps://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10512/social-media-free-speech
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10512/social-media-free-speechE&ETV
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