Five Ways to Fix PG&E - WSJ

Five Ways to Fix PG&E - WSJ: The giant utility is struggling to provide power in fire-prone California. Here are suggestions from industry executive, regulators and experts for ways it can safely keep the lights on.

Inspectors constantly monitor Monticello nuclear plant – The Journal Record

Inspectors constantly monitor Monticello nuclear plant – The Journal Record: Paul Zurawski and Don Krause, resident inspector with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, serve as another safety mechanism at the nearly 50-year-old Monticello

Five Ways to Fix PG&E

Suggestions from industry executive, regulators and experts for ways the giant utility can safely keep the lights on

https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-ways-to-fix-pg-e-11577509260

“Dark Waters” should disturb us into action | Sister Rose

“Dark Waters” should disturb us into action | Sister Rose: Mark Ruffalo as attorney Rob Billot in "Dark Waters" Courtesy of (c) Focus Features The first thing you think of when you begin watching director Todd Haynes’ legal crime drama “Dark Waters” is “Erin Brockovich” – the person and the 2000 movie that won Julia Roberts an Oscar for best Actress. The next thing you think

Fukushima update December 27, 2019

Fukushima update December 27, 2019 –

Theoretical models of Fukushima contamination grossly overestimated the effective half-life for Cesium… Tokyo reduces the number of ways to safely dispose of stored, treated F. Daiichi wastewater down to three… F. Daiichi unit #1’s stored nuclear fuel bundles will be removed after the cover over the damaged building is completed... Removing fuel bundles from F. Daiichi units #1 and #2 will be delayed… The NRA physically inspected the interior of F. Daiichi unit #3 on December 12^Th… Used Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel bundles will be removed from Ikata unit #3 during refueling… Blanket radio-isotopic scanning of Fukushima beef will soon end.

https://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

Kerry Kennedy on the chaos and cruelty at the U.S.-Mexico border | America Magazine

Kerry Kennedy on the chaos and cruelty at the U.S.-Mexico border | America Magazine: The human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, a daughter of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy, finds both heartache and heroism during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border.

These are the monks who still preserve ancient texts around the world | America Magazine

These are the monks who still preserve ancient texts around the world | America Magazine: Even though manuscripts—handwritten books— are at least several technological stages behind the ways we access information today, we still rely on them for access to the past.

How economic uncertainty is taking a spiritual toll on today’s young adults | America Magazine

How economic uncertainty is taking a spiritual toll on today’s young adults | America Magazine: Times of financial stress or uncertainty seem like a natural time to turn to one’s faith, but it can also be one of the most difficult times to do so.

Russia Rejects Extending Iran Arms Embargo, Defying U.S. - Bloomberg

Russia Rejects Extending Iran Arms Embargo, Defying U.S. - Bloomberg: Russia, seeing prospects for multi-billion dollar deals, ruled out extending a United Nations-approved arms embargo on Iran that expires in October next year, despite U.S. warnings that lifting the restrictions will jeopardize global security.

COSTS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS — WHAT WENT WRONG?

COSTS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS — WHAT WENT WRONG?

UAWire - Russia to build nuclear submarine base in Iran

UAWire - Russia to build nuclear submarine base in Iran: Russia is preparing to expand its military presence in the Middle East by collaborating with Iran, which the US imposed a complete oil embargo on in 2019.
Two Iranian ports – Bushehr in the south and Chabahar in the south-east – will become forward bases for the Russian Navy that will even be used by nuclear submarines, OilPrice reports, citing high-ranking sources in Tehran.
Bushehr will also …

People tend to have strong opinions about nuclear power. Meet a few who changed their minds. | Grist

People tend to have strong opinions about nuclear power. Meet a few who changed their minds. | Grist: Here’s what we can learn from people who changed their minds on the controversial power source.

Congress Demands Investigation Into the U.S.'s Nuclear Coffin

Congress Demands Investigation Into the U.S.'s Nuclear Coffin: The Runit Dome is leaking radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean.

Christians in Iraq and Syria face new risk of genocide

Christians in Iraq and Syria face new risk of genocide: Christians in the Middle East are at direct risk of a second genocide which threatens them with complete annihilation from the lands of the Bible, according to an expert who has co-coordinated emer…

This Christmas, ACN donors bring smiles to 19,000 children in Syria

This Christmas, ACN donors bring smiles to 19,000 children in Syria: Thousands of Syrian Children were smiling this Christmas, thanks to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). In a recorded message to ACN, the organization’s project partner Sister Annie Demerjian thanked …

When the Knights sent a Christmas ship to fight Bolshevism

When the Knights sent a Christmas ship to fight Bolshevism: Following the end of World War I, Americans were fighting the Bolsheviks on two fronts: the Polish-Soviet War and the Russian Civil War. The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) journeyed to the Sibe…

Autopsy of the Minsk Agreements, by The Saker - The Unz Review

Autopsy of the Minsk Agreements, by The Saker - The Unz Review: The recent Paris summit and the few days following the summit have brought a lot of clarity about the future of the Minsk Agreements.  Short version: Kiev has officially rejected them (by rejecting both the sequence of steps and several crucial steps).  For those interested, let’s look a little further. First, what just happened First, […]

The Year of Manufactured Hysteria, by C.J. Hopkins - The Unz Review

The Year of Manufactured Hysteria, by C.J. Hopkins - The Unz Review: Well, it looks like we’ve somehow managed to survive another year of diabolical Putin-Nazi attacks on democracy. It was touch-and-go there for a while, especially coming down the home stretch, what with Jeremy Corbyn’s desperate attempt to overthrow the UK government, construct a British version of Auschwitz, and start rounding up and mass-murdering the Jews. […]

The Stupidest Op-Ed of 2019 Argues Trump Will Inspire a Religious Revival | Common Dreams Views

The Stupidest Op-Ed of 2019 Argues Trump Will Inspire a Religious Revival | Common Dreams Views: For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. —Matthew 24:24Just when you thought the soon-to-expire year had long since reached peak stupidity, Newsweek published a piece that set a record for preposterous ideas, confidently but incoherently argued. | By Mike Lofgren

Campaign against Sanders on ‘antisemitism’ for his criticism of Israel begins in earnest – Mondoweiss

Campaign against Sanders on ‘antisemitism’ for his criticism of Israel begins in earnest – Mondoweiss: Bernie Sanders is being painted as an antisemite by some pro-Israel idelogues because he has taken strong positions in support of Palestinian human rights.