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Search results for "nuclear material" ...
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Radioactive Waste Leaking into Ground Water
The Asbury Park Press found that millions of gallons of radioactive water have leaked from nuclear power plants in the U.S. since the 1970s, threatening water supplies in New Jersey and other states. But the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has never fined a violator. The Press also found that major leaks have increased in recent years, nearly all nuclear power plants have leaked radioactive titrium, most plants hvae had more than one titrium leak, and esseentially all plants have leaked or spilled radioactive material.
Tags: radioactive waste; power plant; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Recycled Radiation
Radioactive materials are being found in common consumer items because radioactive devices used in manufacturing and medicine are often mixing with scrap metal for use in large varieties of other products. "Recycled Radiation" outlines the findings from the Nuclear Material Events Database.
Tags: radioactive; material; products; consumers; scrap; metal; recycled; exposure; manufacturing; medicine; Mexico; transport; oversight; disposal; waste;
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Assault on Pelindaba
"Assault on Pelindaba is a story about global nuclear weapons proliferation and the very real threat of nuclear terrorism post 9/11. Experts agree that acquiring plutonium or highly enriched uranium, the material to actually make a nuclear weapon, is not easy."
Tags: nukes; atomic weapon; radiation; Hiroshima; September 11, 2001; Manhattan Project; Interpol;
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Nuclear Threat Made in U.S.
This story revealed how the U.S. government scattered tons of highly enriched uranium around the globe and then failed to get the material back. The Tribune documented how a misguided Cold War program called Atoms for Peace provided bomb0grade uranium fuel to dozens of nations in an attempt to win allies and curry favor. Today, 40 tons of this same uranium remain outside of U.S. control.
Tags: nuclear weapons; federal government; international relations; nuclear smuggling; open records
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Nuclear Underground
The four part series investigated the thriving trade in dual-use technology, those products that can be used for civilian purposes as well as in nuclear applications. The research goes into the booming black market in nuclear materials out of post-apartheid South Africa.
Tags: black market; nuclear materials; rogue nations; dual use technology; nuclear applications
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How federal agencies and their officials, responsible for public welfare and safety, willfully and repeatedly fail to protect the health of armed service members, nuclear workers, and ultimately the public interest
Military and nuclear workers risk their lives everyday working on major health projects aimed at benefitting the public. What this investigation uncovers is the fact that, after these workers become seriously injured from their exposure to hazardous materials, they are often left without government healthcare.
Tags: hazardous materials; military; nuclear workers; anthrax vaccine; healthcare
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"Los Alamos"
Using documents and information from a whistleblower, this report details a list of security risks and potentially lethal radioactive hazards in and around the nation's premiere nuclear weapons laboratory.
Tags: nuclear material; radioactive hazards; whistleblower; security breach; University of California; Department of Energy; DOE
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Radioactive
This investigation uncovered just how easy it is to buy enough radioactive material in the former Soviet Union to make a dirty bomb. The investigation was focused on Georgia. The reporters found that radioactive materials were found in Georgia every year since the Russians left, that for $10,000 they could buy enough Cesium - 137 to make a bomb, and that security around the facilities for radioactive material is very lax. The president of Georia discussed his security concerns with the reporters.
Tags: radioactive; nuclear weapons; dirty bomb; sting operation; terrorism; Saakashvili
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Nuclear Terror
The CNN Presents Team went to Pakistan, Korea, Hong Kong Macau, Russia, and across the US for this report, talking to current and former intelligence officials, government sources, and scholars in this field. These experts pointed CNN to three countries they feared cold be the source of nuclear material for terrorists: Russia, Pakistan, and North Korea.
Tags: nuclear terrorism; nuclear weapons; nuclear war; dirty bomb
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Collection of FOI stories
This is a collection of FOI stories. Post September 11, the police the federal and state government have rigid barriers to block public access to data. Over a twelve month period the newspaper used FOI to acquire records that would help the people understand the governments efforts to keep them safe. The stories include how they acquired information from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to track the use of nuclear material in the area. FOI information has been used to report other stories as well which earlier went unreported.
Tags: FOI; September 11; Nuclear Regulatory Commissiom; National Guard; government; public record