Fermi 2 Re-lice and Pestilence

(Originally published December 30, 2015 on https://athf3.wordpress.com/)

Fermi 2’s original 40-year operating license expires in 2025. DTE Energy has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a 20-year extension of this license. Continue reading “Fermi 2 Re-lice and Pestilence”

The Nesbitt Energy Bill

(Originally published December 6, 2015 on https://athf3.wordpress.com/)

If you live in Michigan, you may have gotten in the mail a big, slick and ominous-looking flyer asserting that the Nesbitt Energy Bill in the Michigan Legislature will solve “Michigan’s looming energy shortfall.” You may have seen television ads promoting the same idea. Continue reading “The Nesbitt Energy Bill”

Morally Bankrupt Regulators

(Originally published September 8, 2015 on https://athf3.wordpress.com/)

PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release                                    Contact: David Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service

Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2015                                                  (773)342-7650 (w); neis@neis.org

 

“MORALLY BANKRUPT” REGULATORS PULL PLUG ON NUCLEAR RADIATION STUDY Continue reading “Morally Bankrupt Regulators”

Potassium Iodide – Radioactive Fallout Protection

(Originally published July 25, 2015 on https://athf3.wordpress.com/)

If you’re caught in the plume of fallout from a “nuclear event” (reactor meltdown or nuclear bomb), taking a potassium iodide pill is one of the few things you can do to protect yourself from fallout. It’s only partial protection, and you should still do everything possible to to get away from the fallout, but it will go a long way toward preventing thyroid cancer. Continue reading “Potassium Iodide – Radioactive Fallout Protection”