More Trouble at Vermont Yankee
The aging nuclear plant is down for repairs. MONTPELIER, Vt. – Technicians at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant will begin work Monday morning to fix a pipe that leaked radioactive water and forced the plant to shut down. The nuclear reactor was taken out of service at 7 p.m. Sunday. Plant spokesman Larry Smith estimated [...]
Don’t Eat the Rabbits That Glow in the Dark
This is from the Tri-City Herald in Washington State. A radioactive rabbit was caught near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a cold-war nuclear weapons site during the Cold War, and now America’s largest nuclear waste depository. Several rabbits have been trapped since then and one of them was found to be highly contaminated internally with radioactive [...]
Nuclear Safety
This story caught my eye because I’m a nurse now, but years ago worked as a motel maid. I can easily imagine a pregnant, minimum-wage worker making beds or sorting laundry in a motel, with no one aware there might be a hazard. Here’s from Associated Press… WASHINGTON – Reports of thyroid cancer patients setting [...]
Tell your Friends in Cranston’s Ward One about Steve Stycos
What is Steve Stycos about? Independent analysis, common sense energy and conservation efforts, and increased clarity on what we are spending money on in Cranston and whether we are getting our money’s worth. We desperately need Steve’s skills on the Cranston city council: When news broke that Councilman Terence Livingston wouldn’t be seeking re-election in [...]
Fed to Prop Up Economy
I guess propping up is better than no help at all. The Fed says it will prop up the economy, and things should be better in 2011: JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said Friday that the central bank was determined to prevent the economy from slipping into a cycle [...]
Chernobyl Today
This is a link to a short post on Common Dreams. It’s been 24 years since the catastrophic explosion and fire occurred at Chernobyl in the Ukraine. The accident required nearly a million emergency responders and cleanup workers. According to a recent report published by the New York Academy of Medicine nearly one million people [...]
Energy Independence Day in RI — July 11
It’s fun, outdoors, educational and has food and music — what could be better? Energy Independence Day in Rhode Island is just 10 Days away! More information is available at the event website.
Public Transit Cut Again
I had to take my car in for repairs yesterday and I caught a bus back home. I’d never taken the bus from Taunton Ave., and was pleased to find that the service is good. The bus was full. One of the passengers was a disabled little girl in a wheelchair. Taking RIPTA saves somebody [...]
Oil from BP Disaster Predicted to “Zoom Up” the East Coast
I guess it’s time for the East Coast to pay a price for our international obsession with oil. According to this video, the oil will come up the East Coast rapidly, arriving sometime in late summer. It will probably kill our beaches (just my speculation, but would you want to swim in water with a [...]
Cape Wind Approved
It’s a long way from shovel-ready, but the US has approved an offshore wind farm off Cape Cod. There’s no free lunch. Wind power is way better than ‘drill baby drill’. Few Rhode Islanders know that there was once a proposal to build a nuclear reactor in Charlestown. I’ll take a wind turbine any day. [...]
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