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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> ALWAYS costs more than the estimates!</p><p>"She added: 'It is astounding that it is only now, as contracts are being signed, that the government has confessed that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SizewellC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SizewellC</span></a>'s cost has almost doubled to an eye watering £38bn - a figure that will only go up.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev03wer0p2o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev03w</span><span class="invisible">er0p2o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TemporaryJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TemporaryJobs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PermamentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PermamentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerNoThanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerNoThanks</span></a></p>
Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@CurlyParakeet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CurlyParakeet</span></a></span> </p><p>Fukushima has done nothing to slow the crisis. </p><p>Fukushima is out of the news, but still getting worse.<br>All actions to date are a holding pattern, cooling with vast amounts of water, produces vast amounts of not Banana radiation. (Banana radiation does not accumulate - urine)</p><p>There is an international crisis because Japan must dispose of their ocean of radioactive water. Still rapidly accumulating radioactive water. Because ZERO progress has been made on the meltdown.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a></p>
Pia<p>"Westinghouse Electric Company and Google Cloud today announced they are collaborating to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to transform the construction of advanced Westinghouse nuclear reactors into an efficient" 🤮 <a href="https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/news/westinghouse-to-accelerate-us-nuclear-reactor-construction-and-enhance-operations-with-google-cloud-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">info.westinghousenuclear.com/news/westing...</a> 🚫⚛️🚫 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23nonukes" target="_blank">#nonukes</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23energy" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23security" target="_blank">#security</a><br><br><a href="https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/news/westinghouse-to-accelerate-us-nuclear-reactor-construction-and-enhance-operations-with-google-cloud-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Westinghouse to Accelerate US ...</a></p>
Jinjirrie 🐈‍⬛✅<p>Nuclear-free and independent Pacific advocates are treating Aucklanders to a lively week-long exhibition dedicated to the struggle for nuclear justice in the region. <a href="https://asiapacificreport.nz/2025/07/12/nfip-activists-advocates-to-open-nuclear-free-pacific-exhibition/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asiapacificreport.nz/2025/07/1</span><span class="invisible">2/nfip-activists-advocates-to-open-nuclear-free-pacific-exhibition/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NZPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@franklinlopez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>franklinlopez</span></a></span> Oh no! Thank you for sharing the news.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IrregularRhythmAsylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrregularRhythmAsylum</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeisukeNarita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeisukeNarita</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> shut down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> plants amid scorching <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/heatwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heatwave</span></a></p><p>By Euronews, Published on 02/07/2025</p><p>To cool down, nuclear power plants pump water from local rivers or the sea, which they then release back into water bodies at a higher temperature. However, this process can threaten local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> if water is released which is too hot. </p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/02/france-and-switzerland-shut-down-nuclear-power-plants-amid-scorching-heatwave" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/2025/07/02/france</span><span class="invisible">-and-switzerland-shut-down-nuclear-power-plants-amid-scorching-heatwave</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarmingWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarmingWaters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWasteIsForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWasteIsForever</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>SAVE THE DATE!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesa</span></a> Community Spiritual Walk and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMill</span></a></p><p>Saturday, October 4, 2025 - 11am MDT<br>At the White Mesa Community Center</p><p>Rally starts at 11AM MDT, followed by the spiritual and protest walk to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> uranium mill.</p><p>Directions:<br>- The White Mesa Community Center is between Bluff and Blanding, Utah.<br>- The community center is located slightly off Highway 191, on the west side of the road, behind the gas station.<br>- Look for a large building with "White Mesa Community Center" written on the side.</p><p>"We live down the road from this mill. When it's running, we smell it from our houses. They're bringing radioactive wastes from all over the world to this mill. We want the mill to close and clean up its mess." ~ Yolanda Badback.</p><p>Sponsored by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteMountainUteTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UteMountainUteTribe</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaConcernedCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaConcernedCommunity</span></a>.</p><p>For more information call White Mesa Concerned Community (435) 459-2461 protectwhitemesa.org </p><p><a href="https://greenaction.org/2025/06/24/saturday-october-4-2025-white-mesa-ute-community-spiritual-walk-protest-against-energy-fuels-uranium-mill/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">greenaction.org/2025/06/24/sat</span><span class="invisible">urday-october-4-2025-white-mesa-ute-community-spiritual-walk-protest-against-energy-fuels-uranium-mill/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectWhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWhiteMesa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlandingUtah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlandingUtah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BluffUtah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BluffUtah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUranium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectWhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWhiteMesa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YolandaBadback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YolandaBadback</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaMill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUraniumMill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontNukeTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontNukeTheFuture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NukingTheUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NukingTheUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UteNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCornersToFukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourCornersToFukushima</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectMotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteMountainUteTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UteMountainUteTribe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaConcernedCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaConcernedCommunity</span></a></p>
pauldotm<p>And those can be delivered now and probably operational within a few months unlike any nuclear “solution”. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nonukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonukes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07/watershed-moment-big-battery-storage-prices-hit-record-low-in-huge-china-auction/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07/w</span><span class="invisible">atershed-moment-big-battery-storage-prices-hit-record-low-in-huge-china-auction/</span></a></p>
Max Gross<p>Is Australia hosting US nuclear weapons? <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/PineGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PineGap</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NorthWestCape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthWestCape</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TrumpCrimeFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCrimeFamily</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treason</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/BatshitCrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BatshitCrazy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Obscurantism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obscurantism</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228120790?searchTerm=Israel%20nuclear%201962" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/228120790?searchTerm=Israel%20nuclear%201962</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Carbon14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carbon14</span></a>: Another underestimated danger from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> reactors</p><p>"There are a number of radionuclides released from nuclear energy facilities. This paper highlights carbon-14 for a number of reasons:</p><p>- Carbon-14 is radioactive and is released into air as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a></p><p>- Before 2010, carbon-14 releases from nuclear reactors were virtually ignored in the United States. Today only estimates are required and only under certain restrictive circumstances.</p><p>- There is no good accounting of releases to date, so its impact on our health, our children’s health, and that of our<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> remains unknown, yet environmental measurement is possible, but can be challenging under certain<br>conditions. </p><p>- Carbon-14 has a half-life of over 5700 years and the element carbon is a basic building block for life on earth. Therefore, “it constitutes a potential health hazard, whose additional production by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anthropogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropogenic</span></a> sources of today will result in an increased <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> exposure to many future generations.”</p><p>- Like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tritium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tritium</span></a>, it can collect in the tissues of the fetus at twice the concentration of the tissues in the mother, pointing to its<br>disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable human lifecycle: the developing child.</p><p>The element carbon is found in all organic substances. Carbon is also a primary constituent of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenhouseGases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGases</span></a> that are responsible for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CH4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CH4</span></a>). Carbon-14 (c-14) is a radioactive form of<br>carbon that occurs in nature and is also newly formed in nuclear power processes.<br> <br>"Carbon-14 is a health concern because it is released from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> facilities as radioactive carbon dioxide and methane, traveling readily in the local and global environment.</p><p>"Over time, carbon-14 becomes part of organic material including food, and has a half-life of approximately 5,730 years, decaying by a type of radioactive particle called a beta. Its hazardous life is 10-20 times its half-life, meaning that harmful exposure to man-made carbon-14 can last for hundreds of generations. The radioactive carbon forms as a byproduct of fissioning of uranium fuel, through a process called activation. The final step is a chemical reaction between carbon-14 and oxygen or hydrogen, which forms methane or carbon dioxide. The radioactive carbon-14 formed by this process is brand new and would not exist without nuclear fission.</p><p>"During its long hazardous life, carbon-14 could be responsible for gross physical or<br>mental defects, stillbirths and childhood deaths, embryonic and neonatal deaths into the many millions over the life of the isotope. </p><p>"These millions could be underestimated five times or more. Carbon-14 could also be responsible for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/leukemia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leukemia</span></a>, bone and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancers</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://beyondnuclear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/carbon14FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">beyondnuclear.org/wp-content/u</span><span class="invisible">ploads/2022/11/carbon14FINAL.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeyondNuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeyondNuclear</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>We Work The Black Seam</p><p>"This place has changed for good<br>Your economic theory said it would</p><p>It's hard for us to understand<br>We can't give up our jobs the way we should</p><p>Our blood has stained the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a><br>We tunneled deep inside the nations soul</p><p>We matter more than pounds and pence<br>Your economic theory makes no sense</p><p>One day in a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> age<br>They may understand our rage<br>They build machines that they can't control<br>And bury the waste in a great big hole</p><p>Power was to become cheap and clean<br>Grimey faces were never seen<br>Deadly for 12,000 years<br>Is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Carbon14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carbon14</span></a></p><p>We work the black seam together<br>We work the black seam together</p><p>The seam lies underground<br>Three million years of pressure packed it down</p><p>We walk through ancient forest lands<br>And light a thousand cities with our hands</p><p>Your dark satanic mills<br>Have made redundant all our mining skills</p><p>You can't exchange a six-inch band<br>For all the poisoned streams in cumberland</p><p>One day in a nuclear age<br>They may understand our rage<br>They build machines that they can't control<br>And bury the waste in a great big hole</p><p>Power was to become cheap and clean<br>Grimey faces were never seen<br>Deadly for 12,000 years<br>Is carbon 14</p><p>We work the black seam together<br>We work the black seam together</p><p>And should the children weep<br>The turning world will sing their souls to sleep</p><p>When you have sunk without a trace<br>The universe will suck me into place</p><p>One day in a nuclear age<br>They may understand our rage<br>They build machines that they can't control<br>And bury the waste in a great big hole</p><p>Power was to become cheap and clean<br>Grimey faces were never seen<br>Deadly for 12,000 years<br>Is carbon 14</p><p>We work the black seam together<br>We work the black seam together<br>We work the black seam together<br>We work the black seam together"</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sting</span></a>, 1985</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egynEo4cIEM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=egynEo4cIE</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/80sMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80sMusic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirtyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCoalForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoCoalForAI</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>This from 2021. And yes, it's still sitting there. The alternatives? Desecrating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YuccaMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YuccaMountain</span></a>? Polluting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreatLakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatLakes</span></a>? Or maybe burying it underneath Congress? But until we figure out how to transport and permanently store nuclear waste, it is being stored on site. And not just in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> -- everywhere there was a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlant</span></a>! </p><p>Armed Guards Protect Tons Of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> That Maine Can’t Get Rid Of</p><p>By Abigail Curtis, BDN<br>Published July 19, 2021</p><p>"In the summertime, the picturesque village of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WiscassetME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiscassetME</span></a> is infamous for its long lines of people hungry to try a lobster roll at Red’s Eats and cars that crawl through town on the often-clogged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USRouteOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USRouteOne</span></a>.</p><p>"But just a few miles south of downtown is a different kind of roadblock: 550 metric tons of nuclear waste stored on a coastal peninsula at the now-decommissioned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineYankee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineYankee</span></a> atomic energy plant that have nowhere to go.</p><p>"The change in presidential administrations means another chance for the federal government to make good on its promise to remove the waste, so the site can be closed for good. The Biden administration’s Department of Energy seems to be picking up where the Obama administration left off, creating a process for communities to volunteer to host the waste.</p><p>" 'What worries me is that there really isn’t any national leadership right now on this stuff. There isn’t an agency that has a mission and has developed a strategy, that has goals and is willing to act on it,' Don Hudson, the chairman of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel, said. 'We’re currently in this limbo.'</p><p>"That’s a problem because the waste — 1,400 spent nuclear fuel rods housed in 60 cement and steel canisters, plus four canisters of irradiated steel removed from the nuclear reactor when it was taken down — is safe for now, but can’t stay in Wiscasset forever.</p><p>"The situation in Wiscasset underscores a thorny issue facing more than 100 communities across the U.S.: close to a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste that has no place to go.</p><p>"Securing these remnants of nuclear energy generation is an ongoing task that requires armed guards around the clock and costs Maine Yankee’s owners some $10 million per year, which is being paid for with money from the government.</p><p>"After the government failed to remove the spent fuel, Maine Yankee and the other two decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England — Connecticut Yankee in East Hampton, Connecticut, and Yankee Atomic in Rowe, Massachusetts — took it to court. So far, they have been awarded a total of $575.5 million in damages during four rounds of litigation, money that has been paid out of the U.S. Judgment fund. A fifth round is happening now, and the lawsuits are likely to continue until the fuel is removed.</p><p>"All told, the country’s many abandoned nuclear facilities — including Maine Yankee — have cost the federal government billions of dollars, a sum that increases by about $2 million each day, according to Eric Howes, the spokesperson for Maine Yankee and two other decommissioned plants in New England.</p><p>" 'All the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> in the United States are paying for the government’s failure to meet its obligations,' he said.</p><p>"But as the years pass, it seems that fewer and fewer people even realize that there are tons of nuclear waste on the secured site behind a chain-link fence on Bailey Point. Hudson and others worry that for many, it’s too easy not to think about it, diminishing the drive to find a better solution.</p><p>" 'Nobody ever travels by it. Nobody ever sees it,' Hudson said. 'It’s the classic out of sight, out of mind.' "</p><p><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2021-07-19/armed-guards-protect-tons-of-nuclear-waste-that-maine-cant-get-rid-of" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/environment-an</span><span class="invisible">d-outdoors/2021-07-19/armed-guards-protect-tons-of-nuclear-waste-that-maine-cant-get-rid-of</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclearwaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearwaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> wastewater 'pose major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> risks' - UN experts</p><p>20 May 2025</p><p>"The United Nations (UN) human rights experts have written to the Japanese government to express their concerns about the release of more than one million metric tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificOcean</span></a>.</p><p>"In August 2023, Japan began discharging wastewaster from about 1000 storage tanks of contaminated water collected after the earthquake and tsunami in 2011 that caused the meltdown of its Fukushima nuclear plant.</p><p>"In the formal communication, available publicly, UN Human Rights Council special rappoteurs addressed the the management of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS)-treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) by the Japan government and TEPCO (Tokio Electric Power), and the ongoing discharge of such waters into the Pacific Ocean.</p><p>"They said 'we are alarmed that the implementation of contaminated water release operations of into the ocean may pose major environmental and human rights risks, exposing people, especially children, to threats of further contamination in Japan and beyond.'</p><p>" 'We wish to raise our concern about the allegations of the failure to assess the consequences on health of the release of wastewater against the best available scientific evidence,' the special rappoteurs write.</p><p>" 'Against this backdrop, we would like to highlight that the threats to the enjoyment of the right to adequate food do not concern only local people within the borders of Japan.</p><p>" 'Given the migratory nature of fish, their contamination represents a risk also for people living beyond the Japanese borders, including Indigenous Peoples across the Pacific Ocean which, according to their culture and traditions, mainly rely on seafood as their primary livelihood.'</p><p>"The letter follows a complaint submitted by Ocean Vision Legal in August 2023 on behalf of the Pacific Network on Globalisation (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PANG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PANG</span></a>) and endorsed by over 50 civil society groups in the Pacific and beyond.</p><p>"In a statement on Tuesday, PANG hailed it as "a landmark move for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceanJustice</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>'.</p><p>"The organisation said that the destructive legacy of nuclear <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a> through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearTesting</span></a> is still strongly felt across the region.</p><p>"It said this legacy is marked by severe health impacts across generations and the ongoing failure to properly clean up test sites, which continue to contaminate the islands and waterways that Pacific peoples depend on.</p><p>" 'As Pacific groups, we remain disappointed in the Japanese Government and TEPCO's shameless disregard of the calls by numerous Pacific leaders and civil society groups to hold off on any further release,' PANG's coordinator Joey Tau said.</p><p>" 'Their ignorance constitutes a brazen threat to Pacific peoples' livelihoods, safety, health and well-being, and the sovereignty of Pacific nations,' he added.</p><p>"Japan has consistently maintained that the release is safe.</p><p>"The UN human rights experts have asked for further information from Japan, including on the allegations raised, and on how the Radiological Environmental Impact Assessment has been conducted according to the best available scientific evidence.</p><p>"This communication sends a clear message: Ocean issues must be understood as human rights issues, requiring precautionary and informed action aligned with international environmental law to safeguard both people and the marine environment.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanVisionLegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceanVisionLegal</span></a> founder and CEO Anna von Rebay said while the communication is not legally binding, it is a crucial milestone.</p><p>" 'It informs the interpretation of human rights and environmental law in response to contemporary threats, contributing to the development of customary international law and strengthens accountability for any actor harming the Ocean,' she said.</p><p>" 'Ultimately, it paves the way towards a future where the Ocean's health is fully recognised as fundamental to human dignity, justice, and intergenerational equity.' "</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/561566/japan-s-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater-pose-major-environmental-human-rights-risks-un-experts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/international/pacifi</span><span class="invisible">c-news/561566/japan-s-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater-pose-major-environmental-human-rights-risks-un-experts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radiation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoFukushimaDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoFukushimaDumping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaIsntOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaIsntOver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDumping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tritium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tritium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaDaiichi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaDaiichi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ALPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALPS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HormesisIsBullShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HormesisIsBullShit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bioaccumulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bioaccumulation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Experts warn <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> blitz could trigger ‘Next <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeMileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeMileIsland</span></a>' </p><p>by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams<br>May 24, 2025 </p><p>"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that will overhaul the independent federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants in order to speed the construction of new fissile reactors—a move that experts warned will increase safety risks.</p><p>"According to a White House statement, Trump's directives 'will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance,' in part by allowing Department of Energy laboratories to conduct nuclear reactor design testing, green-lighting reactor construction on federal lands, and lifting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RegulatoryBarriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryBarriers</span></a> 'by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRC</span></a>) to issue timely licensing decisions."</p><p>"The Trump administration is seeking to shorten the yearslong NRC process of approving new licenses for nuclear power plants and reactors to within 18 months.</p><p>"White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios said Friday that 'over the last 30 years, we stopped building nuclear reactors in America—that ends now.'</p><p>" 'We are restoring a strong American nuclear industrial base, rebuilding a secure and sovereign domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and leading the world towards a future fueled by American nuclear energy,' he added. [And radioactive waste!!!]</p><p>"However, the Union of Concerned Scientists (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCS</span></a>) warned that the executive orders will result in 'all but nullifying' the NRC's regulatory process, 'undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> requirements for commercial nuclear facilities.'</p><p>" 'This push by the Trump administration to usurp much of the agency's autonomy as they seek to fast-track the construction of nuclear plants will weaken critical, independent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> of the U.S. nuclear industry and poses significant safety and security risks to the public,' UCS added.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EdwinLyman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdwinLyman</span></a>, director of nuclear power safety at the UCS, said, 'Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not made a priority.'</p><p>" 'By fatally compromising the independence and integrity of the NRC, and by encouraging pathways for nuclear deployment that bypass the regulator entirely, the Trump administration is virtually guaranteeing that this country will see a serious accident or other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiological</span></a> release that will affect the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions,' Lyman added. 'Such a disaster will destroy public trust in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> and cause other nations to reject U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> technology for decades to come.'</p><p>"Friday's executive orders follow reporting earlier this month by NPR that revealed the Trump administration has tightened control over the NRC, in part by compelling the agency to send proposed reactor safety rules to the White House for review and possible editing.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AllisonMacfarlane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllisonMacfarlane</span></a>, who was nominated to head the NRC during the Obama administration, called the move 'the end of independence of the agency.'</p><p>" 'If you aren't independent of political and industry influence, then you are at risk of an accident,' Macfarlane warned.</p><p>"On the first day of his second term, Trump also signed executive orders declaring a dubious 'national energy emergency' and directing federal agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory roadblocks to 'unleashing American energy, including by boosting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> and nuclear power.</p><p>"The rapid advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems is creating a tremendous need for energy that proponents say can be met by nuclear power. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant—the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history—is being revived with funding from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>, while <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> parent company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a>, online retail giant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> owner <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> are among the competitors also investing in nuclear energy.</p><p>" 'Do we really want to create more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveWaste</span></a> to power the often dubious and questionable uses of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>?' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohannaNeumann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohannaNeumann</span></a>, Environment America Research &amp; Policy Center's senior director of the Campaign for 100% <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a>, asked in December.</p><p>" '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> should recommit to solutions that not only work but pose less risk to our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>,' Neumann added."</p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-267</span><span class="invisible">2196220/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoltecLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoltecLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datacenters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MicrosoftSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CancerRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CancerRates</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Oh yeah. Fast-tracking a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlant</span></a> restart is such a good idea...NOT! </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeMileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeMileIsland</span></a> nuclear plant reboot fast-tracked to 2027</p><p>By Laila Kearney<br>June 25, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "Despite the enthusiasm, nuclear power plant projects have historically been far over budget [leaving taxpayers on the hook] and behind schedule [which is why nuclear plant companies often fabricate and lie about details. They milk it for all it's worth!]</p><p>"No fully shut nuclear power plant has been restarted, but at least one other attempted restart - of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalisadesNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesNuclearPlant</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> - is under way. </p><p>"As the technology industry drives U.S. electricity demand to record highs, nuclear power has broadly seen a resurgence of interest after decades in decline. New York plans to build a new nuclear power plant, which would be one of the first to be constructed in a generation." </p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/shut-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-may-restart-2027-owner-says-2025-06-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sustainability/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate-energy/shut-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-may-restart-2027-owner-says-2025-06-25/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CancerRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CancerRates</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoltecLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoltecLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Datacenters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MicrosoftSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftSucks</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Plan would power new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DataCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenter</span></a> with electricity from Pa.'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeMileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeMileIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> reactor </p><p>Constellation Energy is prepared to invest $1.6 billion to bring the plant's surviving reactor from the 1979 meltdown back online.</p><p>By Michael Tanenbaum, PhillyVoice Staff <br>September 20, 2024</p><p>Excerpt: "Tech companies favor nuclear power for AI</p><p>"In the race to develop artificial intelligence applications, tech companies are scrambling to build data centers, which require enormous amounts of electricity to operate. Such facilities are forecast to make up a growing share of the nation's electricity use in the years to come, prompting companies to look at tapping into existing infrastructure to help meet their needs.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> is being touted as a cost-effective solution for these data centers that also limits reliance on carbon-producing power sources. Building and directly connecting data centers to nuclear plants is known as co-location, a strategy that industry leaders favor because it's cheaper and faster to do. Proponents also claim it reduces stress on the transmission grids.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"When Constellation signaled interest in restarting Three Mile Island in July [2024], doubts surfaced about the technical feasibility of the project. Not only would it be the first of its kind, but it will have to be accomplished next to another reactor whose clean-up and decommissioning is expected to continue through 2078.</p><p>"The site also remains politically contentious due to the lasting memory of the 1979 accident, which displaced surrounding communities and left a legacy of fear over whether the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> released contributed to increased <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> rates in the vicinity. About 2 million people were exposed to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveFallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveFallout</span></a> as a result of the meltdown. </p><p>"Public health researchers from Temple, Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh published a report last year finding that long-term studies into the impact of the meltdown were limited by research flaws."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.phillyvoice.com/ai-three-mile-island-microsoft-constellation-nuclear-reactor-data-centers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phillyvoice.com/ai-three-mile-</span><span class="invisible">island-microsoft-constellation-nuclear-reactor-data-centers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CancerRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CancerRates</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jellyfish</span></a> attack <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlant</span></a>. Again.</p><p>By Susan D’Agostino | October 28, 2021</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a>’s only working nuclear power plant at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Torness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Torness</span></a> shut down in an emergency procedure when jellyfish clogged the sea water-cooling intake pipes at the plant, according to the Scotland Herald this week. Without access to cool water, a nuclear power plant risks overheating. The intake pipes can also be damaged, which disrupts power generation. And ocean life that gets sucked into a power plant’s intake pipes risks death. </p><p>[...]</p><p>"The clash between gelatinous jellyfish and hulking nuclear power plants has a long history. These spineless, brainless, bloodless creatures shut down the Torness nuclear power plant in 2011 at a cost of approximately $1.5 million per day, according to one estimate. Swarms of these invertebrates have also been responsible for nuclear power plant shutdowns in Israel, Japan, the United States, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a>, and Sweden.</p><p>"Humans have unwittingly nurtured the adversarial relationship between jellyfish and nuclear power plants. That is, human-induced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> has raised ocean water temperatures, setting conditions for larger-than-usual jellyfish populations. Further, the relatively warm water near nuclear power plant discharge outlets may attract jellyfish swarms, according to one study. Also, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> has lowered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a> levels in sea water, which jellyfish tolerate more than other marine animals, leading to their proliferation.</p><p>"Some look at jellyfish and see elegant ballerinas of the sea, while others view them as pests. Either way, they are nothing if not resilient. Jellyfish are 95 percent water, drift in topical waters and the Arctic Ocean, and thrive in the ocean’s bottom as well as on its surface. Nuclear power plant operators might take note: Older-than-dinosaur jellyfish are likely here to stay."</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://thebulletin.org/2021/10/jellyfish-attack-nuclear-power-plant-again/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulletin.org/2021/10/jellyf</span><span class="invisible">ish-attack-nuclear-power-plant-again/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earthquakes</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jellyfish</span></a>: See 8 emergency alerts at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlant</span></a> </p><p>By Stephanie Zappelli <br>Updated August 14, 2024</p><p>Read more at: <a href="https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article290996800.html#storylink=cpy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sanluisobispo.com/news/local/e</span><span class="invisible">nvironment/article290996800.html#storylink=cpy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jellyfish</span></a> Keep Attacking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a></p><p>By Gabriel Geiger<br>November 2, 2021</p><p>"Jellyfish are continuing to clog the cooling intake pipes of a nuclear power plant in Scotland, which has previously prompted a temporary shutdowns of the plant.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TornessNuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TornessNuclearPowerPlant</span></a> has reported concerns regarding jellyfish as far back as 2011, when it was forced to shut down for nearly a week—at an estimated cost of $1.5 million a day—because of the free-swimming marine animals.</p><p>"In a short comment to Motherboard, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EDFEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDFEnergy</span></a>, which runs the Torness plant, said that 'jellyfish blooms are an occasional issue for our power stations,' but also said that media reports claiming the plant had recently been taken offline because of jellyfish are 'inaccurate.' '[There were] no emergency procedures this or last week related to jellyfish or otherwise,' a spokesperson said. [Um, did they previously work for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a>?]</p><p>" 'Like many other seaside power plants, the Torness plant uses seawater to prevent overheating. While there are measures in place to prevent aquatic life from entering the intake pipes, according to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists</span></a>, they are no match for the sheer number of jellyfish that come during so-called 'jellyfish blooms.'</p><p>" 'Usually, screens prevent aquatic life and similar debris from being drawn into the power plants’ cooling system,' the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists wrote in a 2015 blog post. 'But when sufficiently large volumes of jellyfish or other aquatic life are pulled in, they block the screens, reducing the volume of water coming in and forcing the reactor to shut down.' </p><p>"While the case in Scotland has once again spotlighted concerns regarding the jellyfish and potential power plant shutdowns, these concerns are far from new. In 2008, a swarm of jellyfish shut down a nuclear power plant [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyon</span></a> -- which had another incident in 2024] in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, and three years later the same occurred at a plant in Japan [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shimane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shimane</span></a>]. In 2017, jellyfish clogged a power plant in Israel [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hadera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hadera</span></a>]."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/jellyfish-keep-attacking-nuclear-power-plants/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vice.com/en/article/jellyfish-</span><span class="invisible">keep-attacking-nuclear-power-plants/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarmingOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarmingOceans</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChangingOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangingOceans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanTemperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceanTemperatures</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overfishing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oskarshamn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oskarshamn</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Torness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Torness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jellyfish</span></a> are taking over the world – and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> could be to blame</p><p>Jan 8, 2019<br>by Sean Fleming<br>Senior Writer, Forum Stories</p><p>"For 500 million years, jellyfish have been part of the maritime <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a>, but now they’re poised to take over the earth.</p><p>"They have no brain, no eyes, no spine, not even blood, but they have a remarkable capacity to reproduce and can pack an impressive sting, both literally and figuratively.</p><p>"Most recently, vast numbers of bluebottle jellyfish were pushed ashore by unusually strong winds and spells of hot weather in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueenslandAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueenslandAustralia</span></a>, stinging thousands of people and forcing the closure of popular swimming spots. About 13,000 stings were recorded in the past week.</p><p>"In June last year, over the course of just one week, over 1,000 people were stung in Volusia County, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a>, following a period of exceptionally prolific jellyfish blooms. The explosion in their numbers has been attributed to warming seas and even increased pollution; unlike many other marine creatures, jellyfish can cope with reduced oxygen levels.</p><p>Small but deadly – at least some of the time</p><p>"Typically, jellyfish range in size from 1cm to 40cm. But they can be significantly larger – the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LionsManeJellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LionsManeJellyfish</span></a>, for example, can reach 1.8 metres wide, with tentacles over 15 metres long.</p><p>"For the most part, the sting of a jellyfish is more unpleasant than it is harmful. The pain comes from venom delivered via millions of microscopic barbs in the creatures’ tentacles. Most jellyfish stings will only have a localized effect on the victim – redness, swelling, and discomfort where the barbs make contact with the skin.</p><p>"Some, however, will prompt a systemic, whole body, reaction. These may take several hours to emerge and can include symptoms such as headaches, nausea and drowsiness.</p><p>"In rare cases, the sting can be fatal. This is true of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BoxJellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoxJellyfish</span></a>, which is spreading into waters that had previously been too cool to support it; its venom causes a severe reaction that can cause death within minutes.</p><p>A force of destruction</p><p>"But these booming jellyfish populations are doing far more harm than ruining people’s trips to the beach. In fact, the scope of their disruption has extended far beyond the water’s edge.</p><p>"In 2011, both reactors at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TornessNuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TornessNuclearPowerPlant</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> were shut down after an invasion of jellyfish started blocking the cooling filters. Two years later, the jellyfish struck again – this time in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a>. They forced the closure of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OskarshamnNuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OskarshamnNuclearPowerPlant</span></a>, which contains the world’s largest boiling-water reactor.</p><p>"The island of Luzon, home of the Phillippines’ capital Manilla, suffered a blackout in 1999 due to jellyfish, and in 2006 the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USSRonaldReagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSRonaldReagan</span></a>, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was brought to a standstill by thousands of the little creatures. And while these events may stand out as exceptions, they are increasing in both scale and frequency. </p><p>"From sea-bed diamond mining in Namibia to salmon farming in Ireland, even jeopardising the sustainability of beluga caviar farming in the Caspian Sea, jellyfish are as destructive as they are abundant. And that abundance is being caused by a variety of factors, many of which are related to human activity.</p><p>Some like it hot</p><p>"Over the last hundred or so years, the average surface temperature of the world’s seas has risen by about 0.9°C. As the oceans get warmer, marine animals are able to spread into areas that had historically been too cold. Oxygen levels in the sea have fallen by around 2% over the last 50 years, due to rising temperatures and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> [including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearOceanDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearOceanDumping</span></a>, which reduces oxygen levels]</p><p>"Jellyfish can thrive in areas with lower oxygen levels, where other animals suffer. But there are other factors at work, too. Fishing has depleted the global stocks of some of the jellyfish’s natural predators – such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tuna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tuna</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/swordfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swordfish</span></a> – and some they compete with for food – such as anchovies. With more food and fewer predators, some jellyfish populations can grow unchecked.</p><p>"In the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackSea</span></a>, unchecked population growth is precisely what’s happened. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnchovyFishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnchovyFishing</span></a> in the region had caused harm to the Black Sea’s ecosystem by the time stowaway jellyfish made the journey there from the eastern seaboard of the USA. Most likely transported in the ballast water of ships that made the crossing, 1982 saw the arrival of the warty comb jelly. By 1990, there were 900 million tons of them in the Black Sea.</p><p>"There are believed to be around 200 different species of jellyfish, not all of which can sting, and some are considered edible. This could offer one potential, and creative, approach toward dealing with an over-abundance of jellyfish – co-opting them onto our dinner plates." [That's one way to deal with invasive species -- eat them into extinction!]</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/2019/01/how-an-explosion-of-jellyfish-is-wreaking-havoc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">weforum.org/stories/2019/01/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-an-explosion-of-jellyfish-is-wreaking-havoc/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarmingOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarmingOceans</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChangingOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangingOceans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanTemperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceanTemperatures</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overfishing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oskarshamn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oskarshamn</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Torness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Torness</span></a></p>