Showing posts with label Millstone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Millstone. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?

›
Over 2,500 tons stored at power plant just outside of New London, CT Millstone Nuclear Power Plant is just 25 miles upwind from Charlestown....
Friday, April 22, 2022

Today was "Earth Day." Does anyone really care?

›
Earth Day lost its relevance decades ago By Will Collette From this.... The first Earth Day in 1970 was a popular uprising against corporate...
Friday, April 9, 2021

Day shocked by Flip’s answer

›
Filippi refuses to step up to support COVID vaccination campaign By Will Collette In the past few days, Charlestown’s state Representati...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

You can sprinkle it on your granola

›
Trump’s next environmental disaster: Reclassifying nuclear waste as ‘safe’ By   Jillian S. Ambroz, DCReport @ RawStory EDITOR'S N...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Trump Energy Department redefines high-level radioactive waste to make disposal easier

›
Good news for our nearby Millstone Nuclear Power Plant By Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams In a move that will roll back ...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The link between warming and lobster disease

›
Suggests earlier springs and hotter summers foster increase in shell infections By David Malmquist   This shows the Millstone Nuclea...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Nuclear power on corporate life support

›
Past deadline and over budget, nuclear energy is struggling . By Peter Dykstra for Environmental Health News EDITOR’S NOTE: Charlest...
Friday, June 2, 2017

US nuclear regulators greatly underestimate potential for nuclear disaster

›
Nuclear spent fuel fire could force millions of people to relocate Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and Internation...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Despite a history of problems, regulators grant Millstone nuclear plant license revisions

›
Issues remain about nuclear waste storage, plant reliability, safety, environmental impact and security By Will Collette I have been ...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

Connecticut distributes Potassium Iodide to neighbors of Millstone nuclear plant

›
Residents within 10 miles at risk but Charlestown is 20 miles away By Will Collette The Connecticut Department of Emergency Service...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

VIDEO: Our local nuke suffers a “minor” leak on Sunday

›
It’s only “minor,” but keep your potassium iodide handy By Will Collette To view this video on YouTube, click here -  https://www....
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Killer released, quarry bills pass, Weidman’s future, ticks, nukes (again) and lots more

›
Another steaming plate of Charlestown Tapas By Will Collette More more Mutts cartoons by Patrick McConnell, CLICK HERE   Colin Foote’...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Millstone nuke's Virginia owner under national attack for anti-environmental practices

›
Dominion is skimping on solar and wind as it aims to build a fracked-gas pipeline and another nuclear reactor. By  Emily Schwartz Greco ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Problems at local nuke plant go from bad to worse

›
While local windbags go nuts over wind power, new problems occur at nuclear plant only 20 miles upwind from Charlestown By Will Collette ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Local nuke has more problems

›
Security, bad pumps and heat pollution raise concerns By Will Collette Just 20 miles to the west of Charlestown, and well within the ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Four years ago: nuclear disaster

›
…And the continuing problems of our own local nuke By Will Collette Four years ago, as a result of an enormous earthquake and tsunami i...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Spring really is coming; tax myths, energy ennui and Charlestown invasion

›
Charlestown Tapas: tasteful bites of news for the discerning Progressive Charlestown reader One of spring’s most wonderful signs ...
Monday, February 2, 2015

News on jobs leads this week's Charlestown Tapas

›
News bites for our busy Progressive Charlestown audience By Will Collette Bad News: Charlestown unemployment jumps Good News: the...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

A full plate of Charlestown Tapas sizzle

›
News briefs from Progressive Charlestown By Will Collette Yet more problems at nearby Millstone nuke Conservancy closes land deal,...