Cancer Stats from 2011 STILL not Posted by the CDC

Everything is computerized, everything is linked.    Sheesh even hackers are stealing medical information.

But the CDC still has not released cancer stats in the USA from 2011.   

Last spring they had promised the 2011 National cancer stats would be out by fall of 2014.     I checked with them in Mid Feb 2015 and they have not released it and they are not sure when they will release it.     

the breakdowns by State, which will be really important in showing the impacts of Fukushima on real cancer rates in the States that got dosed the worst, will be even further delayed.

Here is a report from 2010.    You can see quite readily, that they are focusing on "deaths from cancer".   Not cases, but deaths.    And by deaths, they mean that if someone got cancer, but they were able to be kept alive for 5 years, then it no longer counts as a cancer death even if they die in year 6.      

They also focus on "co-morbidity" meaning that is something else kills you, then the death is not attributed to cancer.     They have some non-intuitive terms, and I need to study them more, but really kind of waiting on the 2011 data to put my effort into this big time.     And of course, disease and cancers are not always instantaneous.    

If anyone wants to dig more into this report, and provide a summary or clarification on how to interpret, please just email me or post into a comment, and I will append in March after my 2015 Solar Blast which I embark on tomorrow.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.28509/pdf

Ginna Is Lying Through It's Teeth by 1125%, $43 extra per customer per month to Cover It's $245M Fine for Fraud and Rate Fixing

Ginna Nuclear Plant was Convicted in 2012 for Fraud and Price Fixing

They were fined $245M

Now they say that they have lost hundreds of millions over the last few years.    And they want to stick it to the rate payers.    They want to keep this 45 year old plant open for 4 more years, charging rate payers up to $17,500,000 more per MONTH!

This is covers their fines for Fraud, and make up for lost profits.   Disgusting these pigs.

Fraud Info
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/04/fraud-by-constellation-energy-245m-fine.html

The latest calculations from the de-liar, the Nukepro, shows that their written submission could see them charging customers up to $43.75 extra per month, and keep in mind, these people have been convicted of fraud and rate rixing.    So why would they not charge near maximum amount?

Ginna states in the article linked here near the bottom, that the cost will be $3.89 per customer per month!     But it could be $43.75, only 1125% more than their minimizations.

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The start of the propaganda in Nov 2014

http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/d/story/the-future-of-ginna-nuclear-power-plant-uncertain/48117/YHLnyTmFt0StlE4Xth_4VA

Succinctly, you either pay us more or we drop you in the dark:

"One thing that consumers want more than anything else is reliability.  they want to know the lights are going to be on when they flip they throw the switch.  And if that involves a mixture of some power that costs more than others in the mix, people understand that it's worth it, because the lights go on and stay on," said Mike Power

As for a solution, Power says there won't be one anytime soon.  Talks between all parties involved will likely go on behind closed doors for years.   Meanwhile, Ginna continues to produce power but lose money.

I see....don't worry, the cost will only be a little and it will be a long time from now.    But remember, we warned you.
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Their new "rate case"

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/02/13/plan-ginna-plant/23346995/

Exelon / Ginna states that saving the plant will "protect critical tax revenue"  for the region.    hmmmmm, can that even pass the straight face test?     The tax revenue  is being paid by Ginna  after it collects the money from the rate payers.      Wouldn't it just be better if the rate payers just kept that money without it shuffling around and being chewed up in government inefficiency?

I see, so people are worried that these extra charges could stick around forever.    But wait, their is a "seperate plan"......

The "transmission and distribution upgrades" in the Exelon statement refers to a separate plan that RG&E has proposed to limit the duration of surcharge payment.

Right but Exelon s plan can be approved without the other plan to limit duration ever being approved.....and the subsidies can go on forever....

Exelon could choose to keep the plant in operation after that if market conditions warranted.

Nukepro calculates that Exelon will be authorized to charge Ginna customers 6.3 cent per kWH more than they are charging now.    See the spreadsheet below.

Here they calculate that the rate payers would be extorted for $75M to $100M a year from these convicted fraudsters.

http://allianceforagreeneconomy.org/sites/default/files/AGREE_12_22_2014-case-14-E-0270.pdf

Exelon, Bragging that it's Plant Ran Continuously During the New England Winter Storm, Except They Don't Have Any Plants There

Here is the arrogant tweet from Exelon


https://twitter.com/ExelonNuclear/status/562374031421497344

And one response, only one?   Don't y'all tweet?

Economics of Nuclear Shows It Is Completely Impossible In The Modern World, Yet Wallstreets Hit Men Still Push It

Just like the lies from Pandora's Promise (effectively an infomercial which pretending on the onset to be a documentary presenting a balanced view, even a bit negative on nuclear) the Motley Fool using a similar tactic in this article:

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/02/14/did-obama-just-waste-907-million-trying-to-save-nu.aspx#commentsBoxAnchor

From the article

PRISM is a fast neutron reactor, which means it's capable of being fueled with used nuclear fuel and can generate up to 100x more power from plutonium than traditional reactors. General Electric is hoping the capability helps it to deploy the advanced reactor at existing nuclear sites (to dispose of nuclear waste stored onsite) and plutonium storage facilities (to safely dispose of plutonium stockpiles). Investors may see the first PRISM -- or SMR, for that matter -- deployed in the United Kingdom sometime in the 2020s to consume the nation's relatively large plutonium stockpiles and create enough energy to fuel the country for 100 years.

Not a single mention of the incredible danger of nuclear just through normal operations and through disasters.    There have been over 100 serious accidents with nuclear, but yet they  tell us....just wait the next brand new technology will be safe.

Oh sheesh, just what we need....frisky nuetrons. 

A comment left at the site, please add your own.
A single nuclear plant can kill a country.   And there is no solution for the waste.    And trying to burn plutonium with its extra zealous neutrons can result in an explosion like Fukushima 3 and 4, both were using MOX, Plutonium enriched fuel. 

Quick reality check here.    Kewaunee was shut down on economics, that plant was purchased for $200M in 2004.  Kewaunee was selling into a retail environment in Wisconsin of 14 cents per kWH.

Vogtle in Georgia, under construction, will cost $16,000 M.     80 times more than Kewaunee.   Yet it will have to compete is a rate environment of 8 cents per KWH.

Does this even need any more consideration?
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And the nuclear promotion NEI is complaining to Wall Street, check out some of their disgusting bleats.

http://safeenergy.org/2015/02/13/neis-pitiful-plea-to-wall-street/

But Fertel wasn’t done. He blamed the problem on, who else, us anti-nuclear groups. As Northey reports, “‘I think there are anti-nuclear groups–and I look at them the same way as I look at companies, they’re a business,” Fertel said. “Some of them are very idealistic, but fundamentally they’re trying to raise funds.'”
Yes, that’s why we’re anti-nuclear, because we just want to raise a lot of money from all those incredibly wealthy anti-nukers out there to pay for our south Pacific vacations and the new Teslas in our driveways. We wish. It’s true we have to raise funds to survive and do our work. But as anyone who has taken even a cursory look at our, or any other anti-nuclear group’s finances, knows–we ain’t in it for the money.

50 things to be a real man

Hilarious, from  the Telegraph...love that newspaper

However, I am going to write up a new list, for the new world

I look forward to any comments on what should be on the new list

PS The list will also be called

Top 50 skills, knowledge, and tools to be a real man or woman.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11408971/Are-you-a-real-man-The-top-50-things-every-chap-should-know.html

Top 50 things you should know to be a real man

1. His wedding anniversary date
2. Basic DIY
3. How to change a light bulb
4. How to tie up a tie
5. How to read a map
6. His partner's favourite drink
7. How to iron a shirt
8. How to change a tyre
9. How to wet shave correctly
10. The right amount of aftershave to use
11. How to change a fuse
12. When a woman says "I'm fine" she is not fine
13. How to put up a shelf
14. How to polish his shoes
15. How to give a confident handshake
16. How many inches are in a foot
17. When to accept defeat and apologise
18. Know the offside rule
19. The year England won the World Cup
20. How to do his own laundry
21. How to fix a bike puncture
22. How to jumpstart a car
23. How to parallel park
24. The difference between ale and lager
25. The best way to carve meat
26. His own height
27. How to drive in snow
28. What wires represent earth, live and neutral
29. How to introduce himself
30. His parents' address
31. What the football scores were at the weekend
32. How to light a BBQ
33. When a woman says "Do what you want" do not do what you want
34. How to change oil
35. What the biggest recent football transfers are
36. How to build a fire
37. Which way is North
38. How to use the contents of the toolbox
39. How to tune in a telly
40. How many miles are left after the petrol light appears
41. How to fix a toilet
42. How to put someone in a recovery position
43. His personal alcohol limits
44. Change a battery on a car
45. How to get a car unstuck
46. The words to the national anthem
47. How to change a nappy
48. How to perform CPR
49. How to put up a tent
50. Who are favourites to win the Premier League

Climate Gate, and a Marxist Scissors Strategy, A brilliant Post from UK News Site

Comment by Dean Jackson

The caption reads, "The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever"

In fact, fiddling with the data is just the tip of the iceberg, the real scandal is that both sides to this debate intentionally avoid the already established science on the subject, which informs one that those who critique the established narrative for global warming are actually in bed with their supposed opponents. Marxists call this tactic the "scissors strategy", in which the blades represent the two falsely opposed sides that converge on the confused victims [neutralizing true opposition].*

My research into IR absorption/heat retention of Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen and Nitrogen...

"Due to their symmetry, homonuclear diatomic molecules like N2 and O2 do not exhibit a static electric dipole moment, such as H2O, nor is there the possibility to induce vibrationally a dipole moment, as in the case of CO2. Thus, there are no strong infrared absorption bands due to dipole transitions as in the case of the major greenhouse gases. However, as discovered by Crawford et al. [1949], collision-induced absorption leads to weak absorption features of N2 and O2 in the infrared [e.g., Hartmann et al., 2008].

...

6. Conclusions

[21] This work challenges a common perception on the negligible role of O2 and N2 as natural greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere compared to species like CH4 or N2O. It is in fact the large abundance of oxygen and nitrogen which compensates for their only weak interaction with infrared radiation through collision-induced absorption bands. We have shown that for hypothetic atmospheres consisting of only single gases the natural greenhouse effect of O2 and N2 together would be larger than that of CH4 by a factor of around 1.3. For a realistic atmospheric composition this effect is reduced through shading of O2 and N2 absorption bands mainly by spectral signatures of H2O and, to a less extend, by CO2. Still the net global OLR reduction of oxygen and nitrogen together is with 0.28 Wm 2 about 15% of that due to CH4. However, for dry atmospheric situations like over the Antarctic continent the effect of O2 and N2 even reach up to 80% of the influence of CH4 for a realistic atmospheric composition."

'The natural greenhouse effect of atmospheric oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2)', GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 39, L10706, doi:10.1029/2012GL051409, 2012.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2012GL051409/pdf

Here's Oxygen's IR absorption bandwidths (exclude non-IR lines at wavelengths between 0.6 and 0.7, and at wavelength 1000.0) ...

And here's Nitrogen's IR absorption bandwidths...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140821011706/http://www.spinonthat.com/CO2_files/n2.gif

Here's NASA saying that Oxygen and Nitrogen don't absorb IR(!)...

'You have already learned that Earth's atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen and oxygen. These gases are transparent to incoming solar radiation. They are also transparent to outgoing infrared radiation, which means that they do not absorb or emit solar or infrared radiation.'
http://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/how-greenhouse-effect-works.php

Here's the Goddard Institute for Space Studies saying that Oxygen and Nitrogen don't absorb IR(!)...

'It has been understood since the 19th century that some gases absorb infrared radiation (IR) that is emitted by the planet, slowing the rate at which the planet can cool and warming the surface. These so-called greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and water vapor, as well as ozone and methane among others. Note, however, that the bulk of the atmosphere is made up of nitrogen and oxygen molecules which don't absorb IR at all.'
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/schmidt_05/

stock here: However, they present a nice chart which proves that CO2 is actual an excellent energy emitter, i.e. an atmosphere coolant.   

Here's the National Center for Atmospheric Research performing its Marxist duty, telling us that Oxygen and Nitrogen don't absorb IR(!)...

'Most of the gas in the atmosphere is nitrogen and oxygen – both of which are molecules made of two atoms. The atoms in these molecules are bound together tightly and unable to vibrate, so they cannot absorb heat [sic] and contribute to the greenhouse effect.'

http://scied.ucar.edu/longcontent/greenhouse-effect

Here's The Science Museum (London) performing its anti-science duty, telling us that Oxygen and Nitrogen don't absorb IR(!)...

'Nitrogen and oxygen don’t absorb infrared energy in our atmosphere because their molecules – composed of two identical atoms – don’t vibrate or rotate at infrared frequencies.'

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/climatechanging/climatescienceinfozone/exploringearthsclimate/1point5/1point5point2.aspx

Here's the American Physical Society performing its anti-physics duty, telling us that Oxygen and Nitrogen don't absorb IR(!)...

"The presence of complicated molecules in the earth's atmosphere impedes the earth's ability to radiate thermal energy into space. By complicated molecules, I mean ones that have vibrations that allow them to absorb infrared light. The most abundant molecules in our atmosphere, nitrogen and oxygen, don't do that."

http://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/askaphysicist/physics-answer.cfm?uid=20080506025435

The heat retention for Nitrogen is cp = 1.04, cv = 0.743; for Oxygen is cp = 0.919, cv = 0.659; while for Carbon Dioxide is an inferior cp = 0.844, cv = 0.655...

https://web.archive.org/web/20131030235926/http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/spesific-heat-capacity-gases-d_159.html

In other words, increasing Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere means increasing the cooling of the atmosphere; Carbon Dioxide is a superior absorption molecule for IR, snatching IR that would otherwise have been absorbed by Oxygen and Nitrogen, but because Carbon Dioxide is an inferior retainer of heat compared to Oxygen and Nitrogen, a greater portion of the IR induced heat emitted by the increased levels of Carbon Dioxide is lost to space, thereby cooling the atmosphere.

Result: All things remaining equal, increasing the levels of Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere COOLS the atmosphere, meaning attempts to curb Carbon Dioxide levels will actually INCREASE temperatures.

The real scandal concerning man made global warming isn't these phony back and forth accusations each side throws at each other every once and awhile, but (1) the verifiable lie both sides keep quiet about concerning Oxygen and Nitrogen's capability to absorb infrared radiation; and (2) both sides' silence on the more important issue of an atmospheric gas' RETENTION of the heat generated within it due to IR absorption.

The fact that both sides are working together to cloud the issue of global warming tells us there's a THIRD side present--Marxists attempting to sabotage the economies of the West.

You can find more information on this broader topic of Marxist infiltration of the West's political parties/institutions at my blog...


https://sites.google.com/site/deanjackson60/home
Case closed and proved!

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* Scissors Strategy

"The dialectic often appears under other names. A December 30, 1961 report by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, entitled “The New Role of National Legislative Bodies in the Communist Conspiracy,” contained two crucial chapters from a book smuggled out of Czechoslovakia. Written by an official of that country’s Communist Party, the book described the dialectical method used to seize power in Czechoslovakia. Communists infiltrated key positions in the Czechoslovak government, while simultaneously organizing street demonstrations against that government. Those two arms of the dialectic, by pretending to fight each other, generated enough confusion among the general public that all genuine opposition was neutralized. The book used the terms coined by V.I. Lenin, first dictator of the Soviet Union, referring to thesis and antithesis as “pressure from above” and “pressure from below.”

The Soviet KGB uses its own set of code words to refer to the dialectical strategy. According to former KGB staff officer Anatoliy Golitsyn, the official term for the dialectic is the “scissors strategy,” in which the blades represent the two falsely opposed sides that converge on the confused victims [neutralizing true opposition]. Golitsyn, who is probably the most important Soviet ever to defect to the West, escaped in 1961. After more than two decades of trying to warn uninterested American leaders, he wrote the 1984 book New Lies for Old as a warning to the general public, exposing the role of the scissors strategy in global events.

Golitsyn revealed that the Communist bloc had adopted a coordinated long-term strategy beginning in the late 1950s, created in part by Golitsyn himself, the purpose being to convince the West that international Communism was disintegrating. Phony dissidents, factions, and power struggles within Communist parties, splits or wars between Communist nations, and temporary freedoms within each country have become dialectical tools of deception, allowing people in the West to take sides in these controlled struggles and thereby succumb to the strategy. Golitsyn argued that the dialectic has succeeded because imaginary factions or splits among Communist rulers are perceived as real by the West.”

http://www.attacreport.com/ar_archives/art_na_china.htm
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stock here, back to the science
http://pveducation.org/pvcdrom/properties-of-sunlight/blackbody-radiation

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And a rebuttal here, playing the conspiracy card, lol The absorption of IR of N2 and O2 is a small correction to the IR absorption of outgoing long wave radiation. It does not negate the much larger effect of CO2 and the H2O on climate according to the link you have posted. If you look at the link, the bulk of the asorption for N2 is taking place below 200/cm and above 2200/cm. In both of these cases there is practically no radiation emitted from a surface at 300K at these wave lengths. There is a reduction in tramission due to oxygen around 1600/cm but this is at its minimum about 0.7 with a maximum of 1. If you look at the absorption of water vapor in that range it is practically 0. So this is a small effect present only in dry atmospheric conditions. Since CH4 the 15% of CH4 is only a small factor in the GHE. CO2 and H2O produce the lion's share of warming. In addition your post shows that you don't understand the atmospheric greenhouse effect. It does not depend at all on the heat capacity of gases as you imply. The amount of radiant energy that they retain is not the issue. It is the fact that the upward going radiation that would normally go to outer space is absorbed and re-emitted equally in all directions. So half of what is absorbed is sent back downward. The emission rate and absorption rate per unit volume depends on the temperature and the density of GHG's. The radiation sent to lower elevations will act to warm the lower elevations, including the surface of the earth. At higher elevations the temperature is reduced and so is the absorption rate, so the radiation escapes to outer space. Because the temperature is lower at higher elevations, the radiation flux is less, because of the Stefan Boltzmann law. That is why the outgoing radiation is reduced below what it would be as a result of the action of GHG's. So you scientific understanding of the GHG is low. This combined with your overwhelming anxiety about Marxists lurking in the shadows ready to pounce leads to a post which is a combination of scientific quackery and paranoid conspiracy theory. Classic!

20 US Navy Ships Went to Japan After the March 11 Radiation Emegrency

Comment from Admin ENENews February 12, 2015 at 12:45 pm · Reply http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2011/May/japan.htm The U.S. Navy sent 20 ships, 140 aircraft and 19,000 personnel to support Operation Tomodachi… Ships included those in the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group. At the center of this support were seven MSC Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force ships and MSC-chartered high-speed vessel Westpac Express. The relief effort began March 13 when Reagan arrived off Sendai… ————- Radiation dose 'estimates' were calculated for: USNS Bridge USNS Carl Brashear USNS Matthew Perry USNS Pecos USNS Rappahannock USNS Richard E. Byrd USNS Safeguard USS Blue Ridge USS Chancellorsville USS Cowpens USS Curtis Wilbur USS Essex USS Fitzgerald USS George Washington USS Germantown USS Harpers Ferry USS John S. McCain USS Lassen USS McCampbell USS Mustin USS Preble USS Ronald Reagan USS Shiloh USS Stethem USS Tortuga https://registry.csd.disa.mil/registryWeb/Registry/OperationTomodachi/DisplayEstimatedAreaDoses.do

Failed Climate Change Predictions Gets a Website

From the author of this new web site from late 2014

Whatever your opinion, climate change is one of the most prominent issues of the times.

 It relates to the well being of the planet and its occupants. At the same time it incurs the expenditure of billions of dollars and much of it comes from public money.

We are a small group who have followed the global warming/ climate change issue for some years. Initially we didn’t know which version was correct but we noticed several things.

 One was the frequent use of predictions, often scary, that seemed on the surface to be believable. We wondered whether anyone ever went back to see if the predictions turned out to be true.

This blog presents predictions that have been made over the past 40 years or so and we leave it to you to make up your own mind about them.
The blog commenced towards the end of 2014 and as it develops we will be continually adding new material and making changes to the layout. At present we plan to add about half a dozen new posts each week.

Visit
http://climatechangepredictions.org/about

The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever

This is nice to see.

 21594 comments about the Warming lie and the Sea Ice lie. I wish I had wrote it!!

Actually I promoted both these stories in the last few months. BECAUSE the Nuke Cartel is using warming and CO2 as lies to fleece the ratepayers for twice the money, and try to kill solar and wind.

Check it out ---------------------------------------------------------

This is from the Telegraph, a major news outlet of Britain, et al.  You can drop a comment there!

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/globalwarming/11395516/The-fiddling-with-temperature-data-is-the-biggest-science-scandal-ever.html#sthash.umdH7iKF.dpuf

When future generations look back on the global-warming scare of the past 30 years, nothing will shock them more than the extent to which the official temperature records – on which the entire panic ultimately rested – were systematically “adjusted” to show the Earth as having warmed much more than the actual data justified.

Two weeks ago, under the headline “How we are being tricked by flawed data on global warming”, I wrote about Paul Homewood, who, on his Notalotofpeopleknowthat blog, had checked the published temperature graphs for three weather stations in Paraguay against the temperatures that had originally been recorded. In each instance, the actual trend of 60 years of data had been dramatically reversed, so that a cooling trend was changed to one that showed a marked warming.

This was only the latest of many examples of a practice long recognised by expert observers around the world – one that raises an ever larger question mark over the entire official surface-temperature record.

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Ya, stock back here eh!    

The warmistas have been lying for almost 2 decades, and because I didn't even take the red pill until 2004, I missed the first decade of their lies....in fact as and engineer and energy guy...I internalized their lies.   How sad is that?

but one big problem with this article.  By their omission of real data, they imply that the "vanishing" of polar ice is an actual issue.    They are slapping the warming lie, but allowing the de-icing lie.


Not allowed...I am the Shepherd of Ice.

Check this original chart of polar ice by stock, aka Nukepro

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/01/polar-ice-caps-what-is-real-truth-or-is.html

And here, Arctic sea ice making a strong comeback in 2015, almost to "regular levels"

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/02/arctic-sea-ice-coming-back-strong-after.html

Dummies Guide on How To Shut Down Nuclear Plants

Just starting this...it will be a living document.

Inspired by a post at ENENEWS from clamshellernh

1. We did committees last month
2. We joined the cape winders with a Boston chapter
3. Enlarging from ten miles to fifty , that will include boston now ! sent some stuff to legislators put together by the cape downwinders to do that
4. Making Boston downwinders flyers
5. Gotta talk to chem about the card being modified to adress us
6. Evacuation route for boston , we have one but we don't know quite what it means or even if the route considers nuclear , and we of course want it to
7. Working on bills
8. This peice of shit must be decommissioned , the folks from the cape cannot escape by the borne bridge with a ten mile exclusion zone I think they have to shelter in place …dreadful situation as that bridge is the only way off cape
9. And we have another group that does a weekly vigil at Markiesand warrens office
10. I am grateful to be involved with folks that are heavy hitters in my book anyways that can affect some change
    I was getting frustrated for a time
    Then we got seabrook to our north thirty or so miles from here …I'm hoping we can open some discourse on that .
    And some other stuff I'll be posting here as it comes for any of you in our area that wants to get involved with some ground work
    Superb job by the way with your site stock …it took me an hour to get it all on my phone that was stuck in hooterville lol
11. It's good to see you all again but I had to take a break ..all day every day was colored by Fukushima and it became difficult to enjoy…

Pilgrim Nuclear in Boston Came Very Close to a Large Radiation Release After the Blizzard Shutdown

This article is a compilation of comments at ENENEWS, some of them mine, Wecompiled this on Feb 9, 2015.

On May 27th, the NRC sent a letter to Pilgrim stating that they were dissatisfied with Pilgrim's preparation and performance.   They would likely be subject to increased inspection.  
http://manometcurrent.com/nrc-finds-fault-with-pilgrim-stations-winter-storm-shut-down/

Stock here: how about a $100M fine for putting Boston at risk?   

Pilgrim was very close to being forced to directly vent radioactive steam into the environment / neighborhood. They used every last line of defense they had, including dumping radioactive steam into the old BWR Torus aka Surge Tank. 

Even then the heat in the surge tank got so high, they had to use an emergency heat exchanger to cool the surge tank. Fortunately it worked. If that last piece of equipment had failed it would have been a serious accident with radiation exposure to the public. 

Pilgrim had the same types of equipment problems in the last 2 years, and FAILED to fix them, and the NRC failed on adequate follow up.

Instead of shutting down these most dangerous type of plant the BWR reactor, similar to Fukushima which is still dumping radiation into the Pacific Ocean, instead, they attack solar and wind.

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2015/02/06/why-the-nuclear-industry-targets-renewables-instead-of-gas/

 

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An excellent analysis, must have taken at least 16 manhours of work---complete with schematic drawings and annotations.

Regarding Pilgrim NPP, they resumed providing electricity to the grid yesterday, Feb 7th.

This is an analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists of the sequence of events at Pilgrim two weeks ago.

http://www.capecodbaywatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150203-pg-ucs-backgrounder-loop-plus.pdf

Everything apparently didn't go as smoothly as the folks at Pilgrim would like us to believe.

Credit to the folks of Cape Cod Bay Watch.

Freaking nice report! They had multiple failures of critical emergency equipment, and they kept on reacting from one emergency to the next until they were dumping radioactive steam into the "torus" the big round dump tank at the bottom…the last resort before venting to atmosphere.

An old BWR with a history of the same type of problems….sheesh, that was freaking close. I mean who the heck needs Boston or the East Coast anyway…..only nuclear can save the planet!

stock ouch

 

The Marine Mammal Rescue Decides to Name Most of Their Rescued Seals After Radioactive Elements

Most "do good" organizations depends on Government Funding, grants, or corporate funding to some degree.     How can they express their real opinion without killing  the goose that lays the Strontium Egg?

So ya think they might be trying to say "we know" without directly losing their funding?

Kind of a Mark Twain trick, right?

Look how they named the Seals they took in for care...a vast majority are "radioactive names", with a few common elements, and a few musical stars.

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These are some of the names given to the rescued seals by the marine mammal rescue in Vancouver. I am not kidding.    They also use some Band names, and some common elements.

UPDATE  JUNE 2015, it seems very odd, they used to have only 1 patient for this year, now they have 4, but look at the whole list in the link below for 2014 it is huge, so did they just give up?

So ya think they might be trying to say "we know" without directly losing their funding?

Yttrium
Ununbium
Meitnerium
Lanthanium
Gadolinium
Protactinium
Cadmium
Neodymium
Terbium
Thulium
Bohrium
Lawrencium
Actinium
Fermium
Caesium
Dysprosium
Osmium
Strontium
Holmium
Rubidium
Erbium
Noibium
Ununquadium
Berkellium
Tellurium
Rhodium
Ruthenium
Samarium
Technetium
Gallium
Curium
Ytterbium
Californium
Germanium

Don't believe me?   
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Even as a pawn in this chess game, you can simply by your own choice take a "walk on part in the war".     Joust on.

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