ALERT! La Salle Nuclear Plant Nearly Took Out Chicago!

Chicago almost became a glowing radioactive sister city to Fukushima.

Yesterday we broke the story of the La Salle Nuclear plant having to perform a Fukushima style direct-to-atmosphere venting of the primary nuclear containment due to a lightening strike. As we indicated at the time, the amount of radioactivity released is unknown because the radiation monitors were not on a backup power supply.

Today in a follow on NRC event report, we [...]

April 21st, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Leave a comment

REPORT: ROCKETS STRIKE TEL AVIV SUBURB

Air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv, explosions heard – witnesses

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Two booms heard in Tel Aviv following warning siren

Three Israelis killed in Kiryat Malachi; rocket falls in Eshkol wounding 3 IDF soldiers as rockets continue to fall on South; IAF strikes nearly 200 targets in Strip; 15 Palestinians killed in strikes.

Two booms were head in Tel Aviv following an air raid siren Thursday evening, just an hour after rocket from [...]

November 15th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Leave a comment

Egypt vote: Muslim Brotherhood advances to second round

CAIRO (AP) – The candidate of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a run-off election, according to partial results Friday from Egypt’s first genuinely competitive presidential election. A former prime minister an a leftist were in a tight race for second place and a chance to run against him to become the country’s next leader.

The run-off will be held on June 16-17, pitting the two top contenders from the [...]

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