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  1. #NavajoNation Dishonors Legacy of #KleeBenally: Agrees to #Uranium Transport Through #Navajo Communities

    By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, February 3, 2025

    "The Navajo Nation dishonored the memory and legacy of Klee Benally by agreeing to allow radioactive uranium trucks to travel through the Navajo Nation. It was what Klee spent the last years of his life fighting against.

    "The deadly trucks from the #EnergyFuels #PinyonPlain uranium mine in the #GrandCanyon will pass through the #Havasupai's homeland, and then past the homes of #Paiute, #Dine' and #Hopi in Arizona before reaching the dumping ground: The Energy Fuels #UraniumMill in the #WhiteMesaUte Community in Southern #Utah.

    "Klee is being honored with a #NuclearFreeFutures Award in New York in March.

    "Nuclear Free Futures said, in announcing the award, 'Klee Benally was a Navajo activist and musician and member of the Navajo #Tódichiinii Clan and the #Nakai #Diné Clan. In addition to a
    musical career with his siblings in the band #Blackfire,

    "'Klee was a passionate campaigner and filmmaker exposing the #colonialist legacy of uranium mines and working for the cleanup of the more than 500 abandoned uranium mines that continue to contaminate the Navajo Nation. A month before his death on December 30, 2023, Klee published his book, '#NoSpiritualSurrender: #IndigenousAnarchy in Defense of the Sacred.'

    "The award will be accepted by his mother Berta Benally.

    "Klee, co-founder of #HaulNo!, warned of the danger to the water and rivers from the uranium mining in the Grand Canyon, and the planned deadly transport of radioactive ore, before he passed in
    December 2023: 'There is possible radioactive contamination to land, water, and air from the #CanyonMine, White
    Mesa Mill, and transport of uranium would impact northern Arizona, southeast Utah, the #ColoradoRiver, #MoenkopiWash, the #SanJuanRiver, and the lands and cultural resources of the #Havasupai, Hopi, Navajo, Ute, and Paiute peoples.'"

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/02
    #WhiteMesaUte #EnergyFuels #HaulNo #BuuNygren #IndigenousAction #IndigenousResistance #NuclearColonialism #ReaderSupportedNews #Dine #RestInPowerKleeBenally #NoUraniumTransport #DefendTheSacred #ProtectTheSacred #UraniumMine #NoNukes #NuclearFreeWorld #NoNuclear #NoWar #NuclearWaste #NoMoreTransportationOfUranium
    #NoNuclearWeapons #NoNuclearPowerPlants #NoUraniumMining #UteNation #NoUraniumMining #Navajo #Havasupai #GrandCanyon #NuclearWeapons #InformedConsent
    #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife

  2. AUKUS -"This is the worst deal ever done by a sovereign Australian government"

    “There was a degree of subservience – that that was the price you had to pay. Now, that has been taken to a new dangerous, illogical and expensive extreme with the [$350bn-plus] Aukus deal which both governments bought into, Morrison to begin with and then the current Labor government. I’m on a unity ticket with Bob Carr and Paul Keating. This is the worst deal that we’ve ever seen done by a sovereign Australian government.” Peter Garrett
    >>
    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    Australia Is a Subimperial Enforcer of the US-led Order, Clinton Fernandes
    "AUKUS makes Australia effectively undefendable, except in the context of a US-UK military strategy."
    >>
    jacobin.com/2022/11/clinton-fe
    #Australia #AUKUS #Pacific #SubimperialPower #subservience #sovereignty #nuclear #NuclearNonproliferationTreaty #NPT #NuclearWeapons #unilateralism #NuclearWaste #RadioactiveWaste

  3. AUKUS -"This is the worst deal ever done by a sovereign Australian government"

    “There was a degree of subservience – that that was the price you had to pay. Now, that has been taken to a new dangerous, illogical and expensive extreme with the [$350bn-plus] Aukus deal which both governments bought into, Morrison to begin with and then the current Labor government. I’m on a unity ticket with Bob Carr and Paul Keating. This is the worst deal that we’ve ever seen done by a sovereign Australian government.” Peter Garrett
    >>
    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    Australia Is a Subimperial Enforcer of the US-led Order, Clinton Fernandes
    "AUKUS makes Australia effectively undefendable, except in the context of a US-UK military strategy."
    >>
    jacobin.com/2022/11/clinton-fe
    #Australia #AUKUS #Pacific #SubimperialPower #subservience #sovereignty #nuclear #NuclearNonproliferationTreaty #NPT #NuclearWeapons #unilateralism #NuclearWaste #RadioactiveWaste

  4. AUKUS -"This is the worst deal ever done by a sovereign Australian government"

    “There was a degree of subservience – that that was the price you had to pay. Now, that has been taken to a new dangerous, illogical and expensive extreme with the [$350bn-plus] Aukus deal which both governments bought into, Morrison to begin with and then the current Labor government. I’m on a unity ticket with Bob Carr and Paul Keating. This is the worst deal that we’ve ever seen done by a sovereign Australian government.” Peter Garrett
    >>
    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    Australia Is a Subimperial Enforcer of the US-led Order, Clinton Fernandes
    "AUKUS makes Australia effectively undefendable, except in the context of a US-UK military strategy."
    >>
    jacobin.com/2022/11/clinton-fe
    #Australia #AUKUS #Pacific #SubimperialPower #subservience #sovereignty #nuclear #NuclearNonproliferationTreaty #NPT #NuclearWeapons #unilateralism #NuclearWaste #RadioactiveWaste

  5. AUKUS -"This is the worst deal ever done by a sovereign Australian government"

    “There was a degree of subservience – that that was the price you had to pay. Now, that has been taken to a new dangerous, illogical and expensive extreme with the [$350bn-plus] Aukus deal which both governments bought into, Morrison to begin with and then the current Labor government. I’m on a unity ticket with Bob Carr and Paul Keating. This is the worst deal that we’ve ever seen done by a sovereign Australian government.” Peter Garrett
    >>
    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    Australia Is a Subimperial Enforcer of the US-led Order, Clinton Fernandes
    "AUKUS makes Australia effectively undefendable, except in the context of a US-UK military strategy."
    >>
    jacobin.com/2022/11/clinton-fe
    #Australia #AUKUS #Pacific #SubimperialPower #subservience #sovereignty #nuclear #NuclearNonproliferationTreaty #NPT #NuclearWeapons #unilateralism #NuclearWaste #RadioactiveWaste

  6. AUKUS -"This is the worst deal ever done by a sovereign Australian government"

    “There was a degree of subservience – that that was the price you had to pay. Now, that has been taken to a new dangerous, illogical and expensive extreme with the [$350bn-plus] Aukus deal which both governments bought into, Morrison to begin with and then the current Labor government. I’m on a unity ticket with Bob Carr and Paul Keating. This is the worst deal that we’ve ever seen done by a sovereign Australian government.” Peter Garrett
    >>
    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    Australia Is a Subimperial Enforcer of the US-led Order, Clinton Fernandes
    "AUKUS makes Australia effectively undefendable, except in the context of a US-UK military strategy."
    >>
    jacobin.com/2022/11/clinton-fe
    #Australia #AUKUS #Pacific #SubimperialPower #subservience #sovereignty #nuclear #NuclearNonproliferationTreaty #NPT #NuclearWeapons #unilateralism #NuclearWaste #RadioactiveWaste

  7. So, #Terrapower and other #HALEU energy projects are being touted as "carbon-free". But alas, a lot of energy is spent digging, milling, transporting and enriching #Uranium -- and there's still no place to permanently store #NuclearWaste.

    And #NewNuclear is far from CLEAN -- ask the residents of #PiketonOhio -- who are still dealing with #contamination from when the uranium enrichment plant was operating before!

    Radioactive cylinders abound at former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site

    by The Guardian

    August 7, 2024

    PIKETON, Ohio – "The site of the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon is home to a significant number of radioactive cylinders, posing ongoing environmental and health risks. As of 2022, there are a total of 20,570 uranium hexafluoride (#UF6) cylinders at the site, including 1,879 low-enriched uranium (LEU) cylinders, 18,206 depleted uranium cylinders, and 385 empty cylinders.

    "These cylinders, which have been stored in the open for decades, are known to be among the highest sources of #radioactive contamination at the entire plant site. The U.S. Department of Energy [#DOE] has repeatedly reported the #hazardous conditions associated with these cylinder yards.

    Chemical Reaction and #Corrosion

    "UF6 is highly reactive with moisture, forming uranyl fluoride (UO2F2) and hydrogen fluoride (HF). Both compounds are extremely corrosive and toxic. HF can lead to severe corrosion of the cylinder walls, potentially resulting in leaks and the release of hazardous materials. The environmental and health impacts of these compounds are severe; HF can cause respiratory issues, skin burns, and eye damage, while UO2F2 can lead to kidney damage and other serious health problems.

    Historical Accidents

    "The potential risks are not hypothetical. In 1978, a major incident occurred when a UF6 cylinder ruptured, releasing over 20,000 pounds of uranium hexafluoride into the atmosphere. Over the years, there have been dozens of such accidental releases, exacerbating the environmental and health risks associated with the site."

    Read more:
    sciotovalleyguardian.com/2024/

    #NoUraniumEnrichment #BillGates #Greenwashing #NoUraniumMining #RenewablesNow #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #TerrapowerHype #NewNuclearHype #SameOldSameOld

  8. The US's 100,000 year nuclear waste repository was always going to be Yucca Mt. in Nevada. Obama briefly pretended it wasn't, but the fact that it is located in the #NNSS, former #Nevada nuclear test site, has always been why. Countries pretend to look for the "best" site geologically, and it always ends up coincidentally being a current nuclear site.

    "Yucca Mountain rises again in Congress"

    #YuccaMt. #NuclearWaste #NuclearPower

    thenevadaindependent.com/artic