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Excellent! When the North Koreans nuke Mojácar, I don’t have to worry about the fallout, according to this website (have fun calculating the deaths in your city!). Why would they? Well, to eliminate their rival tourism destination of course. Mind you, just 70 deaths? Tough, these Mojaqueros.
The US – Spanish nuclear waste cleanup op in Palomares is to go ahead, but the protocol is to be kept a state secret it seems. But the budget is there – the US has committed to spending 500 MILLION dollars on the project! However, Spain will have to reimburse some of the cost. How much is not known. But don’t expect miracles. So far, all that has been officially agreed is for a joint Continue reading Palomares nuclear waste removal to be a secret
The USA has agreed to take radioactive Palomares topsoil out of the province and transport it back to Nevada, to a storage facility just outside of Las Vegas. The US Energy Dept sent the Spanish Nuclear Commission a cleanup plan back in July which the Spanish are prepared to accept to finally put an end to the problem, according to a leaked report. The radioactive material comes from an incident 50 years ago next January Continue reading USA ready to take radioactive Palomares topsoil
Remember when the Yanks nuked Palomares? Well, I don’t, it happened back in the 60’s. In short, a US long range nuclear bomber with four nuclear bombs on board was refuelling over Almeria when it crashed with the plane supplying it with fuel, and the four bombs fell over Palomares, two on land and two in the sea. None went off, but the radioactive charges of two of them were spilt over a couple of Continue reading USA dragging feet over Palomares radioactive waste cleanup
El Pais has discovered that the US government will not continue to pay for cleanup efforts or continuing blood tests for the 1,500 people who live in Palomares. The US government pays some 314,000€ a year to the Spanish government to control the effects of the nuclear spill in the village, caused after a long range US bomber equipped with nuclear bombs crashed there in ’66. At least one bomb split open, spilling radiation across Continue reading US ends Palomares nuclear cleanup payments
The quarterly revision of electric prices issued by the CNE (Comision Nacional del Energia, or National Energy Commission) has recommended raising electric prices across the board, from 2.8% all the way up to 10.4% (depending upon use of the electric, different prices are applied), after having approved raises of 5.6% in January and 3.3% in July. The changes would be applied as from the 1st of October is approved by the government next week. The Continue reading CNE proposes raise in price of electric from between 2.8% to 10.4%