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Global, Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission January 20, 2016

Experts warn that nuclear risks may be increasing

Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/15/19148/experts-warn-nuclear-risks-may-be-increasing?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-9e236f238b-100381977&mc_cid=9e236f238b&mc_eid=9ff443c0ec U.S. efforts to keep nuclear explosive materials out of the hands of terrorists are losing steam and will be undermined without a concerted new diplomatic push, an independent nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., warned…

Critical Infrastructure, Installation Type, River Bridge, Water Facility January 19, 2016

USA: Mississippi River Bridge Hit by Three Towing Vessels in Three Days

Source: https://gcaptain.com/2016/01/14/mississippi-river-bridge-hit-by-three-towing-vessels-in-three-days/#.Vp3T5ip9600 A third towboat has allided with the Vicksburg Railroad Bridge in as many days as floodwaters continue to impact shipping on the Mississippi River. The latest incident occurred Thursday when a barge being pushed by towing vessel…

Balkans, Georgia, Nuclear January 16, 2016

Georgia : Three Men Arrested of Trying to Sell Radioactive Material

Source: http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=28905 The Georgian State Security Service said on Monday that it arrested three men while trying to sell radioactive substance Cesium-137. The three men, identified as Mirian B., born in 1979; Konstantine B., born in…

Balkans, Moldovia, Nuclear, Uncategorized January 15, 2016

Dirty little nuclear bombs

Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18850/fuel-nuclear-bomb-hands-unknown-black-marketeer-russia-us-officials-say Three identical incidents Western concerns are based on a simple trail of evidence that officials have until now kept secret: Three times since 1999, identically packaged containers of highly-enriched uranium have been seized…

Nuclear, Russia, Terror Attacks November 18, 2015

THE FUEL FOR A NUCLEAR BOMB IS IN THE HANDS OF AN UNKNOWN BLACK MARKETEER

Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18850/fuel-nuclear-bomb-hands-unknown-black-marketeer-russia-us-officials-say CHISINAU, Moldova – The sample of highly-enriched uranium, of a type that could be used in a nuclear bomb, arrived here on a rainy summer day four years ago, in a blue shopping bag…

Freight, gCaptain.com, News Articles, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Piracy, Piracy November 17, 2015

Four crew members who were kidnapped – freed

Source:https://gcaptain.com/kidnapped-crew-released-in-nigeria/ MV Solarte. Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Maksimas Four crew members who were kidnapped from an cargo ship off the Niger Delta in October have been freed in Nigeria, according to reports. The four men, two from Lithuania…

Far East, IMB PRC, Piracy November 9, 2015

IMB: Piracy Crackdown in Southeast Asia ‘Bearing Fruit’

Despite an overall global reduction in serious pirate attacks this year, there remains no room for complacency in the global fight against piracy on the high seas, the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB…

Reuters, Speed Boat, Sri Lanka, Terror Attacks, WBIED November 5, 2015

FBI SAYS NO ‘CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE’ MALDIVES BOAT BLAST CAUSED BY BOMBFBI SAYS NO ‘CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE’ MALDIVES BOAT BLAST CAUSED BY BOMB

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/01/us-maldives-blast-probe “The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it has found no conclusive evidence that an explosion on a boat transporting Maldives President Abdulla Yameen was caused by a bomb. The Maldives government, however,…

Freight, gCaptain.com, Nigeria, Oil Tanker, Self Propelled Barge November 4, 2015

Tanker Involved in Fatal Collision Off Nigeria

Source:https://gcaptain.com/tanker-involved-in-fatal-collision-off-nigeria-photos Damage to the MT Tank following the collision. Up to nine personnel from a self-propelled barge may have been killed after their vessel collided with a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker in Nigerian waters earlier this month. An…

Freight, gCaptain.com, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Piracy, Source November 2, 2015

Crew Kidnapping Marks Return of West Africa Pirate Attacks

Source:https://gcaptain.com/crew-kidnapping-marks-return-of-west-africa-pirate-attacks/ The recent kidnapping of four crew members from a cargo ship off the Niger Delta marks the return of attacks in West Africa and illustrates the uncertainty surrounding maritime security in the region, according to…

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