Tag Archives: U.S.

U.S. to Suspend Obligations Under 1987 Nuclear Treaty With Russia via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2019/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

U.S. to begin six-month process of withdrawal from Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces pact By Vivian Salama and Courtney McBride WASHINGTON—The U.S. will suspend its obligations under a Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia and said it would begin withdrawing from … Continue reading →

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Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’ as stockpile reaches 250,000 tons, Greenpeace warns via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS – Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage … Continue reading →

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Ann Arbor officials propose stockpiling potassium iodide in case of nuclear disaster via Michigan Live

Posted on 2019/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Ryan Stanton | ryanstanton@mlive.com ANN ARBOR, MI – On a day when temperatures dropped to 18 degrees below zero, it’s hard to think about much else. But Ann Arbor officials have another thing on their minds: preparing for a … Continue reading →

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Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’: report via France24

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage facilities in … Continue reading →

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Nevada Governor ‘Beyond Outraged’ by Nuclear ‘Deception’ via Newser

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Feds secretly shipped plutonium from SC (NEWSER) – The Department of Energy revealed on Wednesday that it secretly shipped weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to a nuclear security site in Nevada months ago despite the state’s protests. The Justice Department … Continue reading →

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US nuclear weapons: first low-yield warheads roll off the production line via The Guardian

Posted on 2019/01/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

New type of weapon, ordered by Trump’s nuclear posture review, could make conflict more likely, say experts The US has begun making a new, low-yield nuclear warhead for its Tridentmissiles that arms control advocates warn could lower the threshold for … Continue reading →

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Cost to taxpayers to clean up nuclear waste jumps $100 billion in a year via NBC News

Posted on 2019/01/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

An Energy Department report shows the projected cost for long-term nuclear waste cleanup overseen by DOE jumped $100 billion in just one year. By Laura Strickler WASHINGTON — The estimated cost of cleaning up America’s nuclear waste has jumped more … Continue reading →

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US to Offer Nuclear Waste Technology to Other Countries via Voice of America

Posted on 2019/01/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear security office is developing a project to help other countries deal with nuclear waste. The information comes from two sources who spoke to the Reuters news agency. They asked not to be named because … Continue reading →

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SC, Savannah River Site needs to stay out of the nuclear weapons business via the State

Posted on 2019/01/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Gov. McMaster should refuse any government requests to create plutonium pits in South Carolina. Our beautiful state has become a nuclear waste ground. The Department of Energy continues to spend billions on nuclear cleanup of waste that has no repository. … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste has been piling up across America with nowhere to go. Congress needs to act via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2019/01/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By DAVID G. VICTOR, DAN STETSON and JERRY KERN At 74 sites around the country, radioactive waste from the nation’s commercial nuclear reactors is accumulating with no place to go. The long-standing problem is becoming a logistical and administrative nightmare. … Continue reading →

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