Tag Archives: Nevada

The D.C. Circuit Goes Nuclear via The Weekly Standard

Posted on 2013/08/24 by norma field

[…]In a case titled In re Aiken County, the court took the extraordinary step of ordering the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue reviewing the Energy Department’s proposal for a federal nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. I say “extraordinary” … Continue reading →

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Geothermal at crucial juncture as conference comes to Reno via RGJ.com

Posted on 2013/06/23 by norma field

Just days before a major gathering of key geothermal players in Reno, the industry finds itself at a crucial juncture that could determine its very future. With natural gas prices plummeting, the once-sizzling pace of geothermal development is starting to … Continue reading →

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Concerns raised over plans to bury bomb-usable nuclear material in Nevada via Las Vegas Review Journal

Posted on 2013/04/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

  WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is preparing to ship containers of highly radioactive, bomb-usable nuclear material for burial in a landfill at the Nevada National Security Site, a plan being weighed by state officials but declared troubling by … Continue reading →

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How Nevada became America’s nuclear age ground zero via CNET News

Posted on 2012/07/07 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

For more than forty years, the U.S. government tested nuclear weapons deep in the Nevada desert. Now, the site is reminder of what a scary world that was. CNET Road Trip 2012 investigated. MERCURY, Nev.–From the side that faced away … Continue reading →

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Wasteland: the 50-year battle to entomb our toxic nuclear remains via The Verge

Posted on 2012/06/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

…. “We have something quite similar with nuclear power,” he said. “Even in the wake of Fukushima, people have become reasonably comfortable with the reactor. The reactor has the potential to be dangerous. If mismanaged, it can cause a catastrophe. … Continue reading →

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Licensure process must continue for Yucca nuclear waste site via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2012/05/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

… YOU MAY remember that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2011 abruptly stopped the licensure procedure of Yucca Mountain – the Nevada storage facility for nuclear waste. The reason for the shutdown? They didn’t have a reason. When they started … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste site hunt could point to granite via Associated Press

Posted on 2011/12/18 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The likely death of a planned nuclear waste site at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain has left federal agencies looking for a possible replacement. A national lab working for the U.S. Department of Energy is now eying granite … Continue reading →

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“The Truth About Area 51 Revealed in Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen” via the Daily Beast

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

In her explosive new book, Area 51, investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen reveals top government secrets about what really happened at the site and how she first heard about it. She also reveals for the first time secret nuclear tests that … Continue reading →

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