Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Fukushima water headache: 1 million tons and counting via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/03/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reached an undesired milestone on March 18: Storage tanks at the site now contain more than 1 million tons of radiation-contaminated water. The announcement by the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., came … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste from Diablo Canyon Power Plant discussed at decommission meeting via KSBY

Posted on 2019/03/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Ahead of the impending closure of California’s last power plant, the Diablo Canyon plant in San Luis Obispo County, utility managers and members of a decommission panel met Wednesday to discuss what will be done with the hazardous nuclear waste. … Continue reading →

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Fukushima cleanup efforts threatened by contaminated water via Washington Post

Posted on 2019/03/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A million tons of contaminated water must be stored, possibly for years, at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, an obstacle that threatens to undermine cleanup of the site years after the plant’s nuclear crisis. Watch the video at Fukushima cleanup … Continue reading →

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LeRoy Moore: Geiger counters miss alpha radiation at Rocky Flats via Daily Camera

Posted on 2019/02/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On Feb. 14 Amy Bounds published an article about the University of Colorado’s annual science fair for high school students. Fairview High School student Maddie Nagle addressed “concerns about lingering plutonium” at Rocky Flats. Her research compared soil samples from … Continue reading →

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Energy Department Defends Secret Nuclear Shipments to Nevada via Government Exectutive

Posted on 2019/02/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Energy Department is sticking to its guns in defending its nuclear waste transfers following a surprise revelation last month that angered most of the lawmakers and state officials in the destination state of Nevada. It’s the latest wrinkle in … Continue reading →

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Grand Canyon tourists exposed for years to radiation in museum building, safety manager says via USA Today

Posted on 2019/02/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dennis Wagner, Arizona Republic For nearly two decades at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, tourists, employees, and children on tours passed by three paint buckets stored in the national park’s museum collection building, unaware that they were being exposed to radiation. Although … Continue reading →

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Nuclear-waste bunker decision to likely to fall to next federal government via The Guardian

Posted on 2019/02/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TORONTO — The much-delayed and politically fraught decision on a proposed multibillion-dollar nuclear-waste storage bunker near Lake Huron now appears certain to fall to Canada’s next government. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna paused the process in August 2017 — the latest in … Continue reading →

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North Dakota Senate approves nuclear waste storage bill via GrandforksHerald

Posted on 2019/02/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Amy Dalrymple / Bismarck Tribune BISMARCK — A bill related to high-level radioactive waste received support on Friday, Feb. 15, in the North Dakota Senate. Senate Bill 2037 sets up a framework for how the state would respond if … Continue reading →

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Update old definitions about nuclear waste to speed safe cleanup via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2019/02/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

How can we expect to effectively address this problem if we aren’t even willing to accurately define it? The U.S. Department of Energy recently released new estimates for the cost of cleaning up the Hanford nuclear site in central Washington … Continue reading →

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Officials search for permanent solution to store nuclear waste via KUSI News

Posted on 2019/02/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dan Plante OCEANSIDE (KUSI)- It’s one of the biggest issues in America today! Yet there is no solution in sight. What happens to nuclear waste, after the power plant shuts down. “If we could move this stuff today, we would. … Continue reading →

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