Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Are Washington’s ‘Advanced’ Reactors a Nuclear Waste? via The National Interest

Posted on 2019/02/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Congress needs to look hard at the rationale for a fast reactor program. by Victor Gilinsky Henry Sokolski Late last year, the Energy Department (DOE), began work on a new flagship nuclear project, the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), a sodium-cooled … Continue reading →

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The Cost to Clean Up America’s Cold War Nuclear Waste Jumps to $377 Billion via Popular Mechanics

Posted on 2019/02/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Kyle Mizokami The bill for a half century of nuclear weapons production is growing fast. The United States developed and built tens of thousands of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. A new report by the General Accounting Office … Continue reading →

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Top Hanford nuclear reservation manager steps down via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2019/02/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

RICHLAND, WA One of Hanford’s top two local Department of Energy leaders at the Hanford site is retiring. Doug Shoop has led the DOE Richland Operations Office since July 2016, and served as deputy manager of the office for eight … Continue reading →

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Rising costs of nuclear cleanup can’t slow progress via Union-Bulletin.com

Posted on 2019/02/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The nuclear waste is at Hanford because of national security efforts and it is a national responsibility to clean it up. Cleaning up the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste buried in leaking tanks at the Hanford Nuclear reservation, which … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste burial fund grows to $43 billion, but DOE has not buried an ounce of spent fuel via The Orange County Register

Posted on 2019/02/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive waste still stuck at San Onofre and other reactors across the nation A U.S. Department of Energy fund to pay for the eventual disposal of nuclear waste has been earning $1.5 billion in interest each year — totaling a … 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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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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Nuclear facility operator reports radioactive leak via NHK World

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The operator of a nuclear facility, north of Tokyo, says radioactive substances leaked while workers were changing plastic bags and packing a container with material for nuclear fuel inside. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency made the revelation on Thursday, a … Continue reading →

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IAEA Issues Final Report on Fourth Review of Fukushima Decommissioning via IAEA

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today published the final report by an IAEA expert team that reviewed Japan’s efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS). The final report, based on findings … Continue reading →

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