Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Stop producing nuclear waste until we can dispose of it, critics urge Canada via The Province

Posted on 2018/08/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OTTAWA — Environmental groups say Canada should stop producing nuclear energy until the federal government replaces its “pathetic” waste disposal policy with something more meaningful and scientific. The groups, including the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility and the Canadian Environmental … Continue reading →

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Ministry loses radioactive soil sent to Tokyo from Fukushima via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/08/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Environment Ministry said it has mislaid a 10-kilogram sample of radioactive soil and other materials sent to it after the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Officials suggested Aug. 14 it might have been mistakenly … Continue reading →

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Small amount of radioactive spent nuclear fuel to go through Michigan via Detroit Free Press

Posted on 2018/08/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A small amount of the most highly radioactive waste on the planet, spent nuclear fuel, is planned for a secretive, highly protected shipment from an Illinois nuclear power plant through Michigan and Port Huron, on its way to Canada. The … Continue reading →

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Tepco halts sale of folders with Fukushima nuclear plant pictures via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/08/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) — The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has halted its sale of file folders with photos showing the current conditions of the complex due to public criticism, company sources said Wednesday. […] The folders, offered in … Continue reading →

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FUKUSHIMA SURVIVOR TO SPEAK AT HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION via Rafu Shimpo

Posted on 2018/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, peace, community, labor, environmental, and Native American activists remember the devastation of World War II in the Asia Pacific region and the ongoing danger of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. … Continue reading →

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Europe’s heatwave is forcing nuclear power plants to shut down via QUARTZ

Posted on 2018/08/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] That’s bad news right now. Europe’s heatwave—which led to wildfires in Greece and Sweden, droughts in central and northern parts, and made the normally green UK look brown from space—is forcing nuclear plants to shut down or curtail the … Continue reading →

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Can Nuclear Waste Survive a 14,500 Mile Journey? via Popular Mechanics

Posted on 2018/08/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Researchers put a nuclear fuel container through an epic journey to see how safely it could travel. Can you send a container of nuclear fuel on an 14,500-mile trip through land and sea safely? Recently, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories … Continue reading →

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Group: Nuclear waste could be trucked from Illinois to Port Huron via Times Herald

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A coalition of environmental groups claims a letter from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicates that nuclear waste from power plants in Illinois will be trucked to Port Huron and shipped from there to an unknown destination. “A spill, release or fire … Continue reading →

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Nuclear wasteland: The explosive boom and long, painful bust of American uranium mining via CNBC

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Government incentives and trade barriers once sparked a gold rush for uranium, leading to a boom in mining for the nuclear fuel However, U.S. uranium miners have endured decades of distress as foreign competition entered the market and demand faltered … Continue reading →

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Scientists put a nuclear waste container through a demanding trip to see if the fuel would break via The Verge

Posted on 2018/08/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Have nuclear fuel transportation cask, will travel  Researchers sent a nuclear waste container on a 14,500-mile odyssey by truck, barge, cargo ship, and train in an effort to understand how well radioactive fuel would stand up to travel. That’s important … Continue reading →

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