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Operations resume at WIPP, underground U.S. nuclear waste repository via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2018/06/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

CARLSBAD, N.M. — Routine operations have resumed at the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository following an evacuation in May that was prompted by the discovery of a misaligned drum of waste. Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant … Continue reading →

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Congress works to revive long-delayed plan to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain via USA Today

Posted on 2018/06/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON – The federal government’s dormant plan to store nuclear waste in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is showing signs of life amid a new push by the Trump administration and some members of Congress to revive the long-delayed project. But opponents, including … Continue reading →

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Guarded nuclear shipment to secretly depart Sydney via SBS News

Posted on 2018/06/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Any day now a decade’s worth of heavily guarded nuclear cargo will be secretly transported through Sydney’s streets and sent to France for reprocessing. […] The radioactive cargo is set to be shipped to La Hague, in France, but details … Continue reading →

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The ‘whole nuclear cycle’ via Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2018/06/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Megan Bennett / Journal North Reporter SANTA FE, N.M. — The origins of New Mexico’s history surrounding the atomic bomb can be traced back to Robert Oppenheimer’s long-time love of the Land of Enchantment. Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist known … Continue reading →

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Federal Nuclear Dumping in Nevada Stirs Statewide Resentment via U.S. News

Posted on 2018/05/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Federal Nuclear Dumping in Nevada Stirs Statewide Resentment By Michael Green Nevadans can be forgiven for thinking they are in an endless loop of “The Walking Dead” TV series. Their least favorite zombie federal project refuses to die. In 2010, … Continue reading →

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Radiation NEVER “Good for You” – Dr. Ian Fairlie Rips “hormesis” Lies + Leona Morgan at NRC NM Meetings: Citizens say NO! to Proposed Holtec Radioactive Waste Dump –via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2018/05/29 by nfield

Click here to listen. This Week’s Featured Interview: Dr. Ian Fairlie has studied radiation and radioactivity since the Chernobyl accident in 1986; received his doctorate from Princeton on the radiological hazards of nuclear fuel reprocessing; and from 2000 to 2004, was head … Continue reading →

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The 60-Year Downfall of Nuclear Power in the U.S. Has Left a Huge Mess via The Atlantic

Posted on 2018/05/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The demand for atomic energy is in decline. But before the country can abandon its plants, there’s six decades of waste to deal with. It was just another day in the life of the defunct Hanford nuclear site, a remote … Continue reading →

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With no permanent repository for commercial nuclear waste, NM is in the spotlight via NM Political Report

Posted on 2018/05/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Over the past two decades, southeastern New Mexico has embraced an industry many other communities throughout the country have rejected. Following more than 20 years of proposals, studies and battles, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) opened near Carlsbad in … Continue reading →

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Container problem spurs evacuation at nuclear waste site via Kristv

Posted on 2018/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Workers had to evacuate the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository after finding a container of waste misaligned inside its packaging, but officials confirmed Friday that no radiation was released.      It marked another … Continue reading →

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Alec Baldwin tells APP: No nuclear power bailout in NJ via app

Posted on 2018/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Gov. Phil Murphy has pledged an all-renewable energy future for New Jersey by 2050. He is to be commended. But, that goal won’t be achieved by doling out $300 million annually to PSEG and Exelon to bail out the Salem/Hope Creek … Continue reading →

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