Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Blowing in the wind: Plutonium at former nuclear weapons site via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2018/04/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As crews demolished a shuttered nuclear weapons plant during 2017 in central Washington, specks of plutonium were swept up in high gusts and blown miles across a desert plateau above the Columbia River. The releases at the Department of Energy … Continue reading →

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SAUDI ARABIA WANTS TO DUMP NUCLEAR WASTE ON THE QATARI BORDER TO MAKE ITS ARCH ENEMY AN ISLAND via Newsweek

Posted on 2018/04/15 by nfield

Saudi Arabia is planning to escalate its isolation of regional rival Qatar by using nuclear waste and a 650-foot wide canal to turn its neighbor into an island. According to reports in the state-linked al-Riyadh and Sabq newspapers, the project—which would establish a military zone, … Continue reading →

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Seven years on, radioactive water at Fukushima plant still flowing into ocean, study finds via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/03/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

More than seven years after the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, radioactive water is continuing to flow into the Pacific Ocean from the crippled No. 1 plant at a rate of around 2 billion becquerels a day, a study has … Continue reading →

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New nuclear energy and fuel waste storage facilities emerging near Carlsbad? via Carlsbad Current Angus

Posted on 2018/03/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A repository for spent nuclear fuel rods was proposed to be built in west Texas, even as a southeast New Mexican consortium hopes for a similar facility near Carlsbad and Hobbs. Orano USA, a subsidiary of France-based global nuclear energy … Continue reading →

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US may want to keep Idaho nuclear waste plant running longer via Farmington Daily Times

Posted on 2018/03/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BOISE, Idaho— U.S. officials are considering extending the use of an eastern Idaho nuclear waste treatment facility beyond its scheduled closure this year so it can repackage radioactive waste brought in from other states before it’s sent to a permanent … Continue reading →

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Latest radioactive scare should prompt faster nuclear cleanup via Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Posted on 2018/03/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Yet, Congress continues to dither as if the nuclear waste buried at Hanford is not a threat. The radioactive waste at Hanford must be cleaned up. The sooner the better. Yet, funding for the cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation … Continue reading →

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Is Fukushima doomed to become a dumping ground for toxic waste? via The Guardian

Posted on 2018/03/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Despite promises of revitalisation from Japan’s government, seven years on from the nuclear disaster the area is still desolate This month, seven years after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi reactor meltdowns and explosions that blanketed hundreds of square kilometres of northeastern … Continue reading →

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New evidence of nuclear fuel releases found at Fukushima via Manchester

Posted on 2018/02/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Uranium and other radioactive materials, such as caesium and technetium, have been found in tiny particles released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. This could mean the environmental impact from the fallout may last much longer than previously expected … Continue reading →

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America’s Secret Nuclear Ice Base Is Melting via MotherJones

Posted on 2018/02/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Global warming is turning Camp Century into a toxic hazard. This story was originally published byAtlas Obscuraand appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  The creation of Camp Century, from the outset, was an audacious scheme. Under the thick ice of … Continue reading →

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French police move in to clear nuclear storage protests via The Telegraph

Posted on 2018/02/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hundreds of French police swooped in at dawn to evict about 15 protesters living in treehouses at a site that is due to be developed to store nuclear waste deep under the earth. Two bulldozers accompanied around 500 gendarmes in … Continue reading →

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