Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Nuclear safety board warns of trouble ahead at Hanford, but could lose role under Trump via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2017/11/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear safety board report finds serious problems persist with a massive facility to help treat Hanford’s chemical and radioactive wastes. The report comes as the Trump administration considers a proposal to downsize or do away with the independent oversight board. … Continue reading →

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US restarts nuclear testing facility in Idaho after 23 years via News 8

Posted on 2017/11/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(AP) — Federal officials have restarted an eastern Idahonuclear fuel testing facility amid efforts to boost the nation’s nuclear power generating capacity and possibly reduce concerns about nuclear power safety. The U.S. Department of Energy said the facility at the … Continue reading →

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Two NGOs launch urgent High Court application against nuclear energy deal via Business Day

Posted on 2017/11/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On Thursday, two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) launched an urgent court application to halt what they are calling a “rush by government in decision-making on the nuclear energy deal”. Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute said … Continue reading →

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Disposal of low-level radioactive waste from Fukushima crisis begins via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/11/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – Disposal began Friday of low-level radioactive waste generated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, more than six years after the crisis was triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. A disposal site in … Continue reading →

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At climate conference, Democrats shift tones on nuclear power via Axios

Posted on 2017/11/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A group of five Democratic senators attending a climate conference here in Bonn, Germany, agree climate change is an urgent problem but are conflicted over whether carbon-free nuclear power should be part of the solution. Why it matters: Nuclear power, … Continue reading →

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Tepco starts installing device to remove fuel assemblies at wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/11/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Sunday began installing equipment to be used for removing fuel from the storage pool at a reactor at its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The equipment, weighing 72 tons, was … Continue reading →

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Disposal of nuclear waste: think Camp Pendleton via San Diego Readre

Posted on 2017/11/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Each state should manage its own spent fuel, says study lauded by experts Ray Lutz of Citizens’ Oversight has published a new study suggesting that nuclear waste should possibly be disposed of locally, with each state responsible for its own … Continue reading →

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Wylfa Newydd nuclear waste permit consultation starts via BBC

Posted on 2017/11/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

How the £10bn Wylfa Newydd power station will manage and dispose of nuclear waste is the subject of a consultation. It will look at how the station on Anglesey will discharge, transfer and dispose of radioactive material. Natural Resources Wales … Continue reading →

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The South’s legacy of abandoned nuclear reactors via The State

Posted on 2017/11/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

COLUMBIA, SC The South has more nuclear reactors than any other region, and South Carolina is the nuclear epicenter. Home to the Savannah River Site and some of the first commercial reactors and deriving 50 percent of its electricity from … Continue reading →

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Radioactive Material Accumulating In Sands & Brackish Groundwater Of Beaches Up To 60 Miles From Fukushima via Clean Technica

Posted on 2017/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive material from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster is accumulating in the sands and brackish groundwater beneath beaches up to 60 miles away from the nuclear power plant itself, according to a new study published in the Proceedings … Continue reading →

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