Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Fukushima town aims to partially lift evacuation order by 2022 via The Mainichi

Posted on 2017/08/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUTABA, Fukushima — Town authorities here look to partially lift the evacuation order for the town’s so-called “difficult-to-return” zone with high radiation levels emanating from the Fukushima nuclear disaster by sometime around the spring of 2022, town officials disclosed on … Continue reading →

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Nuclear labs endanger public with radioactive mail via USA Today

Posted on 2017/08/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

At least 25 times in the past five years, nuclear weapons contractors have improperly packaged or shipped plutonium capable of being used in a nuclear weapon, conventional explosives and highly toxic chemicals, according to government documents. […] In the most recent … Continue reading →

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Perry visits Ohio nuclear cleanup site via Chron

Posted on 2017/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to stop off in Piketon, Ohio this morning to tour a former nuclear enrichment facility where cleanup efforts are nearing the three decade mark. […]   According to the Department of Energy, the Porsmouth … Continue reading →

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1,800 tons of radioactive waste has an ocean view and nowhere to go via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2017/07/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The massive, 150-ton turbines have stopped spinning. The mile-long cooling pipes that extend into the Pacific will likely become undersea relics. High voltage that once energized the homes of more than a million Californians is down to zero. But the … Continue reading →

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Michaels: Environmental impact statements are not a nuisance via Houston Chronicle

Posted on 2017/07/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The birthplace of the atomic bomb, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was founded in secret in 1943. By the late 1990s, when Department of Energy conducted a site-wide environmental impact review of proposed construction projects, the laboratory had accumulated … Continue reading →

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GOP preserves Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste storage site via Washington Examiner

Posted on 2017/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nevada Democrats failed Wednesday night to remove language from the House fiscal 2018 spending bill that would prohibit the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in their state from being closed. […] The Obama administration attempted to close the facility, but … Continue reading →

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WHY THE SCARIEST NUCLEAR THREAT MAY BE COMING FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE via Vanity Fair

Posted on 2017/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Donald Trump’s secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once campaigned to abolish the $30 billion agency that he now runs, which oversees everything from our nuclear arsenal to the electrical grid. The department’s budget is now on the chopping block. But … Continue reading →

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Air Force chief objects to Yucca Mountain nuclear routes via Las Vegas Review Journal

Posted on 2017/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson sees a need to protect the space frontier and envisions bolstering the ranks of drone warfare all while preserving the vast Southern Nevada range that shrinks as fighter jets zip faster across it. What she … Continue reading →

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Feds Say FPL Can Store Nuclear Waste Below Miami’s Drinking Water Because It’s “Not Likely” to Leak via Miami New Times

Posted on 2017/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station is already leaking dangerous salt water into the aquifers that are Miami’s largest source of drinking water. Despite that alarming fact, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently ruled that FPL can … Continue reading →

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Possible melted fuel seen for first time at Fukushima plant via The Washington Post

Posted on 2017/07/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — An underwater robot has captured images of lava-like lumps inside a damaged reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, spotting for the first time what is believed to be nuclear fuel that melted six years ago. Plant operator … Continue reading →

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