Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Why nuclear could become the next ‘fossil’ fuel via PHYS Org

Posted on 2017/05/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida’s largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel reactors, but it also could be seen to represent a nuclear industry crumpling under mounting costs. Almost a decade ago, Turkey Point … Continue reading →

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Three Mile Island closure looms after third failed bid via York Dailey Record

Posted on 2017/05/27 by kojimaaiko

For the third year in a row, Three Mile Island failed to secure a crucial contract to sell its electricity, increasing the possibility that the plant will soon close. The plant is allowed to remain open through 2034. However, Exelon will decide by … Continue reading →

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Ex-Officials of Fukushima NPP Operator to Face Trial for 2011 Disaster in June via Sputnik

Posted on 2017/05/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Former executives of the TEPCO company, which operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) will come up for trial on June 30 for the 2011 nuclear disaster, local media reported on Wednesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In February 2016, former TEPCO … Continue reading →

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DOE: Investigation of contamination finds no tank leak via Tri-City Herald

Posted on 2017/05/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Department of Energy does not believe there is a leak in another one of Hanford’s double shell tanks holding radioactive waste, it announced Wednesday. The initial phase of an investigation ruled out the possibility that contamination found on a … Continue reading →

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Possible leak investigated at US nuclear site after worker discovers radioactive materials on clothing via Independent

Posted on 2017/05/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Double-Shell Tank AZ-101 contains 800,000 gallons of nuclear waste A possible leak is being investigated at a US nuclear facility after radioactive material was found on a worker’s clothing. The probe began after a contractor with Washington River Protection Solutions … Continue reading →

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Split Show: Hanford Nuclear Reservation/Trumpgate via WORT radio in Madison

Posted on 2017/05/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Listen to the podcast at Split Show: Hanford Nuclear Reservation/Trumpgate 

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Hanford Tunnel Collapse Problems Continue – Radiation Readings, Workers Health Rights + West Lake Landfill Legislative Update w/Dawn Chapman – #308 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2017/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This Week’s Featured Interviews: Laura Welch of Nuclear Care Partners, a company that provides in-home health care to approved government atomic industry workers. Dawn Chapman of Just Moms StL, on the sad fate of SB 22, the home buyout bill for families … Continue reading →

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Cleanup at Idaho Nuclear Landfill on Hold After Pit Collapse via U.S. News

Posted on 2017/05/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The contractor handling nuclear waste cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory may revise some guidelines on excavator use after the walls of a dig area collapsed, sending an excavator sliding into the pit. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Some cleanup efforts … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste disposal still a dilemma via Union-Bulletin.com

Posted on 2017/05/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A mound of dirt and some pressure-treated timbers is a “surprising” way to conceal radioactive waste, according to Rod Ewing, a nuclear security researcher at Stanford University. But that’s how some irradiated equipment is stored at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, … Continue reading →

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Proliferation of Toxic Technologies: Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons via Global Research

Posted on 2017/05/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Speaking a few months after the disaster at Fukushima, Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami said, “Nuclear power plants, which were supposed to be efficient, offer us a vision of hell.” He spoke about how the nuclear power industry insisted that this was an … Continue reading →

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