Tag Archives: nuclear waste

The federal government promised to take spent nuclear fuel. It’s time it kept its word via The Tribune

Posted on 2017/04/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

To whom it may not concern: Please allow us to introduce ourselves. We are a nuclear community, and we are tired of waiting for a “solution” to the dilemma of what to do with spent radioactive fuel. Back when the … Continue reading →

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Six years later, some workers at Fukushima nuclear plant say they can do without protective gear via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/04/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OKUMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – At the facility on the Pacific Coast, people in casual clothes stroll under cherry trees in full bloom. Hot meals made with local ingredients are served for ¥380 at a cafeteria. Cold drinks, snacks and sweets … Continue reading →

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Activists Plead With Local, State Officials To Prevent Radioactive Waste From Being Buried At San Onofre via CBS Local

Posted on 2017/04/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SAN CLEMENTE (CBSLA) — Southern Orange County residents pleaded with the San Clemente City Council Tuesday night to urge the California Coastal Commission to stop Southern California Edison from burying 3.6 million pounds of radioactive waste on the beach. Activists … Continue reading →

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Congress to hold hearing on reviving Yucca Mountain nuclear site via News 4

Posted on 2017/04/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON (News 4 & Fox 11) — A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing next week to discuss legislation that would revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Illinois, announced the House Energy … Continue reading →

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WCS news doesn’t end nuclear waste saga via mrt

Posted on 2017/04/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

CEO: “WCS expects to go forward with this project at the earliest possible opportunity after completion of the sale” A proposal to bring the nation’s spent nuclear fuel to West Texas appears to be on the ropes. Waste Control Specialists, … Continue reading →

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Three Mile Island, like much of nuclear industry, is on the brink via Pennlive

Posted on 2017/04/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear power, which generates more than a third of Pennsylvania’s electricity, could soon disappear from the state amid a glut of cheap natural gas from the Marcellus Shale play. And the first of state’s five plants to fall could be … Continue reading →

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Buyouts coming for homeowners near West Lake Landfill? via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted on 2017/04/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

For some north St. Louis County homeowners, the prospect of exposure to the area’s decades-old radioactive contamination is only one source of concern: Another is what to do with their homes, which could struggle to attract buyers. “They didn’t anticipate … Continue reading →

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False promise: nuclear power: past, present and (no) future via Ecologist

Posted on 2017/04/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear power was originally sold on a lie, writes Dave Elliott. While we were being told it would make electricity ‘too cheap to meter’, insiders knew it cost at least 50% more than conventional generation. Since then nuclear costs have … Continue reading →

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Finland’s Green Party And Nuclear Power – Really? via Forbes

Posted on 2017/04/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Last week, April 9, 2017, four municipal election candidates from the traditionally anti-nuclear Green Party in Finland published an opinion piece where they clearly stated that humanity no longer has the luxury of opposing nuclear power. As discussed by J. M. … Continue reading →

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Response to “Revive Yucca Mountain”

Posted on 2017/04/13 by nfield

RE:  Revive Yucca Mountain: Illinois has more nuclear waste than any other state, all of it in temporary storage, April 12, 2017   To the Editors of the Chicago Tribune:   The recent Tribune editorial demanding quick action to reactivate … Continue reading →

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