Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Editorial: Revive Yucca Mountain: Illinois has more nuclear waste than any other state, all of it in temporary storage via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2017/04/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

It has been 30 years since Congress designated Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as the secure site for the nation’s nuclear waste. Since then, taxpayers have coughed up $11 billion creating a repository 1,000 feet underground that would keep the radioactive refuse … Continue reading →

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Radioactive waste in North County requires real political leadership via The St. Louis American

Posted on 2017/04/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Earth Defense Coalition states in a Facebook video that they are calling attention to Republic Service’s continued mismanagement of radioactive waste illegally dumped at the landfills, which is now dangerously close contacting an underground chemical fire.  Around 1942, local … Continue reading →

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“It’s a Cover-Up, Not a Clean-Up”: Nuclear Waste Smolders in Sites Across the US via Truthout

Posted on 2017/03/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Renowned wartime journalist Wilfred Burchett described the damage from the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima as “far greater than photographs can show.” When it comes to the enduring legacy of the Manhattan Project on home soil, the damage to the … Continue reading →

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Ripples from US nuclear plant closings overwhelm small towns via abc news

Posted on 2017/03/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Living in the shadows of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant’s cooling tower, which soars above Lake Erie in Ohio like an oversized lighthouse, brings with it some give-and-take. On the plus side, it generates tax money that once paid for … Continue reading →

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Proposed EPA cuts spark concerns about local impact via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted on 2017/03/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ST. LOUIS • President Donald Trump’s budget proposal focuses its most aggressive cuts on the Environmental Protection Agency, aiming to slash the agency’s funding by 31 percent. The move has prompted concern about how the St. Louis area may be … Continue reading →

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Bangladeshi asylum seekers tricked into radiation clean-up: media via Reuters

Posted on 2017/03/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two Bangladeshi asylum seekers in Japan cleared up radioactive contamination from one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters on the false promise doing so would win them permission to stay in the country longer, media reported on Wednesday. The Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Efforts to Compensate More in NM for Radiation Exposure via El Paso Herald-Post

Posted on 2017/03/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A push to expand compensation for more New Mexicans affected by radiation exposure from mining and nuclear testing is under way. (Creative Commons) SANTA FE, N.M. – A rally held this week in the state Capitol Rotunda has brought new … Continue reading →

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As evacuees move back, Fukushima cleanup faces daunting obstacles via Science

Posted on 2017/03/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the disaster, officials took pride in what they view as successful efforts to minimize the health threat to surrounding communities. Radiation from the crippled reactors is no longer having an impact … Continue reading →

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Number of nuclear energy supporters growing in Belarus via Belarus News

Posted on 2017/03/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

MINSK, 1 March (BelTA) – The number of supporters of nuclear energy development in Belarus has reached 49.8%, Yelena Martishchenkova, a researcher at the Department of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus … Continue reading →

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Fukushima nuclear plant still plagued by tainted water 6 years after meltdowns via The Mainichi

Posted on 2017/02/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The number of areas on the plant site requiring full face masks has decreased considerably, and the overall working environment has improved greatly. However, the issue of having to replace the tanks that hold radioactively contaminated water lingers. Dealing … Continue reading →

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