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Alexei Yablokov, grandfather of Russian environmentalism, dies at 83 via Bellona

Posted on 2017/01/12 by nfield

Alexei Yablokov, the towering grandfather of Russian ecology who worked with Bellona to unmask Cold War nuclear dumping practices in the Arctic, has died in Moscow after a long illness. He was 83. As a member of the Russian Academy … Continue reading →

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WATCHDOGS: Zion’s nuclear fallout; still reeling from ’98 closing via Chicago Sun Times

Posted on 2017/01/10 by nfield

Workers are methodically dismantling the once-mighty Zion nuclear power plant. Just up the road in the far north suburb, a different kind of dismantling is taking place. The small Lake County city of Zion — founded at the start of … Continue reading →

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Radioactive contamination spreading in shuttered Hanford Site nuclear plant via RT

Posted on 2017/01/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Hanford Site plant in Washington hasn’t been operational since 1967, but continues to spread radioactive waste, with a demolition date earmarked as late as 2032. Although it hasn’t been operational for nearly 50 years, a report published by the Tri-City … Continue reading →

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WATCHDOGS: Zion’s nuclear fallout; still reeling from ’98 closing via Chicago Sun Times

Posted on 2017/01/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Workers are methodically dismantling the once-mighty Zion nuclear power plant. Just up the road in the far north suburb, a different kind of dismantling is taking place. The small Lake County city of Zion — founded at the start of … Continue reading →

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Nuclear is not the answer to the climate crisis via The Guardian

Posted on 2017/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Contrary to the article by James Hansen, Kerry Emanuel, Ken Caldeira and Tom Wigley (Nuclear power paves the only viable path forward on climate change, 3 December), many scientists around the world remain sceptical that nuclear is the answer, or … Continue reading →

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2016 — The Year In Nuclear via Forbes

Posted on 2017/01/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear energy and nuclear weapons had quite a year in 2016. Our new President-elect made nuclear more front and center than it has been in decades, coming out in favor of nuclear power and discussing nuclear weapons in an open, … Continue reading →

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OPG rejects other sites for nuclear waste storage via The Times Herald

Posted on 2017/01/04 by nfield

Ontario Power Generation said in a news release that a proposed low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste repository at Kincardine on the shores of Lake Huron is the right solution. Kay Cumbow disagrees. “Anybody who cares about the Great Lakes, we don’t want to … Continue reading →

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Radioactive sludge removed from UK’s Pile Fuel Storage Pond via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2016/12/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive sludge has been transferred out of the world’s oldest nuclear fuel pond for the first time, the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Sellafield Ltd announced yesterday. The project is being delivered ten years ahead of schedule and for … Continue reading →

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4 companies chosen to pursue nuclear waste burial test via Artesia Daily Press

Posted on 2016/12/20 by nfield

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Four companies will pursue the possibility of conducting a test to determine whether nuclear waste can be buried far underground, federal energy officials announced Monday, months after two prospective sites in the Dakotas were abandoned … Continue reading →

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Russia’s first nuclear waste repository starts operation via Bellona

Posted on 2016/12/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Russia opened it first ever repository for low and medium level nuclear waste last week in a major benchmark for the country’s radioactive waste handler and facilitated by consultation from Bellona. Russia opened it first ever repository for low and … Continue reading →

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