Tag Archives: nuclear waste

Radioactive materials found in West Lake runoff area via St. Louis Pubic Radio

Posted on 2016/05/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radioactive material has been discovered in a drainage area located in the northwest portion of the West Lake Landfill. The federal Environmental Protection Agency ordered landfill owner Republic Services and the Cotter Corporation to collect sediment samples in March in … Continue reading →

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Colorado and nation face 70,000-ton nuclear waste burden via The Denver Post

Posted on 2016/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The government has paid utilities $4 billion as court-ordered compensation for storing nuclear waste The federal government stepped up efforts to deal with the nation’s growing, heavily guarded stockpiles of nuclear waste Tuesday, convening westerners in Denver to search for … Continue reading →

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Low-level nuclear waste to be buried 70 meters underground: NRA via Mainichi

Posted on 2016/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A portion of low-level nuclear waste generated by nuclear reactors is to be buried at a depth of 70 meters underground until it is nearly no longer radioactive some 100,000 years from now, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said on … Continue reading →

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Nuclear threats in US worse than previously known — study via RT

Posted on 2016/05/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Conflicting with a prior industry study, a new analysis claims 96 nuclear facilities in the US are less safe than reported, citing risks such as terrorism and sabotage. The study says there remain lessons to be learned from the Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Former McDonnell Douglas workers, residents file suit over radiation exposure via St. Louis Public Radio

Posted on 2016/05/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Three former aircraft workers and seven north St. Louis County residents who say they were exposed to radioactive waste stored near Lambert Airport after World War II, have filed a federal lawsuit against Mallinckrodt and the Cotter Corporation. They hope … Continue reading →

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The nuclear waste site at the heart of Canada’s wildfires via Euronews

Posted on 2016/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Just south of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray, in an area partly ravaged by flames, sits a nuclear waste site. Situated at the extreme north of the Beacon Hill landfill tip, it contains some 42,500 m3 of radioactive minerals, … Continue reading →

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Plan to store nuclear waste near Great Lakes proves radioactive via The Washington Post

Posted on 2016/05/17 by norma field

KINCARDINE, Ontario — If there was an off-key moment during the otherwise flawlessly executed trip to the U.S. Capitol this spring by the new Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, it might have come when he was cornered by Rep. Debbie … Continue reading →

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To Combat the Fallout in Coldwater Creek, Victims and Neighbors Turn to Art — and Community via the River Front Times

Posted on 2016/05/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

When Mary’s painting, “Silent Killer,” hung in the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri- St. Louis, she talked to a number of students. Many asked her about the painting’s subject: Coldwater Creek, the nuclear threat that runs right … Continue reading →

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Progress on US legacy cleanup via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2016/05/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Department of Defense have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining their respective roles in the cleanup of radium and other unlicensed radioactive materials at military sites. Meanwhile, workers at the Y-12 National … Continue reading →

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Locals at nominated nuclear dump site share concerns in fiery public meeting via AM

Posted on 2016/05/07 by norma field

ELIZABETH JACKSON: It’s been a week now since the Federal Government named a South Australian cattle station as the preferred site for its nuclear waste dump. Last night, the first public meeting since the announcement was held in the nearby … Continue reading →

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