Tag Archives: plutonium

Future of Japan’s Monju plutonium breeder reactor under review　via International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)

Posted on 2016/09/21 by norma field

Masafumi Takubo and Frank von Hippel On 29 August 2016, Mainichi Shimbun reported on an ongoing review by Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat of options for the future of Monju. According to Mainichi, the Secretariat estimates that it would cost ¥600 billion … Continue reading →

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NUCLEAR WASTE LEAKING AT ‘AMERICAN FUKUSHIMA’ IN NORTHWEST　via Newsweek

Posted on 2016/05/03 by norma field

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation sits on the plains of eastern Washington, where the state meets Oregon and Idaho. This is open country through which cars pass quickly on the way to the Pacific coast or, conversely, deeper into the heartland. … Continue reading →

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China’s Plans to Recycle Nuclear Fuel Raise Concerns via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2016/03/17 by norma field

BEIJING—China’s plans to process spent nuclear fuel into plutonium that could be used in weapons is drawing concern from the U.S. that Beijing is heightening the risk of nuclear proliferation. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, in Beijing for talks, said … Continue reading →

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Buried nuclear waste risky, say Stanford experts via Stanford News

Posted on 2016/01/16 by norma field

The Department of Energy’s long-term plan for dealing with material contaminated with plutonium and heavier elements from the U.S. weapons program is to bury it underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico. The Energy Department’s plan … Continue reading →

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Fukushima: Leak likely from Reactor #3

Posted on 2015/12/19 by norma field
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How Do You Find Plutonium? Go To Nuclear Inspector School via NPR

Posted on 2015/10/20 by kojimaaiko

No names. No pictures. No direct conversation. And don’t touch the plutonium. Those were the ground rules before NPR was allowed a rare opportunity to see nuclear inspectors learning their craft. The inspectors came from the International Atomic Energy Agency, … Continue reading →

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Portland professor makes 225-mile trek to Hanford to raise awareness about nuclear issues via Yakima Herald

Posted on 2015/10/17 by norma field

If you saw a woman in an orange vest and walking gear in and around Granger and Sunnyside on Friday, she was not a hitchhiker. In fact, Ceiridwen Terrill turned down offers from passers-by who were willing to drive her … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Nuclear Clean-Up: Jimmy Carter and Fukushima via The Economist

Posted on 2015/08/30 by norma field

April 2, 2011 […] Workers who were already facing deadly radiation exposure were forced to sleep on a floor with barely enough to eat and drink, until the Japanese media exposed their terrible conditions. Some workers were sent into the … Continue reading →

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Disposal beats MOX in US comparison　via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2015/08/21 by norma field

America is reconsidering how it will dispose of 34 tonnes of plutonium as the previous plan involving a MOX plant has been said to be twice as costly as a dilution and disposal option in a leaked Department of Energy … Continue reading →

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LANL nuclear safety panned in U.S. report via Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2015/07/22 by norma field

SANTA FE – A new government report gives poor marks to Los Alamos National Laboratory on its state of nuclear safety, saying the lab continues to have problems “fully implementing a number of critical nuclear safety management requirements.” Until the … Continue reading →

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