Tag Archives: reprocessing

ANALYSIS: Abe bereft of reasons to continue nuclear recycling program via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/11/03 by norma field

The main components of the government’s nuclear fuel recycling project have all been sidelined. But the program was already in a state of collapse even before the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster led to a shift in Japan’s energy policy. … Continue reading →

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Experts urge Japan to break away from ‘failed’ nuclear reprocessing program via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/08/29 by norma field

In a proposal submitted to The Asahi Shimbun, researchers at an international group of nuclear experts outlined steps they say Japan must take to break away from its “failed” nuclear fuel recycling policy. Masafumi Takubo and Frank von Hippel of … Continue reading →

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Critics: Don’t let dollars blur the debate on nuclear waste via The State

Posted on 2013/03/17 by norma field

Experts and activists who doubt chemical reprocessing is the solution to the nation’s creeping commercial nuclear spent-fuel problem Thursday cautioned state and federal officials not to allow jobs and profits to cloud that issue. The nuclear critics made their case … Continue reading →

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U.S. To Bury Almost All Existing Used Nuclear Fuel; Recycling Deferred At Least 20 Years via Forbes

Posted on 2013/02/01 by norma field

There’s little hope that the 70,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel dispersed across the United States will ever be recycled, according to a recent study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory—so nearly all existing waste will go into the earth. … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Nuclear Mistake via The New York Times

Posted on 2012/11/29 by norma field

By FRANK N. VON HIPPEL and MASAFUMI TAKUBO THIS year has seen a lot of concern about the confrontation between China and Japan over a group of islets in the East China Sea. Less attention, though, is being paid to … Continue reading →

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