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Train derails on way to load N-waste via Beyond Nuclear International

VT rail accident sends a clear warning The Brattleboro Reformer reports that a train on its way to load up nuclear waste from the decommissioning Vermont Yankee nuclear power station derailed on February 24, 2023. The derailment involved the “spacer” cars to … Continue reading

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Cameco to resume radioactive waste shipment via The Journal

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that Wyoming-based Cameco-Power Resources has fixed its shipping problems that led to radioactive spills south of Blanding, Utah, and can resume shipments of barium sulfate to waste storage facilities. However, the White … Continue reading

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Bexar County tries to avoid nuclear waste shipments via mySA

Bexar County commissioners are no fans of nuclear waste being shipped through their county. At their Tuesday meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved a resolution opposing shipments of thousands of pounds of spent nuclear fuel rods from more than 62 sites … Continue reading

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Stop Fukushima Freeways National Campaign Kickoff via NEIS

WHAT: Stop Fukushima Freeways National Campaign Kick-Off WHEN: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 LOCATION AND DETAILS: · Press Release 12 noon: release of maps of potential road and rail transport corridors for high-level radioactive waste (HLRW) through Illinois, and its implications … Continue reading

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Final Shipment of Original Steam Generator to Utah to Begin via Business Wire

WHAT: Southern California Edison (SCE) is about to begin shipping the last of four retired steam generator lower assemblies from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station via truck to a disposal site in Clive, Utah. As at the plant, safety … Continue reading

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Sellafield starts inquiry after Japanese nuclear waste flasks contaminated via News & Star

By Julian Whittle Last updated at 12:45, Tuesday, 18 October 2011 Sellafield has launched an investigation into how the surface of three nuclear waste containers shipped to Japan became contaminated with radioactive material. The containers were part of a cargo … Continue reading

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Nuclear waste shipment enters Germany via Associated Press

DANNENBERG, Germany (AP) — Demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at police, setting a vehicle on fire, as skirmishes intensified Friday after a shipment of nuclear waste reprocessed in France crossed into Germany on its way to a controversial storage site. The … Continue reading

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