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Savannah River board votes to officially oppose accepting German spent nuclear fuel via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2016/07/27 by norma field

NEW ELLENTON — The Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board is not in favor of accepting spent nuclear fuel from Germany. n two separate votes Tuesday, the group voted down a draft recommendation to accept the spent fuel and endorsed … Continue reading →

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Vermont appeal of Nuclear Regulatory Commission rule shot down by court via The Berkshire Eagle

Posted on 2016/06/10 by norma field

「。。。」The appeal was filed by the NRDC and attorneys general from New York, Massachusetts and Vermont, with amicus briefs filed by the California State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the Sierra Club and one “Native American community.” It called … Continue reading →

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Spent fuel fire on U.S. soil could dwarf impact of Fukushima via Science

Posted on 2016/05/25 by norma field

Richard Stone […] A major fire “could dwarf the horrific consequences of the Fukushima accident,” says Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. “We’re talking about trillion-dollar consequences,” says Frank von Hippel, … Continue reading →

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Federal Court Awards Conn. Nuclear Plant Owners via Connecticut Law Tribune

Posted on 2016/04/13 by norma field

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. et al. v. United States: A federal judge has awarded nearly $77 million to the owners of three decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England, including Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. in Haddam Neck, Connecticut, … Continue reading →

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Genkai mayor asks Kyushu Electric to pay tax on spent nuclear fuel　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/01/08 by norma field

GENKAI, Saga Prefecture–Kyushu Electric Power Co. indicated it was willing to pay a new tax on spent nuclear fuel stored at its Genkai nuclear plant to help the town recover lost revenue from reactor shutdowns. Genkai Mayor Hideo Kishimoto on … Continue reading →

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Vermont Yankee heading for ‘cold and dark’ via vtdigger

Posted on 2015/09/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Take one look at the pale-green wall covered with white gauges in the Vermont Yankee control room, and it’s clear that the panel hasn’t changed much since the nuclear plant’s origins in the early 1970s. But there is something new: … Continue reading →

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News Navigator: How is spent nuclear fuel cooled without water? via Mainichi

Posted on 2015/02/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

With air-cooled dry casks recently receiving attention as a means of storing spent nuclear fuel, the Mainichi answers common questions readers may have about this and other ways in which nuclear waste is stored. Question: How is spent nuclear fuel … Continue reading →

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(LEAD) Seoul, Washington ‘virtually’ wrap up nuclear accord: sources via Yonhap News

Posted on 2015/02/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States have “effectively” concluded their nuclear cooperation accord that would allow Seoul to reprocess spent nuclear fuel for the purpose of research and development (R&D), albeit in a limited way, … Continue reading →

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Utilities balk at safer storage of spent nuclear fuel to avoid ‘wasted investment’ via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/01/04 by norma field

Power companies have resisted government calls to construct safer storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel and are instead waiting for a fuel reprocessing plant to finally start running after nearly two decades of delays. The utilities say that building dry … Continue reading →

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All Spent Fuel Out Of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 via SymplyInfo

Posted on 2014/11/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TEPCO announced they have removed all of the spent fuel from unit 4. They did not provide details about the removal of the damaged assemblies in the pool but claim only the unused fuel assemblies remain. Those unused assemblies will … Continue reading →

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