Tag Archives: U.S.

Study: Traces of radioactive contamination found in homes of six Hanford workers via The Seattle Times

Posted on 2018/06/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The levels are low, but if some microparticles are inhaled or ingested by nuclear-site workers or their families, the radioactive dust is a “potential source of internal radiation exposure,” the study’s author writes. Dust samples from the homes of six … Continue reading →

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As Nuclear Struggles, A New Generation Of Engineers Is Motivated By Climate Change via NPR

Posted on 2018/06/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The number of people graduating with nuclear engineering degrees has more than tripled since a low point in 2001, and many are passionate about their motivation. […] Fein is among those who argue that nuclear plants should be recognized as … Continue reading →

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Our nuclear legacy is also our nuclear future via The Verge

Posted on 2018/06/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Journalist Fred Pearce chronicles nuclear disasters throughout history in his new book, Fallout. In the spring of 2016, journalist Fred Pearce spent an afternoon drinking what he suspected was radioactive vodka, flavored with herbs grown near the site of Chernobyl’s … Continue reading →

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Trump–Kim: an agenda for forgotten nuclear victims via The Interpreter

Posted on 2018/06/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] There is, however, one question that no one is asking. And it is a crucial one.  What about the North Korean A-bomb victims, the only survivors of the US nuclear attacks on Japan, who have never had recourse to … Continue reading →

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New team to manage nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico via Las Vegas Review-Journal

Posted on 2018/06/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Overseeing a top nuclear weapons laboratory that has had security and safety problems will be the responsibility of a new management team that includes two universities and a research firm that does work around the world, the … Continue reading →

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Operations resume at WIPP, underground U.S. nuclear waste repository via The Augusta Chronicle

Posted on 2018/06/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

CARLSBAD, N.M. — Routine operations have resumed at the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository following an evacuation in May that was prompted by the discovery of a misaligned drum of waste. Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant … Continue reading →

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Congress works to revive long-delayed plan to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain via USA Today

Posted on 2018/06/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON – The federal government’s dormant plan to store nuclear waste in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is showing signs of life amid a new push by the Trump administration and some members of Congress to revive the long-delayed project. But opponents, including … Continue reading →

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The ‘whole nuclear cycle’ via Albuquerque Journal

Posted on 2018/06/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Megan Bennett / Journal North Reporter SANTA FE, N.M. — The origins of New Mexico’s history surrounding the atomic bomb can be traced back to Robert Oppenheimer’s long-time love of the Land of Enchantment. Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist known … Continue reading →

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The 60-Year Downfall of Nuclear Power in the U.S. Has Left a Huge Mess via The Atlantic

Posted on 2018/05/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The demand for atomic energy is in decline. But before the country can abandon its plants, there’s six decades of waste to deal with. It was just another day in the life of the defunct Hanford nuclear site, a remote … Continue reading →

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With no permanent repository for commercial nuclear waste, NM is in the spotlight via NM Political Report

Posted on 2018/05/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Over the past two decades, southeastern New Mexico has embraced an industry many other communities throughout the country have rejected. Following more than 20 years of proposals, studies and battles, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) opened near Carlsbad in … Continue reading →

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