Tag Archives: U.S.

Today’s debate: Should Nevada continue to fight Yucca nuclear waste repository? via Reno Gazette Journal

Posted on 2018/02/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

President Trump’s federal budget proposal introduced last week included $120 million to restart the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, a federal project for storing the nation’s nuclear waste that has been dormant since funding was ended in 2011. […] Here’s … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Reactors Could Run as Long as 80 Years Under Trump Plan via Bloomberg

Posted on 2018/02/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The U.S. Energy Department is throwing its support behind a request by utilities to extend the life of some nuclear power reactors — keeping them in operation for as long as 80 years. An official with the department, who asked … Continue reading →

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“It was complete chaos” says Hanford worker who inhaled plutonium via King5 News

Posted on 2018/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The worker tested positive for inhalation of the potential lethal nuclear isotope of plutonium – a key ingredient to the production of nuclear bombs and warheads. Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this report stated this was the first time … Continue reading →

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The Pacific’s Nuclear Timebomb via Aljazeera

Posted on 2018/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

101 East investigates if the legacy of America’s nuclear bomb testing is the poisoning of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific paradise of Enewetak Atoll harbours a devastating secret – the toxic legacy of American nuclear testing. Between 1946 and 1958, … Continue reading →

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Vogtle Opponents Sue Georgia Regulators Over Nuclear Decision via WABE

Posted on 2018/02/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Opponents of a nuclear power expansion in Georgia are suing over it. Environmental groups claim state regulators didn’t follow their own rules when they decided to let construction at Plant Vogtle continue. In December, the Georgia Public Service Commission voted … Continue reading →

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New Mexico’s nuclear weapons — nothing to cheer about via Santa Fe/New Mexican

Posted on 2018/02/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

I read The New Mexican headline (“Nuclear buildup could mean work for labs in N.M.,” Feb. 3), with deep weariness and déjà vu. Of course the relentless push to shovel tax dollars to unneeded proliferation means New Mexico will do … Continue reading →

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Nuclear bomb production wrong for N.M. via Santa Fe/New Mexican

Posted on 2018/02/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

New Mexico’s senators and congressmen are making a bad choice for their constituents by lobbying to retain the production of nuclear bomb triggers, or “pits,” at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The production of plutonium pits is one of the most … Continue reading →

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Trump administration halts penalties against firms that punish nuclear whistleblowers via The Washington Post

Posted on 2018/02/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Department of Energy has temporarily halted an Obama administration regulation that allowed for civil penalties against federal nuclear contractors that retaliate against whistleblowers who report waste, fraud, abuse and dangerous conditions. In procedural rules published in the Federal Register, the … Continue reading →

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Gov. candidates weigh in on nuclear cleanup deal via Post Register

Posted on 2018/02/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By NATHAN BROWN nbrown@postregister.com The two Democratic candidates to be Idaho’s next governor want the state to take a tough stance on enforcing the 1995 Settlement Agreement, while the Republicans were more open to modifying the agreement and granting waivers … Continue reading →

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Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won’t be made public via ABC News

Posted on 2018/02/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

U.S. officials don’t have to provide details about proposed shipments of extremely radioactive spent commercial nuclear fuel to the country’s top government nuclear research laboratory in Idaho, a federal court has ruled. The ruling was a major setback to a … Continue reading →

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