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Here’s how many billions the US will spend on nuclear weapons over the next decade via Defense News

Aaron Mehta WASHINGTON — If the U.S. carries out all of its plans for modernizing and maintainingthe nuclear arsenal, it will cost $494 billion over the next decade, an average of just less than $50 billion per year, a new … Continue reading

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US Panel to Hear Arguments in Nuclear Waste Storage Case via U.S.News

Environmentalists and nuclear watchdog groups are lining up against plans to build a $2.4 billion storage facility in southeastern New Mexico for spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors around the United States. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists and nuclear watchdog … Continue reading

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USA clears way for HALEU via World Nuclear News

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has completed an environmental assessment clearing the way for the fabrication of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel for advanced nuclear reactors at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Meanwhile, the US Department of Defense (DOD) … Continue reading

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Letter: Nuclear power option includes a lot of risk of exposure via Gainesville Times

[…] Life didn’t begin on Earth until the background radiation from the Big Bang dropped below a certain level, and even then, life began in the sea where it was shielded by the water.   We still protect ourselves from … Continue reading

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Roof repairs scheduled for nuclear processing facility at SRS, spokesperson says via Aiken Standard

By Colin Demarest Fixes are planned this year for a massive Savannah River Site nuclear processing plant, a U.S. Department of Energy spokesperson said Friday. The approximately 65-year-old H-Canyon will likely undergo roof repairs this summer, according to the spokesperson. … Continue reading

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75 Years of Hanford: Open to Interpretations via Tri-City Herald

BY ROY GEPHART During the autumn of 1944, the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor (B Reactor) and chemical reprocessing plant (T Plant) came online to produce weapon-grade plutonium at the top-secret Hanford Site. These plants forever altered the strategies of … Continue reading

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‘We made atomic bombs’: Nuclear Care Partners helps with aftermath of workplace radiation via KVAL

COBURG, Ore. – In the 1960s, Jim Lewis worked at Colorado’s Rocky Flats nuclear power plant. “At that plant,” Lewis said, “we made atomic bombs.” After three months working as a janitor, he ended up on the assembly line. That’s … Continue reading

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The Disney Attraction Powered By Nuclear Weapons Tech via Popular Mechanics

In the form of a 14-channel tape recorder using one-inch magnetic tape. On June 23, 1963, Walt Disney opened his famous Tiki Room on the grounds of Disneyland. Featuring animatronic animals, a Polynesian atmosphere and non-alcoholic tiki drinks, the Tiki … Continue reading

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How to Make an ‘Atomic Lake’ (Nuclear Bomb Required) via RealClear

By Lee Ferran On this day 54 years ago, the Soviet Union took drastic measures to make artificial body of water. […] It’s a video, which surfaced a few years ago, of the “Chagan” blast in Kazakhstan near a nuclear … Continue reading

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First step to a solution on nuclear waste: End Yucca Mountain via Las Vegas Sun

By Judy Treichel There is an interesting phenomenon at the Department of Energy when it comes to the disposal of high-level nuclear waste. When a new concept for getting rid of waste is proposed, the reaction from the department is: … Continue reading

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