Tag Archives: U.S.

Call Box: Former nuclear weapons storage unit again draws interest via Jacksonville.com

Posted on 2019/01/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Sandy Strickland […] Dear R.S. and G.T: The top-secret Yellow Water Weapons Storage Area was the subject of a previous Call Box history column. It generated so much reader comment that another column was done on the subject. Since … Continue reading →

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Hearing planned on barrel ruptures at E. Idaho nuclear site via Idaho State Journal

Posted on 2019/01/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A government board that makes recommendations on U.S. Department of Energy facilities plans to hold a public hearing concerning the rupture of four barrels containing radioactive sludge at an eastern Idaho nuclear site. The Defense Nuclear … Continue reading →

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Activists want details on inquiry into ex-nuke weapons plant via KRQE

Posted on 2019/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By: DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press DENVER (AP) – Activists asked a U.S. judge Thursday to make documents public from a 27-year-old criminal investigation into a former nuclear weapons plant outside Denver with a history of fires, leaks and spills. The … Continue reading →

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US developed technique turns smartphones into rapid radiation detectors via The Engineer

Posted on 2019/01/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Researchers from North Carolina State University in the US have developed a new technique that turns smartphones and other electronic devices into radiation detectors. According to the group, the technique could be used to triage medical cases in the event … Continue reading →

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You’re invited to tour historic nuclear reactor via East Idaho News

Posted on 2019/01/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IDAHO FALLS – Fifty miles west of Idaho Falls in the Arco desert is the site of a once-active nuclear reactor. On Dec. 20, 1951, Experimental Reactor Breeder I became the first power plant to produce electricity using atomic energy. … Continue reading →

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Edison’s Plans To Resume Nuclear Waste Transfer May Face Legal Challenge via KPBS

Posted on 2018/12/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Southern California Edison may face more legal challenges before resuming the transfer of highly radioactive spent fuel rods from cooling ponds to silos near the beach at San Onofre. San Diego attorney Mike Aguirre said Edison has not lived up … Continue reading →

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Another outage at nuclear power plant in Mississippi raises concerns via CBS News

Posted on 2018/12/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Jackson, Miss. — Another unplanned outage at Mississippi’s Grand Gulf nuclear power plant is adding to regulators’ concerns that reliability problems at the largest single-unit nuclear power plant in the United States may be affecting power markets. Operators at the … Continue reading →

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80,000 TONS OF NUCLEAR WASTE ARE SITTING IN LIMBO via Futurity

Posted on 2018/12/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thousands of tons of highly radioactive spent fuel are in temporary storage in 35 US states, with no permanent solution in the works. Experts now show how to end this status quo. The United States government has worked for decades … Continue reading →

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Trump plan to reclassify nuke waste alarms environmentalists via AP

Posted on 2018/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration wants to reclassify some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to lower its threat level and make disposal cheaper and easier. The proposal by the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Energy company applies to drill wells near former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant via The Denver Post

Posted on 2018/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

U.K. firm files applications ahead of vote on stricter well setbacks As a decision looms by Colorado voters on more stringent siting requirements for oil and gas drilling, an energy company has applied to drill up to 31 wells near … Continue reading →

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