Tag Archives: Uranium

Canadian Regulators OK Restart at Port Hope Uranium Conversion Plant via Nuclear Street

Posted on 2014/02/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] On Jan. 28, a hydrogen recirculation valve for a cell room responded in an unexpected fashion during an update to safety-related software at Cameco’s Port Hope facility. Shutting the plant down to regain control of chemical processes in that … Continue reading →

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Axpo Board Decides To Halt Russian Uranium For Beznau via NucNet

Posted on 2014/02/02 by norma field

31 Jan (NucNet): The board of directors of the Swiss company Axpo Holding AG, owner of the two-unit Beznau nuclear station has decided to discontinue uranium deliveries for the production of fuel elements from the Russian production association Mayak, Axpo … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Waste Dump: Who Is Responsible? via KSDK

Posted on 2014/02/01 by norma field

In the 1940s, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works in downtown St. Louis purified thousands of tons of uranium to make the first atomic bombs. But the process also generated enormous amounts of radioactive waste. Citing national security, the Atomic Energy Commission, now … Continue reading →

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The uranium processing fiasco via the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2014/01/11 by norma field

Peter Stockton, Lydia Dennett The Energy Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are up to their old tricks again, convincing Congress and taxpayers alike to spend billions of dollars on yet another poorly designed and mismanaged construction project. … Continue reading →

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Cancer, nuclear bombs and dirty tricks via The Ecologist

Posted on 2013/12/22 by norma field

Following a campaign of dirty tricks a decisive case in Britain’s nuclear test veterans fight for justice will reach the High Court in June 2014, writes Chris Busby. The case will also put on trial the dominant risk model for … Continue reading →

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The U.S. relies on foreign uranium, enrichment services to fuel its nuclear power plants via U.S. Energy Information Administration

Posted on 2013/08/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Owners and operators of U.S. commercial nuclear power reactors buy uranium in various forms as well as enrichment services from other countries. U.S. nuclear plants purchased 58 million pounds of uranium in 2012 from both domestic and foreign suppliers; 83% … Continue reading →

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A Little Radiation May be A Big Deal via The Intelligencer: Wheeling News-Register

Posted on 2013/06/03 by norma field

WHEELING – The natural gas wastewater that GreenHunter Water plans to recycle in Warwood can contain trace amounts of radioactive radium and radon, according to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A section of Wheeling City Code forbids radioactivity from occurring … Continue reading →

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25,000 nuclear waste shipments through town each year via the Pahrump Valley Times

Posted on 2013/05/31 by norma field

Pahrump Town Manager Bill Kohbarger said he had two different impressions before and after a special presentation on the transportation of radioactive nuclear waste through the heart of Pahrump. On Tuesday evening, Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Office consultant Dr. … Continue reading →

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Smoldering Landfill Could Threaten Nuclear Waste via ABC News

Posted on 2013/05/29 by norma field

Dawn Chapman can put up with the noxious smell caused by smoldering trash in a landfill near her suburban St. Louis home. But if the burning creeps close to buried nuclear waste, she’s ready to get out. It’s a problem … Continue reading →

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[audio] Too Hot To Handle: Weapons Grade Nuclear Waste In A Nevada Landfill? via Nevada Public Radio

Posted on 2013/05/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

For years, the federal government just didn’t know what to do with its stockpile of Uranium 233. The experimental fuel had been created as an alternative to naturally occuring uranium, but was abandoned by the government in the 1970s. Since … Continue reading →

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