GAO confirms that parking lots dumps could easily serve as stepping stones to...
In a 2009 report comparing costs of dumping high-level radioactive wastes at Yucca Mountain versus regional "centralized interim storage" (parking lot dumps) versus very long term on-site storage at...
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NRC staff warn agency has cut safety corners at MOX plant
MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility on November 19, 2007 (National Nuclear Security Administration)As the Obama/Chu "Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future" continues to flirt with a "revival" of...
View ArticleJapan to reconsider reprocessing in wake of Fukushima nuclear catastrophe?
The Mainichi Daily News has quoted the head of the Japanese Communist Party as saying that Prime Minister Kan told him that as part of reviewing energy policy "from scratch," the long established...
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170 groups oppose reprocessing with "Principles for Safeguarding Nuclear...
170 national and grassroots environmental organizations, representing every state in the country, have signed onto the "Statement of Principles for Safeguarding Nuclear Waste at Reactors." It urges...
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Hanford "clean up" will take at least 37 more years, cost as much as $100...
An article in the Oregonian, written as the U.S. Department of Energy holds public hearings on its draft environmental impact statement for "cleaning up" high-level radioactive waste storage tanks and...
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