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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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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...
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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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 ArticleGAO 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...
View ArticleAs Yucca gives up the ghost, specter of reprocessing rears its ugly head
While the court ruling on July 1st against the Yucca dump is a major environmental justice victory for the Western Shoshone Indian Nation, President Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission for America's Nuclear...
View ArticleEU directive on "deep geologic disposal" still contains loophole for...
Reuters has reported that the European Union has set a deadline of 2015 for its 14 member states with nuclear power industries -- comprising a total of 143 atomic reactors -- to come up with plans for...
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Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud receives national Sierra Club Award
This quilt Judy is admiring was created by textile artist Margaret Gregg of Virginia, and was given to her on May 4th by the Sierra Club "No Nukes Activist Team" in honor of her 50 years of...
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Government Memo Slams Bechtel for Malfeasance, Safety Violations at Hanford...
Hanford tanks under constructionHanford Challenge has made public a scathing U.S. Department of Energy internal memo detailing Bechtel's long history of incompetence, misleading the government,...
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Beyond Nuclear debates "thorium power" proponent at Sierra Club meeting
On October 10th, Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps debated Timothy Maloney, a proponent of so-called "thorium (nuclear) power," at a meeting of the Nepessing Group of the Sierra Club's Michigan Chapter, at...
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One oral comment opportunity (call-in only) left on NRC's nuke waste con game...
Environmental coalition members from the Crabshell Alliance, Sierra Club Nuclear-Free Campaign, NIRS, PSR, NEIS, and Public Citizen "just say NO!" at the NRC HQ nuke waste con game public comment...
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Senate Mobile Chernobyl/Parking Lot Dump bill delayed, but vigilance still...
The Mobile Chernobyl mock nuke waste cask, a full size replica of a truck shipping container, shown in front of the State Capitol in Jefferson City, MO during a cross-country educational tourAs...
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NRC nuke waste con game: final written public comment submissions re: DGEIS...
Environmental coalition members from the Crabshell Alliance, Sierra Club Nuclear-Free Campaign, NIRS, PSR, NEIS, and Public Citizen "just say NO!" at the NRC HQ nuke waste con game public comment...
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Environmental coalition meets NRC's "Nuclear Waste Confidence" DGEIS public...
Environmental coalition attorney Diane Curran (During the NRC Nuke Waste Con Game DGEIS public comment period, a number of persons advocated reprocessing as a possible answer for the radioactive waste...
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Beyond Nuclear meets NRC's "Nuke Waste Con Game" DGEIS public comment deadline
Environmental coalition members from the Crabshell Alliance, Sierra Club Nuclear-Free Campaign, NIRS, PSR, NEIS, and Public Citizen "just say NO!" at the NRC HQ nuke waste con game public comment...
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"Measured Progress on Nuclear Security," or a "World Awash in Nuclear...
The Nuclear Genie, as depicted in Walt Disney's 1950s pro-nuclear propaganda book "Our Friend the Atom"The New York Times editorial board has cited "Measured Progress on Nuclear Security," given...
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Environmental coalition speaks out against unprecedented, risky, liquid...
Peace Bridge between Fort Niagara, ON and Buffalo, NY is one of numerous border crossings where unprecedented liquid HLRW shipments could travel.A coalition of environmental groups has submitted...
View ArticleDOE's SRS returning H-Canyon reprocessing facilities to full operability
As reported by World Nuclear News, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) is returning its H-Canyon reprocessing facilities to full operability. This comes as DOE, along with...
View ArticleSRS Watch: Internal DOE Documents Reveal Details of Highly Unusual Canadian...
[Please note that the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) and Canada's Chalk River Nuclear Labs are also proposing truck shipment of highly radioactive liquid waste from a...
View ArticleWashington Congressional Delegation Urges President-Elect Trump to Prioritize...
“This work is essential to protecting the health and safety of the Tri-Cities community, the Columbia River, Washington state and our nation.” As posted on the website of the U.S. Senate Energy and...
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