Radioactive Waste
Nevada files motion regarding Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Project, launches dedicated website with educational resources
CARSON CITY, NV – September 20, 2022 Today, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects announced the filing of a new legal motion to bring an end to failed federal plans to construct a repository for the nation’s highly radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, 65 miles northwest of Clark County’s populated…
Read MoreOral argument re: ISP CISF federal appeal scheduled for Nov. 10 in D.C. Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled oral argument in the federal appeal Don’t Waste Michigan, et al., versus U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, re: Interim Storage Partners, LLC’s highly radioactive waste consolidated interim storage facility targeted at the Waste Control Specialists, LLC’s national “low-level” radioactive waste dump in Andrews…
Read MoreHoltec’s PSDAR and DCE for Palisades; NRC public comment meeting Sept. 22, in-person and virtual/teleconference
Holtec International’s Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report and Decommissioning Cost Estimate for the Palisades atomic reactor in Covert, Michigan, on the Lake Michigan shoreline, was published on December 23, 2020. The document is 98 pages long. The PSDAR begins on page 1 of 98, while the DCE begins on page 48 of 98, on the PDF…
Read MoreHigh-Level Radioactive Waste Dump Legal Hearing, Mon., Aug. 29–5th Circuit Court
Thank you to Karen Hadden of the SEED Coalition in Austin, TX for the following alert: LISTEN TO the TX versus NRC legal case Monday morning! The State of Texas, Fasken Land and Minerals Company and the Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners are suing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in federal appeals court, opposing the…
Read MoreBiden Urged to Act Swiftly on Ukraine Nuclear Plant
Letter from dozens of experts and former officials calls on the U.S. president to demand immediate IAEA inspection of the Zaporizhzhia plant As reported by the Wall Street Journal on August 25, 2022. (The article is behind a paywall. Only the first few paragraphs are readable, without a subscription.)
Read MoreChina calls on Putin to end Russian roulette at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine after disaster near-miss
Beijing warns that just one incident might cause a serious nuclear accident ‘with irreversible consequences for the ecosystem and public health of Ukraine and its neighbouring countries.’ As reported by iNews.
Read MoreUkraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant reconnected to country’s power grid, nuclear operator says
As reported by CNN on Friday morning, August 26, 2022. The article reports: An administrative worker at the plant told CNN Friday that amid “shelling around the station and the city, smoke from fires, dust from the ash dump of a thermal power plant,” the “situation sometimes looks like the end of the world.” “It’s…
Read MoreNew Ukraine Nuclear Risks – Arnie Gundersen + Newsom’s $1.4 BILLION Diablo Canyon Trickery Meets Ratepayer Rage
(Photo above: Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors – supposed to shut down in 2024 and 2025. Will CA Gov. Gavin Newsom get away with his sudden shill game to give PG&E $1.4 BILLION bail out?) Nuclear Hotseat #583, hosted by Libbe HaLevy. This Week’s Featured Interviews: Arnie Gundersen reveals all the different ways that the Ukraine…
Read MoreUkraine’s largest nuclear plant is cut off energy grid
The result was a mass power outage in the adjacent area after fires damaged the plant’s last functioning transmission line, Ukraine’s nuclear power company said Thursday. As reported by the Washington Post.
Read MoreZaporizhzhia: World narrowly avoided radiation accident – Zelensky
Europe faced the prospect of a radiation disaster on Thursday when a Russian-occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from Ukraine’s power grid, President Volodomyr Zelensky has said. As reported by the BBC. The image above appears in the article. It is entitled “Fire near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.”
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