Radioactive Waste
Beyond Nuclear letter to Transportation Secretary Buttigieg re: Risks of Shipping Highly Radioactive Wastes
See the Feb. 25, 2022 letter, here. And see the landing page for hot links to embedded URLs/attached documents in the letter. Whether bound for Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities (which would at least double the transportation risks, by definition), or a permanent geologic repository, the highly radioactive waste transport risks are the same. Please feel…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear’s Petitioner Reply Brief to D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Don’t Waste MI v. NRC (ISF CISF) case
On July 20, 2022, Beyond Nuclear filed its Petitioner Reply Brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. See Beyond Nuclear’s Petitioner Reply Brief, here: Thus Beyond Nuclear continues its appeal against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Sept. 2021 approval of the license to construct and operate the irradiated nuclear…
Read MoreNotification to D.C. Circuit Court of SCOTUS WV v. EPA ruling’s significance to ISP CISF appeal
On July 13, 2022, Beyond Nuclear’s legal counsel, Diane Curran, notified the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of the significance of the Supreme Court of the United States’ West Virginia versus EPA ruling, vis-a-vis the Interim Storage Partners consolidated interim storage facility federal appeal. See Diane Curran’s letter to the…
Read MoreGov. Lujan Grisham statement on Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision to approve Holtec project
See the media statement by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (pictured above) here.
Read MoreSupreme Court ruling shakes up 5th Circuit nuclear case
As reported by E&E News.
Read More2016 report by Bob Alvarez, addressing cost impacts of pre-disposal for large — and potentially even larger — inventory of spent nuclear fuel at Diablo Canyon nuclear station
From an email sent by Bob Alvarez on July 7, 2022: Dear All– [Below] is a report I wrote for FOE in 2016 addressing the cost impacts of pre-disposal for the large and potentially even larger inventory of spent nuclear fuel at the Diablo Canyon nuclear station. According to the study’s summary: “Spent nuclear fuel…
Read MoreEnergy Department Pressed on Nuclear Fuel, Waste in Budget Bill
As reported by Bloomberg Law, re: consolidated interim storage facility and high-assay low enriched uranium funding levels at the U.S. Department of Energy, as decided and provided each year by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, using federal taxpayer funds.
Read MoreJuly 16 – 43rd Uranium Tailings Spill Legacy Commemoration, Churchrock, New Mexico
Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever
Action Alert: Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever Thursday, July 7th, at 5:30 pm [Mountain Time, which is 7:30 pm Eastern/6:30 pm Central/4:30 pm Pacific], DOE will host a virtual and in-person WIPP Community Forum and Open House in Santa Fe. It will take place at the Santa Fe…
Read MoreProhibition of federal funds for private interim storage of spent nuclear fuel
U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (Democrat-Texas) introduced an amendment at the House Appropriations Committee markup hearing and vote on Fiscal Year 2023 Energy & Water Development funding that would have prohibited any federal spending on privately-owned consolidated interim storage facilities for highly radioactive waste. See the Cuellar amendment here: Rep. Cuellar did offer his amendment, but…
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