Yucca Mountain
Federal nuclear dump search relaunched
Acknowledging there is no consent in New Mexico or Texas for private consolidated interim storage facilities for high-level radioactive wastes, the U.S. Department of Energy has relaunched a federal dump search program from the 1980s-1990s under a new banner. DOE held a scripted webinar on July 25, touting its recently announced 13 consortia, paid $2…
Read MoreNEIS Night With The Experts — Mobile Chornobyl: Preventing Unnecessary Risks with Transportation of Nuclear Waste. April 27, 7pm CST
Announcement sent by Dave Kraft, Director, NEIS, on April 15, 2023– You’re Invited to A Night with the Experts Featuring: Kevin Kamps Beyond Nuclear Speaking on Mobile Chornobyl: Preventing Unnecessary Risks in Transporting Nuclear Waste Thursday, April 27, 2023 7pm Central Time (8pm ET, 6pm MT, 5pm PT) UTC -5 Zoom Link: click here In…
Read MoreThe High-Level Nuclear Waste Policy Dilemma: The First Eight Decades
See the Summary Chronology about the national highly radioactive waste dump targeted at Western Shoshone land at Yucca Mountain (pictured), Nevada, here. This Summary Chronology has been prepared by the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force.
Read MoreCelebrating “Unsung Heroes,” the winners of Beyond Nuclear’s Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Award
[Portrait of Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud, by Robert Del Tredichi, from his 1980 book The People of Three Mile Island.] Judith Johnsrud (1931-2014) was a founding board member of Beyond Nuclear. She also co-founded Nuclear Information and Resource Service, as well as the Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power. One of her many claims to fame…
Read MoreNCAC: Western Shoshone land ownership contention in opposition to Yucca dump
As the State of Nevada moved to re-open the NRC’s Yucca Mountain dump licensing proceeding, in order to terminate it once and for all, the Native Community Action Council (NCAC) took no position on the motion. NCAC re-asserted its land ownership contention, based on the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians’ treaty with…
Read MoreNevada 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 MoreNuclear waste storage proposed in Permian Basin facing lawsuits from national groups
As reported by the Carlsbad (New Mexico) Current-Argus. Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, and legal counsel, Diane Curran, are extensively quoted.
Read MoreISP’s own route maps show that Fort Worth, Texas would be hit coming and going!
In its license application to construct and operate a highly radioactive waste consolidated interim storage facility in Andrews County, Texas, Interim Storage Partners, LLC included a shipment route map showing that places like Fort Worth, Texas (as well as a broad swath of northern Texas), and much of the State of Oklahoma, would be impacted…
Read MoreA bit of background on Yucca Mountain
Although the proposed high-level radioactive waste deep geological repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, remains canceled, it was never legal in the first place. It sits on Western Shoshone land, illegally seized by the U.S government, and breaking the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley which did not cede land claims to the federal government. As Ian…
Read MoreMobile Chernobyl routes across the Lower 48, bound for proposed Southwest dump-sites
See your state in these 2017 documents from the State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects: 2017 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects – Representative Transportation Routes to Yucca Mountain and Transportation Impacts (Cask Shipments by State) – Fred Dilger…
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