Radioactive Waste

On-Site Storage

Currently, all radioactive waste generated by U.S. reactors is stored at the reactor site - either in fuel pools or waste casks. However, the casks are currently security-vulnerable and should be "hardened" while a better solution continues to be sought.

Palisades atomic reactor’s shutdown for good: No More Risk of Reactor Core Meltdown, No More Radioactive Waste Generation, but Significant Waste and Contamination Risks Continue

November 21, 2022

Virtual Teach-In on the Current Nuclear Crisis, Thursday, October 27, 7 to 9pm ET

October 27, 2022

Zombies Against Palisades (ZAP)!

October 5, 2022

Letter from 68 organizations to DOE, requesting denial of Civil Nuclear Credit Program payments to Palisades

September 26, 2022

Forum on Palisades Nuclear Plant’s ‘decommissioning’ turns into debate over restarting reactor

September 23, 2022

2018 documentary about South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, by Gabriela Bulisova and Mark Isaac

September 22, 2022

Holtec’s PSDAR and DCE for Palisades; NRC public comment meeting Sept. 22, in-person and virtual/teleconference

September 13, 2022

Biden Urged to Act Swiftly on Ukraine Nuclear Plant

August 26, 2022

China calls on Putin to end Russian roulette at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine after disaster near-miss

August 26, 2022

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant reconnected to country’s power grid, nuclear operator says

August 26, 2022
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