Spent Nuclear Fuel

A permanent nuclear waste storage facility is long overdue

Editorial: A permanent nuclear waste storage facility is long overdue The BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. At a recent hearing of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, there was a lot […]

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Process to re-site nuclear waste gets new round of funding

Process to re-site nuclear waste gets new round of funding The decades-long federal process of relocating nuclear waste moved forward in late September. The U.S. Department of Energy made available $16 million for eight communities – which have yet to be chosen – to seek community engagement, identify public goals and generally learn more about

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DOE Unveils Next Steps for Nuclear Waste Consent-Based Siting Process

DOE Unveils Next Steps for Nuclear Waste Consent-Based Siting Process The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated community outreach to facilitate consent-based siting, management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), and interim storage facility siting. The effort, outlined in a series of steps the DOE expects to take in response to a recent request for public

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Radioactive fuel shipments planned through New Mexico counties

Radioactive fuel shipments planned through New Mexico counties CLOVIS – Getting spent fuel from nuclear power plants to a proposed interim storage facility in Lea County would require routing the waste by rail through Clovis. Holtec International, a firm that specializes in spent fuel storage and nuclear power plant site decommissioning, is seeking a license

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Stanford-led research finds small modular reactors will exacerbate challenges of highly radioactive nuclear waste

Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear waste | Stanford News Nuclear reactors generate reliable supplies of electricity with limited greenhouse gas emissions. But a nuclear power plant that generates 1,000 megawatts of electric power also produces radioactive waste that must be isolated from the environment for hundreds of thousands of years. Furthermore, the

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Energy secretary: We must find a solution for nuclear waste

Energy secretary: We must find a solution for nuclear waste WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) – It is critical to find a solution for storing the nation’s spent nuclear fuel, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Friday during a visit to a nuclear power plant in Connecticut. Granholm was invited to tour Millstone Nuclear Power Station in

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Diablo Canyon will go offline in 3 years — here’s what will happen to its recent spent fuel Read more at: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article260179535.html#storylink=cpy

Diablo Canyon will go offline in 3 years – here’s what will happen to its recent spent fuel Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is roughly three years away from its scheduled closure, and decommissioning activities are ongoing – including deciding how the most recent nuclear waste will be dealt with once the plant goes offline

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Vermont panel hears strategies to store nuclear waste in boreholes

Vermont panel hears strategies to store nuclear waste in boreholes The V ermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel’s Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee has been meeting to assess federal policies and review potential nuclear waste storage methods. During its meeting this week the panel heard from a company that is proposing to use borehole technology

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