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Nevada pushes to end Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository once and for all
Spent Nuclear Fuel
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
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
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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THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Future of Humboldt’s Nuclear Waste Site
THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Future of Humboldt’s Nuclear Waste Site One of the first nuclear power plants in the US was built on a bluff overlooking the Humboldt Bay entrance and the town of King Salmon.
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The feds have collected more than $44 billion for a permanent nuclear waste dump — here’s why we still don’t have one
The feds have collected more than $44 billion for a permanent nuclear waste dump – here’s why we still don’t have one The federal government has a fund of $44.3 billion earmarked for spending on a permanent nuclear waste disposal facility in the United States. It began collecting money from energy customers for the fund
PG&E Reactor Officially Decommissioned, Nuclear Waste Not
PG&E Reactor Officially Decommissioned, Nuclear Waste Not click to enlarge PG&E’s Humboldt Nuclear Power Plant reactor site was deemed fully cleaned up by the Nucle ar Regulatory Commission today. While the federal government no longer has oversight over that part of the site – “none at all,” said commission spokesperson David McIntyre – the spent
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NRC officials say leaking casks are responsibility of NorthStar
NRC officials say leaking casks are responsibility of NorthStar BRATTLEBORO – If Vermont Yankee’s radioactive waste casks start leaking, it’ll be up to the plant owner to figure what to do. That’s the word from two key officials with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who on Monday said NorthStar Group Services will determine a course of
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