Pilgrim plant owner to begin moving radioactive fuel rods
A team of 50 to 60 radiation technicians, carpenters and laborers is ready to begin moving 204 radioactive spent fuel… View post
Tag Archives: radwaste
Nuclear plants prevail on storage of waste
By CHRISTINE LEGERE clegere@capecodonline.comAugust 27, 2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a final rule Tuesday that essentially concludes nuclear waste… View post
Staffers at Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report Backlash After Dissent
By Douglas P. Guarino – Global Security Newswire June 5, 2014 Seventy-five percent of Nuclear Regulatory Commission employees who participated… View post
The legacy of America’s nuclear power plants — spent fuel and no place to put it
By BOB AUDETTE / Brattleboro Reformer Staff 05/20/2014 BRATTLEBORO — After Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is closed and when… View post
US Nuclear Waste Dirty-Bombs New Mexico With Plutonium
NOTE that on April 22, 2014, the Only US Nuclear Weapons Waste Storage Site [was] Still Closed and Hot By… View post
The U.S. nuclear waste storage record is abysmal
After wasting about 12 billion dollars of ratepayers’ money, it was finally determined that the NRC’s chosen deep geologic waste… View post
Legal Battle Against Rule Crucial To All U.S. Reactor Licenses Rages On | Global Security Newswire | NTI
WASHINGTON — The leading plaintiffs in a lawsuit that put all licensing decisions for U.S. nuclear power plants on ice… View post
UCS: Safer Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
www.ucsusa.org | June 27th, 2012 The Problems with Spent Fuel Pools When fuel rods in a nuclear reactor are “spent,” or no… View post