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Panel urges handling Hanford waste
Pasco :: WA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., questioned leaders of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future on its findings at a hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. On Wednesday, Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., a candidate for
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Report: Lynas plant safe if IAEA recommendations adhered to
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | over 1 year ago
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The Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and the National Professors' Council (NPC), in a joint report on the project, said the plant must adhere to stringent procedures for waste management to ensure worker safety, public safety and environmental well-
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Blue Ribbon Commission's draft report causes concern among people with Hanford interests
Kennewick :: WA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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They feared at best the draft report's recommendation could lead to high-level radioactive waste remaining at Hanford longer, and at worst that more waste could be shipped to Hanford or that Hanford's own waste would remain at the site indefinitely.
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German radioactive waste approved for Tennessee
Oak Ridge :: FL :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Federal authorities have approved licenses allowing up to 1,000 tons of low-level radioactive waste from Germany to be brought to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for incineration...Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision has some environmental groups calling
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Group questions costs of storing nuclear waste
Pasco :: WA :: USA | 2 years ago
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The alliance is a group of local governments near Department of Energy sites and is led by Bob Thompson, a Richland City Council member, who signed the letter as alliance chairman. At Hanford, 2,300 tons of irradiated fuel that had been stored in the
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DOE plans support projects for Hanford vit plant
Pasco :: WA :: USA | 2 years ago
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Construction has been under way on the $12.2 billion vitrification plant, or Waste Treatment Plant, since 2002. But now planning is starting for the facilities needed to support the plant, including a complex to store its product of containers of
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A Texas-Sized Plan for Nuclear Waste
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 2 years ago
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The billionaire "King of Superfund Sites" wants to open a giant radioactive dump in West Texaswhat could go wrong?...The Texas billionaire and corporate raider is on track to open a nuclear waste dump in West Texas, despite objections from
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NRC/Major New Legal Challenges on Nuclear Waste
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 years ago
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Less than a week after three states went to court to dispute the safety issues of storing nuclear waste on site at reactor sites, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) faces two major new legal challenges to the agency's 2010 findings that
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Panel considering public views on new radioactive waste regs
Tooele :: UT :: USA | over 2 years ago
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First published 11 minutes ago Updated 11 minutes ago State radiation regulators will wait at least another month before they finalize new standards for burying unusual types of radioactive waste at EnergySolutions' specialized landfill in Tooele
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Commenters on proposed nuke rules mostly opposed
Lubbock :: TX :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Texas A commission overseeing the burial of low-level radioactive waste in Texas heard mostly opposition at a public hearing on proposed rules to allow nuclear waste from 36 other states to be buried near the New Mexico border. About 25 people told
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