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First reported 46 mins ago - Updated 46 mins ago - 1 reports

Dounreay decommissioning process takes significant step forward

Facebook Tweet GoogleDounreay : The plant shpuld be raized to the ground by 2025.The decommissioning of the Dounreay complex in Caithness has reached another milestone during the ongoing work to make its nuclear legacy safer.Some of the plant's most dangerous ... [Published Stv.tv - 46 mins ago]

Entities: Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, Reactor, Nuclear Power

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Rick Perry

Hot List: Day 135 of the Legislature

Five days left till sine die, and the deadlines are coming fast. Today’s the last day for the Senate and the House to pass bills and joint resolutions from the opposite chamber on third reading.The House agreed—except for Rep. David Simpson’s lone “nay” ... [Published Texas Observer - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Rick Perry, David Simpson, Chris Turner, State Water, Deadline

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

'Very low' threat from UK nuclear plants says Irish radiation protection body

The threat to the health of the Irish population posed by the construction of nuclear power plants at up to eight sites in the UK before 2025 is 'very low,' according to a new report from the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII).The study, ... [Published Nuclear Engineering International - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Ireland, United Kingdom, Nuclear, Nuclear Power Plant, Radiation

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Hanford by the numbers

1 Billion gallons of radioactive waste from N Reactor dumped into two open trenches11-- Number of years after production began for waste to reach groundwater near river 53 Metric tons of weapons grade plutonium produced for U.S. nuclear arsenal over five ... [Published King5.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Hanford (United States), Plutonium, Manhattan Project, Bomb

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Shimizu Corporation

"Recent Research Activities and Technologies" updated

Shimizu Corporation has developed a world's-first technology to reduce radioactivity in radioactive concrete and is currently seeking to find practical applications in the dismantling of nuclear power plants scheduled to be decommissioned in the near ... [Published Noodls - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Shimizu Corporation, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Power

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 3 reports

Lawmaker resurrects radioactive water bill

A Republican lawmaker has resurrected a radioactive waste bill that would allow a West Texas site to store more hazardous materials.San Angelo Rep. Drew Darby on Tuesday incorporated the measure into another bill governing a radioactive storage site in ... [Published Bryan-College Station Eagle - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Harold Simmons, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear Waste

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Harold Simmons Wins Another Favor from the Lege

Every legislative session, Harold Simmons’ radioactive waste dump company comes to the Legislature with a new favor to ask. Every session Rep. Lon Burnam, a Fort Worth Democrat with a peace activist pedigree, puts up a spirited protest. And every session, ... [Published Texas Observer - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Harold Simmons, Lon Burnam, Radioactive Waste

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Tesla Motors may repay U.S. loan by Wednesday: CEO

(Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc may repay its U.See more: http://blodic.us/business/tesla-motors-may-repay-u-s-loan-by-wednesday-ceo-94-0.htmS. Department of Energy loan as early as Wednesday, Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a message on Twitter on Mo ... [Published Blodic.us - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tesla Motors Inc, Nuclear Power, United States, Radioactive Waste, Elon Musk

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

DailyDirt: Taking Another Look At Nuclear Energy...

from the urls-we-dig-up deptNuclear energy has been around for decades, but its safety and the safety of its radioactive waste have always been a political nightmare. Still, some researchers have been redesigning nuclear reactors to make them safer in ... [Published Techdirt - May 21 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Reactor, Atom Smasher, Nuclear Power, Fission

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Government seeks views on UK fuel refining and imports

The UK Government has launched a call for evidence to review the long-term role of the UK’s refining and fuel import sectors.It will assess the contribution both the domestic and imported refining sectors make to the economy, jobs and skills development, ... [Published Energy Live News - May 20 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, Michael Fallon, Radioactive Waste

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Living above Germany's old nuclear waste

A German law has recently come into effect ordering the cleanup of 126,000 barrels of radioactive waste at the Asse nuclear dump site. But it seems the process could take a lot longer than locals initially hoped for.Heike Wiegel is making herself a cup ... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 20 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Waste, Remlingen (Lower Saxony, Germany), Germany, Radioactive Waste

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Radioactive Waste

With the oil industry being a large part of North Dakota living, dumping the radioactive waste has become an issue. Members of the newly formed Energy Industry Waste Coalition, or EIWC, met today to discuss ... [Published KXNet.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Radioactive Waste, Coalition

Quotes

"This report concludes that severe radiological effects in Ireland are unlikely as a result of building new nuclear power plants in the UK, but a socio-economic impact will be seen in the event of a very severe accident" said to Dr Ann McGarry, chief executive of the RPII

'Very low' threat from UK nuclear plants says Irish radiation protection body [Published Nuclear Engineering International - 2 hours ago]

"It's complicated to get under something that sits on soil" said Don McBride, Washington Closure technical services manager for decommissioning and demolition

Huge vault to be moved at Hanford [Published Individual.com - 6 hours ago]

...seen a lot of things and they don't point to any one thing," a senior U S Department of Energy official at Hanford told the group on Sept. 7, "so that's why it's hard to speculate what it is." But internal emails obtained by KING 5, written by the government contractor carrying the multi-billion-dollar contract to manage the tanks, show that...

Hanford officials hid leak evidence from advisory panel [Published King5.com - 10 hours ago]

Their report "Environmental pollution by depleted uranium in Iraq with special reference to Mosul and possible effects on cancer and birth defect rates" begins with a literature review that collates health-related data from a range of sources, including a report by the WHO (in 2003), which states that...

Cancer and birth defects in Iraq: The nuclear legacy [Published Medical Xpress - May 21 2013]

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Dounreay decommissioning process takes signific... [Published Stv.tv - 46 mins ago]
Stink-fighting work begins on Bridgeton landfill [Published STLtoday.com - 53 mins ago]
Hot List: Day 135 of the Legislature [Published Texas Observer - 1 hour ago]
Wednesday Memo: Social media safe ... Wolves ea... [Published Seattle Times - 1 hour ago]
Stepping up the Stop Lynas campaign [Published Aliran - 1 hour ago]
'Very low' threat from UK nuclear plants says I... [Published Nuclear Engineering International - 2 hours ago]
Waste rally confirmed for June 13 [Published The Western Weekender - 3 hours ago]
Huge vault to be moved at Hanford [Published Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Hanford by the numbers [Published King5.com - 8 hours ago]
"Recent Research Activities and Technologies" u... [Published Noodls - 9 hours ago]
Hanford officials hid leak evidence from adviso... [Published King5.com - 10 hours ago]
Lawmaker resurrects radioactive water bill [Published Bryan-College Station Eagle - 15 hours ago]
Harold Simmons Wins Another Favor from the Lege [Published Texas Observer - 15 hours ago]
Shale gas, tight oil, and fracking - May 21 [Published Resilience - 23 hours ago]
IAEA team to help Fukushima decontamination [Published Japan Times - May 21 2013]
Cancer and birth defects in Iraq: The nuclear l... [Published Medical Xpress - May 21 2013]
Tesla Motors may repay U.S. loan by Wednesday: CEO [Published Blodic.us - May 21 2013]
Finland to bury nuclear waste in tunnels [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 21 2013]
Texas radioactive waste bill killed for error [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 21 2013]
Texas radioactive waste bill killed for error [Published El Paso Times - May 21 2013]
DailyDirt: Taking Another Look At Nuclear Energ... [Published Techdirt - May 21 2013]
The Three Nuclear Poisons [Published Huffington Post - May 21 2013]
The Resurgence of the Nuclear Reactor [Published Safe Haven - May 20 2013]
Dounreay waste retrieval deal [Published World Nuclear News - May 20 2013]
Bulgaria Invites Bids for Seismic Qualification... [Published Energia.gr - May 20 2013]
Defend Lytham redux! [Published Q Local Lytham - May 20 2013]
Uranium Mine at the Grand Canyon [Published National Geographic - May 20 2013]
Mangalore: Garbage Collectors Or Garbage Sorter... [Published Mangalorean - May 20 2013]
Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel ... [Published Zecco - May 20 2013]
Government seeks views on UK fuel refining and ... [Published Energy Live News - May 20 2013]

Blogs

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DailyDirt: Taking Another Look At Nuclear Energ... [Published Techdirt - May 21 2013] from the urls-we-dig-up deptNuclear energy has been around for decades, but its safety and the safety of its radioactive waste have always been a political nightmare. Still, some researchers have been redesigning nuclear reactors to make them safer in ...
The scandal no one seems to talk about [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - May 20 2013] The scandal no one seems to talk about TheDay.com In 1982 Congress passed and President Reagan signed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. The act required that by 1998 the U.S. Departmentof Energy start removing spent nuclear fuel and other highly ...
Widely Visible Symbols Of Human Folly [Published St George West - May 19 2013] Raül Ilargi Meijer: Why do we do it? Sure, we discount the future, and consensus is that's genetic, but it's not just our own future we discount. In fact it's not even the one we discount most: that would be our children's future. We don't just ...
Public comment on French waste disposal [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - May 17 2013] Public comment on French waste disposal ( http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR_Public_comment_on_French_waste_disposal_16051311.html )Plans for the Cigéo facility to dispose of radioactive waste at Bure inFrance have reached the stage of final public ...
UK Call for Evidence on the Siting Process for ... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - May 14 2013] Open consultationManaging Radioactive Waste Safely: Call for Evidence on the Siting Process for a Geological Disposal Facility https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/managing-radioactive-waste-safely-call-for-evidence-on-the-siting-process-for-a-geological-disposal-facility ...

Audio/Video

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Finland to bury nuclear waste in tunnels [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 21 2013]
Luján Questions DOE Officials About Hanford Was... [Published Rep. Ben Ray Lujan - YouTube Channel - Mar 14 2013]
Video: 60 Minutes Overtime, 03.03.13 [Published Latest 60 Minutes Headlines - CBS News - Mar 03 2013]
Physics professor on radioactive leaks in Washi... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Feb 26 2013]
Radiation leak at U.S. nuclear facility [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Feb 23 2013]

Press Releases

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Director General Amano speaks at WANO gathering [Published IAEA Press Room - May 20 2013]
Research and Markets: 2013 U.S. Waste Treatment... [Published Business Wire - Apr 30 2013]
Pennsylvania Studies Radioactivity Associated w... [Published CisionWire - English - Feb 02 2013]
IAEA to Host Experts’ Meeting on Post-Accident ... [Published IAEA Press Room - Jan 25 2013]
Groups: Nuclear Energy Institute Is Pushing NRC... [Published PR Newswire: Environment - Jan 15 2013]