A new investigative report released exclusively to The Seattle Times by the nonprofit watchdog group Hanford Challenge documents the fires as well as other mishaps and compliance problems that the authors say “calls...
“The proposed ISP facility imperils America’s energy security because it would be a prime target for attacks by terrorists, saboteurs, and other enemies,” read [Gov. Abbott’s] letter. “Spent nuclear fuel...
Was DOE uranium enrichment plant responsible for star athlete’s cancer death? BY: Cincinnati Investigative Journalist Duane Pohlman, WKRC | local12.com PIKETON, Ohio (WKRC) – For the first time, Larry Farmer, the...
“Given the importance of SWPF and this initial phase of its operation, updates must be frequent and honest by DOE, not delayed and incomplete,” – Tom Clements, director of SRS...
Several nuclear waste experts are urging members of Congress and the public to oppose any proposals to transport highly radioactive nuclear waste from power plants to temporary or long-term storage...
RE: Docket ID NRC-2016-0231/Report Number NUREG-2239, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Interim Storage Partners/Waste Control Specialists Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Draft Environmental Impact Statement Dear U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)...
BY DR. VIRGINIA NECOCHEA & CHARLES DE SAILLAN Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. It emits beta radiation, which can be very dangerous if inhaled. Like other forms of...
Decommissioned Reactors OK-ed for Landfills in Big Gift to Nuclear Industry By: Jeff Ruch & Kirsten Stade | peer.org Washington, DC —The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is finalizing a year-long drive to...
The public will get a chance to comment and learn more about Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plans to release radioactive vapors into the atmosphere from several barrels of tritium-tainted waste....
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Report demonstrates beyond doubt that a FULL programmatic environmental impact statement on expanded plutonium pit production is needed, as well as new site-wide EIS...
“It’s an unusual thing for environmentalists and oil companies to be on the same page, and we are on this issue,” says an Austin-based environmental advocate. BY: Travis Bubenik, Courthouse...
Major Government Contractors Admit to Overcharging between 2009 and 2019 by Billing Time Not Worked, and also Agree to Three-Year Independent Corporate Monitor U.S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON | September...
Tom Clements, executive director of the nonprofit Savannah River Site Watch, said the unspent fuel rods at Los Alamos contain weapons-grade plutonium. He also contended the proposed disposal method is...
Join Texans–SEED Coalition and 15 other sponsoring groups on Thursday evening Sept 17th at 7 Central time for a ZOOM comment letter writing party–bring your own drinks, snacks and computer...
“The state must put teeth back into the consent order, its main source of leverage. I would like to see us rip up the [2016] consent order and become a...
“The U.S. government is responsible for this storage site and must ensure the protection of the people and our environment from the toxic waste stored there,” Gabbard said in a news...
“Given LANL’s history it’s imperative that monitoring be robustly resumed,” Jay Coghlan, Executive Director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico, said in an email. “This is after all the Lab that...
The New Mexico Environment Department has notified the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration and Triad National Security at Los Alamos National Laboratory a civil penalty of $303,600 under...
BY: SCOTT WYLAND | santafenewmexican.com More radioactive material has been found on a former Los Alamos National Laboratory site where low-income housing is being built. Debris containing two forms of uranium...
NM Environment Department Hazardous Waste Bureau Chief Kevin Pierard said the widespread waste at the site represents “a substantial risk to human health and the environment”. BY: MAIRE O’NEILL | losalamosreporter.com...
“There are some new designs, but they are not demonstrably greater, so we are still dealing with the same exact issues,” said Samuel Hickey, a research analyst with the Center...
“It understood that spent fuel remains hazardous for millions of years, and that the only safe long-term strategy for safeguarding irradiated reactor fuel is to place it in a permanent...
A watchdog group has filed a federal lawsuit that contends Holtec International’s application to create an underground storage site for commercial nuclear waste could leave taxpayers holding the bag. BY:...
New Mexico could become home to nuclear waste generated at nearly 90 nuclear power plants across the country. ARTICLE BY: KENDRA CHAMBERLAIN | nmpoliticalreport.com Rose Gardner is not giving up....
BY: SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | apnews.com ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government’s efforts to clean up Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the...