Today the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission vs. Texas. At issue is whether the NRC exceeded its authority when it approved...
“The case pits the nuclear industry’s push for CISFs against the interests of fossil fuel companies which object to high-level radioactive waste dumped in their drilling/fracking areas, the state governments...
Nuclear waste is piling up at power plants around the country, and we have no idea where to put it. Many states are aggressively fighting plans for new storage facilities....
Distrust over the federal government’s ability to build a permanent repository played a critical role in committee’s decision to kill controversial ‘temporary’ storage bill.
If you follow news on nuclear waste, you know that the federal government is required by law to have a permanent disposal plan for our nation’s nuclear waste before engaging...
The Indian Point nuclear plant along the Hudson River is at the center of a controversy two years after it was shut down ABC NEWS – By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press |...
America’s Nuclear Waste Capital Wants More of It, Against State Wishes Burying the country’s nuclear weapons waste brought an economic lifeline to Carlsbad, New Mexico. State leaders worry it’s become...
NNSA’s mission is plutonium pit production…for the next 30 years and beyond. NNSA HAS STATED CLEARLY: “WIPP IS ESSENTIAL FOR PIT PRODUCTION UNTIL 2080.” As you can see clearly in...
Holtec has said the facility would be temporary until a permanent repository could be built, but Rep. Janelle Anyanonu, D-Albuquerque, fears that wouldn’t be the case. “Once it opens, it’s...
“I think there’s this mentality that New Mexico can just be the forever home for all the nation’s waste. It’s an exploitative mentality regarding our state.” — Sen. Jeff Steinborn,...
“Next year in spring, [Japan] plans to begin releasing the water into the Pacific after treatment for most radioactive particles…” By Pete McKenzie, NEW YORK TIMES | December 30, 2022 nytimes.com...
“The unprecedented, controversial disposal operation is likely to take decades. ” BY LUCY CRAFT, CBS NEWS | July 25, 2022 cbsnews.com Tokyo — The fishing industry around Japan’s Fukushima coast expressed...
“None of this waste we’re talking about is in New Mexico…If it actually were a good thing, if it were safe, Holtec or anybody else wouldn’t be thinking about trying...
What was billed as a public forum in Santa Fe for the underground nuclear waste disposal site in Carlsbad turned out to be a lengthy slide show with only a...
“A watchdog group criticized the Energy Department for choosing a subsidiary of Bechtel, a former partner in the consortium Los Alamos National Security LLC, which improperly packaged the waste drum...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 22, 2022 | Contact: Scott Kovac, 505.989.7342 scott@nukewatch.org | Jay Coghlan, 505.989.7342 jay@nukewatch.org Santa Fe, NM – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear...
“Independent federal investigators last month raised concerns about whether cost overruns and missed construction deadlines will continue at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant…State regulators are weighing a permit change that some...
pic.twitter.com/q1aI84ZNqM — DOE WIPP (@WIPPNEWS) April 10, 2022 pic.twitter.com/VxkmX36RAy — DOE WIPP (@WIPPNEWS) April 10, 2022 Officials at the facility say there was no risk of radioactive contamination. BY ADRIAN...
Federal officials would agree only to study the possibility of clearing out waste from the Area G pit and wouldn’t commit to following through, said Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch’s executive...
By Adrian Hedden Carlsbad Current-Argus March 4, 2022 currentargus.com “New Mexico agreed to host WIPP after carefully crafting agreements that limit what the federal government can do with it. It...
“This citizen petition highlights the frustration of New Mexicans with DOE’s Environmental Management program. We fully expect the Department of Energy to meaningfully engage with stakeholders in New Mexico communities...
“Currently no options have been able to demonstrate that waste will remain isolated from the environment over the tens to hundreds of thousands of years.” – Nuclear waste expert Andrew...
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration claims that a little more than half of WIPP’s future capacity will be reserved for future plutonium pit bomb core production. Further, those new...
“Interim in this case effectively means permanent…We have great concern about that public safety component of any private waste moving through the state to a facility” — Sarah Cottrell Propst,...
Officials plan to ramp up operations as pandemic hoped to subside “With continued increases in shipments, WIPP officials said they hoped to fill the seventh disposal panel by the middle...