French activists block train with radioactive waste for Russia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:51:53 GMT
French Greenpeace activists blocked a train carrying some 650 metric tons of radioactive waste in protest against the export of nuclear waste to Russia, the Greenpeace Russia website said.
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Battle to revise Russia radioactive waste bill continues as enviro groups are shut out of the dialogue (Bellona Foundation)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:08:30 GMT
NEW YORK – Powerful environmental groups in Russia have stepped forward to say they have been shut out of a process to revise a new bill on radioactive waste management in Russia, saying their suggestions to improve the bill have been ignored, representatives of Greenpece Russia and Ecodefence told Bellona Web Tuesday.
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Legislature seeks to create radioactive waste cleanup fund (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:44:16 GMT
The state could keep up to $4 million in fees from companies burying radioactive waste in Utah in case the state has to take over the sites, under a bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday and now goes to the governor for his signature.
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Volunteers needed for radioactive waste panel (KOB 4 Albuquerque)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:26:13 GMT
The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking volunteers to help advise it on radioactive waste cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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Volunteers needed for radioactive waste planel (News West 9 Midland)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:32:38 GMT
Associated Press - March 9, 2010 7:15 AM ET LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking volunteers to help advise it on radioactive waste cleanup at Los Alamos National...
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Pulverizing Radioactive Oxide Layer in Nuclear Plant Pipes Reduces Cost, Waste, and Exposure (ThomasNet)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:37 GMT
Making short work of nuclear water pipe decontamination dramatically reduces radioactive exposure and waste The decontamination of large-bore water pipes at nuclear power plants is a particular maintenance challenge, largely due to the production of secondary waste materials and exposure risks to plant employees. For any decontamination system to be considered viable it must minimize secondary ...
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Jal could be on radioactive waste route (KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:10:37 GMT
Jal could see low-level radioactive waste travel through the community next year on the way to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant disposal site near Carlsbad.
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Technology › Low-level radioactive waste to be transferred to U.S. (Japan Today)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:32:46 GMT
U.S. naval forces in Japan told the municipal government of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday they will take low-level radioactive waste generated during maintenance on…
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Jal Could be on Radioactive Waste Route (Albuquerque Journal)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:22:44 GMT
Shipments could start after highway improvements are finished Jal could see low-level radioactive waste travel through the community next year on the way to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant disposal site near Carlsbad. The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to request shipments be routed through Jal after highway improvements are finished this summer. The chief scientist for the DOE's Carlsbad ...
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Select committee hears of n-waste options Add your comments (Whitehaven News)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:45 GMT
LAND further away from Sellafield than Longlands, near Gosforth, might prove suitable for burying higher levels of radioactive waste, MPs have been told.
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