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• Under The Hood With Duncan Williams - High-Level Liquid Waste

  High-Level Liquid Waste - By Duncan Williams - One of the most controversial topics regarding nuclear power is the issue of storing radioactive liquid waste. As a result of America’s decades-long processing of nuclear material, a fairly large amount of radioactive liquid waste has been generated and remains with us to this day. Some of this radioactive liquid waste is a result of once secret programs stemming back to the days of the Manhattan Project. ... Posted Mar 17 2010, 08:49 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: vitrification, nuclear waste, waste, radioactive waste, storage, radioactive, Under The Hood With Duncan Williams, patent, oak ridge, duncan williams, high-level, high-level liquid waste, ingot, liquid, oxide, metal

• AREVA Organizes First International Nuclear Recycling Day

  The first International Nuclear Recycling Day was held at the François Mitterrand national library, Paris. - By Linton Levy - The event, organized by AREVA with the participation of the Boston Consulting Group and TNS Sofres, brought together 200 international energy professionals, scientists, industry figures and public officials, to debate and discuss the issue of nuclear fuel recycling. ... Posted Mar 01 2010, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: AREVA, reprocessing, recycling, nuclear waste, spent fuel , AREVA Blog, blog, ENERGY, nuclear, power, fuel, TNS Sofres, Boston Consulting Group

• Alexander Statement On DOE Blue Ribbon Commission On Nuclear Waste

  This commission and the president’s endorsement of a new generation of nuclear power plants are welcome steps that will enable the United States to catch up with the rest of the world - Edited by April Murelio - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has released the following statement regarding U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu’s announcement of the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to managing the nation’s used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste: ... Posted Feb 05 2010, 08:43 AM by steveheiser with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: nuclear waste, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Lamar Alexander, commission, blue ribbon

• Nuclear Waste Shipped Back To Japan From UK

  The reprocessing involves extracting reusable uranium and plutonium from the spent nuclear fuel so that it can be used again - By Linton Levy - Commerical radioactive waste from the UK is now being shipped back to Japan. The waste, from the Sellafield nuclear complex, is a by-product of nuclear fuel which was sent to the UK from Japan for reprocessing during the 1980s and 1990s. ... Posted Jan 21 2010, 08:40 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: reprocessing, UK, nuclear waste, Japan, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Sellafield, shipping

• Appeals Court: Nuclear Spent Fuel Can Be Stored At Plants

  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it review the NRC's rejection of a request by Massachusetts and California that it increases the risk level - By Stephen Heiser - A federal appeals court has refused a request by several states to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to declare spent fuel pools at atomic power plants a serious environmental threat. ... Posted Dec 24 2009, 08:31 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: nuclear waste, spent fuel , storage, nuclear, decision, court, appeals court

• A Common Approach To Nuclear Waste

  IAEA Workshop Looks at Regulatory Needs for Waste Disposal Solutions - By Linton Levy - Whether of the extremely radioactive high-level, long-lived kind or the short-lived, low-level type, the issue of nuclear waste and methods of its disposal remain one of the most pressing problems facing the nuclear sector. ... Posted Dec 23 2009, 08:10 AM by steveheiser with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: nuclear waste, IAEA, waste, International Atomic Energy Agency, nuclear, South Africa

• NNSA And Romanian Border Police Cooperate To Thwart Nuclear Smuggling

  NNSA’s Second Line of Defense Program (SLD) is providing the Romanian Border Police with two vans - By April Murelio - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Border Police of Romania commissioned mobile radiation detection equipment for... Posted Dec 07 2009, 08:24 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , nuclear waste, ENERGY, power, NNSA, radioactive, materials

• Germany Rushing To Strengthen Nuclear Waste Site

  Wolfsburg nuclear waste site is eroding because of "water leaks" - By Thomas Cheplick - A nuclear waste site 19 miles south of Wolfsburg in Germany is having its interior strengthened faster than planned as it is presently being eroded quicker by water leaks. Wolfsburg is home to the headquarters... Posted Jul 16 2009, 08:24 AM by thomascheplick with | with no comments Filed under: nuclear waste, Wolfsburg, Asse, Volkswagen, Hans-Heinrich Sander, water leaks

• Nuclear Waste Departs Nevada For Idaho

  NNSA announced the shipment marked the end of a 35-year process of inspecting and repackaging materials - Edited by Abby Gessner - According to a report by the AP, the Nevada Test Site has announced that the last of 65 truckloads of repackaged radioactive waste has been shipped to Idaho, pending final... Posted Jul 10 2009, 08:05 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: National Nuclear Security Administration , nuclear waste, lawrence livermore national lab

• Senator Reid Recommends Commission To Study Yucca Alternatives

  Plans for a nuclear waste panel were proposed last month - By Mark McFadden - Nevada Sen. Harry Reid stated that he would defer to a federal Energy Department plan to create a commission to study alternatives to a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. The Democratic majority leader scrapped his... Posted Apr 02 2009, 07:59 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Steven Chu, nuclear waste, Yucca, Reid

• WSJ: Editorial "No Such Thing as Nuclear Waste"

  Nuclear author William Tucker finds that There Is No Such Thing as Nuclear Waste - Edited by Mark McFadden - William Tucker, is the author of " Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Long Energy Odyssey ." A Nuclear Street Review of this popular... Posted Mar 13 2009, 08:35 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: nuclear waste, spent fuel , opinion, Tucker

• Xcel Energy Not Worried About Yucca Mountain

  Xcel Energy speaks out on pullback of Nevada nuclear storage - Edited by April Murelio - According to a Minnesota Public Radio report by Stephanie Hemphill, Xcel Energy says it's not worried about signals from the Obama administration that it's moving away from plans to deposit nuclear waste... Posted Mar 05 2009, 08:56 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Obama, nuclear waste, Yucca, dry cask, Xcel Energyy

• President Obama Abandons Yucca Mountain

  The Yucca Mountain project has all but stopped after President Barack Obama's recent budget blueprint. A new plan for permanent storage needs to be developed. - By Mark McFadden - The confirmation came with the following words from the Department of Energy: "The Yucca Mountain program will be... Posted Mar 02 2009, 08:03 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Obama, nuclear waste, Yucca, waste

• Kentucky Nuclear Plant Bill Passes House; Nuclear Waste At Issue

  House committee panel backs bill to lift Ky. nuclear plant ban; two to one vote - By Jack Bryar - A House committee has approved a bill that would strike down the state law that bans construction of nuclear power plants in Kentucky until the federal government has a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear... Posted Mar 02 2009, 07:59 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: nuclear waste, legislation, politics, bill, Kentucky

• NRC Approves Rule Incorporating EPA Standards For Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository

  Changes affect the period beyond 10,000 years and up to 1 million years - By Jack Bryar - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a final rule incorporating the Environmental Protection Agency's radiation protection standards for the proposed high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain,... Posted Feb 18 2009, 09:04 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, EPA, regulations, nuclear waste, Yucca, spent fuel