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What could go wrong? The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island.

May 21, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Washington Post published an engaging essay about a nuclear waste depository on the Marshall Islands. Some good background and discussion of the meeting of two critical issues, climate change and nuclear waste. Beyond the comments from a shill or two from the pro-nuclear camp, the concerns of us common folk is quite clear in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Atomic Heritage Foundation, Bikini Atoll, Castle Bravo, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, nuclear waste, plutonium-239, Radioactive, radioactive material, Runit Island, toxic substance

Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Makes Progress, But Questions Loom

February 5, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

IEEE Spectrum, in its ongoing reporting on the Hanford cleanup project, gives us an update on the vitrification process and some questions concerning the classification of hazardous waste. Read the article here: Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Makes Progress, But Questions Loom

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science Tagged: Bechtel National, Columbia River, DOE, glassifying, grout, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Hanford Vit Plant, landfill, nuclear waste, Office of River Protection, plutonium, reclassify, U.S. Department of Energy, vitrification, Washington State, Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

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