Radioactive Waste 351 - Spanish Nuclear Security Council Fails To Official Recognize Sites Contaminated With Radioactive Materials

       I have often blogged about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State which is one of the most radioactively contaminated sites on Earth due to the nuclear weapons program that spent decades creating and dumping radioactive materials with little regard to safety. There are areas in many countries that are contaminated with radioactive materials from a variety of causes.

Nuclear Reactors 623 - French Company Framatome Having Problems With Welding On Flamanville EPR Reactor

       The La Creusot Foundry is owned by Framatome which is a unit of the French state-controlled utility EDF. The Foundry has a huge forge which is one of the few in the world that can handle the creation of a reactor containment vessel for a nuclear reactor.

Nuclear Reactors 622 - Three Reasons For Nuclear Construction Project Cost Overrun

       I have often blogged about the high cost of constructing nuclear power plants. Not one nuclear power plant built in the U.S. has ever been completed within the original cost estimate and within the original schedule. After decades, the U.S. started constructing four new commercial nuclear power reactors, two in South Carolina and two in Georgia.

Environmental Protection Agency Seeks To Loosen Regulations On Radiation Exposure

       The Trump administration does not like government regulations. For the past two years, many different federal regulations have been eliminated by the Executive Branch. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been removing important regulations that have to do with the health of the public and the environment.

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