Nucleotidings

       Disposing of nuclear waste is a major problem for all countries that use nuclear power to generate electricity. In the U.S., the Yucca Mountain Repository for spent nuclear fuel was supposed to be ready by 1999 but the uncompleted project was canceled in 2009. Meanwhile, spent nuclear fuel continues to pile up at power reactor sites around the country.

No inadequate or counterfeited documentation related to the manufacture of forged steel parts used in Finnish nuclear power plants has so far been identified by the plant operators.

       Hanford keeps turning up in my blogs because it is one of the most radioactively contaminated sites on Earth thanks to the Department of Defense use of the site for the development of nuclear weapons. At one point, they poured millions of gallons of radioactive liquids directly into ditches that were not even lined with plastic. There are underground tanks that are filled with a witches brew of toxic chemicals and radioactive substances that are leaking into the soil. The U.S.