Radioactive Waste 112 - Debate Continues Over Yucca Mountain Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel

         The United States has no permanent geological repository for the many tons of spent fuel from nuclear power plants. The spent fuel is rapidly filling up the cooling pools at the reactors and will most likely be temporarily stored in dry casks on the reactor sites.

Radioactive Waste 111 - U.S. Army Wants to Walk Away From Contaminated Jefferson Proving Ground

         The Jefferson Proving Grounds in southern Indiana was used by the Army as a firing range from World War II until the 1990s. Artillery units fired millions of rounds into the range, many with armor penetrating depleted uranium. It is estimated that one and a half million depleted uranium penetrating rods still remain on the surface or in the ground.

Nuclear Weapons 114 - Religious Leaders Gather In Vienna To Condemn Nuclear Weapons

         I recently posted remarks made by the Pope and the Vatican at a nuclear disarmament conference in Vienna, Austria. The conference was called The Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons and was held on December 8th and 9th. It followed meetings in Vienna hosted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Vienna in December 6th and 7th.

Nuclear Reactors 187 - The General Accountability Office Criticizes Nuclear Regulatory Commission Procedures

         The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is charged with the monitoring and regulation of the nuclear industry in the United States. The NRC has been criticized repeatedly for being too cozy with the industry that they are supposed to regulate.

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