Radiation News Roundup Nov 08, 2015 A spokesman for the closed Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is defending the plant’s planned use of money from its decommissioning fund for storage of highly radioactive spent reactor fuel on the plant site. burlingtonfreepress.com America’s nuclear industry will receive support from two new Department of Energy programs designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector. dailycaller.com From food scraps to spent nuclear rods, dealing with our waste is an expensive and complicated affair, often costing billions of dollars a year. But a new method uses otherwise discarded biologic materials like spent whisky grains, seaweed and even coffee grounds to tackle this problem, soaking up the most toxic radioactive waste. smithsonianmag.com Westinghouse Electric said it has signed a contract with Barseback Kraft AB to provide support for the dismantling of the Barseback Nuclear Power Station in Sweden, which will be the first undertaking of its kind in the country. nulcearstreet.com
