Radioactive Waste 142 - Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at Idaho National Laboratory

       Yesterday, I blogged about a dispute between the Idaho Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Energy over permission to ship spent nuclear fuel to the Idaho National Laboratory. The AG was upset because the DoE had fail to comply with a Settlement Agreement involving the construction and operation the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the INL.

Radioactive Waste 141 - Idaho National Laboratory May Lose Out On Lucrative Department Of Energy Spent Nuclear Fuel Contract

        The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) had an arrangement with the U.S. Department of Energy to take two shipments of spent nuclear fuel that would be tested at the Laboratory. The research would focus on "high-burnup" fuel which is currently accumulating at nuclear power plants all over the U.S. One of the shipments would be used to carry out research on spent nuclear fuel recycling.

Nuclear Weapons 153 - Soviet Naval Officer Refuses To Start World War III During Cuban Missile Crisis

        I have blogged about some close calls where we almost destroyed our civilization with nuclear weapons. Since the 1950s, there have been times when World War III was moments away but somehow we managed to survive. During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, a U.S. picket ship enforcing the naval blockade of Cuba observed a Russian ship crossing the line that the U.S.

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