August 2015

Radioactive Waste 143 - Court Rules Against Chem-Nuclear Over Landfill With Radioactive Waste In South Carolina

       My last blog post involved dealing with old liquid nuclear waste at the Idaho National Laboratory. I mentioned that there were a lot of other sites in the U.S. where old nuclear waste was not being taken care of properly. Today I am going to talk about a leaking nuclear waste dump in Barnwell County, South Carolina near the Savannah River.

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.

Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon By Canadian Company OKed by U.S. Judge

        Yesterday, I blogged about attempts of some mining companies to circumvent laws put in place by the Navajo Nation Council to prevent uranium mining or transportation on Navajo lands. There are over five hundred contaminated sites in the Navajo Nation from Cold War uranium mining as well as twenty two wells that cannot be used for drinking water because of radioactive contamination.

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