A company called U.S. Ecology Inc. (formerly called Nuclear Engineering Co.) maintained a dump for radioactive wastes near Beatty, Nevada about a hundred miles northwest of Las Vegas for decades. The dump was opened in 1962 as the first federally licensed low-level radioactive waste dump.
Part Two of Two Parts (Please read Part One first.)
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I have believed for many years that nuclear fusion would ultimately be a better, safer form of energy generation than nuclear fission.
Kansas has one nuclear power plant. The Wolf Creek Generating Station near Burlington, KS has one Westinghouse pressurized water reactor that was put into operation in 1985. It generates over a gigawatt of electricity.
Yesterday, I talked about Pakistan's development of tactical nuclear weapons. They announced this work just before their Prime Minister came to Washington, D.C. to talk to President Obama. There has been speculation that Obama is seeking a major treaty with Pakistan concerning its nuclear arsenal now that a deal has been struck with Iran on nuclear issues.
