EDF nuclear waste stored in open air in Russia: report Oct 12, 2009
An EDF spokeswoman declined to confirm the 13 percent figure, or that waste was stored in the open air, but confirmed EDF sends nuclear waste to Russia. "We send waste to Russia for treatment, and they send 10 to 20 percent of it back to us to be used in French power ," she said. (Scientific American)
The Importance of Extremophiles Oct 11, 2009
First discovered in irradiated canned meat, this bacteria is sometimes found in the most inhospitable places to survive on earth, including Antarctic dry valleys, elephant dung and nuclear waste sites where it survives under extremely high radiation. Scientists, including some funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE), are currently investigating ways to use the bacteria for bioremediation, the cleanup of nuclear waste sites. (Suite101.com)
When 5+1 = 1+1 in the Iran equation Oct 9, 2009
It is conceivable to imagine other areas of cooperation, such as nuclear waste management, where the US in particular could give tremendous assistance to Iran, assuming that the nuclear crisis is resolved within a framework acceptable to all. In the US, the Barack Obama administration has come under fire from blistering right-wing attacks, with accusations that Obama was duped by the Iranians in Geneva. (Asia Times Online)
Shoot the Moon: NASA Plans Lunar Dust-Up Oct 9, 2009
Because you have jet fuel and nuclear waste in your water. . (CBS News)
Hearing Set on Foreign Nuke Waste Ban Bill Oct 8, 2009
2nd hearing on bill proposing ban on importation of foreign nuclear waste set for next week ... An effort to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste has been given new life with a hearing set for next week in Washington, D.C.. (ABC News -- Wire)
Uranium policy a hypocrisy Oct 5, 2009
Nuclear waste management remains unresolved around the world. With the future of high-level nuclear waste accumulating at reactor sites across the US still unresolved after 50 years of the nuclear industry, how can BHP provide any credible assurances on nuclear waste management in China. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
How are you faring as employers shed more jobs than expected? Oct 3, 2009
There is a lot of money flowing from France and Japan (and the US Department of Energy) to convert nuclear waste into a safe form. I got this job in June after being laid off in March after working for only 6 months out of college. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Trailer with nuclear plant debris crashes in Pa. Sep 25, 2009
Trailer with nuclear plant debris crashes in Pa. - Somerset - Daily American. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Panel shifts focus to reuse of nuclear fuel Sep 25, 2009
With a federal plan to handle nuclear waste in deadlocked disarray, an advisory panel that has spent 20 years studying a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain turned Wednesday to discussing ways of reusing the fuel instead. But the meeting of the panel, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, made evident that such reuse was uncertain, along with the future of Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, about 100 miles from Las Vegas ... The board heard presentations from three major nuclear companies on... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Click to read:Obama Calls for "Walls to Come Down" Sep 24, 2009
It does not present nuclear waste materials. A sunsat can deliver 5 gigawatts to the grid, about the output of 10 nuclear fission plants. (CBS News)
ISU, INL host safety workshop Sep 22, 2009
According to ISU, nuclear criticality is a field dealing with safety issues in nuclear reactor fuel fabrication, transport and storage, and nuclear waste management, storage and nonproliferation ... Imel said a portion of the workshop focuses on ways to contain nuclear waste, thereby not allowing it to seep through its barriers and affect both workers and the public. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Stars pay tribute to actor Swayze Sep 17, 2009
Page last updated at 09:54 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:54 UK. Please turn on JavaScript. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Williams speaks of Ledger grief Sep 17, 2009
Page last updated at 16:28 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 17:28 UK. Ledger and Williams met on the set of Brokeback Mountain. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cylinder worry after school fire Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 08:02 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 09:02 UK. The fire destroyed the design and technology block but was contained and did not spread. (BBC News -- UK)
Trading place Sep 16, 2009
Mafia 'sank nuclear waste ship. Dan Brown on new novel release. (BBC News -- Science)
Reptiles' walk 'evolved faster' Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 08:32 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 09:32 UK. Reptiles' walk 'evolved faster. (BBC News -- Science)
Muse get classical on fifth album Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 11:35 GMT, Monday, 2 March 2009. By Georgie Rogers 6 Music News reporter. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Eddie Izzard completes marathon running feat Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 16:35 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 17:35 UK. Izzard completes marathons feat. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Habla Espanol? Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 07:43 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 08:43 UK. Furtado gets dramatic in Spanish. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Muse 'would say yes' to Bond song Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 08:11 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 09:11 UK. New album The Resistance looks set to top the album chart. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Search site aims to rival Google Sep 16, 2009
Mafia 'sank nuclear waste ship. Military robot leaps over walls. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
More surveyors report price rises Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 10:57 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 11:57 UK. The UK housing market has shown signs of revival. (BBC News -- Business)
Poor response Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 17:07 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 18:07 UK. Poorer countries 'need bailout help too. (BBC News -- Business)
Suicides expose French misery Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 16:11 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 17:11 UK. Suicides lift lid on French misery. (BBC News -- Europe)
Spain urged to end detention law Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 13:15 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 14:15 UK. Mohammed Fahsi was arrested in Spain in 2006. (BBC News -- Europe)
EU sick leave ruling criticised Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 12:58 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 13:58 UK. Rates of illness are predicted to soar. (BBC News -- Europe)
Mafia 'sank ships of toxic waste' Sep 16, 2009
Underwater footage of the sunken ship that could contain nuclear waste ... Mafia 'sank nuclear waste ship ... Mafia 'sank nuclear waste ship. (BBC News -- Europe)
Darth Vader voices scare young girls but they get to love them Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 10:22 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 11:22 UK. Darth Vader voices 'scare girls. (BBC News -- Health)
Champion mums Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 13:05 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 14:05 UK. Motherhood: a boon for the body. (BBC News -- Health)
US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed' Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 02:13 GMT, Friday, 1 December 2006. US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured' Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 13:57 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 14:57 UK. Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured. (BBC News -- Africa)
'Drunk mother fondled' on flight Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 20:20 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 21:20 UK. Drunk mother fondled' on flight. (BBC News -- UK)
Reputation 'hurt by bank crisis' Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 23:27 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:27 UK. Reputation 'hurt by bank crisis. (BBC News -- UK)
New speed limits to beat M4 jams Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 05:47 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 06:47 UK. Variable speed limits are used on the busy M42 and the M25. (BBC News -- UK)
Plague death records published Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 00:28 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 01:28 UK. The deaths of plague victims were often marked with the letter P. (BBC News -- UK)
Three convicted over dog-fighting Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 20:47 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 21:47 UK. Claire Parker staged fights in the garage of her home. (BBC News -- UK)
Thai crash families' jet ban plea Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 05:59 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 06:59 UK. Alex Collins and Bethan Jones were among the passengers that died. (BBC News -- UK)
Tories must back NI policing deal Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 06:54 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 07:54 UK. Tories must approve policing deal. (BBC News -- UK)
Iran 'must discuss' nuclear issue Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 01:11 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 02:11 UK. Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes. (BBC News -- Africa)
UN seeks close Gaza scrutiny Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 03:52 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 04:52 UK. By Barbara Plett BBC UN correspondent, New York. (BBC News -- Africa)
Job creation Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 21:26 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 22:26 UK. Stimulus creating jobs in Tennessee. (BBC News -- Americas)
New Africa broadband 'ready' Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 01:08 GMT, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 02:08 UK. New Africa broadband 'ready. (BBC News -- Technology)
UN mission split over Afghan poll Sep 16, 2009
Page last updated at 21:48 GMT, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 22:48 UK. The election has been dogged by allegations of irregularities and fraud. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Government Will Probe 1983 Study About Safety of Underground Nuclear Waste Sep 12, 2009
German Government Will Probe 1983 Nuclear Waste Site Study - Bloomberg ... German Government Will Probe 1983 Nuclear Waste Site Study ... Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor government said it will review whether politicians influenced a 1983 scientific study about the safety of a proposed underground nuclear waste site in northern Germany. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Germany Investigates Nuclear Waste Storage Report Sep 12, 2009
German Government To Investigate Nuclear Waste Storage Report Amid Manipulation Accusations ... (AP) Germany will investigate a 1983 report on a nuclear waste storage facility after allegations that the report was manipulated by officials at the time, the government said Friday ... Merkel's government has backed the plans to build a permanent storage site in Gorleben, where treated nuclear waste is currently stored in a specially constructed hall. (CBS News -- World)
Bacteria Used To Make Radioactive Metals Inert Sep 9, 2009
16, 2005) University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have found that the successful use of bacteria to remediate environmental contamination from nuclear waste and processing. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Meet the new Madonna, queen of twits Sep 7, 2009
But you also believe that some $4-a-bottle Kabbalah water being poured into a lake within the Chernobyl exclusion zone neutralised all nuclear waste therein. So do you mind if we get a second opinion on your seismic surveys. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Using waste to recover waste uranium Sep 7, 2009
The same technology can also be used to clean up nuclear waste ... "The UK has no natural uranium reserves, although a significant amount of uranium is produced in nuclear wastes. There is no global shortage of uranium but from the point of view of energy security the EU needs to be able to recover as much uranium as possible from mine run-offs (which in any case pollute the environment) as well as recycling as much uranium as possible from nuclear wastes," commented Professor Macaskie, "By... (EurekAlert!)
7 weird stimulus projects Sep 5, 2009
They range from just a few pennies for nuts and bolts at a local hardware store to billions of dollars for nuclear waste cleanup. But dig a little deeper, and you'll find stimulus has also funded an electric oyster shell dispersal cart, ice machines, $25 million of pork and ham, a reach-in freezer, $3 million worth of auto lawyers, office furniture and nine water safety mascot costumes. (CNN -- Money)
Tear gas effect studied the hard way Sep 4, 2009
As a student in Germany in the 1980s, he participated in protests against nuclear waste transport, and ran afoul of police with water cannons and tear gas. "Exposed people, including myself, experience severe burning and pain of the eyes, profuse tear secretion, blepharospasm -- spasm of the eye muscles resulting in eye closure -- nasal pain and strong mucus secretion, and shortness of breath," he said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Commentary: Federal Shift on Nuclear Waste Leaves Utilities With No Clear Direction Sep 3, 2009
Top Stories From Law. Christopher F. Tierney and Patrick M. JensenSpecial to Law. (Law.com)
Nuclear Waste Dump in Lower Saxony Contains More Plutonium Than Reported Aug 30, 2009
German Nuclear Waste Dump Contains More Plutonium Than Reported - Bloomberg ... German Nuclear Waste Dump Contains More Plutonium Than Reported ... Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- A German nuclear waste dump formerly run by contains three times as much toxic plutonium as previously reported, the said. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Not just nukes: SRS labs take on other tough tasks Aug 25, 2009
In any given week, nearly 900 scientists and technicians collaborate at the Savannah River National Laboratory and its related offices on projects ranging from solar energy to nuclear waste disposal to hydrogen fuels. In addition to offering support to on-site programs, researchers focus on solutions for challenges in three key areas: national and homeland security, energy security and environmental management. (The Augusta Chronicle)
MOX: The future of SRS Aug 23, 2009
- Cleanup of huge volumes of nuclear waste is expected to continue for years at SRS and at the Hanford Site in Washington, where similar manufacturing work occurred ... In addition to research into nuclear waste cleanup technology, its scientists are immersed in projects ranging from solar and geothermal energy to hydrogen research. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Can Steven Chu Win the Fight Over Global Warming? Aug 23, 2009
Since its founding during the last energy crisis, in 1977, the DOE has become a bloated backwater of the military-industrial complex, primarily responsible for safeguarding nuclear weapons and cleaning up nuclear waste and generally ignored between security breaches at its nuclear labs. But now there's a new energy crisis, and the appointment of a global-warming Paul Revere who's also a green-tech Albert Einstein has signaled Obama's desire to put the E back in DOE, to have a first-tier brain... (Time.com)
Clean, Green Electricity: Options, Opportunities & Opposition (2) Aug 23, 2009
In the future, research may find ways to recycle or reuse nuclear waste, which might make this issue a moot point. Also, in Wisconsin it is currently not possible to build a new nuclear facility due to a statewide moratorium on construction. (Agri-View, WI)
Ontario Métis set to gather in Sudbury for 16th Annual General Assembly Aug 20, 2009
Sponsors of this year's Assembly include the Ontario Power Authority, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (PlatinumSponsors); Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, Hydro One, Canadian Hydro Development Inc. (Gold Sponsors); Union Gas, Bruce Power, Greater City of Sudbury (Silver Sponsors) and our Bronze Sponsors; MKI Travel, Vale Inco, Mike Tango Group, Royal Bank, Prospectors Development Association of Canada, Lyreco, Mansfield Rodney Printing, iDenticam. For more information on this year's... (Canada Newswire)
DOE calls off SRS energy park assessment Aug 18, 2009
The assessment was to be the first step in the process of determining the suitability of allowing the SRS Community Reuse Organization to use the land for economic development purposes that critics fear could bring additional nuclear waste to South Carolina ... The community reuse organization's proposal lists a host of potential uses, including nuclear waste processing ... - Nuclear waste processing and stabilization. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Israeli officials: New West Bank proj00002CE8ects frozen Aug 18, 2009
The state Board of Examiners has approved a $10 million, two-year contract to hire outside lawyers to assist in the state's fight against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. Gov. Jim Gibbons, chairman of the three-member panel, questioned why the spending was necessary given predictions from Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama that the proposed dump 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas is dead. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Kenya: Area That Could Be Rich in Oil, Turns Out to Be Valley of Death Aug 14, 2009
Some locals claim the company discharged nuclear waste in the desert before halting its project. There are others who suspect relief food supplies to be the cause of the cancer while some point at tobacco and khat (miraa), chewed by a big number of people in the area. (allAfrica.com)
Complaint leads to meeting on SRS energy park Aug 13, 2009
The group's primary concern is that the park could become another place that handles or processes nuclear waste, rather than a research center for alternative energy fuels, said Tom Clements, the group's Southeastern nuclear campaign coordinator. The letter noted that more opportunity for public participation was needed, and that such opportunities needed to include the public at large. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Good news, bad news on Hanford cleanup Aug 13, 2009
The 586-square-mile reservation in central Washington contains roughly two-thirds of the country s high-level nuclear waste. Fifty-three million gallons of that waste is contained 142 single-shell underground storage tanks that are 30 years beyond their design lifespan. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Flying clean Aug 12, 2009
Its no different to storing our nuclear waste in salt mines, your just handing the problem to the next generation, and perhaps a much greater problem at that. As to the airline industry, the newer aircraft and engines are vastly superior in terms of fuel consumption so encourage the retirement of older aircraft or make it viable to re-engine them with more fuel efficient (and quieter) engines. (BBC News -- Business)
Utah governor quits, will be ambassador Aug 12, 2009
Huntsman led efforts to normalize the state's notoriously quirky liquor laws, revamped the state's tax code and fought to keep foreign nuclear waste out of the state while in office. Earlier this year, Huntsman grabbed nationwide attention for saying he supported civil unions and that the national Republican Party needs to be more inclusive if it wants to come back from widespread losses and move beyond the borders of the Rocky Mountain west and the South. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Obama administration's efforts to block Yucca Mountain waste dump is irresponsible Aug 6, 2009
The Obama administration s politically inspired effort to abandon construction of a nuclear waste repository near Nevada s Yucca Mountain has a new wrinkle. The administration now proposes to make an end-run around the 1987 law mandating that the nation s nuclear waste be stored at the site by simply denying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the funding it needs to complete its review of the Yucca Mountain facility ... But blocking the NRC review needed to open the facility would effectively... (Longview Daily News, WA)
