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Safe Nuclear is Not Science Fiction

ACCESSWIRE 22 Apr 2024
The long-standing challenges posed by nuclear fission waste, exemplified by Hanford's Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility (WESF), are a focal point for the technology.
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Việt Nam takes action to reduce plastic waste

Vietnam News 22 Apr 2024
Fully aware of plastic waste’s harmful effects, the Việt Nam Government has issued many policies, and participated in many international forums and cooperation efforts in its determination to reduce plastic waste.
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Why turn off lights for Earth Day when California is already growing dark?

Press Telegram 22 Apr 2024
They need to slow the retirement of gas plants and rather than shutting down nuclear power, California ought to become a leader in developing atomic energy. Nuclear has been recognized by the U.S.
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Nuclear waste permit being modified. How much will it cost?

Carlsbad Current Argus 21 Apr 2024
Nuclear waste managers could not financially justify proposed changes in how the materials are handled for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Repository, during a public hearing Wednesday in Carlsbad.
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Mike Levin: Nuclear fuel removal has come a long way, but there’s still work to do

Orange County Register 21 Apr 2024
During my first term in office, I launched the SONGS Task Force that brought together local leaders to craft recommendations to address nuclear waste ... As the nuclear waste continues to cool down at ...
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Nuclear waste storage facility told to take action after breach

BBC News 21 Apr 2024
The Environment Agency letter follows delays in securing radioactive waste at the repository in Drigg ... .
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Utah Rep. Maloy urges Congress to extend ‘downwinder’ compensation

St George News 20 Apr 2024
The bill also expands compensation to people who were exposed to atmospheric nuclear testing and material exposure in parts of Nevada and the Pacific Northwest, as well as exposure to nuclear waste ...
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1940s stack at Oak Ridge National Laboratory gets repaired after crews climb 250 feet up

Oakridger 19 Apr 2024
Unlike old nuclear ... Focused on decades of waste from nuclear weapons production and nuclear research during the Cold War, the effort includes some of the most dangerous radioactive sites in the world.
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Public mixed on reactions to possible Palisades restart

Holland Sentinel 19 Apr 2024
Please, please do the right thing and do not restart this nuclear plant.” ... “After half a century, we still don’t know what to do with the nuclear waste, so why are we planning to make more?” asked Kraig Shultz from Michigan Safe Energy Future.
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Japan starts 5th ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater despite opposition

China.dot.org 19 Apr 2024
Meanwhile, the decommissioning of the Fukushima plant has made little progress, and it is completely unpredictable when the nuclear waste and contaminated materials can be removed, Hideki Taki noted, ...
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2nd LD Writethru: Japan starts 5th ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater despite opposition

China.dot.org 19 Apr 2024
Meanwhile, the decommissioning of the Fukushima plant has made little progress, and it is completely unpredictable when the nuclear waste and contaminated materials can be removed, Hideki Taki noted, ...
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Fusion-energy quest makes big advance with EU-Japan reactor

Phys Dot Org 19 Apr 2024
Fusion is the reverse of fission, the process at the heart of traditional nuclear power stations ... Unlike fission, fusion produces no long-lived nuclear waste and presents no risk of a meltdown or chain reaction.
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A plague on Scotland

The Daily Mail 19 Apr 2024
MSPs voted to hike the MUP by 30 per cent to 65p ... ­Scotland has outlawed the burning of waste containing plastic on a farm or croft ... They have clamped down on fracking and nuclear power, genetically modified crops and biodegradable landfill waste ... SNP. .
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East Palestine residents demand fully-funded healthcare

The Real News Network 19 Apr 2024
Before the railroad workers leave, they need to know that they’re trying to make piketon a nuclear hub and they’ll be shipping all of this nuclear waste, transgenic waste from all these sites around the world.
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Nuclear regulator promises thorough safety review for Palisades restart

Detroit news 18 Apr 2024
Others raised issues about safety and maintenance issues from the plant’s past operators, the longstanding issue of storing nuclear waste from the planet and even Palisades’ susceptibility to extreme ...
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