Nobody knows how to dispose of dead nuclear reactors
Decommissioning nuclear reactors Outside the box 28 Oct 09 In Russia, there are four nuclear reactors that exceeded their 30 years operation limit in the Baltic Region, these reactors are Chernobyl type reactors, Continue reading
Russia’s nuclear dustbin
Toxic debt The Engineer 126 Oct 09 “……………Big four toxic dumps – The legacy of the Soviet Union’s chemical and nuclear programmeAndreeva Bay – Russia’s nuclear dustbin, home to some 22,000 spent fuel assemblies, 35 metric tonnes of radioactive materials, and 12,000m3 of solid and liquid waste taken from decommissioned vessels of the Northern FleetAtomflot – Final resting place of the Lepse (the floating Chernobyl), an abandoned supply vessel crammed with 650 damaged nuclear fuel rods …………………………..Chernobyl – Engineers are racing to complete the construction of a new shield that will cover the leaking, 20-year-old sarcophagus Chemical weapons – Russia has the largest declared stockpile of chemical weapons — more than 40,000 tonnes. Much of this is stored in artillery shells and rocket warheads
UK govt promoting new nukes despite waste report
Energy fear over nuclear waste dumps Former senior advisers say ministers ‘cherry-picked’ reports to bolster case for new power plants Guaradian.co.uk Alok Jha 25 Oct 09
Former senior government advisers on nuclear power have accused ministers of being “cavalier” and “cherry-picking” their advice to bolster the case for a new generation of nuclear power stations. Continue reading
Chernobyl still has unsolved nuclear waste problem
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Pond to be Decommissioned Chernobyl and Eastern Europe 22 Oct 09 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is currently conducting a three-day seminar in Kyiv, Ukraine to discuss problems related to the decommissioning of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s cooling pond….
…….The Chernobyl cooling pond is an artificial body of water that was created to cool the heat exchangers of four nuclear reactor units at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. As a result of the Chernobyl accident, the cooling pond was exposed to extremely high levels of contamination. The reservoir area has an approximate volume of 8.5 square miles, or 5,297,199,985 cubic feet.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Pond to be Decommissioned – Chernobyl and Eastern Europe Blog
Nuclear revival? – but waste problem still not solved!
Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved By Jeremy van Loon
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) — When 65 scientists met at Princeton University in 1955 to decide where to permanently store radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, their conclusion was simple: Bury it deep underground, far from earthquakes.
Since then, reactors worldwide have produced 270,000 tons of spent fuel, storing most of it in canisters above ground. Continue reading
UK: expensive problem of aging nuclear industry
Nuclear industry: Crumbling stores, leaky plants and the dangers of old age Guardian, by Terry Macalister 20 October 2009
Dealing with the problems of old age lies at the heart of the nuclear industry’s challenge to convince the public of its safety: leaky power plants, crumbling waste stores nearing the end of their lives and overworked inspectors who do not have the time to assess properly the next generation of power stations. Continue reading
Russian groups challenge Rosatom on radioactive waste dumps
DEMAND FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS
Surrounding homes Seversk located at a distance of less than one kilometer from the place of storage containers. photo google Earth http://earth.google.com/intl/ru/
Open letter on the issue of import to Russia for foreign timeless storage dump uranium hexafluoride Continue reading
Documentary exposes scandal of France’s nuclear waste
Unclean Energy Truth Out 10 October 2009by: | Libération “Waste, the Nuclear Nightmare,” a documentary by Eric Guéret and Laure Noualhat, produced by Arte France and Bonne pioche. Demain, 20h45, Arte. Continue reading
Utah site might not be safe for depleted uranium wastes
Radioactive waste shipments to Utah site facing year delay State board agrees extra steps must be taken to ensure safety of shipment .By Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune 10/14/2009 Drums of radioactive cleanup waste in South Carolina are ready for loading onto rail cars for the journey to a Tooele County disposal site. But now those plans could be delayed more than a year, Continue reading
Germany’s unsafe nuclear waste dump in Siberia
Russian environmentalists criticise uranium storage in Siberia Monsters and Critics Oct 16, 2009, Moscow – A Russian environmentalist group Friday criticised the way nuclear waste from Germany was being stored in the open air in restricted military areas in Siberia, and appealed for awareness of the issue in Germany. Continue reading
Germany, also, sent nuke wastes to Siberia
Recycling Atomic WasteNuclear Materials Stored In Siberian Carparks SPIEGEL ONLINE 13 Oct 09 “…………From 1996 to 2001, Germany sent a lot of its recyclable radioactive material to Seversk as well — around an average of 1,500 tons a year, anti-nuclear lobby groups claim — and one of the issues the new coalition government-to-be has in common is a desire to expand the lifespan of Germany’s nuclear power plants…….
EDF and AREVA send “really dirty” radioactive stuff to Siberia
EDF ‘sends used nuclear material’ to Siberia EDF, the French firm which owns eight of Britain’s nuclear power stations has shipped hundreds of tons of used radioactive material to Russia.
Deception surrounds nuclear waste shipments to Russia
Recycling Atomic WasteNuclear Materials Stored In Siberian Carparks SPIEGEL ONLINE 13 Oct 09 The largest utility company in Europe, Électricité de France, has been accused of storing nuclear waste in an open air car park in Siberia. Continue reading
Kyrgyzstan suffering from uranium tailings pollution
Kyrgyzstan makes progress on toxic dumps but needs to do much more – UN expert Web Newswire October 12, 2009
Kyrgyzstan has made progress in addressing the significant problems of radioactive and toxic waste dumps and in raising international awareness of the serious trans-boundary threats of contamination of groundwater and rivers, but much more remains to be done, a United Nations expert reported today. Continue reading
Secret deal for Scotland to take foreign nuclear waste
SNP turning country into Europe’s ‘nuclear dustbin’
11 Oct 2009
Environmental campaigners have accused the SNP of turning Scotland into the world’s “nuclear dustbin”. Continue reading
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