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USA’s nuclear waste dilemma

Nuclear dumping in SC a concern – – TheState.com, 7 Jan 2011, “……….The panel is expected to recommend to President Obama by mid-summer how to deal with the nuclear waste, which is growing as nuclear power plants continue to produce electricity. The U.S. has generated more than 70,000 metric tons of high-level nuclear waste — lethal material that, in some cases, doesn’t break down for thousands of years. Continue reading →

January 7, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

U.S. nuclear sites not ready for emergencies

Emergency Readiness Said Lacking at U.S. Nuclear Sites, NTI: Global Security Newswire , Jan. 6, 2011 Emergency preparedness and continuity of operations programs at U.S. Energy Department facilities suffer from “significant weaknesses” that could endanger lives and federal property, the DOE Inspector General’s Office said in a report issued this week Continue reading →

January 7, 2011 Posted by | safety, USA | Leave a comment

Rare Earths carry radioactive hazards for workers

REE deposits are usually found in the same vicinity as major lodes of uranium, radium and other radioactive ores.

Rare Earths: China’s not-so-secret secret weapon, Toronto Sun, By alan.parker  January 5, 2011“…………The environment concerns were very real. Mining and refining rare earth elements is a dirty, dangerous business Continue reading →

January 7, 2011 Posted by | health, technology, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

9,000 jobs in Ohio’s renewable energy

Ohio hosts 169 renewable energy firms: survey Cincinnati.Com, 5 Jan 2011, A new survey by the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center has identified 169 companies in Ohio as suppliers to the wind power and solar energy markets. The list includes more than a dozen companies in southwest Ohio including Cast-Fab Technologies in Oakley, Magna Machine Co. in Forest Park and Melink Corp. in Union Township, Clermont County.
The state’s manufacturing base, skilled workforce and policies encouraging renewable energy sources have helped spur development of more than 9,000 jobs across the state in the wind and solar markets according to Ohio Department of Development data sited by the survey. To view the survey, go to www.elpc.org/Ohio Energy. Ohio hosts 169 renewable energy firms: survey | cincinnati.com | Cincinnati.Com

January 6, 2011 Posted by | renewable, USA | Leave a comment

The basic facts on Texas Radioactive Waste Commission decision

Post your opinion on this site. Texas to US: Send Us Your Radioactive Waste – Commission OKs site, to be fourth such dump in country SHARE YOUR TAKE Texas to US: Send Us Your Radioactive Waste – NewserBy Kate Schwartz,  Jan 5, Commission OKs site, to be fourth such dump in country– In a move sure to delight the nuclear-energy industry and depress environmentalists, a Texas commission yesterday set the ball rolling on legislation that would make the state the final destination for 36 states’ low-level radioactive-waste. Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

USA’s Blue Ribbon Commission to talk about wastes and new nuclear reactors

The commission has until June to come up new strategies for dealing with the thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel…….They will also hear about plant Vogtle’s expansion. There Southern Company plans to build the first new nuclear reactors in decades

Commission Plans Nuclear Tour, GPB Newsw, By Noel Brown 5 Jan 2011, AUGUSTA, Ga. — A federal panel charged with finding new ways to store high level nuclear waste will tour the Savannah River Site near Augusta Thursday. The Blue Ribbon Commission for America’s Nuclear Future was created by the Obama administration last year Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

Cape Cod’s tourism and water endangered by uranium industry

the same kind of issue has arisen again out in Colorado, concerned not with nuclear waste disposal and reprocessing as with the aborted “Atomic Park,” but with uranium mining and processing…..Even if no leak ever occurred, however, the presence of a large scale uranium industry in the area would kill the booming tourist industry -a real concern for the Cape fifty years ago as well…..

Nuclear Idiocy Redux -From Cape Cod To Telluride, Cape Cod Today,  5 Jan 2011, “………Proponents of the Atomic Park scheme, including the Buzzards Bay and Barnstable Chambers of Commerce, said it would be a huge boon for the Cape. In actuality, the idea was conceived as a huge boondoggle for the nuclear industry, a way to save billions in the proper handling and disposal of nuclear waste that would jeopardize the health and safety of all Cape Cod residents. Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, USA | Leave a comment

New book details murky history of CIA and nuclear weapons proliferation

“What’s needed is a new multilateral legal regime that puts trafficking in nuclear, chemical and biological weapons on a par with crimes against humanity. This won’t be easy, but blind adherence to narrow national objectives increases the risk to all of us.”

Authors: CIA waited years to stop nuclear proliferation | Raw Story, 6 Jan 2011, The US government is guilty of allowing nuclear materials and intelligence to proliferate among some of the most dangerous regimes in the world for more than 30 years, a new book alleges. Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | Leave a comment

36 states to dump nuclear waste close to Texas aquifer?

the landfill is close to a major aquifer that provides water to one-quarter of the country’s irrigated land as well as drinking water to thousands of people.

Commission Lets 36 States Dump Nuke Waste In Texas, NPR, by The Associated Presstext  HOUSTON January 4, 2011, Texas commission approved rules on Tuesday that paves the way for 36 states to export low-level radioactive waste to a remote landfill along the Texas-New Mexico border. Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 Posted by | USA, water | Leave a comment

Texas – “bring me your poor huddled masses of radioactive waste”

some environmental groups said the plan would provide an incentive to the nuclear-energy industry to expand without coming up with better places to store its refuse.

“It’s defying logic to make more waste that we don’t have a good place to put,”……Opponents say a conflict of interest exists between the commission,

Texas to Take States’ Radioactive Discards – WSJ.com, 5 Jan 2011, By ANA CAMPOY A  Texas commission Tuesday set in motion the importation of low-level radioactive-waste from 36 other states, a move long sought by the nuclear-energy industry and long opposed by environmentalists.The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission, which manages the state’s radioactive-waste dump, voted 5-2 to approve rules governing the process for accepting the out-of-state material. Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 Posted by | USA, wastes | Leave a comment

Bad smell coming from Texas Radioactive Waste Commission

Public vs. Texas Commission » Abilene Reporter-News, Nhele Oetken, 5 Jan 2011, “………the biggest stink coming from a nuclear waste dump in Andrews County is actually coming from the commission that’s supposed to regulate it.When faced with a highly controversial plan to make our state the nuclear waste dumping ground for the entire country, the Texas commission that handles radioactive waste disposal decided to have the public comment period end the day after Christmas.Someone needs to explain why they chose the holiday season, when the public is most likely to be distracted, to solicit these public comments. This is especially true since they had already withdrawn a similar proposal earlier in the year in the face of strong public opposition. Not only that, the e-mail address they published in the Texas Register was wrong and many people had their comments returned.It certainly looks like they’re trying to suppress public comment ………Letter: Public vs. Texas Commission » Abilene Reporter-News

January 6, 2011 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | Leave a comment

Solar – nuclear marriage in China

First Solar Teams With Guangdong Nuclear in China  Bloomberg News – Jan 6, First Solar Inc., the world’s biggest maker of thin-film solar modules, will team up with a state- owned Chinese energy company to build a 30-megawatt solar plant in China’s Inner Mongolian desert.Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar will have a minority stake in the solar plant in the city of Ordos. China Guangdong Nuclear Solar Energy Development Co. will be the majority owner and operator of the project, according to a statement distributed before a briefing. First Solar will supply solar modules and provide engineering services, President Bruce Sohn told reporters in Beijing today…… Continue reading →

January 6, 2011 Posted by | China, renewable, USA | Leave a comment

Hawaii: a renewable energy and energy efficiency powerhouse

From photovoltaic panels that line rooftops and big wind projects that feed energy into the electric grid to multimillion-dollar investments in converting feedstocks such as algae into biofuel, industry insiders say Hawaii has come into its own as a national hotbed for alternative energy.

Hawaii’s clean energy outlook: sunny – Sustainable Business Oregon, 3 Jan 2011, ENERGY – OUTLOOK SUNNY: I n 2010, roughly $1 billion was spent in the clean-energy sector, which includes public and private investment in renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies, according to data culled by the state energy office. The figure marks a 62 percent increase from 2009. In 2011, expenditures are expected to increase another 26 percent to $1.25 billion. Continue reading →

January 4, 2011 Posted by | renewable, USA | Leave a comment

Massachusetts’ Happy New Year Calendar – all about nuclear emergencies

State distributes nuclear power plant emergency calendars – Milford, MA – The Milford Daily News, 3 Jan 2011, FRAMINGHAM —The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency recently sent calendars containing emergency information to residents of 18 Massachusetts communities near the Pilgrim, Seabrook and Vermont Yankee nuclear power stations.Residents of Duxbury, Kingston, Plymouth, and portions of Carver and Marshfield; Amesbury, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Salisbury and West Newbury; and Bernardston, Leyden, and portions of Colrain, Gill, Greenfield, Northfield and Warwick, receive the annual calendar, which has information on emergency warning signals, how residents would be notified, protective actions such as sheltering in place and evacuation, as well as the possibility of ingesting potassium iodide……State distributes nuclear power plant emergency calendars – Milford, MA – The Milford Daily News

January 4, 2011 Posted by | spinbuster, USA | Leave a comment

Why spend $billions on an unnecessary new Uranium Processing Facility in USA?

Spending as much as $6.5 billion to construct the new Uranium Processing Facility is indefensible as the United States faces mounting federal deficits….In addition, the planned facility would have little use as the nation moves to reduce its nuclear stockpile, a

Activists Criticize Y-12 Uranium Plant Plans, NTI: Global Security Newswire – Jan. 3, 2011 An antinuclear group last week issued a report criticizing the rising cost projections of a planned highly enriched uranium processing center at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee, Continue reading →

January 4, 2011 Posted by | USA, weapons and war | Leave a comment

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