Radioactive Waste Archives · Page 6 of 25

November 16, 2010

Environmental Answers to Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. The Commission asked the environmental community to respond to a series of questions on radioactive waste policy. The answers were crafted by 30+ activists, endorsed by 168 organizations, and submitted to the Commission on

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November 16, 2010

Cover letter for the environmental answers to the Blue Ribbon Commission, signed by six organizations.

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November 15, 2010

Four groups charge that for steam generators slated for shipment from Canada to Sweden for “recycling”, radioactive cargo is mostly plutonium.

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October 1, 2010

Seven U.S. Senators send letter raising serious questions about plan to ship radioactive steam generators from Canada through the Great Lakes to Sweden, for eventual “recycling” into consumer and industrial goods.

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July 10, 2010

Resolution against shipment of highly radioactive reactor components through the Great Lakes to Sweden for processing and “recycling” into consumer goods.

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July 1, 2010

Media Statement on Yucca Mountain and Talking Points: Why Yucca Would Fail as a Repository from Mary Olson.

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July 1, 2010

Why Yucca Mountain Would Fail as a Nuclear Waste Repository.

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April 13, 2010

The Texas Vermont “low-level” radioactive waste disposal compact commission is considering opening up to out-of-compact waste –commercial so-called “low-level” radioactive waste from other than TX and VT. Comments against the proposed rule were submitted by a coalition of concerned organizations.

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March 25, 2010

A Perspective on U.S. Nuclear Waste Policies for the Last 40 Years, paper by Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center presented for the opening session of the Department of Energy’s Blue Ribbon Commission re-evaluating U.S. radioactive waste policy.

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March 24, 2010

FOIA documents reveal Bush Administration signed contracts with nuclear utilities for government to take waste from new reactors—enough to fill two Yucca Mountain waste dumps—leaving taxpayers at risk for tens of billions of dollars. Press release.

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