Nuclear waste nightmares: USA, Germany, France
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #819454226/02/2016ArticleOn Valentine's Day 2014, a drum of packaged waste from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) ruptured 2,150 feet (655 metres) underground in New...
View ArticleSKB license application show serious shortcomings
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #752425613/07/2012Joanna WidstrandEmail: jo.widstrand@hotmail.comLink: MKGArticleIn March 2011, the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, SKB, submitted an...
View ArticleClosed Siberian nuclear city prepares to build radwaste repository
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #754426931/08/2012Bellona FoundationEmail: ecodefense@rambler.ruLink: EcodefenseArticleResidents of the closed Russian nuclear city of Zheleznogorsk, near the Siberia city of...
View ArticleU.S.: radioactive waste issue: suspension of new reactor licenses
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #754427331/08/2012NIRSEmail: nirs@nirs.orgArticleA Perfect Storm is brewing on radioactive waste issues in the U.S., one that will inevitably lead to major changes in radioactive...
View ArticleMarking nuclear waste disposal facilities
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #754427411/10/2016Herman DamveldEmail: hdamveld@xs4all.nlArticleAn issue that has long been on the radioactive waste management agenda is the means of marking a waste repository...
View ArticlePerils and promises of studying health impacts of low-level radiation
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #755428518/12/2012Steve Wing, University of North CarolinaArticleMembers of the public and scientists have been concerned about environmental contamination from nuclear weapons...
View ArticleFirst new “low-level” nuke dump in US in over 40 years controversial...
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #755428718/12/2012ArticleA new sacrifice area in West Texas on the New Mexico border opened up to commercial nuclear waste on 27 April 2012. It is the first “full service” dump...
View ArticleIn the hope of a better legacy: An interview with Prof. Andrew Blowers
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #845465508/06/2017Jan HaverkampArticleJan Haverkamp interviews Andrew Blowers, Emeritus Professor at The Open University. Jan reviewed Andrew's book 'The Legacy of Nuclear Power'...
View ArticleSwedish nuclear industry loses battle over repository but battle rages on
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #856470229/01/2018Miles GoldstickArticleOn 23 January 2018, both the Swedish Land and Environmental Court (MMD) and the regulatory agency dealing with the nuclear industry, the...
View ArticleSweden: Nuclear Waste Fund deficits prompt government action
Nuclear Monitor Issue: #856470329/01/2018Charly Hultén ‒ WISE SwedenArticleNuclear Monitor last reported on the chronic deficit in the Swedish Nuclear Waste Fund in 2014 (NM #796; see also #751 and...
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