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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Dangerous: Illegal policy


Dangerous, illegal policy
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Another US Court of Appeals ruling found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has underestimated the danger of leaving spent nuclear fuel at nuclear power plants. This waste “poses a dangerous long-term health and environmental risk,” the court found ...
 

Court Says Regulators Must Evaluate Dangers of Nuclear Waste

Truth-Out - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission acted improperly when it failed to consider all the risks of storing spent radioactive fuel onsite at the nation's nuclear power facilities, so ruled a federal court on Friday. [The Nuclear Regulatory Commission] ...

Federal court rules against Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Republican Eagle - ‎5 hours ago‎
The United States Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Friday a decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to store radioactive waste at nuclear power plants for 60 years after they close. The United States Court of Appeals unanimously rejected ...

Court decision heightens pressure for US nuclear waste solution

Press TV -
A three-member panel of the DC Federal Court of Appeals said Friday that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must reconsider whether spent nuclear fuel can safely be stored until a solution to the problem of permanent disposal is found or even ...
 

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