Nuclear Waste News

Nuclear waste issues freeze permits for U.S. power plants CNNMoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The U.S. government said it will stop issuing permits for new nuclear power plants and license extensions for existing facilities until it resolves issues around storing radioactive waste. The government's main watchdog, the ...

Guest commentary: The waste has to go somewhere STLtoday.com If you live in Missouri, you don't live far from a temporary storage facility for high-level nuclear waste. That's because the Callaway nuclear power plant, located near Columbia, has no place to send its high-level radioactive waste. Like the dozens ...

NRC puts nuclear licensing decisions on hold MiamiHerald.com A coalition of two dozen environmental groups sought the delay after a federal appeals court in Washington ruled in June that the NRC's plans for long-term storage of radioactive waste at individual reactors were insufficient. The ruling came in ...

Court orders NRC to consider how to deal with on-site storage of nuclear waste ... Mid-Hudson News “When the nuclear power plants in this region and around the country were built, there was a thought that there would be a national repository for the high level nuclear waste", Greene said.. "They were built as generating stations, not as nuclear ...

Limerick nuclear re-licensing should wait for spent-fuel solution The Mercury John Shimkus cited Limerick as he took Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to task for blocking the establishment of a national nuclear waste depository under Yucca Mountain in Reid's home state of Nevada. “So, today, we return to Pennsylvania ...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission would oversee proposed uranium mill in ... Altavista Larry W. Camper, director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, gave an overview of the NRC's uranium recovery program. “Our mission is about protecting public health and safety,” said ...

NRC Forced To Face Nuclear Waste Issues KVEC San Luis Obispo, CA -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has put a hold on at least 19 final reactor licensing decisions – nine construction & operating licenses (COLS), eight license renewals, one operating license, and one early site ... Nuclear waste issues freeze permits for U.S. power plants | WTVR ... By Nick Dutton The government's main watchdog, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, believes that current storage plans are safe and achievable. WTVR.com – Richmond News &... NRC Halts License Approvals Pending New Guidelines on Nuclear ... By Gregg Levine The action comes in response to a June ruling by the US Court of Appeals that found the NRC's “Waste Confidence Decision”–the methodology used to evaluate the dangers of nuclear waste storage–was wholly inadequate and posed a ... Firedoglake An Uncertain Phase for Nuclear Power Licenses - NYTimes.com By By MATTHEW L. WALD Pending a reassessment of the nuclear waste issue, the commission's five members voted 5-0 on Wednesday to suspend final issuance of license renewals and new operating licenses. Opponents sounded ebullient. “We believe it is ... Green Mitt Romney Tries to Neutralize Yucca Mountain Issue in Quest for ... By HumbertoSanchez@cqrollcall.com (Humberto Sanchez) Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is taking no chances in what is expected to be a close contest for Nevada's six electoral votes by neither opposing nor endorsing the controversial proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste ... All News RSS Feed Nuclear Regulatory Commission Puts Callaway Licensing Decisions ... By Justin Wingerter A coalition of two dozen environmental groups sought the delay after a court in Washington ruled the NRC's plans for storage of radioactive waste were insufficient. CBS St. Louis Nuclear waste: NRC halts licensing decisions amid storage debate ... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today voted unanimously to wait before approving licenses for new nuclear plants or renewing the licenses of existing ... www.eenews.net/public/Greenwire/2012/08/07/1 Court re-energizes fight for nuclear-waste repository | Local News ... Court re-energizes fight for nuclear-waste repository. Regardless of President Obama pulling the plug on a nuclear-waste dump in Nevada, a federal court said ... seattletimes.nwsource.com/.../2018844461_yucca04m.html?... Stateline — Amid Nuclear Waste Storage Problem, NRC Freezes ... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission decided Tuesday to hold off on issuing licenses to plants that are new or up for renewal. That's until it addresses states' ... www.pewstates.org/.../as-nuclear-waste-problem-persists-feder... Ameren Missouri's nuclear license delayed Fulton Sun The NRC ruling issued Tuesday suspended all 19 nuclear plant license renewals and all applications for new reactors throughout the nation after a federal appeals court ruling in Washington held that the NRC's plans for long-term storage of radioactive ... Los Alamos lab exceeds record for waste shipments KOB.com The northern New Mexico laboratory has sent more than 1000 shipments of the waste to southeastern New Mexico since the federal government opened the nuclear waste repository in 1999. (Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Doctors support turbines, criticize fossil, nuclear options Orangeville Citizen It is also critical of the health risks posed by nuclear radioactive waste. “Spent fuel remains highly toxic and radioactive for thousands of years. But nuclear reactors, even in their normal day-to-day operations, emit radiation. A 2008 German ...