Nuclear Waste Update 8/10

(IPS) Waste Issue Halts US Nuclear Reactor Licensing Atlanta Progressive News ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug 9 2012 (IPS) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees commercial nuclear power enterprises, has halted the issuance of all new nuclear reactor licensing decisions after a court ruling citing the failure of industry ...

Obama, Reid block solution to nuke-waste issue Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) The debate is over the use of Yucca Mountain, a vast piece of federal property deep in the Nevada desert, as a repository for the nation's growing stockpiles of high-level nuclear waste generated by power plants. Since the early '80s, the Department of Energy ...

NRC suspends nuclear permits UPI.com The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said this week it must comply with a federal court ruling that said it must report on the environmental effect of problems with waste storage, including the impact of failing to create a long-term storage facility, CNN Money ...

Government freezes permits on nuclear power plants KPLC-TV The federal government says it will stop issuing any new permits and license extensions for existing nuclear plants until issues about storing radioactive waste are resolved. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the government's main watchdog ...

Clarity provided on nuclear power license "freeze" Power Engineering Magazine Waste confidence, according to the NRC, is a generic finding that spent nuclear fuel can be safely stored at reactor sites for decades in either spent fuel pools or dry casks, and that a repository will be available for final disposal of the spent fuel. The order from ...

Defending the Land from Nuclear Waste The Dominion SOUTH BAY, SK—The storm clouds had moved on by the time people arrived at South Bay on lake Ile-a-la-Crosse last Friday for a grassroots gathering against a potential nuclear waste site in northern Saskatchewan. Dene, Cree and Métis elders from ...

US nuke plant delay fail to solve storage conundrum New Scientist The dramatic decision, taken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 8 August, is a sign of mounting pressure over the issue of nuclear waste storage, and is likely to rekindle doubts over the future of the nuclear industry. But whether it will result in a ... NRC nuclear licensing freeze won't stall Vogtle The Augusta Chronicle - ‎ The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's unusual decision this week to suspend final approval of new nuclear power plant licenses leaves just two projects — including Plant Vogtle – fully authorized to build and operate the first new U.S. reactors in a ... NRC Shelves New Plant Licenses as It Ponders What to Do About Waste AllGov - ‎ After years of warnings by environmentalists to do something about the radioactive waste piling up at nuclear power plants around the country, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has stopped issuing any licenses for new and existing reactors while it ...