Nuclear Waste News Update 9/5

Facility for nuclear waste Korea Times This is all the more so, considering that it took nearly 20 years to secure a site for medium- and low-level radioactive materials, which are far less dangerous than high-level nuclear waste that refers to spent nuclear fuel. We vividly remember how ...

Kara Sea as nuclear Pandora box The Voice of Russia In late August, the Russian-Norwegian expedition to survey the flooded areas for radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel started in the Kara Sea in the Arctic region. The expedition's main goal is to study the condition of the dumped K-27 submarine ...

Bechtel Responds to DOE Internal Memo Regarding Safety of Waste Treatment ... Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Portal (blog) ... million gallons of radioactive waste currently stored in underground tanks in Washington state. “Everyone who works on this project knows that at the end of the day, this plant has to work safely and effectively because we are dealing with ...

Tochigi Prefecture proposed as radioactive waste disposal site The Japan Daily Press On Monday, the Japanese central government revealed a proposal to build a new permanent radioactive waste site. To be constructed in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, the facility would be used to dispose of and contain the radioactive sludge that is ...

Japan to set energy policy but "no stance" on nuclear: minister Terra.com Decrease; Normal; Increase. Print. Article. An anti-nuclear protester wearing a gas mask beats a mock nuclear waste container during a demonstration near Tokyo Electric Power Co. headquarters building in Tokyo July 29, 2012. Photo: Reuters In English ...

West Cumbria nuclear repository debate rages on NW Evening Mail The West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Partnership's final report will be discussed by councillors at tomorrow's Full Council meeting of Cumbria County Council. The report's findings will be the topic of a debate, which will allow councillors to ...

Perma-Fix to Present at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment ... Equities.com ATLANTA, GA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/04/12 -- Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PESI), a leading provider of nuclear waste treatment services, today announced that Dr. Louis Centofanti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present at ...

Study says Pennsylvania drilling waste high in radium Akron Beacon Journal (blog) Radium in one sample of Marcellus shale wastewater, also called brine, that Pennsylvania officials collected in 2009 was 3,609 times more radioactive than a federal safety limit for drinking water. It was 300 times higher than a Nuclear Regulatory ...