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Monday, January 14, 2013

DOE sets new nuclear waste target date

DOE sets new nuclear waste target datehttp://www.lvrj.com/news/doe-new-target-date-for-a-nuclear-repository-is-2048-186542641.html


DOE Announces New Timeline for Interim, Permanent Nuclear Waste Disposal
Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Portal (blog)
The proposal would implement ideas proposed last year by the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, which recommended that spent fuel currently stored at power plants be moved to one or more temporary storage sites hosted by ...http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/01/14/doe-announces-new-timeline-for-interim_2c00_-permanent-nuclear-waste-disposal-011402.aspx

Hanford may become long-term temporary site for storing high-level nuclear waste

The Seattle Times -
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report outlining a new strategy for dealing with high-level radioactive waste, including waste from Hanford, and used nuclear fuel. The move comes after the Obama administration shut down work toward creating ...http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020128249_hanford14m.html

US eyes solution for storing N-waste

The Daily Yomiuri -
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Energy Department has worked out a plan to start permanently disposing of spent nuclear fuel no later than 2048 after selecting a site for burying nuclear waste deep underground by 2026. The U.S. government has committed to ...http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130113003310.htm

Stakeholders React to DOE's Used Fuel Management and Disposal Strategy

MarketWatch (press release) - ‎Jan 11, 2013‎
WASHINGTON, Jan 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Nuclear Energy Institute, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition welcome the release of the U.S. Department of Energy's ...http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stakeholders-react-to-does-used-fuel-management-and-disposal-strategy-2013-01-11

New start for US nuclear disposal

World Nuclear News - ‎2 hours ago‎
America will begin again this year on a program to store its used reactor fuel and military wastes. This time the siting process will be based on attaining the consent of a host community. A new waste disposal strategy was announced on 10 January by Stephen ...http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR_New_start_for_US_nuclear_disposal_1401131.html

Fed Sets Date For Nuclear Waste Storage

CBS Local - ‎3 hours ago‎
(Washington, DC) — The federal government has set a new target date for a nuclear waste storage site. The Department of Energy hopes to identify a permanent location by the year 2026, and have the burial site open in 2048. Originally, the DOE had hoped ...http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2013/01/14/fed-sets-date-for-nuclear-waste-storage/

 

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