Nuclear Waste Update 2/7

What to do with nuclear waste Washington Post The Feb. 4 editorial “Where will the nuclear waste go?” mused on the need for a solution to the “not-in-my-back-yard nightmare” of the nation's unresolved nuclear waste supply. As it turns out, the nation already has one in southeastern New Mexico ...http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-to-do-with-nuclear-waste/2013/02/06/bf179132-6f1c-11e2-b35a-0ee56f0518d2_story.html

Sellafield to be prosecuted for sending radioactive waste to wrong disposal site The Guardian Ian Parker, nuclear regulation manager for the Environment Agency, said: "Our overriding aim in regulating the nuclear industry is to protect people and the environment from the release of radioactive wastes into the environment. "We have carried out a ...http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/07/sellafield-prosecuted-radioactive-waste-disposal The Guardian

Cumbria nuclear waste: Councillors 'intimidated', says peer BBC News Allegations that Cumbria county councillors faced intimidation from anti-nuclear protesters may need to be looked at by police, energy minister Baroness Verma has said. Last week, the council voted against the latest stage in the development of the ...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21370919 BBC News

Northeast Utilities, others awarded $160 million damages in nuclear waste case New Haven Register The owners of three now-defunct nuclear power plants in New England, including the former Connecticut Yankee in Haddam, will receive nearly $160 million in damages from the federal government related to the failure to create a national repository for ...http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/02/07/news/doc511323473c8a2626026888.txt

LINE Commission: Nuclear waste presents opportunity for Idaho LocalNews8.com The governor's LINE Commission presented its report on the future of the nuclear industry in Idaho to the state Legislature on Wednesday, saying that it's to the state's advantage to help the federal government solve its nuclear waste storage problem.http://www.localnews8.com/news/LINE-Commission-Nuclear-waste-presents-opportunity-for-Idaho/-/308662/18439360/-/twswt6z/-/index.html LocalNews8.com

Cold War artifact collection at SRS gains nuclear waste marker The Augusta Chronicle The stone marker, erected in 1997 after the closure of the nation's first Cold War era nuclear waste tank, was moved to the site's 27,000-square-foot “curation facility,” where relics of the nuclear age are preserved for future generations. Caroline ...http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-06/cold-war-artifact-collection-srs-gains-nuclear-waste-marker?v=1360197748

Commission sees opportunity in nuclear energy Idaho State Journal “Idahoans should read this report very carefully and ask themselves whether they believe, as this commission evidently does, that Idaho might somehow be able to cash in on our country's worsening nuclear waste fiasco.” The year-long review of the INL ...http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/article_900c0ac6-7098-11e2-8a64-001a4bcf887a.html

States, Utilities Ask Fed. Court for Expedited Suspension of Nuclear Waste Fees POWER magazine In a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, state utility regulators and nuclear utilities rejected claims in a recent Department of Energy (DOE) filing that Nuclear Waste Fund fees were necessary, and they called on the court to ...http://www.powermag.com/news/States-Utilities-Ask-Fed-Court-for-Expedited-Suspension-of-Nuclear-Waste-Fees_5369.html

Nuclear Waste, Agency Rulemaking Reform, Emergency Response Top Winter ... Electric Light & Power Nuclear waste, federal agency rulemaking reforms, and emergency response topped the agenda for National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' annual Winter Meeting. At the conclusion of the NARUC Board of Directors meeting here, the ...http://www.elp.com/news/2013/02/07/nuclear-waste-agency-rulemaking-reform-emergency-response-top-winter-meetings-agenda.html

CT Yankee receives $40M in nuclear waste settlement Hartford Business The owners of the former Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant in Haddam have received a $39.7 million settlement from the U.S. Department of Energy over the federal government's failure to move nuclear waste to a permanent repository. In 1998, the ...http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130206/NEWS01/130209882