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Statement of department of energy press secretary Stephanie Mueller about Yucca mountain

'We are confident that we have the legal authority to withdraw the application for the Yucca Mountain repository. However, the parties need some time to prepare and the Court needs time to consider the issues. We are proposing to halt temporarily any actions to shut down Yucca Mountain simply to provide that time. As the Secretary has said consistently, Yucca Mountain is not an option and he ...

Apr. 14, 2010

By US Department of Energy

Blue ribbon commission on America’s nuclear future charter

The Secretary of Energy, acting at the direction of the President, is establishing the Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, including all alternatives for the storage, processing, and disposal of civilian and defense used nuclear fuel, high-level waste, and materials derived from nuclear activities. Specifically, the ...

Mar. 2, 2010

By US Department of Energy

UK nuclear waste repository will save GBP 100m, says decommissioning body

An historic milestone in the UK's civil nuclear industry was achieved last week when the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority awarded the contract for the management and operation of the Low Level Waste Repository, near Drigg in West Cumbria, to UK Nuclear Waste Management Ltd (UKNWM) – the consortium led by URS Corporation - Washington Division and including Studsvik, Areva and Serco Assurance. The ...

Apr. 9, 2008

By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)

NRC says it will resume study of Nevada nuke site

Responding to a court order, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed its staff to complete work on a key safety report related to a never-completed nuclear waste dump in Nevada. The commission order, issued Monday, follows an August ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which said the nuclear agency violated federal law by abruptly abandoning review of the ...

Nov. 18, 2013

By Associated Press

Statement from acting department of energy press secretary Damien LaVera on the blue ribbon commission`s interim recommendations

"The Obama Administration continues to believe that nuclear energy has an important role to play as America moves to a clean energy future. As part of our commitment to restarting the American nuclear industry and creating thousands of new jobs and export opportunities in the process, we are committed to finding a sustainable approach to assuring safe, secure long-term disposal of used nuclear ...

Jul. 29, 2011

By US Department of Energy

Metal sulfides could help clean up nuclear waste

A number of materials and methods are available to dispose of harmful nuclear waste, but scientists continue to search for improved storage options. New research has identified materials, known as layered metal sulfides, that could help clean up liquid nuclear waste. These materials have unique properties, making them stable and useful over a wide range of conditions with considerable ...

Apr. 24, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

Nuclear waste problems start gold rush

There are not many jobs you could take on at the beginning of your working life and know they would still be nowhere near completed by the time you retired. But decommissioning the world’s nuclear power plants is one of them. The estimates of the amounts of money involved in keeping old nuclear plants safe and dismantling them are so large that they are almost beyond comprehension − ...

May 8, 2017

By Climate News Network

Cooperative agreement awarded to energy communities alliance to assist DOE interface with local governments on cleanup missions

The Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a $3.1 million, five-year cooperative agreement to the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), of Washington, D.C. to continue collaborate efforts between DOE and local governments to solve challenges posed by the Office of Environmental Management’s nuclear waste management, changing DOE missions and ongoing cleanup at DOE sites. The purpose of the ...

Feb. 1, 2013

By US Department of Energy

Nuclear waste in my backward? Fine

Gender and economics effects on nuclear acceptance and awareness Researchers in Finland have found that acceptance of the site of a spent nuclear fuel repository can depend on gender and economic background. Writing in the International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, the team reports that affluent men more often have a positive opinion on the location of such facilities than ...

Sep. 13, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

Air quality concerns prompt safety pause at nuke dump

The manager of the federal government's nuclear waste repository in New Mexico has halted work because of poor air quality in parts of the underground facility. Officials with Nuclear Waste Partnership announced the "safety pause" late Monday after monitoring instruments carried by workers detected elevated levels of carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds. Work won't resume until a plan ...

Feb. 23, 2016

By Associated Press

Commissioner Piebalgs underlines role of nuclear energy in transition towards a low carbon economy

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs reiterated today the importance of nuclear energy for the reduction of CO2 emissions in a speech at a European Nuclear Assembly conference in Brussels. The conference was dedicated to the development of Europe's low carbon economy and organised by Foratom. 'Nuclear energy makes an important contribution to our fight against climate change and our security of ...

Apr. 15, 2008

By European Commission, Directorate General for Energy

Communities jostling for chance to host Canada`s nuclear waste

Hornepayne, Ontario, may not be a finalist for the Kraft Hockeyville title or in line for a new manufacturing plant, but the northern Ontario township, population 1045, is competing for a chance to become the burial ground for Canada's radioactive nuclear waste. The township has passed an initial screening and is preparing to move forward with its application. If successful, it could land the ...

Apr. 2, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

Progress on long-term nuclear waste plan

The Government today published the first annual report of its Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Programme. The programme is focused on implementing the long-term geological disposal of our higher activity radioactive waste. Alongside this, the Government published a consultation on how potential sites for geological disposal will be identified and assessed. Charles Hendry, Minister of State for ...

Jun. 28, 2011

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

Clinton Urges Congressional Hearings on Yucca Mountain

WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2007 (ENS) - Senator Hillary Clinton of New York Friday called for congressional hearings on Yucca Mountain, the proposed geologic repository for the nation's nuclear waste about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. The Democratic presidential hopeful says she wants the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, on which she serves, to pressure the U.S. ...

Jul. 25, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

No relief from constant nuclear headache

A private consortium formed to deal with Europe’s most difficult nuclear waste at a site in Britain’s beautiful Lake District has been sacked by the British government because not sufficient progress has been made in making it safe. It is the latest setback for an industry that claims nuclear power is the low-carbon answer to climate change, but has not yet found a safe resting place ...

Jan. 24, 2015

By Climate News Network

Perma-Fix Announces Its 12th Annual Nuclear Waste Management Forum

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PESI) today announced it will host its 12th Annual Nuclear Waste Management Forum December 10-13, 2012 in Nashville, TN. This year's forum theme is "U.S. Waste Management Innovation Applied at Home and Abroad." The forum will feature waste management experts who will highlight the significant progress made in cleaning up some of the most ...

Nov. 28, 2012

By Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.

Tetronics partners with Costain under government innovation programme for nuclear waste

Tetronics International, the global leader in the supply of Direct Current (DC) plasma plants for hazardous waste treatment and metal recovery, is delighted to announce that together with its lead partner Costain it has been successful in winning a grant in a UK government funded competition to design and build a prototype plasma system for nuclear waste vitrification. The competition is led by ...

Jun. 11, 2013

By Tetronics (International) Limited

Re-entry to nuke waste dump postponed

The U.S. Department of Energy has postponed plans to get a crew underground to begin investigating a radiation leak from the federal government's nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico. Officials on Monday said a crew of eight would enter the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant on Tuesday. But spokesman Ben Williams said that has been postponed until later this week because the real-time ...

Apr. 1, 2014

By Associated Press

Nuclear Waste Storage Decision Poses Long-Term Public Health Risks

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved a controversial new rule and Environmental Impact Statement regarding nuclear waste that could pose long-term risks to public health and the environment. The NRC’s new rule and EIS could allow utilities to keep dangerous radioactive spent fuel in temporary storage at their reactors indefinitely and bar any waste-related licensing challenges. ...

Aug. 26, 2014

By Natural Resources Defense Council

New Mexico lobbying to be storage site for nuclear waste

New Mexico is touting a rural area in the southeastern part of the state as an interim storage site for the country's high-level nuclear waste, according to a letter issued by Gov. Susana Martinez earlier this month. The governor reached out to the Obama administration in a letter to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. In the April 10 letter, which was obtained by the Santa Fe New Mexican ...

Apr. 26, 2015

By Associated Press