radwaste News
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New Pall Filter Enhances Nuclear Plant Safety and Equipment Reliability
Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) today announced a major advance in nuclear power plant filtration with the launch of a filter that reduces radioactive particulate exposure for plant personnel and equipment. The new Ultipor® GF Fine filter is the only disposable filter in the world to be rated at 0.05 microns at 99.98 percent efficiency and that can be used ...
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Diamond battery can process nuclear waste and generate electricity
Researchers in the UK outline decommissioning benefits plus potential for reactor core shrouds. The ASPIRE Project, a collaboration between the University of Bristol and University of Oxford in the UK, has developed a diamond battery that can process nuclear waste and reduce disposal costs. The project began in early-2017 with the aim of developing remotely located, extreme environment ...
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U.S. Allows Radioactive Materials in Ordinary Landfills
TAKOMA PARK, Maryland, May 14, 2007 (ENS) - Radioactive materials from nuclear weapons facilities are being released to regular landfills and could get into commercial recycling streams, finds a report issued today by the nonprofit Nuclear Information and Resource Service, NIRS. Radioactive scrap, concrete, equipment, asphalt, plastic, wood, chemicals, and soil are placed in ordinary landfills, ...
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NRDC, Nine other Environmental Groups File Lawsuits Challenging NRC Failure to Comply with 2012 Court Ruling on Nuclear Waste Storage
The Natural Resources Defense Council and nine other environmental groups filed separate lawsuits today in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) decision to proceed with an “extended waste storage rule” and a generic environmental impact statement that fail to comply with a 2012 federal court ruling that had ...
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