Tag: Nuclear Waste

Ohio nuclear plant says cracks not a safety threat

Ohio nuclear plant says cracks not a safety threat

Washington Examiner · September 6, 2014 4:03 pm

Feds want nuclear waste train, but nowhere to go

Ray Henry · August 31, 2014 5:44 pm

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that nuclear waste could safely be stored on site indefinitely. The new rule also lifted a two-year moratorium on new licensing. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Energy and Environment

Nuclear waste doesn’t need to be shipped, regulators say

Zack Colman · August 26, 2014 8:16 pm

FILE - In this March 10, 2014 file photo, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) staff and journalists walk in front of the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant during a press tour in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. A Japanese judicial panel has recommended that three former executives of the utility that operates the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant face criminal charges over their role in the disaster. A document released by the panel on Thursday, July 31, 2014 showed it voted in favor of indicting Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at the time of the crisis, along with two Vice Presidents Sakae Muto and Ichiro Takekuro. The cleanup effort continues, and its decommissioning is expected to last decades. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool, File)

Panel wants TEPCO execs charged over nuke crisis

Mari Yamaguchi · July 31, 2014 12:58 pm

Protesters shout slogans against a Japanese nuclear plant which won preliminary approval Wednesday for meeting stringent post-Fukushima safety requirements, near the Diet builidng in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a report that concludes that two reactors at Sendai Nuclear Power Station have complied with the new regulations and are capable of avoiding disasters such as the Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdowns, even if the plant faces equally harsh conditions. The placard at right reads: "Change energy policy!" (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japanese nuclear plant deemed safe, nears restart

Mari Yamaguchi · July 16, 2014 1:59 pm

Energy and Environment

How nations are tackling nuclear waste storage

Washington Examiner · July 14, 2014 12:32 pm

Energy and Environment

Underground lab tackles Japan nuclear waste issue

Mari Yamaguchi · July 14, 2014 9:35 am

This undated photo provided by United States Enrichment Corp shows Ronnie Kineman, a member of USEC's cylinder handling crew, moving a Department of Energy-owned depleted uranium "tails" cylinder into a staging area at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. (AP Photo/United States Enrichment Corporation)

Energy and Environment

Energy Department acted illegally in transferring uranium to private firm USEC, GAO report says

Mark Tapscott · June 9, 2014 5:48 pm

US plants prepare long-term nuclear waste storage

Michael Melia · May 26, 2014 4:40 pm

FILE - This April 2, 2014 file image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows workers underground inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant facility in Carlsbad, N.M., for the first time since the Feb. 14 radiological release. Workers at a West Texas nuclear waste disposal site are closely monitoring containers from Los Alamos National Lab, Tuesday, May 20, 2014, a day after New Mexico officials announced a type of kitty litter is believed to have caused a radiation leak at the federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Energy, File)

Is cat litter to blame for nuke dump leak?

Associated Press, Jeri Clausing · May 23, 2014 4:57 pm

New Mexico says 57 nuke containers could be threat

New Mexico says 57 nuke containers could be threat

Jeri Clausing · May 20, 2014 2:00 am

Fee to build phantom nuke waste site ends

Jonathan Fahey · May 15, 2014 3:58 pm