Tonawanda News – LANDFILL: Cleanup may become political issue By Dave Hill/hilld@gnnewspaper.com The Tonawanda News The Town of Tonawanda landfill runs along a number of homes in the City of Tonawanda, drastically affecting residents of Hackett Drive and Brookside Terrace, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Waxman sets stage for progress at Navajo uranium hearing : ICT [2007/11/02] Posted: November 02, 2007 by: Jerry Reynolds / Indian Country Today WASHINGTON – The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the House of Representatives held a hearing … Continue reading
Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free Jackson Hole Idaho National Lab By Noah Brenner November 3, 2007 Valley nuclear watchdog Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free lost a lawsuit against the federal government over its efforts to refurbish an aging nuclear reactor at the … Continue reading
Hanford News This story was published Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Seanna Adcox, Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Starting next summer, many power plants, hospitals, universities and companies in 36 states will be forced to store low-level radioactive waste … Continue reading
Hanford News published Friday, November 2nd, 2007 The Associated Press A state-by-state breakdown of how much nuclear waste, in cubic feet, went to South Carolina’s low-level landfill in fiscal year 2006-07: Alabama: 3,855 Alaska: 0.5 Arizona: 545 Arkansas: 56 Army, … Continue reading
U.S. Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerable To Earthquakes? NRC Affirms Safety, But Watchdog Raises Concerns Dan Shapley / News Editor The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that shook the largest power plant in the world to its knees this week in Japan has raised … Continue reading
Mining law overhaul has prospects – Los Angeles Times The House votes to add environmental protections as well as royalties on minerals taken from public land. By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 2, 2007 WASHINGTON — When … Continue reading
http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/144.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UN First Committee Passes Depleted Uranium Resolution in Landslide Vote Late last night the UN First Committee passed, by an overwhelming majority, a resolution highlighting concerns over the military use of uranium. The resolution entitled ‘Effects … Continue reading
Energy Expert Sees Hazard in Costly Oil – New York Times LONDON, Oct. 31 — The rapidly growing appetite for fossil fuels in China and India is likely to help keep oil prices high for the foreseeable future, threatening a … Continue reading
Workshop backs ‘green’ energy over nukes, fossil fuels: Rutland Herald Online November 1, 2007 By Susan Smallheer Herald Staff SPRINGFIELD — If the people in the cafeteria at Springfield High School were writing Vermont’s new energy policy, Vermonters would no … Continue reading
S.C. Nuclear-Waste Landfill Is Closing | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited Thursday November 1, 2007 6:31 PM By SEANNA ADCOX Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Starting next summer, many power plants, hospitals, universities and companies in 36 states … Continue reading
Randall Forsberg, founder of the nuclear freeze movement, dies – Los Angeles Times By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 1, 2007 Randall Forsberg, who founded the nuclear freeze movement of the early 1980s and wrote its manifesto, … Continue reading
FR Doc E7-21604 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare a Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Uranium Milling Facilities AGENCY: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent (NOI). ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: This notice revises a … Continue reading
Geothermal Power in Iceland is A Model for United States Posted by Byron King on Oct 31st, 2007 When it comes to harnessing geothermal power, the go-to place on the planet right now is the Republic of Iceland. Yes, Iceland. … Continue reading
Floating a nuclear power plant in Yakutia 31 October 2007 A site selection process has been agreed for another floating nuclear power plant in Russia. A 26 October meeting between the Republic of Sakha and Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency … Continue reading
Study: Nuclear attack now could kill, injure 832,000 in Hiroshima : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) The Yomiuri Shimbun HIROSHIMA–A nuclear attack against Hiroshima would kill or injure up to 832,000 people, a study group of the … Continue reading
Minnesota Indian Tribe Calls on Congress to Solve Nuclear Waste Crisis Before Embracing New Era of Nuclear Power Thousands of vulnerable communities located near temporary nuclear waste sites at risk WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A Minnesota Indian tribe today … Continue reading