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More Activism News: Masked Anti-Nuclear Activists, Occupy in El Salvador, Sea Shepherd,..
Some top activism news from the past week or so: 1. Masked Activists in Germany Sop Transport of Nuclear Waste As the title indicates, some activists in Germany are fed … [Read full article]
Protests Turn Violent in Germany as Train Loaded with Nuclear Waste Rolls Through Countryside [Updated w/ Video]
Thousands of anti-nuclear campaigners have assembled along a train route in Germany to protest the annual convoy carrying tons of nuclear waste from France to a storage facility in northeastern … [Read full article]
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository One Step Closer to Licensing
Milestone Move by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission It’s taken two decades and billions of dollars, but the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository project has finally reached a new plateau. The … [Read full article]
McCain's Nuclear Razzle-Dazzle Fizzles with Inconsistencies
Yucca Mountain, “Yes”; transport waste through my state?, “No”; what Grand Canyon? It’s hard to tell if Senator McCain’s age is catching up with his memory, or if he’s just … [Read full article]
Uranium Cleanup in Ohio Costs the Taxpayer Billions
Just another reason why uranium isn’t the way to go, it costs the taxpayer way too much money for what he receives. Take the former Fernald Feed Materials Production Center … [Read full article]
DOE Files Application To Build Nuclear Repository.
As promised in a podcast interview on February 11th, Edward Sproat, manager of the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada, filed a license application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to … [Read full article]
Beginning of the End For Yucca Mountain or the Beginning of Interim Nuclear Waste Management?
Nuclear energy officials appear to be taking the lead in the quest for storage of radioactive waste, as Nevada’s Yucca Mountain looks less and less like a reality, at least … [Read full article]
The Lindberg Report Podcast: Yucca Mountain Failure a Windfall for Nuclear Utilities
I was reading some recent headlines about Yucca Mountain, claiming the federal government will face heavy penalties and judgments if the project isn’t finished. Read beyond the headlines my friends, … [Read full article]
The Lindberg Report Podcast: Why Has It Taken So Long?
That’s the question I posed to Ward Sproat, the DOE’s manager of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. His agency is in charge of the Yucca Mountain waste repository … [Read full article]
The Lindberg Report Podcast: Yucca Mountain: The Nevada Case Podcast, Part Three
This is the third and final segment of our interview with Robert Loux, Director of the agency for Nuclear Projects in Nevada. In our previous podcasts, Yucca Mountain: The Nevada … [Read full article]
The Lindberg Report Podcast: Yucca Mountain: The Nevada Case, Part Two
This is the second part of a podcast with Robert Loux, Executive Director of the Agency for Nuclear Projects in Nevada. If you missed the first installment, it’s available at: … [Read full article]
The Lindberg Report Podcast: Massive Layoffs Due at Yucca Mountain
Amid increased activity signaling a possible resurgence of interest in nuclear power facilities, comes word from Nevada that isn’t at all surprising. Ward Sproat, shown in the Las Vegas Review-Journal … [Read full article]