With a photo of fuel rod assemblies in the background, nuclear engineer, former executive, and educator Arnie Gundersen explains his doubts yesterday about the nuclear fuel relocation at Fukushima Unit … [Read full article]
Tag: Yucca Mountain
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]
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: Yucca Mountain: The Nevada Case, Part One
I’ve been going on for some time now about the nuclear industry, the possibility of more nuclear power stations going online, and especially what to do with radioactive waste that’s … [Read full article]
Hillary Says "If I'm President, Yucca Mountain will be Off the Table Forever"
It’s time to sequester voters in Nevada, and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton headed for the jugular vein today by declaring if she’s president, Yucca Mountain will be a thing of … [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]
The Lindberg Report Podcast: Eminent Scientist Trashes Renewables, Touts Nuclear
Sound familiar? Well, if you’ve been following my rant on nuclear power you’ll remember my first podcast on the subject concerning a paper written by researcher Jesse Ausubel, Nuclear Energy … [Read full article]