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A look at the Hanford cleanup - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 26 Jan 09
     
    Some of the progress made last year in cleaning up the Hanford nuclear reservation: -A leaky basin that once stored spent nuclear fuel has been torn out of the ground. -N Reactor is just a shell, gutted of hazardous materials. -Waste sites along the Columbia River have been dug up and buildings torn down. -More weapons-grade plutonium is gone, shipped offsite. -Nearly half of a one-of-a-kind plant to treat waste has been designed and built. -New technologies for sucking waste out of 177 underground tanks is ready to be deployed. Some of the significant work ahead: -Some 53 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste - enough to cover 123 football fields, including end zones, a foot deep - stews in those underground tanks, some of which are known to have leaked and threaten the Columbia River. The tanks must be emptied and the waste treated. -The plant where that waste will be converted to a stable glass form must be completed and tested. The U.S. Department of Energy now says it will begin operating in 2019. -More old nuclear reactors need to be decommissioned and cocooned, and ancillary buildings at the site need to be decontaminated and torn down. -Drums of radioactive and hazardous waste and debris need to be dug up and hauled off site. -Tainted groundwater ne2eds to be pumped out of the ground and treated.
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Recycling nuclear fuel topic of Bolingbrook hearing: Bolingbrook Sun - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 16 Dec 08
     
    Just two years ago, Morris was in the running to become a nuclear fuel recycling site. But a backlash - in evidence at a Bolingbrook hearing Dec. 4 - has the Department of Energy asking Americans if the U.S. should recycle fuel and how it should happen. The department wanted three facilities: a research lab, a recycling center and a recycling reactor. The reactor would make electricity while destroying the long-lasting radioactive fuel leftovers. The plan was part of President Bush's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) to increase nuclear energy use. Missed the hearing? To submit comments to the Department of Energy on whether we should recycle spent nuclear fuel: n Write to: Mr. Frank Schwartz, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy - NE-5, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585. n Fax: 866-645-7807 n Visit: www.regulations.gov
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knoxnews.com | GNEP comment period to be extended - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 06 Dec 08
     
    Dan Stout, the Dept. of Energy's director of nuclear fuel recycling, said the comment period on the draft programmatic environmental impact statement for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership would be extended beyond the current deadline of Dec. 16. At this time, however, a new date has not been set, Stout said at last night's GNEP hearing in Oak Ridge.l Stout also indicated DOE was considering a request for additional GNEP hearings at other sites. You can submit a comment by clicking here and doing a search for GNEP. Or you can submit comments in writing to: Mr. Frank Schwartz U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy -- NE-5 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, D.C. 20585. The draft PEIS is available here.
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"Notification of Unusual Event" - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 28 Jun 10
     
    "Cooper Nuclear Station, an electric power plant in southeast Nebraska, declared a "Notification of Unusual Event" Tuesday, June 22nd at 2:06 a.m. The notification was made as part of safety and emergency preparedness procedures the station follows when flooding conditions are in effect. The procedures dictate when the Missouri River's water level reaches 42.5 feet, or greater than 899 feet above sea level, a notification of unusual event is declared. There is no threat to plant employees or to the public; the plant continues to operate safely. Appropriate Local, County, State, and Federal agencies were also notified, as part of Cooper's Emergency Preparedness plan. As a precautionary measure, when the river reached 897 feet above sea level last week, Cooper management initiated steps to barricade external doorways to the plant with sandbags. Should the river's level increase to 900 feet above sea level, plant personnel will also barricade internal doorways as another layer of protection for facility equipment."
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The Associated Press: Probe finds health risks missed - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 14 Mar 09
     
    Randall Parrish, a researcher at the University of Leicester, England, found depleted uranium exposure in 20 percent of residents he tested in Colonie, N.Y., where a company once produced uranium weapons for the military. He recommended that ATSDR revisit the area because its earlier health study, without benefit of his test method, assumed it couldn't detect past exposure or tie it to illness years after the plant closed.
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Compete.org - The Council on Competitiveness - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 27 Sep 09
     
    The National Energy Summit & International Dialogue will take place in Washington, DC on September 23-24 at the Mayflower Hotel. A live webcast will feature gavel-to-gavel coverage of both days, including exclusive interviews and in-depth analysis. Please visit with us regularly as the speakers and agenda are updated on a frequent basis. Also, check out our interactive blog as we endeavor to engage in a vigorous discussion in the days leading up to this exclusive event. The National Energy Summit & International Dialogue broadcast has concluded. You can view the vidoes from the summit here. Click here to learn more about the Council on Competitiveness.
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TheChadronNews.com - Chadron, Nebraska's News Leader » Chadron » Headlines - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 27 May 09
     
    The four members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have overruled a panel of the agency's administrative judges on several key issues raised by opponents of the Crow Butte uranium mine, including a challenge to the legality of licensing a foreign owned company to extract radioactive material in the U.S. * Related Articles * Most Popular * Middle school students protest to show teacher support * NRC says Crow Butte's foreign ownership not an issue * Park vandalism could lead to nighttime closure * Fairgrounds safe for horses, Alliance vet says * Dr. Harry Holmberg dies at age 92 * Middle school students protest to show teacher support (726) * Park vandalism could lead to nighttime closure (417) * Local construction company owner charged with thefts (279) * Suspect ID'd, auto seized in Chadron armed robbery (251) * Activist says assault charge shows racism (223) * Chadron residents among those stung by Medicare snafu (202) * Maintenance code boards appointed (187) Ads by Yahoo! Top Whole House Arsenic Removal System Whole house arsenic water filtter system. Free Ship. On Sale 30% Off. www.equinox-products.com Trace Arsenic Analysis and Speciation Fast TAT and competitive prices for trace Arsenic Analysis and Arsenic Speciation in various matrices. www.appliedspeciation.com Cheap Flights To Chadron Get Cheap Flight Deals To Chadron. Compare Airfare & SAVE. www.TripMama.com In its May 18 ruling on issues raised regarding renewal of the license for the Crow Butte In Situ Leach (ISL) mining operation near Crawford, the NRC also dismissed an argument that the mine releases low levels of arsenic into drinking water supplies, thereby contributing to increased diabetes and pancreatic cancer on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, some 30 miles away. The NRC called that argument "speculative' and based on a study that doesn't show the mine causes any arsenic contamination. "There is nothing in the Arsenic Study
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MIT experts tackle nuclear power waste problem | Green Tech - CNET News - 0 views

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  • Energy Net on 25 May 09
     
    Advocates say a nuclear power "renaissance" can solve global energy problems, but construction of new reactors in the U.S. faces a number of barriers, not the least of which is nuclear waste. Delaware Senator Thomas Carper, who actively supports nuclear power, hosted a panel of experts on Monday to discuss nuclear waste at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT on Monday also updated its 2003 study on how nuclear power can play a role in reducing carbon emissions (click for PDF). The four panelists--executive director of the upcoming MIT Nuclear Fuels Cycle study Charles Forsberg, MIT professor of nuclear science and engineering Andrew Kadak, Harvard University associate professor and proliferation expert Matthew Bunn, and MIT Energy Initiative director Ernest Moniz--all favored more nuclear power.
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Department of Energy - Secretary Chu Announces Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nucl... - 0 views

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  • The members of the Blue Ribbon Commission are: Lee Hamilton, Co-ChairLee Hamilton represented Indiana's 9th congressional district from January 1965-January 1999.  During his time in Congress, Hamilton served as the ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and chaired the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.  He is currently president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and director of The Center on Congress at Indiana University.He is a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council.  Previously, Hamilton served as Vice Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission). Brent Scowcroft, Co-ChairBrent Scowcroft is President of The Scowcroft Group, an international business advisory firm. He has served as the National Security Advisor to both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. From 1982 to 1989, he was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.Scowcroft served in the military for 29 years, and concluded at the rank of Lieutenant General following service as the Deputy National Security Advisor. Out of uniform, he continued in a public policy capacity by serving on the President's Advisory Committee on Arms Control, the Commission on Strategic Forces, and the President's Special Review Board, also known as the Tower Commission. Mark Ayers, President, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO Vicky Bailey, Former Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Former IN PUC Commissioner; Former Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Albert Carnesale, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor, UCLA Pete V. Domenici, Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center; former U.S. Senator (R-NM) Susan Eisenhower, President, Eisenhower Group, Inc. Chuck Hagel, Former U.S. Senator (R-NE) Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute Allison Macfarlane, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University Richard A. Meserve, President, Carnegie Institution for Science, and former Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ernie Moniz, Professor of Physics and Cecil & Ida Green Distinguished Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Per Peterson, Professor and Chair, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California - Berkeley John Rowe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future
  • Energy Net on 01 Feb 10
     
    "The Commission, led by Lee Hamilton and Brent Scowcroft, will provide recommendations on managing used fuel and nuclear waste Washington, D.C. - As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to restarting America's nuclear industry, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future to provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to managing the Nation's used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. The Commission is being co-chaired by former Congressman Lee Hamilton and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft. In light of the Administration's decision not to proceed with the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, President Obama has directed Secretary Chu to establish the Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle. The Commission will provide advice and make recommendations on issues including alternatives for the storage, processing, and disposal of civilian and defense spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. "
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U.S. firm sheds liability for Canadian nuclear peril - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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  • Nuclear plant supplier GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy shielding finances from the risks of an accident at a Canadian nuclear station Share with friends Close Email Please enter a valid e-mail address Please enter a comma delimited list of valid e-mail addresses Other ways of sharing: Tweet this on Twitter Share on Facebook Add to Delicious Submit post to Digg.com Seed this post at Newsvine Print or License Close Print this page License this story Recommend | 11 Times   Article   Comments (29)   $(document).ready(function(){ art.dividers = $('#article-tabs li.divider'); art.allCommentsRetrieved = false; art.type = "news"; art.tinyFlash = ""; if (location.hash) { $('#article-tabs li a').each(function(i) { if (this.href.split('#')[1] == location.hash.split('#')[1]) { art.defaultSelected = i; art.tabContext = this.href.split('#')[1]; art.intialTabContext = art.tabContext; } }); if (art.intialTabContext == "video") { $('#article-rail .boxr').each(function(i,box) { box.id == "coAd" ? $(box).show() : $(box).hide(); }); } } else { if (art.type == 'picturecollection') { art.tabContext = 'photos'; } else if (art.type == 'flash') { art.tabContext = 'interactive'; } else if (art.type == 'videotabbed') { art.tabContext = 'video'; } else { art.tabContext = 'article'; } art.defaultSelected = 0; } art.isInitialWideStateRequest = function(content) { return ((content == 'photos' || (content == 'interactive' && art.tinyFlash != "true")) && (art.intialTabContext != 'undefined' && art.intialTabContext != null)); } art.initiateWideTabRequest = function(content, height) { height = height + 35; var wideName = content + '-ctr'; $('#'+wideName).addClass('selected').css({paddingTop: height+'px'}); $('#article-rail').css({paddingTop: height+20+'px'}); $('#article-relations').css({paddingTop: height+'px'}); art.intialTabContext = null; } art.controlComments = function(content) { // This is needed so the comments do NOT display twice on the comments tab if(content=='comments') { globalPluckLocation = "comments"; if (!art.allCommentsRetrieved) { globe.pluck.getComments(1,null, globalPluckOrder); art.allCommentsRetrieved = true; } $('#latest-comments').hide(); } else { globalPluckLocation = content; $('#latest-comments').show(); } } art.tabbify = function() { var selected = $('#article-tabs li.ui-tabs-selected')[0]; $(art.dividers).removeClass("right-selected").removeClass("left-selected"); $(selected).prev().addClass("left-selected"); $(selected).next().addClass("right-selected"); } art.growTabs = function(content) { $('.wide-container').removeClass('selected').css({paddingTop: 0}); var contentHeight = $('#'+content).height(); var padding = contentHeight+35; var widePdgTop = padding + 'px'; var wideName = content + '-ctr'; if (content == "interactive" && art.tinyFlash == "true") { return; } else { $('#'+wideName).addClass('selected').css({paddingTop: widePdgTop}); $('#article-relations').css({paddingTop: widePdgTop}); $('#article-rail').css({paddingTop: padding+20+'px'}); } } art.getGalleryImages = function(collectionId) { if (!art.galleryImages) { art.galleryImages = new Array(); var gimg = $("#gallery-image"); var url = "http://www.theglobeandmail.com/template/ver1-0/ajax/pictureCollectionImages.jsp"; var params = { articleId: collectionId, start: 0, version: 'gm-f' //cacheTime: '15m' }; $.ajax({ type: 'GET', url: url, data: params, dataType: 'json', success: function(json) { $.each(json.images, function(i, image) { art.galleryImages.push(image); art.galleryImages[i][0] = new Image(); art.galleryImages[i][0].src = image.src; }); // end each setTimeout(function() { $('#photo-meta p.caption', gimg).text(art.galleryImages[0].caption); $('#photo-meta p.credit em', gimg).text(art.galleryImages[0].credit); $('#photo-count', gimg).text('1 of '+art.galleryImages.length); $('img', gimg).attr({ src: art.galleryImages[0][0].src, alt: art.galleryImages[0].alt, width: art.galleryImages[0].width, height: art.galleryImages[0].height }); $('#galleryLoading', gimg).fadeOut(200, function() { $(this).remove(); $(gimg).removeClass('loading').addClass('gimg-0'); $('#gallery-controls').fadeIn(1000); $('#photo-meta',gimg).fadeIn(1000); $('img',gimg).fadeIn(1000); }); }, 200); }, error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) { $('#galleryLoading') .css({'background-image': 'none', 'width': '60%', 'text-align': 'left'}) .html("This gallery's images aren't loading properly. 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  • Energy Net on 30 Nov 09
     
    Nuclear plant supplier GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy shielding finances from the risks of an accident at a Canadian nuclear station One of the world's largest nuclear plant suppliers has ordered its Canadian division to hermetically seal itself off from its U.S. parent, going so far as to forbid engineers at the U.S. wing from having anything to do with Canadian reactors. The move by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is spurred by concerns about liability - if an accident at a Canadian plant spreads damage across the border, Americans might be able to sue the parent company. The result is a Canadian company cut off from the technical advances of its parent, a leading player in the industry. The company also won't allow any equipment built or designed by the U.S. parent to be used in Canadian reactors for the same reason.
  • Energy Net on 30 Nov 09
     
    Nuclear plant supplier GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy shielding finances from the risks of an accident at a Canadian nuclear station One of the world's largest nuclear plant suppliers has ordered its Canadian division to hermetically seal itself off from its U.S. parent, going so far as to forbid engineers at the U.S. wing from having anything to do with Canadian reactors. The move by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is spurred by concerns about liability - if an accident at a Canadian plant spreads damage across the border, Americans might be able to sue the parent company. The result is a Canadian company cut off from the technical advances of its parent, a leading player in the industry. The company also won't allow any equipment built or designed by the U.S. parent to be used in Canadian reactors for the same reason.
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