US Company Seeks Permit to Import Nuclear WasteEnvironment News Service - 18 hours agoOn Friday, Gordon asked the Northwest Interstate Compact for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management to withhold its support for a license application to …Read full story
Malaysia StarDeadly secrets undergroundMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 2 hours agoBy ANGELA CHARLTON THOUSANDS of canisters of highly radioactive waste from the world’s most nuclear-energised nation lie, silent and deadly, …How the nations do it Malaysia Starall 2 news articlesRead full story
Where will the waste go?ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Jan 26, 2008By ANGELA CHARLTON AP THOUSANDS OF CANISTERS of highly radioactive waste from the world’s most nuclear-energized country lie, silent and deadly, …Read full story
MWC NewsWe are all just hostages on a hostile planet…MWC News, Canada - 15 hours agoWater degrades the metals, or can cause a steam explosion — releasing a planet-killing quantity of radioactive waste into the atmosphere, perhaps thousands …Read full story
Nuclear Revival Rekindles Waste ConcernsTIME - Jan 22, 2008That dramatically reduces the volume: Forty years' worth of France's highly radioactive waste is stored under just three floor surfaces, each about the size …Read full story
State poll: People like wind power, not nuclear wasteBoston Globe, United States - 1 hour agoRadioactive waste got scores of 8.1 and 7.8, respectively. Still another asked respondents to pick a number from 1 — "strongly support" — to 5 …Read full story
Environment News ServiceUS Nuclear Waste Repository Foes Speak OutEnvironment News Service - Jan 11, 2008"Shipping tens of thousands of high-level radioactive waste trucks, trains, and barges through 45 states and the District of Columbia risks severe accidents …Read full story
A nuclear paradox: EnergySolutions CEO is attempting to change …Deseret News, UT - 7 hours agoThe EnergySolutions facility in Clive, 70 miles west of Salt Lake City, handles more than 95 percent of all commercial low-level radioactive waste in the …Read full story
Radioactive wasteDaily Press, VA - 51 minutes agoWhile Virginia takes in other states' coffee grounds and leftover two-by-fours, it exports its low-level radioactive waste. A lot of it: According to the …Read full story
Lawmakers, environmentalists rip nuclear waste transport planThe State, SC - 4 hours agoItaly has had plans to build a low-level radioactive waste dump for some time, as well as one for high-level waste. But the 2006 report says citizen …Read full story