"Workers Excavate Hanford Pool That Held Spent Fuel"
"Workers at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site have finished excavating a leaky pool built in the 1950s to hold spent fuel from nuclear reactors."
Source: AP, 09/11/2009
Nuclear Power & Radiation
"EPA Agrees To Update Radon Emissions Standards From Uranium Mills"
"The Environmental Protection Agency agreed Friday to update its standards on radon emissions from uranium mills."
Source: Canon City Daily Record, 09/09/2009
"Study: Granite Countertop Cutters at Risk of Deadly Radiation Exposure"
"Craftsmen who cut granite for kitchen countertops can be at risk of radiation exposure thousands of times above the federal safety limit, according to new research."
Source: Scripps, 09/07/2009
"More Delays at Finnish Nuclear Plant"
"Areva, a French nuclear construction company, said this week that its project to build the world's most powerful reactor remained mired in delays and was over-budget by 2.3 billion euros, or about $3.3 billion."
Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2009
"Nuclear Sites Fear They're the Alternative To Yucca Mountain"
With the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository now dead, "local leaders and lawmakers from the sites where the waste is now stored, however, are increasingly concerned that the Energy Department will leave it in place, even though that might violate legally binding cleanup agreements."
Source: McClatchy, 08/31/2009
"Nuclear Regulators Urge High-Tech Fire Detection"
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission ... is urging nuclear plants to embrace a more systematic approach to assessing fire risk -- one that relies on a computer program."
Source: NYTimes, 08/28/2009
"Revealing Secret Spots That Evoke Dark Secrets"
A simple brass plaque in Tarusa, Russia, stands as a reminder of an epic tale of scores of nuclear disasters in the former Soviet Union that were hidden, or never completely reported.
Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2009
"CANADA: Storing Nuclear Waste a $24-Billion Problem"
Canada faces a monumental challenge in finding a way to store or dispose of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel. The problem has dragged on unsolved for decades, and any solution is likely to prove costly.
Source: CBC, 08/19/2009
"Nuclear Careers To Heat Up?"
"Some Senate Republicans want the climate change bill to focus on building new nuclear power plants. They're calling for as many as 100 new plants in 20 years. But the industry has been in decline for so many years now, there's concern there might not be enough nuclear engineers to do the job."
Source: Environment Report, 08/13/2009
"New Plan Would Add Oversight But Delay Hanford Nuclear Cleanup"
"Cleanup of the nation's biggest nuclear mess would take nearly two decades longer than planned under an agreement endorsed Tuesday by the governors of Washington and Oregon."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 08/13/2009
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