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Radioactive Waste

No safe, permanent solution has yet been found anywhere in the world - and may never be found - for the nuclear waste problem. In the U.S., the only identified and flawed high-level radioactive waste deep repository site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada has been canceled. Beyond Nuclear advocates for an end to the production of nuclear waste and for securing the existing reactor waste in hardened on-site storage.

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Friday
Dec032010

Dr. Gordon Edwards submits outstanding comments to CNSC opposing radioactive steam generator shipping and "recycling" plan

Dr. Gordon EdwardsDr. Gordon Edwards, President of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, has shown yet again why he was awarded the Nuclear-Free Future Award in 2006 ("for his enduring role in demystifying nuclear technology helping the public to understand its radioactive predicament") with his "Supplementary Comments on the Proposed Transport of Steam Generators" submitted to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on November 22nd.

 

Thursday
Dec022010

Submit comments to BRC before it slams the door on the public!

"STOP MAKING IT!" for starters! And hardened on-site storage for what already exists! While the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (BRC) claims it will remain open to public comment, such as holding a public meeting near Savannah River Site nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina in early January, 2011, we also know from its staff that the BRC is already beginning its "writing sessions" towards a draft report due out by mid 2011. The BRC's final report, on "Plan B" for irradiated nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste management after President Obama's and Energy Secretary Chu's wise cancellation of the dangerous and expensive Yucca Mountain dump proposal, is due out in early 2012. Thus, it is critical for concerned citizens and environmental groups to submit comments to the BRC regarding radioactive waste management policy ASAP. To do so, email the BRC at the following addresses: BRC@nuclear.energy.gov, mary.woollen@blueribboncommission.net, commissiondfo@nuclear.energy.gov. The BRC has posted the video of Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps presenting to the BRC on behalf of 168 national and grassroots groups across the U.S. It is not too late to sign your group, or yourself individually, onto the group statement as an endorser -- simply email Kevin your contact information at kevin@beyondnuclear.org. Links to the group statement, as well as additional information about the coalition's presentation to the BRC, and background about radioactive waste issues, is posted at Beyond Nuclear's website.

Wednesday
Dec012010

"Ship happens? Plan to transport radioactive materials on Great Lakes creates ripples of protest"

The Detroit Metro Times has published a provocatively titled article -- "Ship happens? Plan to transport radioactive materials on Great Lakes creates ripples of protest," about Bruce Nuclear's proposal to transport 16 radioactive steam generators from Ontario to Sweden via the Great Lakes and connecting rivers. Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps is quoted. Readers of the article are encouraged to comment upon it, so please do!

Tuesday
Nov302010

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold thanked for his leadership against radioactive waste risks

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, Democrat from Wisconsin.The Honorable Russ Feingold, Democratic U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, was just thanked by Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps in an op-ed, published in the Madison, WI Cap Times, for his leadership in opposing the risks of radioactive waste transporation on the Great Lakes, as well as radioactive waste "recycling" into consumer products. Sen. Feingold, who has served Wisconsin for 18 years in the U.S. Senate, just lost his re-election bid on Nov. 2nd. He and his stellar staff will be sorely missed.

Tuesday
Nov302010

Erie, PA Times-News: "Kamps: Casey joins effort to protect lakes"

U.S. Senator Robert Casey, Jr., Democrat from Pennsylvania.The Erie, Pennsylvania Times-News online edition has published an op-ed by Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps, praising U.S. Robert Casey, Jr. (Democrat-Pennsylvania) for his opposition to the proposed shipment of 16 radioactive steam generators from Canada to Sweden via the Great Lakes for so-called "recycling" into consumer products. A similar op-ed by Kevin appeared in the Buffalo News on Nov. 4th, thanking U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrats from New York) for likewise protecting the Great Lakes from radioactive waste transportation, and questioning the wisdom of "recycling" radioactive waste into consumer products.