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On-Site Storage

Currently, all radioactive waste generated by U.S. reactors is stored at the reactor site - either in fuel pools or waste casks. However, the casks are currently security-vulnerable and should be "hardened" while a better solution continues to be sought.

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Entries from October 1, 2013 - October 31, 2013

Thursday
Oct312013

Shedding light on NRC's nuke waste con game

Dr. Lewis Cuthbert, President of ACE (the Alliance for a Clean Environment) and, along with his wife Donna, longtime Limerick nuclear power plant watchdogs, has written an excellent Op-Ed to the Pottstown Mercury News.

Given Limerick's proximity to Philadelphia, and surrounding population density, the twin reactors' risks are among the worst in the U.S.

As identified in Beyond Nuclear's "Freeze Our Fukushimas" pamphlet, Limerick Units 1 & 2 are General Electric Mark IIs, very similar in design to Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 to 4's Mark Is. Since the beginning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe, Beyond Nuclear has joined with large numbers of grassroots allies living in the shadows of the 31 Mark Is and IIs in the U.S., calling for their immediate, permanent shutdown.

Beyond Nuclear maintains a website section on the "Freeze Our Fukushimas" campaign.

Beyond Nuclear updates on the campaign to counter NRC's Nuke Waste Con Game can be found at its Radioactive Waste website section.

DateOctober 31, 2013 | Print ArticlePrint Article | |
Tuesday
Oct012013

State of MI legislators speak out against Great Lakes radioactive waste dump in Ontario

As reported by CTV, Michigan State Senator Hoon-Yung Hopgood and Representative Sarah Roberts spoke out today in Kincardine, Ontario against Ontario Power Generation's proposal to bury radioactive wastes along the Lake Huron shore.

Hopgood's resolution against the DGR (for Deep Geologic Repository, or DUD, for Deep Underground Dump) passed the Michigan State Senate unanimously. Roberts has introduced a companion resolution in the MI State House of Representatives.

Hopgood and Roberts testified today before Canada's federal Joint Review Panel hearing concerns about the DUD. The legislators issued a press advisory, as well as an endorsement of a call by 28 U.S. and Canadian environmental groups (including Beyond Nuclear) "Request for Ruling," that the JRP require OPG to come clean on whether or not it intends to double the capacity of the proposed DUD from 200,000 cubic meters of so-called "low" and "intermediate" level radioactive waste from operations and refurbishment at 20 Ontario reactors, by adding another 200,000 tons of L&ILRWs from decommissioning activities over time.

Sen. Hopgood and Rep. Roberts also submitted written testimony. Attached to Sen. Hopgood's written testimony are statements of opposition to the Great Lakes radioactive waste dump provided by: Michigan United Conservation Clubs (with 42,000 members); Michigan Boating Industries Association (comprised of 300 marine businesses); Michigan Charter Boat Association; Michigan Steelhead & Salmon Fishermen's Association (the largest sport fishing organization in the Great Lakes Basin); Michigan Environmental Council (a coalition of more than 70 organizations); and Michigan Clean Water Action (boasting 200,000 members).

DateOctober 1, 2013 | Print ArticlePrint Article | |