Waste Nuclear Environment

Waste Nuclear Environment

Waste

Nuclear waste is an issue for the nuclear industry. Some of these materials are highly radiactive and require cooling and careful storage to avoid meltdowns and radioactive releases. No facilities exist for the long term storage of waste. Nuclear waste is an unfunded problem to future generations.

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- Very comprehensive site focused on nuclear waste. Includes news, policies, maps and links. Locate nuclear related information including international.

- Celtic League information on secret nuclear dumping in the UK including Sellafield.
- Full text books by Walter Robbins on storage of high-level waste in the Canadian shield. Info on Accelerator Transmutation of Nuclear Waste.
- U.S. Geological Survey info on an area offshore of San Francisco, California. Ocean dump used to dispose of 47,800 containers of low-level radioactive waste between 1946 and 1970.
- Russian scientists began discharging liquid radioactive waste to rivers and reservoirs and injecting waste into the groundwater some 50 years ago. Scientists are working on remediation strategies at the three Russian sites.
- Advocates a responsible and direct approach to Yucca Mountain and encourages political leaders to focus on a plan that will provide Nevada with the highest levels of health and environmental protections.
- U.S. map by state illustrates the routes that thousands of tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste will take when moved for storage. (St. Joe valley greens)
- Campaign against plutonium waste incinerator at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. United States Department of Energy (DOE) has agreed to halt its plan to build a plutonium waste incinerator at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).
- Resources for developing the political, technical and moral understanding required for the responsible care of radioactive materials for many generations.
- CQS Health and Environment list
- The NEA's goal is to assist member countries in radioactive waste management, developing safe management and disposal strategies for spent fuel, long-lived waste, and waste from the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
- Map and database of significant nuclear facilities in the US compiled from government sources.
- Provide information about nuclear waste disposal and how society deals with important social issues involving scientific and technical problems.
- Results and conclusions of International Arctic Seas Assessment Project (IASAP) IAEA supported study.
- Includes recent news articles, maps, photos, links, FAQ, time-line, publications, and legislative information related to the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Also info on transportation of high-level radioactive waste.
- Investigative pieces regarding Rocketdyne/Boeing radiation poisoning of the surrounding communities in California.
- Up-to-date educational resource maintained by citizen-scientist chronicling ongoing government mismanagement of nuclear wastes from former Manhattan Project uranium refinery in Tonawanda, NY.
- Nuclear waste issues particularly in Nebraska. Also includes news articles and links to related sites around the USA. Including nuclear waste policies, low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) and irradiated fuel rod transportation.
- Originated from the Abalone Alliance. Working to halt operation and construction of nuclear power plants in California including action on Diablo Canyon nuclear power facility and Ward Valley waste dump.
- Biological remediation of nuclear waste. The Oak Ridger Online.
- Environmentalist newsletter DOEWatch site on nuclear issues particularly around Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- Article in the Atlantic Monthly about long term storage of radioactive waste beneath the ocean floor.

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