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Friday, March 1, 2013

Nuclear waste news update 3/1

Sequester Energy Cuts Could Affect Nuclear Waste Cleanup At Sites Including ...
Huffington Post
In this March 23, 2004 file photo, workers at the tank farms on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., measure for radiation and the presence of toxic vapors. Six underground radioactive waste tanks at the nation's most contaminated ...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/sequester-energy-cuts-hanford-nuclear-cleanup_n_2789516.html?utm_hp_ref=green
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'Recycling' of Radioactive Waste - a Dark Future
AllAfrica.com
Cancer-causing countertops? Radioactive frying pans and braai tongs? This could become a reality soon: The United States Department of Energy (US DoE) wants to mix radioactive metal from nuclear weapons factories with clean scrap metal and let it enter ...http://allafrica.com/stories/201303010487.html
DOE: Budget cuts may slow nuclear waste cleanup
MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON -- Cleanup of radioactive waste at nuclear sites across the country - including one in Washington state where waste tanks may be leaking 1,000 gallons per year - would be delayed under automatic spending cuts set to take effect Friday.http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/28/3259450/apnewsbreak-budget-cuts-may-slow.html
'Interim' nuclear fuel storage could bring more waste to SRS
The Augusta Chronicle
“The people of Aiken are proud of our service to the country during the Cold War, but this does not mean we will consent to become the nation's nuclear waste dump,” said Lisa Darden, a co-founder of the group. “All efforts should be made now to clean ...http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-28/interim-nuclear-fuel-storage-could-bring-more-waste-srs?v=1362092992

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