Category Archives: Radioactive waste

Cajon Pass wildfire could pose threat to radioactive waste shipment

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

It is very difficult to determine if the Cajon Pass wildfire on I-15 in California poses a threat to the truck hauling a 797,000-pound piece of a radioactive steel from a steam generator from the San Onofre nuclear power plant … Continue reading →

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Radioactive waste moving through Southern California on way to Utah

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

  One of the selling points when Waste Control Specialists made its case to the Texas Legislature for permission to build a low-level radioactive waste dump in West Texas was that most low-level waste is innocuous, consisting largely of what … Continue reading →

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Yet another installment of: “Is it just me, or is this a stunningly stupid idea?”

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

World Nuclear News reported today: The hull of SKB’s new ship for transporting used nuclear fuel and radioactive waste has been launched. Once outfitted, the M/S Sigrid is set to enter service in 2013, serving as a linchpin in Sweden’s … Continue reading →

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Department of Energy confirms new radioactive waste leak at Hanford; incident raises questions about safety of nuclear waste storage in West Texas

Posted on October 27, 2012 by

The Kansas City Star reported last Tuesday: The Department of Energy has confirmed that its oldest double-shell tank is actively leaking radioactive and hazardous chemical waste from its inner shell. DOE made the announcement Monday after a video inspection of … Continue reading →

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Radioactive waste transportation accident in Nebraska

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

The Lincoln (NB) Journal Star reported yesterday: A stretch of Nebraska 2 in east Lincoln was closed to traffic for several hours Saturday after a container of radioactive waste slid into the sleeper cab of a flatbed trailer that was … Continue reading →

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Another installment of: “Is it just me, or is this a stunningly stupid idea?” Exxon plans to drill in area where Soviets dumped nuclear waste

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

  Bloomberg Businessweek reported on Tuesday:   The Kara Sea, a body of Arctic waters so remote that the Soviet Union used it as an atomic- waste dump for more than 25 years, has become the focus of an environmental … Continue reading →

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Federal panel recommends expanding coverage for Washington state nuclear workers exposed to radiation

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

The Washington state newspaper Tri-City Herald reported yesterday: A compensation program for ill nuclear workers won key approval Tuesday to ease rules for $150,000 payments to additional Hanford workers or their survivors. A federal advisory board meeting in Santa Fe, … Continue reading →

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Tennessee nuke waste processing company goes bankrupt. Are there implications for Texas?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Impact Services Inc., a Tennessee low level radioactive waste processor, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported yesterday: An Oak Ridge, Tenn., firm storing 1 million pounds of scrap radioactive material has filed bankruptcy, leaving Tennessee … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Radioactive source lost in shipment in Texas; Questions raised in state that is about to see significant increase in rad waste shipments when West Texas waste dump opens

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

The Texas Department of Health reported to the NRC this morning that a 350 millicurie source containing Americium-241 and Beryllium has apparently been lost in shipping. Probe Technology Services of Fort Worth shipped the source to Houston on March 14. Prior … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Shut down nukes still need watching

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

It’s Monday, and the common theme on the NRC Event Reports page seems to be that shut down nuclear power plants can still have problems: 1. The Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in Nebraska has been shut down since April, … Continue reading →

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