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Officials sound alarm after nation risks becoming 'world's nuclear waste dump': 'The government has left the door open'
28 May 2024 02:21 GMT
… ground for high-level nuclear waste.
What's happening … said.
Why is nuclear waste important?
Nuclear waste is a byproduct of … refining of uranium ore — pollutes the environment and is … intention to take AUKUS nuclear waste beyond that of Australian …
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UK government reveals plans to bury up to 5 million tonnes of nuclear waste in a 650ft pit in the English countryside within the next 10 years
17 May 2024 10:18 GMT
… country.
How is nuclear waste stored?
Nuclear waste is currently held … nuclear waste can be managed.
In April, a nuclear waste … Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution found that the … expensive.
According to the Nuclear Waste Service (NSW), the …
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Pollution Concerns Rise as Water Leaks Into German Nuclear Site
24 May 2024 15:43 GMT
(Bloomberg) -- Water is leaking into an underground nuclear waste facility in Germany creating fears about toxic contamination of groundwater and highlighting the legacy that the shuttered nuclear industry has left behind.
The operator of the storage site …
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Japan’s nuclear waste discharge a...
08 May 2024 02:46 GMT
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) just concluded a new round of investigation into Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant on April 26th, and the report is expected to be released in a few months.
On the same day, a large number of demonstrators …
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Missouri Senate advances KC weapons facility tax break without aid for nuclear waste victims
25 Apr 2024 12:28 GMT
An effort to create a program for St. Louis-area residents affected by radioactive waste nearly derailed a Missouri Senate bill backed by the Kansas City delegation to help expand a facility manufacturing components of nuclear weapons.
But after defeating …
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Fukushima: Anxiety and anger over Japan’s nuclear waste water plan
18 Apr 2024 18:50 GMT
… plan to do with the nuclear waste?
Since the disaster, … , this is no ordinary nuclear waste.
Tepco filters the Fukushima … level required by regulators for nuclear waste discharge, or by the … necessarily lead to serious pollution or readily harm the public …
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Supreme Court’s simplistic view on energy production undercuts its ruling on climate justice
07 Jun 2024 08:07 GMT
… for the climate (and more pollution). It has tried to balance … generations of contamination by untreatable nuclear waste. Across India, people’s movements …
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Tell it to the Chieftain: Nuclear waste and support for renewable energy
07 Apr 2024 17:18 GMT
Colorado needs the Legislature to support renewable energy
Our state legislators must support renewable energy in 2024.
Renewable energy is essential for tackling the social and environmental challenges facing our state. Colorado is a nexus for renewable …
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PA groups monitoring soot pollution pleased by new EPA standards
02 May 2024 07:30 GMT
… quality standards for soot pollution and one regional organization … nine. He noted controlling pollution output in Pennsylvania would … stop gap on nitrate pollution the way the agency … fund for reporting on Environment, Nuclear Waste, Peace, and Social Justice …
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Discovery of uranium-contaminated soil purification material without secondary environmental pollution
30 Apr 2024 12:16 GMT
… applicability to prevent secondary environmental pollutions.
Radioactive wastewater, an inevitable … agents leads to secondary environmental pollution.” He further revealed that … it a novel environmentally friendly nuclear waste disposal method.”
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