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Beyond Blunderdome
Secret plan would put U.K. nuke waste in 'interim' domes for 1,000 years |
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14 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Beyond Blunderdome Secret plan would put U.K. nuke waste in "interim" domes for 1,000 years The U.K.'s government-owned British Nuclear Fuels has developed an innovative solution to the nuclear-waste problem: procrastinate! The company wants to dump waste from nuclear power plants into giant domes designed to last up to 1,000 years -- at which point, presumably, f ... |
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| Topics: environmental planning, news, nuclear power, pollution and waste, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Waste
Like absentminded professors, nuclear plants misplace their waste |
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12 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Waste Like absentminded professors, nuclear plants misplace their waste A comprehensive new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office reveals pervasive problems in the nuclear industry, abetted by lax federal regulation. You know all that waste nuclear plants produce, the stuff that stays radioactive for a kajillion years? Yeah, well, seems they keep ... |
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| Topics: news, nuclear power, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Eh, Just Throw It Out Back in the Shed
Nuke industry says cheapest waste-disposal plan is plenty safe |
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29 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Eh, Just Throw It Out Back in the Shed Nuke industry says cheapest waste-disposal plan is plenty safe With the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste disposal facility mired in technical, legal, and political difficulties, nuke boosters have decided, hey, who needs it anyway? "People are no longer saying Yucca Mountain has to be finished in order for the nuclear industry to have a revival in this country," says a s ... |
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