California energy officials vote to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations (LA Times)
California energy officials vote to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations (LA Times) Inside the aging Diablo Canyon reactors resides […]
Diablo Canyon, the last remaining nuclear power plant in California, gets a lifeline (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Diablo Canyon, the last remaining nuclear power plant in California, gets a lifeline (San Diego Union-Tribune) No matter what is
Friends of the Earth Files Lawsuit to Enforce the PG&E Agreement to Phase out Diablo Nuclear Plant
Friends of the Earth Files Lawsuit to Enforce the PG&E Agreement to Phase out Diablo Nuclear Plant The organization says
Fierce lobbying caps fight over California nuke plant future (AP)
Lawmakers have questioned why Newsom dropped the text of his legislation just days before the end of the Legislature’s two-year
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Watchdog\’s report raises concerns on plutonium at Los Alamos (Santa Fe New Mexican)
\”“They’ve identified another safety hazard at Los Alamos … and they’re estimating doses that are astronomical,” said Dan Hirsch, retired
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Report: Some Los Alamos nuclear waste too hazardous to move (Santa Fe New Mexican)
Los Alamos National Laboratory has identified 45 barrels of radioactive waste so potentially explosive — due to being mixed with
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VICTORY—Nuclear Regulatory Commission Withdraws Widely Condemned Proposal to Deregulate Most Radioactive Waste
CBG, working closely with NRDC, PEER, NIRS, and PSR helped lead opposition to an extraordinary plan by NRC to allow
Critics alarmed by US nuclear agency’s bid to relax rules on radioactive waste
Read the article here. “This would be the most massive deregulation of radioactive waste in American history,” said Dan Hirsch,
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Advocates raise questions about proposal to allow some nuclear waste to be disposed in landfills
Read the article here. “What they’re trying to do is prop up a failing industry so that the cost of
A Year in Review: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
NRDC reports. Click here.
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Energy Department, California Spar Over Nuclear Site Cleanup
Click here to read the article. California is battling federal authorities over how to clean up a contaminated former nuclear
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Meltdown (at SSFL) Anything But Minor
Read Dan Hirsch\’s letter in the Acorn here.
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Massive Woolsey Fire Began On Contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory
CLOSE TO SITE OF PARTIAL MELTDOWN Electric Substation at SSFL Tripped 2 Minutes Before Fire Reported For Immediate Release: November 12,
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Navy used obsolete safety standards in shipyard cleanup, researchers say
Read the SF Chronicle report regarding radioactive contamination at Hunter\’s Point: According to a new report, the Navy, which is supposed
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