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A Nuclear Waste Carol
Yucca Mountain was dead—to begin with. There was no doubt whatsoever about that. The register of its burial was signed by the Senator, the Chairman, the Secretary, and the President. Now three Senators, maybe four, were left to pick up the pieces. ...
Company that received $1.3B stimulus contract in 2009 committed fraud from 1999 t...
A politically connected engineering company that received massive stimulus contracts has admitted that workers committed widespread fraud under the encouragement of its executives while working on a major taxpayer-funded nuclear cleanup effort. Employ...
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RT.com: With two decades to go before it can reprocess spent nuclear fuel, the US will have to bury nearly 70,000 tons of it, a research lab reports. It comes after Congress and the Obama administration defunded a planned ...1 vote2013/04/13 07:11:21
Rice University chemist James Tour and Stepan Kalmykov of Lomonosov Moscow State University have found that microscopic, atom-thick flakes of graphene oxide can bind quickly to natural and human-made radionuclides and cond...0 opinions2013/01/10 14:48:59
A hydrogeologist who oversaw the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site says the government’s new “consent-based” search for waste depositories doesn’t go far enough. Even when communities consent to host a depository, formida...2 opinions2013/02/23 17:01:06
A politically connected company with a history of legal and workplace safety violations provided inaccurate cost data to support a multi-billion-dollar federal nuclear waste cleanup contract, according to a recent report b...0 opinions2013/01/23 12:24:08
The Obama administration's decision to withdraw funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository "presents a troubling picture" for the future of nuclear energy in the United States. That's conclusion of the In...1 opinion2012/07/30 04:20:10
When the major powers start using weapons of mass destruction on the sly it is time the leaders of those countries were put on trial for war crimes. This makes the terrorism of 9/11 pale in comparison.9 opinions2013/02/27 09:08:00
This is actually a true story, reported by the NY Times. Let's have Obama be responsible for his "lack of concern" for mothet's mixing baby formula with water with "acceptable levels" of nuclear waste in drinking water, a...10 votes2012/08/10 02:36:52
Tokyo Soil – Blanketed With Fukushima Radiation – Would Be Considered “Radioactive Wasteu” In the United States Posted on March 26, 2012 by WashingtonsBlog Tokyo Slammed with Radiation We noted in August that s...3 opinions2012/03/28 00:17:19-
Across America’s highways drive the nuclear truckers. We don’t think about them, but they are out there. Now there is a map that shows where the routes are. Most Americans have never seen this map. That’s the way the Off...3 opinions2012/02/22 18:50:14
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/03exelon.html?_r=1 The NY Times wrote a story about Senator Obama and his claims to have passed legislation when a nuclear power plant had leaked waste into Obama's district ...1 opinion2012/03/08 18:28:42
PARIS -- An explosion and fire Monday at a French nuclear waste processing site killed one person and injured four. There was no chemical or radioactive discharge from the plant in southern France, a spokeswoman for the o...4 opinions2011/09/13 20:33:27
One worker reported dead in blast at Marcoule nuclear waste processing site in southern France. One person has been reported killed and four injured in an explosion at a nuclear waste processing plant in France. An ov...4 opinions2011/09/12 12:45:06
Rick Perry, was the first to get thrown under the GOP bus, is it Herman Cains turn? LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain 's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen...128 opinions2011/10/19 13:58:21
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Lawmakers Challenge White House on 'Scientific Misconduct' Several Republican lawmakers are challenging the Obama administration's science czar over what they claim are repeat incidents of "scientific misconduct" am...7 opinions2011/10/20 18:49:20
A dusty old Swedish town is agreeing to bury the country's nuclear waste in their backyard in an effort to clean things up a bit... Sounds like the beginning of a bad sci-fi flick.1 opinion2011/04/25 20:48:24
Do you live near a dump site? Have there been protests of any kind regarding the dumping?0 opinions2011/03/16 21:41:47