by Snake River Alliance | Oct 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
On Thursday, November 3, the Snake River Alliance will be sponsoring a tour of the cleanup work at the Idaho National Laboratory. Come see – Ongoing exhumation of plutonium contaminated waste that the government buried in unlined pits above the Snake River Aquifer....
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 21, 2016 | Nuclear
“Houston, we have a problem.” Although engineers and other workers at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho have probably always tried to handle nuclear material safely, it doesn’t always work. Since 2005, accidents and inadvertent releases have happened with...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 19, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
On Thursday evening, July 14, the Department of Energy (DOE) is coming to Boise to ask Idahoans what we think of a new process for siting nuclear waste facilities. After the agency spent decades trying to force nuclear waste on unwilling Nevadans, the DOE has a “new”...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 13, 2016 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Board member Brent Marchbanks in his guest opinion featured in the Idaho Statesmen reminds Idahoans on why it is so important that we tell the Department of Energy NO! to nuclear waste during tomorrow evening’s DOE’s Consent Based Siting Public Meeting ....
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 28, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
On Thursday, October 22, 2015, Snake River Alliance members and supporters can visit the Idaho National Laboratory, which covers 890 square miles of eastern Idaho’s high desert plain. Alliance Site tours are excellent opportunities to get a real sense of what has...