by Leigh Ford | Sep 1, 2023 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
THIS YEAR, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board hosted its public workshop and board meeting in Idaho Falls. I was thankful to have the opportunity to attend and comment, and thrilled to see our former Nuclear Program Director Beatrice Brailsford there. We...
by Leigh Ford | May 26, 2023 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Another Environmental Injustice Consolidated (or Centralized) “Interim” Storage (CIS) are proposed facilities that would receive high-level commercial nuclear power waste “temporarily” before being shipped to a (currently non-existent)...
by Leigh Ford | Mar 30, 2023 | Idaho Energy Updates, Idaho Nuclear Updates
Last month House Bill 96 was passed by the Idaho State Legislature and signed by Governor Brad Little. The bill will take out “renewable” language from the Idaho Energy Resources Authority (IERA) Act and replace it with “clean” to embrace nuclear energy and other...
by Leigh Ford | Mar 1, 2023 | Clean Energy, Nuclear
Recently, House Bill 96 sailed through the Idaho House committee on Environment, Energy & Technology, and passage in the full House quickly followed. The Snake River Alliance testified before the Senate Committee on State Affairs and secured one vote, but it was...
by Leigh Ford | Sep 27, 2022 | Clean Energy, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates, Press Releases, Uncategorized
"We have run out of time; we need clean, renewable energy now! Rooftop solar is widely available and Idaho Power should be encouraging it, not making it harder.” ~Snake River Alliance “We have run out of time; we need clean, renewable energy now! Rooftop...
