by Snake River Alliance | Feb 5, 2019 | Alliance Publications
Written by Sarah Wanless When I first started looking for an internship, it was quite intimidating. There were so many great options and this was an important choice, so I started researching the best candidates recommended by Boise State University. After a while, I...
by Snake River Alliance | Jan 14, 2019 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Reprocessing is the must-take step between a nuclear reactor and a nuclear bomb, and is the source of some of the most dangerous waste on earth. During reprocessing, spent nuclear fuel from reactors is dissolved in acid so bomb ingredients – plutonium and highly...
by Snake River Alliance | Jan 7, 2019 | Alliance Publications
As President of the Board of the Snake River Alliance, I want to thank all our members for their ongoing support. As a member-based organization, it is all of you – all of us! – who keep Idaho’s citizens aware of the potential effects nuclear waste could have on our...
by Snake River Alliance | Dec 10, 2018 | Nuclear
Former Governors Phil Batt and Cecil Andrus fought long and hard with the federal government to craft the 1995 Nuclear Settlement Agreement. Today, the Department of Energy still hasn’t met many important deadlines, and even worse, there’s talk in some places of...
by Snake River Alliance | Dec 2, 2018 | Nuclear
President Trump signed a budget bill for 2019 that includes $1.3 billion for nuclear energy research and development. That money will fund a whole raft of bad ideas, many right here in Idaho. $100 million will go toward 12 small modular reactors (SMRs). A chunk of...
