by Leigh Ford | Nov 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
With the help of generous partners like you, we have just achieved an extraordinary win for Idaho… the complete cessation of NuScale’s “Carbon-free” nuclear power project at Idaho National Lab. This momentous triumph is a testament to your belief in...
by Leigh Ford | Nov 25, 2023 | Idaho Energy Updates, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Uncategorized
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will start leasing land to corporations that need a place to run experiments. “There is no limit on the length of these leases,” said Katherine Huff, assistant secretary with the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy. That...
by Leigh Ford | Sep 29, 2023 | Nuclear
Things You Will Never Hear Anywhere Ever: “Bill Gates agreed to build his experimental advanced nuclear reactor and the reprocessing facility on his estate in Redmond, WA. Says the multi-billionaire, ‘YES! In my backyard.’” “The budget has been approved with plenty...
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)...