by Leigh Ford | Jun 21, 2024 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
Despite indications of potential support by the House for extending and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) by the June 10 expiration, Speaker Mike Johnson (R, LA), did not bring it to the floor for a vote in time. While the program’s cost was the...
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 Snake River Alliance | Nov 25, 2023 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Press Releases, Uncategorized
SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE CELEBRATES SUCCESS In a monumental triumph for the environment, the Snake River Alliance is delighted to announce the cancellation of NuScale’s Carbon-free power project, which had initially proposed a staggering 12 nuclear reactors at Idaho...
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 Snake River Alliance | May 26, 2023 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
After three long awaited years, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s (ANA) DC Days conference was back in person this April! The Snakes were thrilled to attend, and it was a week full of fun and insightful learning experiences. Two staff members (Ava Traverso and...
by Ava Traverso | May 26, 2023 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
The face-lift the nuclear industry is currently receiving is not new or surprising. Since the golden age of the peacetime atom back in the 1960s-1970s, when nuclear was heralded as the “energy source to light the future,” there has been a steady decline in public...
