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...
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 Snake River Alliance | Jan 31, 2023 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, National & International News, Nuclear
By Terry Kaufmann and Leigh Ford Volunteers and onlookers braved frigid temperatures to show their support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) over the weekend of January 20th. Treaty Enforcers donned bright red suits and carried the flags of...
