by Snake River Alliance | Jul 21, 2017 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
Help stop bad nuclear policies Members of the Snake River Alliance went to Washington DC this spring to help stop unsafe plans to “consolidate” nuclear waste from commercial power plants and speak out against taxpayer money for small modular reactors. Along with...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 6, 2017 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
Cleanup workers at the Idaho National Laboratory have successfully removed the last wooden box of radioactive waste from the above-ground Transuranic Storage Area. Technicians signed their names to the final retrieval container on the night of February 21, 2017. This...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 6, 2017 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Although the nuclear navy is still allowed to bring waste to Idaho under the 1995 Nuclear Waste Agreement, shipments of commercial spent nuclear fuel are currently prohibited. This winter, the Governor’s Leadership in Nuclear Energy panel and the State Legislature...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 6, 2017 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
The clock that symbolizes the threat of global catastrophe from nuclear weapons and climate change has advanced 30 seconds. It’s now 2 ½ minutes to midnight on the Doomsday Clock. Manhattan Project scientists founded the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1945...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 26, 2016 | Idaho Nuclear Updates
The state is about to take its third stab at energy planning, which will be the first since federal adoption of the Obama Clean Power Plan. This process could give Idaho a comprehensive energy plan and a chance to join other Western states that have already adopted...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 19, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
On Thursday evening, July 14, the Department of Energy (DOE) is coming to Boise to ask Idahoans what we think of a new process for siting nuclear waste facilities. After the agency spent decades trying to force nuclear waste on unwilling Nevadans, the DOE has a “new”...