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”...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 19, 2016 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Department of Energy should not be in charge of the spent fuel and high-level waste programs any longer. The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future recommended a new agency be formed. The framework for America’s nuclear waste management program should...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 13, 2016 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Board member Brent Marchbanks in his guest opinion featured in the Idaho Statesmen reminds Idahoans on why it is so important that we tell the Department of Energy NO! to nuclear waste during tomorrow evening’s DOE’s Consent Based Siting Public Meeting ....
