by Snake River Alliance | Dec 2, 2018 | Nuclear
President Trump signed a budget bill for 2019 that includes $1.3 billion for nuclear energy research and development. That money will fund a whole raft of bad ideas, many right here in Idaho. $100 million will go toward 12 small modular reactors (SMRs). A chunk of...
by Snake River Alliance | Nov 16, 2018 | Clean Energy Program, Nuclear
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Who will speak up for Idaho? One vital group, the Snake River Alliance, is speaking up as Idaho’s nuclear watchdog and Idaho’s advocate for...
by Snake River Alliance | Nov 2, 2018 | Nuclear
Written by Gail Luedtke, Magic Valley It was with a heavy heart and a very alert mind that I read Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Dr. Mark Peters’ comments in the Sunday, October 14 Magic Valley Times Newspaper. He portrayed a beautiful picture of life for Idahoans...
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 29, 2018 | Nuclear
After numerous disclosures about releases and discharges from the US nuclear weapons complex that harmed public health and safety, Congress created the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) in 1988. Its statutory mission is to “provide independent analysis,...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 11, 2018 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
The Department of Energy wants to bring 7,000 cubic meters of untested plutonium-contaminated waste to Idaho from the shutdown nuclear bomb plant in Hanford, WA. The waste would come in by truck or railroad, crossing the Columbia and Snake rivers and passing through...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 11, 2018 | Nuclear
The cluster of nuclear reactors are planned to be built in Idaho by 2026. But the plan including filling a $2.1 Billion financing gap with your money. A group called the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) wants to build 12 nuclear power reactors at the...
