by Snake River Alliance | Jan 14, 2019 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Reprocessing is the must-take step between a nuclear reactor and a nuclear bomb, and is the source of some of the most dangerous waste on earth. During reprocessing, spent nuclear fuel from reactors is dissolved in acid so bomb ingredients – plutonium and highly...
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 16, 2017 | Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
On August 11, 2017, the Los Angeles Times revealed that, without significant reform, the Department of Energy (DOE) will miss its 2035 deadline for getting all its spent fuel out of Idaho. The LA Times article is based on a report by Edwin Lyman of the Union of...
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 | Aug 12, 2016 | Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
About 50 members and supporters of the Snake River Alliance were among the 200 people who attended a July 14th public meeting in Boise about the future of nuclear waste. The Department of Energy came to town with nearly a dozen facilitators to talk to Idahoans about...
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...
