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 ....
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 6, 2016 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
July 14th the Department of Energy is coming to Idaho to ask Idahoans what we think of consent-based siting process for commercial spent nuclear fuel. By answering a few simple questions the Alliance can easily show why Idahoans need to attend this meeting and voice...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 11, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Idaho National Laboratory contractor, Battelle, and its supporters in eastern Idaho would very much like to have a piece of the federal funding for commercial nuclear waste storage and disposal. It will be a pretty big pie. States that might be thinking about...
by Snake River Alliance | Nov 10, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Snake River Alliance has long worked to stop shipments of spent nuclear fuel from coming to Idaho. Our work paid off on October 23, when Idaho’s Attorney General, Lawrence Wasden, blocked a shipment of 25 spent fuel rods from Virginia’s North Anna reactor. Idaho’s...
