by Snake River Alliance | Apr 27, 2017 | Nuclear
The Alliance and several members have voiced concern about how little public information has been provided to support an exemption from federal licensing for a shipment of “hot” water to the US Ecology hazardous waste disposal site in Grand View, Idaho....
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 4, 2017 | Nuclear
The fox is truly guarding the apple blossoms in Washington, DC, this year. So the Snake River Alliance will field a team of five volunteer activists to fight back. This May, five Alliance members – old and young – will donate their time and out-of-pocket expenses to...
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 | Nuclear
A decade ago, nuclear proponents were claiming a renaissance for the US industry. Dozens of reactors were penciled out – if only on the backs of napkins – and the federal government was set to provide billions of dollars in loan guarantees for new construction. States...
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 | Mar 6, 2017 | Nuclear
The latest test of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) has failed. The IWTU was to have solidified INL’s last 900,000 gallons of liquid high-level waste in 2012, a key cleanup deadline in the 1995 Settlement Agreement. But the facility has yet to operate...
by Snake River Alliance | Jan 18, 2017 | Nuclear
Tickets Available Now. The second “Holding What Can’t be Held” exhibition at the MING Studio in Boise is sponsored by the Alliance in partnership with artists working together as The Feeling Body . If you have ever wanted to tour the Idaho...
by Snake River Alliance | Jan 12, 2017 | Alliance Publications, Nuclear
What effect will a Trump Administration have on this country’s nuclear power, waste, and weapons policies? “Prospects for a rational approach are not bright.” That’s the conclusion of Dan Yurman, who worked at the Idaho National Laboratory for 20 years and now writes...
by Snake River Alliance | Jan 12, 2017 | Alliance Publications
If you care about clean energy, the Snake River Alliance is for you. The Alliance advocates on all the issues you care about — including nuclear. We promote clean energy, help people conserve and adopt renewable energy, and support grassroots action. Thank you...
