by Leigh Ford | Nov 25, 2023 | Idaho Energy Updates, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Uncategorized
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will start leasing land to corporations that need a place to run experiments. “There is no limit on the length of these leases,” said Katherine Huff, assistant secretary with the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy. That...
by Snake River Alliance | Nov 25, 2023 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Press Releases, Uncategorized
SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE CELEBRATES SUCCESS In a monumental triumph for the environment, the Snake River Alliance is delighted to announce the cancellation of NuScale’s Carbon-free power project, which had initially proposed a staggering 12 nuclear reactors at Idaho...
by Leigh Ford | Sep 29, 2023 | Nuclear
Things You Will Never Hear Anywhere Ever: “Bill Gates agreed to build his experimental advanced nuclear reactor and the reprocessing facility on his estate in Redmond, WA. Says the multi-billionaire, ‘YES! In my backyard.’” “The budget has been approved with plenty...
by Jeromy Cross | Sep 29, 2023 | Clean Energy
Today, we are bombarded with different terms describing energy. Indeed, most have heard something is “Green” or “Carbon-free,” but what do these terms mean, and how can we tell the difference? As a communications professional, I will try to clear up the confusion and...
by Ava Traverso | Sep 29, 2023 | Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Though the long-term plan for our nation’s nuclear waste still hangs in the balance, that has not stopped the Department of Energy (DOE) and other agencies from testing various technologies with the assumption that the waste will be transported soon. It seems...
by Leigh Ford | Sep 1, 2023 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
THIS YEAR, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board hosted its public workshop and board meeting in Idaho Falls. I was thankful to have the opportunity to attend and comment, and thrilled to see our former Nuclear Program Director Beatrice Brailsford there. We...
by Ava Traverso | Sep 1, 2023 | Nuclear
Dark Circle is a transformative documentary centering around the struggles activists faced during the early days of Diablo Canyon and Rocky Flats Weapons Plant. The Rocky Flats portion of the film centers around a young mother trying to keep her children safe in the...
by Snake River Alliance | May 26, 2023 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
After three long awaited years, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s (ANA) DC Days conference was back in person this April! The Snakes were thrilled to attend, and it was a week full of fun and insightful learning experiences. Two staff members (Ava Traverso and...
by Ava Traverso | May 26, 2023 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
The face-lift the nuclear industry is currently receiving is not new or surprising. Since the golden age of the peacetime atom back in the 1960s-1970s, when nuclear was heralded as the “energy source to light the future,” there has been a steady decline in public...
by Leigh Ford | May 26, 2023 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Another Environmental Injustice Consolidated (or Centralized) “Interim” Storage (CIS) are proposed facilities that would receive high-level commercial nuclear power waste “temporarily” before being shipped to a (currently non-existent)...
