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)...
by Leigh Ford | Mar 30, 2023 | Idaho Energy Updates, Idaho Nuclear Updates
Last month House Bill 96 was passed by the Idaho State Legislature and signed by Governor Brad Little. The bill will take out “renewable” language from the Idaho Energy Resources Authority (IERA) Act and replace it with “clean” to embrace nuclear energy and other...
by Leigh Ford | Mar 1, 2023 | Clean Energy, Nuclear
Recently, House Bill 96 sailed through the Idaho House committee on Environment, Energy & Technology, and passage in the full House quickly followed. The Snake River Alliance testified before the Senate Committee on State Affairs and secured one vote, but it was...
