by Leigh Ford | Oct 3, 2024 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated roughly $2 million each to 12 consortia to investigate “consent-based siting” (CBS), a strategy to gain local community acceptance for radioactive waste facilities. Boise State University is leading one of these...
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...
