by Beatrice Brailsford | Jan 14, 2019 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
Reprocessing is the must-take step between a nuclear reactor and a nuclear bomb, and is the source of some of the most dangerous waste on earth. During reprocessing, spent nuclear fuel from reactors is dissolved in acid so bomb ingredients – plutonium and highly...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 19, 2018 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, INL "Incident Reports"
The rupture of one barrel of nuclear waste (and three more that merely popped their tops) on April at the Idaho National Laboratory highlights why Snake River Alliance is investing in a new public education campaign, Don’t Waste Idaho, to stop more shipments of...
by Beatrice Brailsford | Aug 16, 2017 | Nuclear, Spent Nuclear Fuel
On August 11, 2017, the Los Angeles Times revealed that, without significant reform, the Department of Energy (DOE) will miss its 2035 deadline for getting all its spent fuel out of Idaho. The LA Times article is based on a report by Edwin Lyman of the Union of...
by Beatrice Brailsford | 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 Beatrice Brailsford | 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...
