Goodbye, Yucca. It’s Now Time for Consent for Nuclear Waste.
Yesterday, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, President Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Energy, answered questions about the Department of ...
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Fossils and Nukes: The Downsides to Congress’ Latest Actions
With the passage of significant energy and climate legislation as part of an end-of-year spending package, Congress cobbled together legislation with both major...
NRC Moves to Entrench Dreadful Uranium Mining Standards
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said yesterday that it intends to commence work on writing a set of standards for how it licenses uranium recovery operations....
A Final Resting Place for Nuclear Waste
For 60 years the problem of nuclear waste has bedeviled our nation. On one level this is no surprise. After all, the horrors of radioactive contamination are...
Uranium Mining Environmental Consequences to Be Reviewed in Court
For decades, uranium has been mined in ways that damage our waters and land, put our communities at risk, and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in...