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• Thorium Fuel Gets a Break in The Press

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 123
  While lots of folks don’t watch or read Wired Magazine , lots of young people do.  Wired runs to the younger set, which is getting older, and more of a voice as the last election made clear. Once riled up, the count and solidity of the demographic is impressive. Richard Martin of Wired wrote ‘Uranium Is So ...
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• Federal waste dump sells tons of excavated salt (destined for cattle feed in Texas)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hundreds of tons of salt excavated from the Department of Energys underground nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico are destined for cattle feed in Texas. The DOEs Carlsbad field office has reached an agreement with Magnum Minerals LLC of Hereford, Texas, which will buy up to 300,000 tons ...
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• Stories That Mainstream Media Kept From You in 2009

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 571
  Project Censored whose mission is to “teach students and the public about the role of a free press in a free society” comes up with its Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009/2010 . For reasons exclusively known to them, mainstream media censored or downplayed these significant pieces of news. Here are some of them. ...
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• Appeals Court: Nuclear Spent Fuel Can Be Stored At Plants

  
  Nuclear Power Industry News — Authority: 488
  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it review the NRCs rejection of a request by Massachusetts and California that it increases the risk level  - By Stephen Heiser - A federal appeals court has refused a request by several states to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to declare spent fuel ...
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• Terrorists Bring Deadly Nuclear Weapons Material to Utah

  
  One Utah — Authority: 134
  Depleted uranium is obtained during the process of destroying nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium was used in the first Gulf War. The United States coated with depleted uranium, 1000 anti-tank artillery projectiles and the Brit’s 100. A depleted uranium missile cuts through a tank like a hot knife through butter. ...
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• EnergySolutions defends foreign nuclear waste plan

  
  News — Authority: 165
  SALT LAKE CITY -- EnergySolutions Inc. is defending its proposal to import nuclear waste from Italy for processing in Tennessee and disposal in Utahs west desert. read more
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• A Common Approach To Nuclear Waste

  
  Nuclear Power Industry News — Authority: 488
  IAEA Workshop Looks at Regulatory Needs for Waste Disposal Solutions   - By Linton Levy -    Whether of the extremely radioactive high-level, long-lived kind or the short-lived, low-level type, the issue of nuclear waste and methods of its disposal remain one of the most pressing problems facing the nuclear ...
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• BLACKJACK The Evil Nuclear Cartoon!

  
  Nuclear and Indigenous Items of Interest — Authority: 103
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• My Top 10 List of Innovations Across the Spectrum

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 668
  innovation , startups , commercialization Larry Bock wrote: Here are my top 10 innovations that are coming to the forefront in 2010. Of course, none of these would be possible without the economic engine that is embodied by the USA Science & Engineering Festival , which is creating the innovative ...
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• The Sask Party Uranium Response: "We Dont Care What You Think"

  
  Accidental Deliberations — Authority: 511
  Ive posted previously about the Sask Partys latest declaration of its intention to push nuclear development regardless of what Saskatchewans citizens might think. But its worth looking in somewhat more detail at just how thoroughly the Wall government has rejected the publics input into nuclear policy. So lets ...
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• US, Utah gov reach deal on depleted uranium

  
  News — Authority: 165
  SALT LAKE CITY -- The Department of Energy said Thursday that it has struck a deal with Utah Gov. Gary Herbert that would prohibit radioactive waste from South Carolina from being permanently buried in Utah until stricter state guidelines are put in place. read more
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• EnergySolutions pushes radioactive waste blending

  
  News — Authority: 165
  SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions Inc. is asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow it to mix more potent low-level radioactive waste with the materials it already disposes of at its Utah facility. read more
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• Utah gov to DOE: Halt depleted uranium shipment

  
  News — Authority: 165
  SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert sent Energy Secretary Steven Chu a letter Tuesday asking him to halt the shipment of nearly 15,000 drums of low-level radioactive waste from South Carolina for disposal in Utah. read more
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• World Bank to invest $5.5 billion in North African solar

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• World Bank to invest $5.5 billion in North African solar

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 159
  Bookmark this categoryThe World Bank announced $5.5 billion dollars of investment money for North African solar power projects. Initial investments will be $750 million dollars from the Clean Technology Fund with the rest on the way from other sources. Planned to be completed by 2015, the project would span five ...
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• DOE: Nevada an option for SC depleted uranium

  
  News — Authority: 165
  SALT LAKE CITY -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it is considering Nevada as an alternative disposal site for nearly 15,000 drums of depleted uranium from South Carolina currently scheduled to come to Utah. read more
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• EnergySolutions defends trucking contaminated NM soil into southern Colo.

  
  News — Authority: 165
  PUEBLO, Colo. -- A Utah company is defending its decision to truck contaminated soil from Los Alamos National Laboratory into southern Colorado. read more
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• NNSA And Romanian Border Police Cooperate To Thwart Nuclear Smuggling

  
  Nuclear Power Industry News — Authority: 488
  NNSA’s Second Line of Defense Program (SLD) is providing the Romanian Border Police with two vans  - By April Murelio - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Border Police of Romania commissioned mobile radiation detection equipment for use in Romania ...
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• Could Dounreay extend its half-life as a hotel?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Consultation on future of Scottish nuclear site receives suggestions to convert it into a "recreation centre" "Welcome to the Dounreay hotel, madam. You are booked into the Fast Breeder suite and breakfast will be served in the Radioactive Room." An unlikely vision for an "atomic chic" hotel on the northern ...
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• Sellafield fined £75,000 for exposing staff to nuclear contamination

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Contractors at nuclear plant received radiation dose while drilling through floor The operator of Sellafield, Britains biggest nuclear complex, was today handed a fine and legal costs totalling more than £100,000 following safety lapses which led to the radioactive contamination of staff. The successful ...
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