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Just Say Nuke. Southeastern New Mexico goes nuclear. Is that bad?
To Greg Mello, executive director of the Los Alamos Study Group, the recent federal approval of a uranium de-conversion plant near Hobbs only contributes to southeastern New Mexico’s identity as a “wasteplex.” “The problem is that southeastern New Mexico seems to be unable to say no to any nuclear or toxic activity,” he says. “I’m […]
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issues the First 40-Year License for This First-of-its-Kind Depleted Uranium De-conversion Facility
International Isotopes Inc. is pleased to announce that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC) has issued a Part 40 combined construction and operating license for the Company’s planned depleted uranium de-conversion and fluorine extraction processing facility. The license was signed and issued to the Company during a brief ceremony at NRC offices in Bethesda,Maryland on October 2, 2012. The Company originally […]
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What 371 metric tons of uranium hexafluoride could mean to Iranians
Lost in the debate on Iran is the human cost of a strike against the country’s nuclear sites, according to a new report published by an Iranian-American with a background in industrial nuclear waste and chemicals. Khosrow Semnani argues in “The Ayatollah’s Nuclear Gamble,” that striking Iran’s nuclear facilities, where the IAEA has verified an […]
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Main hazards of nuclear power plants in Canada, US, France & UK
As with nuclear power plants, fuel cycle facilities, including conversion (see also pp. 26-30), enrichment (see also pp. 32-36), fuel fabrication and reprocessing plants, have conducted safety reviews in response to the Fukushima accident. The safety reviews consider the capability of facilities to withstand extreme events (such as earthquakes or flooding) and their emergency response […]
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Deadly uranium traces found in Chittoor water
In what is being seen as a disturbing trend, studies have revealed that the drinking and groundwater in Chittoor district is polluted with high concentrations of uranium, 135 times more than the safe limit fixed by the World Health Organisation. Research studies in Vagalla and nearby villages in the district revealed that drinking and well […]
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Big radiation risk unlikely if Israel strikes Iran – experts
Excerpt: … A Stanford University study in July estimated that radiation from Fukushima Daiichi might eventually cause anywhere from 15 to 1,300 deaths. Radiation poisoning can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, headaches and fatigue in lower doses. In bigger doses, it can cause burns, haemorrhages, cancer and death. Radiation can also damage plants and animals, poisoning […]
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Hobbs, New Mexico, Home Of A Failed $1 Billion Ghost Town, Conducts Another Grand Experiment
Lea County, New Mexico, shrugs off the loss of an investor’s highly publicized tech-research city to focus on innovative energy programs, including algae, uranium enrichment, and one of the nation’s largest solar projects. In the southeastern corner of New Mexico these days, a booming and diversifying energy industry has produced an enviably low unemployment rate. […]
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NRC ISSUES FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR PROPOSED URANIUM DECONVERSION FACILITY IN NEW MEXICO
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on a proposed facility in Lea County, N.M., that would deconvert depleted uranium hexafluoride from the uranium enrichment industry to make it more suitable for disposal. The FEIS contains the staff’s assessment that there are no impacts that would preclude licensing the proposed […]
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Iran has enough uranium for 5 bombs: expert
VIENNA: Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further, a U.S. security institute said. The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), a think-tank which tracks Iran’s nuclear program closely, based the […]
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DOE cites LATA Environmental Services of Kentucky for worker safety and health & nuclear safety violations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) to LATA Environmental Services of Kentucky, LLC (LATA KY) for violations of the Department’s worker safety and health and nuclear safety regulations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The violations are associated with a March 9, 2011, heat […]
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