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Archive for March 30th, 2011

HB 2184 – moving forward, but now more questions

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »

HB 2184 was voted out of the Texas House State Affairs Committee earlier today.  HB 2184 is a piece of  legislation that impacts how much, from where and how safely radioactive waste will be transported and stored at a West Texas site, and who will pay for it if something goes wrong. While this bill [...]

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HB 2184 – A Texas-Sized Plan for Nuclear Waste

Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , , on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »

HB 2184 will probably be voted out of the Texas House State Affairs Committee later this afternoon and so far, legislation that impacts how much, from where and how safely radioactive waste will be stored at a West Texas site is moving forward in favor of the private operator, giving them the power to negotiate [...]

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Japan losing/lost the race to save a reactor

Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, tagged , , on March 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Experts believe the radioactive core in reactor No. 2 at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to the concrete floor of the drywell below.  This new development has raised fears of a major release of radiation at the site, and some nuclear industry experts [...]

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