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The task force responsible for revamping U.S. nuclear waste policy has issued its final report.

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Among the recommendations for managing the current stockpile of spent nuclear fuel — approximately 65,000 tons of waste stored at about 75 operating and shut-down reactor sites around the country — is a plan to move the waste to temporary storage sites. Public Citizen rejects this plan. In the absence of a permanent and viable [...]

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Radioactive waste dump seeking amendment to its license

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, Water, tagged , , , , , , on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) is seeking several amendments to its Radioactive Material License # R04100 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).  Five of the amendments request design changes to the Compact Waste Disposal Facility (CWF) and the Federal Waste Facility (FWF) for commercial and federal low-level radiactive waste disposal. The other two amendment [...]

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Perry gets another chance to get the TLLRWDC Commission just right for Simmon’s WCS radioactive waste dump

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Gov. Rick Perry has replaced all six of the Texas commissioners who sit on the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission reappointing only two previously serving commissioner.  The TLLRWDCC commissioner terms were modified by Senate Bill 1605 as part of the 82nd Legislature giving Perry the ability to replace commissioners whose positions he didn’t [...]

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West Texas – The new radioactive waste frontier

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , , on August 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

According to the Fox news station in Salt Lake City, UT, controversy has arisen about EnergySolutions’ plans to dispose of what they call blended radioactive waste at its Clive Facility in the west desert of Utah. There are three classifications of waste: A, B and C, all radioactive. Only the lowest level, type A, is [...]

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Radioactive Waste Commission meeting on August 20th

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , on July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission will meet Saturday, August 20, 2011, at 10:30 AM in the James Roberts Center, 855 Hwy 176 East, Andrews, TX 79714.  Don’t know yet what they will have on their agenda, but they say it will be posted in the Texas Register and on the Commission website when [...]

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Tepco, wouldn’t want to be you

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , , on July 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In their ongoing effort to accomplish a cold shutdown by January, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), the beleaguered operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant said it had resumed the use of recycled water to cool the reactor cores this weekend, a week after its first attempt was suspended due to leaks that developed [...]

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New NRC rule would minimize “legacy sites” but might create more waste for WCS

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , on June 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Facilities that process large quantities of radioactive material have the potential for significant environmental contamination due to the scale of their operations. Over time, leaks from these facilities can lead to significant radioactive contamination of the subsurface soil and groundwater.  In addition, the high costs of disposing of radioactive material off-site may lead these facilities [...]

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Aging nuclear plants create radioactive waste in need of disposal, with few options available

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , , on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Critiques of nuclear generation have generally revolved around safety risks and high construction fees, but relatively little attention has been paid to what happens when a nuclear plant powers down for good. Costs Can Reach Over $1 Billion Nuclear plants must be decommissioned at the end of their useful life, and operating licenses are generally for [...]

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Oi Polloi – Nuclear Waste

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In honor of SB 1605, a Simmons‘ led bill on the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission, we decided to post a music video speaking of more sensible, viable options for clean energy. Hope you enjoy it! And the lyrics after the jump if you want them:

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Simmons’ Cronies

Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, Toxics, tagged , , , , , , on May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »

All rights reserved by Public Citizen Texas Infamously dubbed by Dallas Magazine “Dallas’ Most Evil Genius”, socialite and energy tycoon Harold Simmons is no stranger to Texas lobbying.  As this blog previously reported in January, Simmons has contributed $1.12 million from 2001 to September 2010 to Rick Perry significantly increasing his contributions between 6/25/2009 and [...]

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Texas House passes Bad Radioactive Waste Bill

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Guest Submission by Karen Hadden, Executive Director of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition NOTE: SB 1504 is up for third reading on the House floor later today.  On May 17, 2011 the Texas House voted 108 Ayes to 36 Nays to pass SB 1504, which will allow WCS’ Andrews County radioactive waste [...]

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Pray for rain, pray for no radioactive waste transport accidents

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , , , on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In spite of, Governor Rick Perry’s designation of this past Easter weekend as official days of prayer for rain, Texas is expected to break its yearly record for the number of acres burned by wildfires, with officials warning that today through Wednesday would see a high risk of fresh blazes. 2006 set the previous record of [...]

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WCS and Texas Wildfires

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged , , , on April 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »

As fires rage throughout Texas, we should remember that besides brush, farm land and homes, wildfires are a danger to many industrial sites.  According to today’s Texas Forest Service incident management situation report, a wildfire designated the Frying Pan Ranch fire in Andrews Co. has been contained, but not before scorching 80,907 acres. While a [...]

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Public Citizen, SEED Coalition and We Texans, rally against WCS Radioactive Waste Dump

Posted in Radioactive Waste on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Public Citizen, Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition and We Texans are traveling around the state to get the word out to folks in Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas against proposed bills that would allow states to ship nuclear waste to a West Texas low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. The facility in Andrews County is [...]

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Texas Nuke Waste Dump site to Premiere summer blockbuster X-men: First Class

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In a stunning press release this morning, 20th Century Fox announced that the tiny Texas town of Andrews, home to a new nuclear waste dump owned by Waste Control Specialists, will hold a gala event to premiere one of this summer’s blockbusters, X-men: First Class.  For those not familiar, X-men follows a team of super-powered [...]

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