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South Bruce Council unanimously approves nuclear waste hosting agreement

CTV 02 May 2024
On Wednesday, councillors with the Municipality of South Bruce voted on a nuclear waste hosting agreement that could change the course of their community forever ... .
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Nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain could roil Nevada US Senate race

Stars and Stripes 02 May 2024
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — More than 3.5 million pounds of highly radioactive nuclear waste is buried on a coastal bluff just south of Orange County, California, near an idyllic beach name-checked in the Beach Boys’ iconic “SurfinU.S.A.”.
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Taipower to activate fuel storage facility at Jinshan

Taipei Times 02 May 2024
For public safety reasons it necessary to ensure that spent fuel rods could be removed from the nuclear power plant, Wang said ... Taipower is not able to begin the construction of the nuclear waste depository due to the disagreement, Wang said.
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'Just the first step': South Bruce signs nuclear waste hosting agreement

CTV 02 May 2024
During one of South Bruce council’s shortest ever meetings, councillors may have made one of the biggest decisions in the community’s history ... .
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NB Power signs small modular reactors agreement with South Korea nuclear operator

CTV 02 May 2024
While Indigenous leaders from New Brunswick are raising concerns about nuclear waste in Ottawa, NB Power’s CEO is signing on to a trilateral agreement including one of the world’s largest nuclear operators ... .
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An Ontario farm town will vote in October on whether to become Canada's largest nuclear dump

CBC 02 May 2024
The Municipality of South Bruce, a collection of Ontario farm towns about a 40-minute drive from Canada's largest nuclear power plant, has set the table for an historic vote on whether it will host a nuclear waste dump ... .
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Why Britain is building the world’s most expensive nuclear plant

The Spectator 02 May 2024
For over 20 years, Britain effectively gave up on building new nuclear power stations ... Nuclear is no exception to this rule ... In that time, a lot has been learnt about the best way to store spent fuel (otherwise known as nuclear waste).
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Brown: Failure to bring nuclear waste to NV is ‘incredible loss of revenue for our state’

Reno Gazette Journal 01 May 2024
Senate nomination in 2024, told a campaign gathering that he supported bringing nuclear waste from the nation’s nuclear power plants to Yucca Mountain in Nevada ... nation’s nuclear waste,” Rosen said.
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Hypocrisy of touting nuclear power

Taipei Times 01 May 2024
When the Taitung County Council was to vote on sending low-level nuclear waste from contentious storage facilities on Orchid Island (蘭嶼) to Taitung to be processed, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) administration opposed the plan.
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South Bruce votes on nuclear waste hosting agreement tonight

CTV 01 May 2024
Wednesday night, councillors with the Municipality of South Bruce will vote on a document that could change the course of their community forever ... .
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Editorial: Hudson River dumping is a toxic idea

Times Union 01 May 2024
In the fossil fuel industry’s case, the issue was CO2; in the case of nuclear power, it’s radioactive waste ... If the nuclear power industry wants to be taken seriously in a clean energy future, it has ...
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Discovery of uranium-contaminated soil purification material without secondary environmental pollution

Phys Dot Org 01 May 2024
"Utilizing boron nitride (BN) nano-adsorbents for uranium treatment ensures high reusability without the need for chemical agents, making it a novel environmentally friendly nuclear waste disposal method.".
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Occupation, lockdown, tree sit-in: How Cal Poly Humboldt became California’s epicenter of pro-Palestinian student activism

The Los Angeles Times 01 May 2024
... in which long shots eclipsed safe bets.More big stories To save Black lives, a panel urges regular mammograms for all women ages 40 to 74.Nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain could roil Nevada U.S.
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First Nations Land Defence Alliance says no nuclear waste facility without First Nations consent

CBC 30 Apr 2024
They expressed their concerns over a proposed nuclear waste ...
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Capability Lead Waste and Environmental

The Engineer 30 Apr 2024
At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Capability Lead Waste and Environmental at our Warrington, Bristol or Newbury sites.
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