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| Idaho Energy Update |
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A weekly summary of energy and climate issues. We feature updates from the Legislature and state agencies, Idaho's utilities and regulators, and topical clean energy developments in Idaho and the Northwest - all designed to help you follow and participate in Idaho energy issues.
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| Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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Alliance Protests Government's Plan to Ship More Waste to Idaho
By bbrailsford @ 4:30 PM :: 362 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Waste and Contamination, SRA News Releases
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Plutonium-contaminated waste from nuclear bomb production remains hazardous for a quarter of a million years. By law, it must be isolated from the human biosphere in a deep geologic repository. Enormous quantities of plutonium-contaminated waste have been shipped to Idaho since the early 1950s. The Department of Energy has now announced plans to ship even more plutonium-contaminated waste to Idaho without adequate environmental analysis. Some of the waste planned for shipment here might never be eligible for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and could remain stored above the Snake River Aquifer indefinitely.
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| Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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Idaho's New Nuclear Friend Areva Faces NRC Probe
By spederson @ 3:03 PM :: 353 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Nuclear Power, SRA News Releases
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is looking into whether Areva NP, Inc., violated NRC transportation regulations during a shipment of equipment to a Tennessee nuclear power power plant. Areva is the same French-controlled company Idaho officials assiduously courted - and threw millions of dollars in Idaho tax freebies at - to convince the company to build its uranium enrichment factory in Idaho Falls.
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| Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
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| Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
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