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Chemistry World July 31, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Bury Radioactive Waste, UK Government Told Radioactive waste should be stored deep underground at sites where local communities have had the opportunity to participate in, and even withdraw from, the planning process.  |
Chemistry World February 6, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Nuclear Storage: Ready, Willing, Able, and Undecided A report into the UK's long term nuclear waste storage plans has concluded there are no insurmountable technical barriers to storing nuclear waste deep underground. Between a third and two-thirds of the UK is geologically suitable for storing waste.  |
Chemistry World November 2, 2007 Victoria Gill |
UK Nuclear Waste Disposal Plans Too Soon and Too Scanty UK scientists have urged the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to amend its plans to ask the public to volunteer to host an underground nuclear waste store.  |
Chemistry World February 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
UK Nuclear Policy Setback UK government plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations have suffered a setback after a public consultation on nuclear power was condemned by a High Court judge as 'inadequate' and 'misleading'.  |
Chemistry World November 20, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Nuclear waste research resurfaces The UK government's recent announcement of a significant expansion for nuclear power generation has rekindled the debate over the safe disposal of radioactive waste.  |
Geotimes January 2005 Fred Schwab |
Mount Everest, Nevada The United States entered the nuclear age more than a half-century ago, but has not yet resolved what to do with nuclear waste.  |
IEEE Spectrum July 2008 Sally Adee |
U.S. Critics Hope to Halt Nuclear-Waste Imports Utah firm wants Italian isotopes  |
Geotimes March 2007 Kathryn Hansen |
Mineral Crumbles Under Nuclear Heat When it comes to storing nuclear waste, it turns out that zircon can't take the heat. A new, high-resolution look at the mineral -- previously thought to be a model material for storing nuclear waste -- reveals that it is quick to succumb to radiation damage.  |
Geotimes July 2006 Linda Rowan |
Expanding Nuclear Options The Bush administration recently proposed significant changes to U.S. nuclear policy to resolve some of our current waste disposal problems and to accelerate the development of new nuclear power capacity.  |
Chemistry World October 7, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
Los Alamos lab's safety lapses faulted for radioactive leak A radioactive material leak that affected 22 workers and closed the US's only permanent nuclear waste repository was likely the result of a failure to follow safety procedures.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2011 Michael Johnston |
Investing in Garbage: Global X Launches Waste Management ETF This trash is no garbage for investors.  |
Chemistry World March 12, 2014 Maria Burke |
UK government urged to cash in on waste Rather than seeing waste as a problem, the government should consider it a valuable resource, says a report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.  |
Chemistry World March 17, 2011 Elinor Richards |
Cleaning up nuclear storage ponds UK scientists have analysed the chemistry taking place in storage ponds at nuclear power sites, such as Sellafield, to come up with a way to remove radioactive waste as nuclear regulatory bodies are pressing on the nuclear industry to clean up the ponds.  |
Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick |
Yucca Mountain e-Mails Reviewed The content of e-mails sent by U.S. Geological Survey employees that raised concern over work at Yucca Mountain -- site of the controversial future nuclear waste repository in Nevada -- should not affect the final scientific assessments of the site, according to an analysis.  |
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Future of Nuclear Energy Hinges on Recycling Technology The industry's Achilles' heel is the radioactive waste that is produced in the process of generating power, experts say.  |
Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Green Light for UK Nuclear Power The UK government has formally announced its long-awaited decision to support a new generation of nuclear power stations. Scientists, while welcoming the government's decision, also warned that plenty of detailed decisions remained.  |
Chemistry World June 15, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Bonding behavior unlocked for uranium -- arsenic complex The discovery may help to improve the performance of chemical treatments used to recycle nuclear waste.  |
Chemistry World January 10, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Atomic Inspection for Nuclear Waste Storage Scientists have announced a new way to assess the safety of storing nuclear waste. Already, the method has shown that the ceramic mineral zircon, a candidate for storing nuclear waste for over 250,000 years, would lose its ordered structure in a far shorter time.  |
Food Processing November 2008 |
MRO Q&A: How to Properly Dispose of Oil Best way to dispose of used oil and other lubricants... Creating a plan to recycle oil waste... The benefits of recycling used oil...  |
Chemistry World October 26, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Plutonium Hitchhikers Take the Fast Stream The radioactive element plutonium can travel through groundwater despite its low solubility: it hitches a ride on tiny colloid particles in the water.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2009 Sandra Upson |
Finland's Nuclear Waste Solution Scandinavians are leading the world in the disposal of spent nuclear fuel  |
Geotimes December 2004 Laura Stafford |
Yucca on hold The Department of Energy likely will not meet its 2010 deadline to open up the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage site.  |
Mother Jones Jul/Aug 2001 Peter Klebnikov |
The Texas Solution The federal government is facing a glut of radioactive waste -- and a contract to bury some of it could be worth millions to one of George W. Bush's top fundraisers...  |
Chemistry World December 9, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
EPA tweaks hazardous waste rules for academic labs US chemistry laboratories have been freed from regulations on handling hazardous waste that lumped them under the same rules as industrial facilities.  |
Popular Mechanics October 2006 Moore & Aurilio |
The Great Nuclear Debate Here are some compelling arguments both for and against pursuing nuclear power as an answer to the country's energy problems.  |
Reason December 2005 Jeff Taylor |
The Crisis That Wasn't In their 1992 book Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage, William Rathje and Cullen Murphy noted the historical forces that drive cultures to be more efficient in dealing with garbage, predicting today's waste disposal efficiency.  |
Chemistry World April 12, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Nuclear Power to Save the Planet The UK's chief scientific adviser, David King, has reiterated his support for nuclear power. King supports the rebuilding of decommissioned nuclear power plants in the UK to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in the next 15 years.  |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Brian Stoffel |
I'm Buying This Small-Cap Energy Stock Now EnergySolutions has a brighter future than its price reflects.  |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2005 Nathan Slaughter |
Turning Trash Into Cash Waste Management, the nation's leading trash collector, keeps churning out impressive free cash flow. Those looking to round out the defensive side of their portfolio may want to consider this company.  |
Wired April 2003 David Ewing Duncan |
Do-or-Die at Yucca Mountain The regulatory tug-of-war over Nevada's nuclear waste dump has dragged on for decades. Meanwhile, temporary sites across the country are overflowing with radioactive fuel rods -- making them perfect targets for terror.  |
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Anne Lauvergeon A conversation with Anne Lauvergeon; the French call the CEO of the largely state-owned nuclear power company Areva "Atomic Annie."  |
Popular Mechanics February 27, 2008 Joanna Borns |
Florida Outage Aside, New Plants Pave Clean Road for Nuke Power The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) just offered its annual outlook for the future of nuclear power, and it's optimistic.  |
Chemistry World May 17, 2011 Meera Senthilingam |
UK report calls for new approach to strategic metals The UK will need to secure supplies of strategic metals or future economic growth will be put at risk, a Science and Technology Committee report warns.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2011 |
What Next for Nuclear? IEEE Spectrum asked the experts how to build a safer and stronger nuclear industry  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Peter Fairley |
Nuclear Wasteland With visions of nuclear electricity "too cheap to meter" long gone, the case for breeder reactors has shifted from creation of new fuels to management of spent fuels. The French are recycling nuclear waste. Should other countries follow suit?  |
Chemistry World October 28, 2013 |
Environment Agency to cut 13% of staff The UK Environment Agency is to cut around 1550 jobs within the next year.  |
Wired February 2005 Schwartz & Reiss |
Nuclear Now! How clean, green atomic energy can stop global warming.  |
Chemistry World September 18, 2012 James Urquhart |
UN report urges chemical industry to clean-up Governments and industry worldwide must address the management of chemicals in order to curtail the escalating heath and environmental risks associated with the widespread production, use and disposal of chemicals, warns the United Nations Environment Program.  |
CIO April 15, 2003 Megan Santosus |
Rising Costs of High-Tech Garbage Companies must comply with hazardous waste regulations when they get rid of old PCs and CRT monitors. For larger companies, sending old PCs off to a hazardous waste facility can become a legal nightmare.  |
Chemistry World October 8, 2015 Philippa Matthews |
EPA fines Mosaic Fertilizer over hazardous waste handling The EPA claims that Mosaic failed to appropriately store and dispose of waste from phosphoric and sulfuric acid production as part of fertilizer manufacture on several sites in Florida and Louisiana.  |
Chemistry World March 3, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Sulfide Sponge Could Clean up Nuclear Waste A new material that can extract radioactive strontium ions from solutions could help to clean up nuclear waste, according to researchers in the US.  |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
Rising Star Buy: Waste Management This seemingly dirty business hides amazing, innovative green potential.  |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Waste Management Cleans Up Waste Management outdid the economy to pick up a strong quarter.  |
InternetNews May 9, 2005 Roy Mark |
RFID Tags Work For Waste A wireless system automatically follows and records movement of low-level and hazardous waste.  |
IndustryWeek January 19, 2011 |
Rooting Out Manufacturing Waste Hidden waste may not be visible, but ignoring it can be costly.  |
Geotimes August 2005 Katie Donnelly |
The State of Nuclear Nonproliferation Several nuclear-related topics not only are important to the nation's security, but also are scientifically interesting.  |
The Motley Fool September 12, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
1 Stock Tony Soprano Would Love Waste Management leads in an industry that most cannot do without.  |
Chemistry World July 24, 2008 Victoria Gill |
Go ahead for UK national nuclear lab The UK government has given the go-ahead to establishing a national nuclear laboratory (NNL), and launched a competition to find it a commercial operator.  |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Maybe It's Time to Trash Your Portfolio What looked like a terrific combination of the second- and third-largest waste haulers, Allied Waste and Republic Services, may just have been trashed.  |
Mother Jones Jul/Aug 2002 Susan Q. Stranahan |
Radioactive Recycling If the Department of Energy has its way, the nation's nuclear garbage could end up in everyday items like bicycles, frying pans, and baby strollers.  |