States have been working for two decades to find a place for low-
level radioactive waste. Although the states have spent hundreds of
millions of dollars to find a disposal site, no state has established
one. The
Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:v
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Nuke Waste Stream Becomes a Trickle (Part 2)
Although they’ve been trying for 20 years… states across the
nation have failed to establish new disposal facilities for low-level
radioactive waste. But now… the need is not as great as it once was.
The
Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports… the waste
stream has become a trickle:
Are Nuke Plants Online for Y-2-K?
There are two dozen nuclear power plants operating in the Great Lakes
states. Congressional investigators say they aren’t sure all the
plants
are ready for the Y-2-K rollover at the end of December. But another
government agency insists you have nothing to fear. The Great Lakes
Radio Consortium’s Chuck Quirmbach has details:
Canada to Accept Cold War Plutonium
Canada is telling the U-S and Russia it’s willing to accept plutonium
from dismantled nuclear warheads. The Canadian Prime Minister says its
Canada’s way of helping destroy the nuclear arsenal. The Great Lakes
Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports… some Canadians don’t want to
help if it means shipping weapons grade plutonium through their
communities:
Patterns of Illness Around Nuke Plants
Unexplained illnesses have been found around many of the nation’snuclear research and weapons plants. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’sLester Graham reports: