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
Tag: nuclear waste
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:
Activists Hold Anti-Nuke Rally
This week, a national coalition of safe energy groups is meeting in
Michigan to host a "Nuclear Free Action Camp". Organizers say the goal
of the event is to educate the public about the dangers of nuclear power
and develop local organizing strategies. The Great Lakes Radio
Consortium’s David Hammond reports:
Nuking Nuclear Waste
Finding a way to safely dispose of nuclear waste has been a problem that
has plagued the nuclear industry since the Cold War. But as the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium’s Suzanne Elston has discovered, a physicist from
Boise, Idaho has plans to give nuclear waste a taste of its own
medicine.
Commentary – Radioactive Legacy
Last month (March 1998), the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency released the results of an eight year study. Its purpose was to examine a proposal to bury high level nuclear waste deep in the bedrock of the Canadian Shield. As Great Lakes Radio Consortium Commentator Suzanne Elston discovered, the panel concluded that out of sight, isn’t necessarily out of mind: