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Category Archives: Nuclear Waste
Nuclear waste disposal drilled deep into earth’s crust
Preface. One the greatest tragedies of the decline of oil will be all the nuclear waste left to harm future generations for up to a million years. We owe it to them to clean up our mess while we still … Continue reading
High-level nuclear waste storage degrades faster than thought
Preface. Burying nuclear waste ought to be a top priority, now that it appears peak oil may have happened in November of 2018 (Patterson 2019) and perhaps even sooner if covid-19 crashes the world economy (Tverberg 2020). It won’t happen … Continue reading
Nuclear waste will last a lot longer than climate change
Preface. One of the most tragic aspects of peak oil is that it is very unlikely once energy descent begins that oil will be expended to clean up our nuclear mess. Or before descent either. Anyone who survives peak fossil … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Nuclear Waste
Tagged climate change, decommissioning, nuclear waste
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Climate change risks could cause an American “Fukushima”
Preface. Nuclear power plants need a constant supply of electric power to pump cool water into a reactor’s core. Ninety percent of them, 54 plants, have at least one flood risk exceeding their design. If flooding stops the power supply … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Nuclear Waste
Tagged climate change, Fukushima, meltdown, nuclear waste
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Decommissioning a nuclear reactor
Preface. Below are excerpts of articles about the costs and challenges of dismantling nuclear power plants. This is at the top of my “Energy Descent To Do List” given the consequences for future generations for up to a million years, … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear, Nuclear Waste
Tagged decommission, nuclear
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A Nuclear spent fuel fire at Peach Bottom in Pennsylvania could force 8.8 million people to evacuate
[ 2017-5-25. US nuclear regulators greatly underestimate potential for nuclear disaster. Nuclear spent fuel fire could force millions of people to relocate. Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and Frank Von Hippel, Michael Schoeppner and Edwin … Continue reading
Book review of “Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste”
A book review by Alice Friedemann of “Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste” by William M. Alley & Rosemarie Alley. 2013. Cambridge University Press. We’re leaving our descendants with toxic nuclear waste that will last up … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste
Tagged nuclear power, nuclear waste, yucca
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Getting rid of nuclear waste. Senate hearing on bill 1240
This post is about a Senate Hearing on nuclear waste bill S. 1240, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013. Here are a few important points, followed by excerpts from the hearing. What’s at stake if we don’t store nuclear … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy, Nuclear Waste
Tagged energy policy, nuclear power, nuclear waste, S. 1240, S.B. 1240, senate hearing
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Shocking state of world’s riskiest nuclear waste sites
Pearce, F. 21 January 2015. Shocking state of world’s riskiest nuclear waste site. NewScientist. An urgent clean-up of two of the world’s most dangerous radioactive waste stores will be delayed by at least five years, despite growing safety fears. The … Continue reading
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GAO 2012 Spent Nuclear Fuel
[ If we don’t clean up nuclear waste while there is still the energy and a functioning financial system to make it happen, it won’t. Yet another nightmare for future generations. Shameful. Disgusting. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks … Continue reading