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By Thomas Burr, Salt Lake Tribune
Originally appeared here (http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13909959)
December 2, 2009
One hurdle down, opponents of Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions' plan to bring foreign radioactive waste to Utah are now bracing for a tough fight in the Senate over a proposed ban on the stuff.
The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday that would bar low-level radioactive waste from being brought from foreign countries into the United States for disposal. The measure is aimed squarely at EnergySolutions' efforts to bring 20,000 tons of Italian waste to Tennessee for processing, then ship some 1,600 tons of radioactive leftovers to the company's Tooele County site for burial.read more...By Nadia Pflaum
A week ago, Sen. Claire McCaskill's Westport
office received a visit fromMaurice Copeland and Ivory Mae Thomas,
retired employees of theHoneywell-operated Kansas City Plant, along
with representatives from PeaceWorks KC and Physicians for Social
Responsibility.
The visit came one week after The Pitch published this feature story
on former Honeywell workers suffering from job-related illnesses.read more...December 2, 2009
Originally
appeared at
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/12/02/02climatewire-yucca-mountain-nuclear-disposal-site-is-dead-59660.html?pagewanted=print
By PETER BEHR of ClimateWire
Former
Sen. Pete Domenici, a longtime advocate of nuclear power, said
yesterday that it is time to give up attempts to create a permanent
disposal site for the nation's nuclear waste fuel at Yucca Mountain in
Nevada. He urged the Obama administration to move ahead with a planned
blue-ribbon commission to find an alternative.
read more...New Government Report Challenges Justification for New Warheads and Production Facilities
For Immediate Release:
November 19, 2009
Contact:
Nickolas Roth
914-673-6666
Susan Gordon
505-577-8438
A new government report released today refutes arguments that new nuclear warheads or weapons production facilities are needed.
Since 2005, both Air Force and Department of Energy officials have claimed that new design nuclear warheads were necessary because of diminishing confidence in the nuclear stockpile. At the centerpiece of plans for building new warheads are new weapons production facilities proposed for Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
In the report, the JASONs group, an independent panel of scientists contracted by the government to evaluate issues related to the nuclear stockpile, affirmed that current methods used by DOE were adequate for extending the lifetime of the nuclear stockpile.
It also found no evidence to support claims that changes to the stockpile as a result of refurbishments have increased risks to the reliability of the arsenal.
read more...November 17, 2009
GAO: Los Alamos Computer Security Has Weaknesses
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 8:03 p.m. ET
ALBUQUERQUE,
N.M. (AP) -- Security weaknesses uncovered in Los Alamos National
Laboratory's classified computer network could increase the risk of a
breach of classified information, the U.S. Government Accountability
Office said in a new report.
Among the GAO's findings:
-- The lab failed to mark the
classification level of documents stored on its classified computer
network or keep an inventory of the numbers and types of classified
documents stored there. The report said that increased the risk that
the lab may not be able to detect inappropriate uses.
-- The lab
also cannot effectively monitor the actions of computer users. While it
monitored the network regularly, certain events were not being logged,
which increased the risk that an unauthorized user would not be
detected.
-- Not all users were provided with the necessary specialized security training.
--
Each division at the lab was responsible for securing its own computer
systems that are connected to the classified network, which has
resulted in a patchwork of cyber security practices.
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