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For Immediate Release: May 16th, 2012 Contact: Katherine Fuchs , Alliance for Nuclear Accountability - kfuchs@ananuclear.org, 414-324-4228 Aaron Albright, Rep. George Miller’s office – aaron.albright@mail.house.gov, (202) 226-0853 This week, the full House will debate two important amendments to last week’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) related to nuclear safety: one offered by Representatives Miller (CA), Visclosky (IN), and Sanchez (CA) to strike NDAA provisions that would erode safety standards and weaken oversight, and another offered by Rep. Smith (WA) that would strike provisions removing nuclear weapons from the Secretary of Energy’s jurisdiction. The Miller et al. amendment would protect the “adequate protection standard” that has guided nuclear safety oversight for more than a quarter century, ensure that nuclear oversight agencies retain a “transactional” oversight model, and prevent new layers of bureaucracy from undermining technical experts. TheSmith amendment would preserve the authority of the Secretary of Energy over the National Nuclear Security Administration.
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| | | published Friday, May 11, 2012 | 115 Views :: 3 Comments |
The following piece from WWAY in Wilmington, NC quotes ANA Nonproliferation Policy Director Tom Clements commenting on the proliferation risks involved in commercializing new uranium enrichment techniques.
May 10, 2012
By Cacky Catlett From WWAY ABC 3, Wilmington
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The public got the chance Thursday night to hear more about a proposed uranium enrichment plant to be built at the GE Hitachi plant in Wilmington.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission presented its report on the safety and economic impact. Representatives with the NRC say they used a critical process to evaluate everything from transportation to air quality impacts.
"Particulate matter, concentrations, mostly resulting from fugitive dust emissions are expected to exceed the standards but would be of short duration," NRC Project Manager Jennifer Davis said.
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| | | published Thursday, May 10, 2012 | 81 Views :: 0 Comments |
May 10, 2012
Today, there will be a meeting in Wilmington, NC to hear public comments on General Electric's proposal to build a facility that would enrich uranium for nuclear power plants using a new laser technology. While this new technology could have a smaller impact on the environment (in terms of energy and water use) than traditional methods, it also presents new challenges. The smaller footprint for laser enrichment makes it harder to detect.
Because of our proliferation concerns about laser enrichment technology, ANA is opposed to GE's new facility. If the U.S. using this new technology makes it easier for weapons proliferators to adapt it, then we need to approach with extreme caution.
Click here to download ANA's comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding laser enrichement.
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| | | published Friday, February 10, 2012 | 857 Views :: 0 Comments |
Tell the NRC to Securely Store Spent Nuclear Fuel
Feb. 10, 2012
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering a long-term extension to the Commission’s Waste Confidence decision and rule to account for the storage of commercial spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste for more than 60 years after the licensed life for operation of any commercial nuclear power reactor. Part of this process is the development of an Environmental Impact Statement. This report is the first step in the Environmental Impact Statement process, and public comments on the report will be accepted until February 17, 2012. Read the comment that ANA submitted here.
Submit your own comment!
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| | | published Friday, February 03, 2012 | 908 Views :: 0 Comments |
Tell the Department of Energy not to put nuclear bombs in power plants!
Feb. 3, 2012
The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently accepting public comments on the scope of their upcoming Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) regarding disposing of surplus plutonium. The DOE has already held it's only public hearing for this SPEIS, but you can still make a comment until March 12th, 2012. Read the comment that ANA submitted at this hearing here.
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| | | published Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | 273 Views :: 0 Comments |
31 JANUARY 2012
By: Seth P. Tuler, Eugene A. Rosa, and Thomas Webler
From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Article Highlights: - The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future endeavored to engage experts and the general public in developing policies for managing spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste.
- Despite an expressed desire to serve as a model of participatory processes, the Commission provided limited opportunities for public input, influence, and involvement.
- To be successful, future decision-making processes for managing spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste will need to be even more transparent, inclusive, and respectful of public participation.
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| | | published Thursday, January 12, 2012 | 1547 Views :: 2 Comments |
Under Growing Financial Pressure, DOE Revises Plutonium Disposition Program
For Immediate Release: January 12, 2012
Contact: Tom Clements, Columbia, SC, 803-834-3084 KatherineFuchs, Washington, 202-544-0217 Washington, DC – Under growingbudgetary stress, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is amendinga troubled program to dispose of surplus weapons plutonium[i]. DOE aims to eliminate a costly new facility fordisassembling plutonium cores (pits) from nuclear bombs and is considering processingthe pits in existing facilities at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in SouthCarolina and the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.
Facing a host of hurdles, DOE aims to turn the separated plutonium into controversial new mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel (MOX) for use in unnamed nuclear power reactors. Today’s notice reveals that DOE is widening its search for utilities willing to accept MOX and states that they “will analyze use of MOX fuel in a generic reactor in the United States to provide analysis for any additional future potential utility customers.”
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| | | published Friday, October 14, 2011 | 1080 Views :: 0 Comments |
October 12, 2011
By Los Alamos Monitor Staff
A Record of Decision has been issued for the Chemistry Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) facility Wednesday afternoon by the National Nuclear Security Administration.
The new facility will consist of two buildings which will be linked by tunnels.
Sources close to the situation have indicated the decision has been made to move ahead with the project that promises to be an economic shot in the arm for the Los Alamos area at least during the construction phase of the multi-billion dollar project.
The NNSA is remaining mum on the decision, according to spokesperson Toni Chiri, who said a press release will be issued Thursday morning with details of the ROD.
“We will be spending tonight making Congressional notification,” she said.
Controversy has swirled around the project since planning for a replacement began in 1999 for the aging 550,000 square foot CMR building that was originally completed in 1952.
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