Results for keyword: Waste
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'Sound science' in doubt at Yucca Mountain
Recently released e-mails show that federal employees falsified information about the safety of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev.
by J.M. McCord, Apr 18, 2005 -
Requiem for Yucca Mountain
The writer says without a miracle, it’s all over: Yucca Mountain in Nevada will never become a waste dump for nuclear waste from power plants and Cold War bomb production
by Bob Loux, Mar 21, 2005 -
Wildlife refuge may still be radioactive
Scientists may have found a radioactive "hot spot" at the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant near Denver, soon to be home to a wildlife refuge
by Lissa James, Feb 07, 2005 -
EPA pulls back on fish-killing rule change
The Environmental Protection Agency withdraws a proposed rule change that would have allowed fatal amounts of selenium in fish.
by Gail Binkly, Nov 22, 2004 -
Court says Yucca Mountain design unsafe
Yucca Mountain’s 10,000-year safety standard is ruled arbitrary by a federal court, but the Energy Department remains determined to open the site as planned
by Ryan Slattery, Aug 16, 2004 -
Defending the West Desert: Utah activist Jason Groenewold
Jason Groenewold didn’t set out to be an environmental activist, but now he directs the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, which is fighting toxic waste disposal in the West Desert
by Tim Westby, Jun 07, 2004 -
At Yucca Mountain, deadlines take precedence over science
The Bush administration is ignoring the warnings of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board created by Congress, and is racing ahead with its plans to store nuclear waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain
by Paul P. Craig, May 24, 2004 -
Blowing the whistle on Yucca Mountain in Nevada
The writer tells why he quit a scientific panel that studied Yucca Mountain's suitability for storing nuclear waste
by Paul P. Craig, May 03, 2004 -
California scores a goal for perchlorate cleanup
California decides to set its own new "public health goal" for perchlorate contamination, but critics point out that it is both legally unenforceable and lower than the previous goal
by Laura Paskus, Mar 29, 2004 -
NIMPBY: Not in My Paesano's Backyard
The writer tells of a rural uprising in Italy that made him wonder if we’ve become passive here
by Robert Rowley, Feb 23, 2004






