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Latest News of Nuclear IssuesApril 28, 2008 Nuclear crossroadsEven as the federal government pushes for more nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons, cleanup lags far behind on the West’s most contaminated nuclear sites. April 28, 2008 Remembering our atomic pastProposed museums at Hanford’s B Reactor in Washington and Rocky Flats in Colorado would teach Westerners about the scientific triumphs – and the human tragedies – of the region’s nuclear history. December 10, 2007 Toxic legacySome activists fear that toxic chemicals in a New Mexico landfill, left over from Cold War-era nuclear weapons research, may be creeping toward the Albuquerque Aquifer. November 20, 2007 Worker falloutSome sick workers from Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant may receive compensation quickly, but most must wait November 12, 2007 Nuclear power is back with a bangJane Goetze says that before the U.S. embraces nuclear power again, we should finish cleaning up the last round of mistakes, remembering how many uranium miners have already died. October 22, 2007 How many nuclear bombs do we need?Laura Paskus meets a woman who survived Hiroshima and now works as an anti-nuclear activist. August 20, 2007 Two weeks in the WestCoal-fired power plants don’t get no respect; nuclear is nudging its way in; resort real estate is hot as plutonium August 10, 2007 From weapons to wildlifeA former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado is the latest addition to the nation’s wildlife refuge system. March 5, 2007 Two weeks in the WestThe Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change has bad news; Govs. propose global warming legislation; nuclear revival in the wings; Rockies Prosperity Act back in Congress; Arizona may stifle ballot measures; Bush’s budget; the West’s electrical grid. October 2, 2006 Take that nuke waste and shove itSkull Valley Goshute Tribe’s nuclear-waste storage plan rejected September 4, 2006 RebornWith global warming an increasing threat, some are urging a return to nuclear energy, but the industry’s own checkered past reminds us that a nuclear renaissance will be neither easy nor cheap September 4, 2006 The Hot WestGraphics show the location of the West’s nuclear sites and uranium sources, and the nuclear fuel cycle is described September 4, 2006 Retooling a LeviathanThe nation’s nuclear infrastructure is aging, and in need of very expensive – and very complicated – retooling just to survive June 26, 2006 Saints speak out against nuclear wasteThe Mormon Church has issued a statement opposing a planned nuclear waste storage site not far from Salt Lake City, Utah, on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation May 29, 2006 Bomb test stirs up fear in Nevada desert"Divine Strake" — a proposed weapons detonation at the Nevada Test Site – has stirred up fears of radioactive contamination and the possibility of a new nuclear arms race March 6, 2006 Wilderness: The new anti-nuclear weaponThe designation of a new wilderness area in Utah – the Cedar Mountain Wilderness -- may make it harder for nuclear power plant operators to ship radioactive waste to the Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation February 20, 2006 Downwinders say fallout study numbers don't add upA controversial study says only a fraction of cancer cases can be attributed to nuclear fallout in the U.S. February 6, 2006 Seeking peace in nuclear timesIn Folding Paper Cranes: An Atomic Memoir, former U.S. Marine Leonard Bird offers a heartbreaking and yet hopeful personal account of nuclear war August 1, 2005 Nuclear energy isn’t clean or a solutionThe writer says uranium mining and nuclear power take us back to a past of unsolved problems June 27, 2005 Follow-upArmy Corps of Engineers will have to release water from Columbia and Snake river dams to help salmon; Montana mining ban is not a property "taking"; kinks in plan to drill for natural gas at Colorado nuclear site. Click for more stories about Nuclear
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