Sentences with phrase «term nuclear waste storage»

The EPA wants to keep a long term nuclear waste storage facility closed, they find that 15 millirem per year is the required maximum safe exposure level.

The telegram seems to substantiate charges that politicians in the government of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl pressured scientists to recommend an old salt mine as a potential site for long - term nuclear waste storage.

Not exact matches

In the aftermath of Yucca's mothballing, the DOE has pursued a diverse strategy of nuclear waste management that includes tentative plans for consolidated interim storage facilities, tests of deep boreholes as another possible long - term storage technique, and the development of «consent - based» siting protocols to gain support from municipal and state governments.

In a bid to restart discussion of what to do with the nation's nuclear waste, four U.S. senators today unveiled a draft plan to create a federal agency that would oversee short - and long - term storage of the highly radioactive materials produced primarily by commercial power reactors.

Also, this swelling can be a problem for long - term storage of nuclear waste.

I think the jury is out, but if I had to guess, I'd say that improved nuclear fuel cycles and improved waste storage technology have more near - term prospect for solving the waste problem for nuclear than sequestration proposals have for CO2.

Holtec sees the passage of H.R. 3050 as a good step towards interim and long - term solutions for nuclear waste storage.

The Surfrider Foundation is opposed to permanent or long - term storage of radioactive waste at the recently deactivated San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) due to its proximity to the coastline, susceptibility to geological instability and location within a densely populated area.

The most wonderful illustration of this mismatch between what science can tell us and what politicians care about is the effort to build a long - term storage site for nuclear waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain.

While the senator did not comment on a long - term waste management effort, his spokesperson noted that in May 2017, Markey sponsored the Dry Cask Storage Act, a bill that would essentially allow the NRC to give nuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvedStorage Act, a bill that would essentially allow the NRC to give nuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvednuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvedNuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvedstorage under NRC - approved plans.

A recent study looking for nuclear waste storage sites suggested that the sedimentary soil beneath Toronto and surrounds was very stable and suitable for long term storage.

How much more expensive is nuclear when you add in decommissioning (at least equal to building), nuclear accidents, illness and deaths from exposure, subsidies, long - term storage of waste, Hiroshima, etc, e.g.?