Hanford Watch

Nuclear power

2011

Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the US: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage -- Institute for Policy Studies, May 24
Documents show questions about WA nuclear plant seismic risks -- Spot.us, March 22

2010

Stalled waste site could delay nuclear plants, Congress hears -- Kansas City Star, July 27
Tritium Leak Poses Question for Integrity of NRC -- Common Dreams, May 17
Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People: New Book -- Environment News Service, April 26
Hanford nuclear plant relicensing endorsed -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 7
GOP candidates: Bring waste to Nevada -- Reno News & Review, March 11
Fed loan guarantees may boost nuclear power return -- Yahoo News, February 16
Nuclear Power Regaining Favor Amid Recession, Climate Concerns -- Common Dreams, January 24

2009

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Radioactive Longer Than Expected -- Common Dreams, December 20
Resurgence of nuclear power not likely to happen -- Hanford email list, August 3
Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste? -- Scientific American, August 3
Fatal blow to GNEP? -- World Nuclear News, June 29
Energy Northwest considers more nuclear power -- Seattle Times, June 4
The NYTimes Finally Reports the Economic Disaster of New Nukes -- Common Dreams, May 29
Nuclear Power: Low Cost, Small Carbon Footprint, Huge Risks -- OPB, May 18
Who Pays for America's Chernobyl Roulette? -- CounterPunch, April 28
Startling Revelations About Three Mile Island Raise New Doubts Over Nuclear Plant Safety -- CounterPunch, April 3
Yucca Mountain politics -- Las Vegas Sun, March 18
Chu: Nuclear must be part of energy mix -- Google News, March 11
Massive Federal Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power Plants Would Put Taxpayers, Ratepayers at Risk -- Union of Concerned Scientists, March 4
A $50 Billion Nuke Power Bomb Is Dropping Toward Obama's Stimulus Package -- Common Dreams, January 31
6 Reasons Why Nuclear Power Can't Save Us -- AlterNet, January 3

2008

Anti-nuke figure Gerry Pollet visits Nevada -- Reno News & Review, December 25
Obama Faces Hungry Nuclear Industry -- Common Dreams, December 17
Dr. Chu's Nuclear Prescription -- CounterPunch, December 15
Protest foreign nuclear waste to Hanford -- Portland Indymedia, November 12
Nukenomics No Longer Add Up - Expert -- Common Dreams, November 1
The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power -- Earth Policy Institute, October 28
DOE study favors reusing nuclear fuel -- Tri-City Herald, October 27
Ads Cite Financial Risks of Nuclear Energy -- Common Dreams, October 2
30 Science, Nuclear Security and Environmental Organizations Urge Senate to Strike Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Provision from Energy Bill -- Union of Concerned Scientists, September 17
Business Man wants More Nuclear Power Production in Tri-Cities -- KNDO, September 10
Price tag rising on Yucca Mountain -- Register-Guard, August 11
Take refresher course in nuclear power -- Register-Guard, August 6
McCain, Obama promote nuclear energy plans -- USA Today, August 5
A Northwest distaste for nuclear power -- Seattle Times, July 31
New Nukes Not Ready for Prime Time -- CounterPunch, July 25
Nuclear power still not safe -- Register-Guard, July 14
Nuclear Recycling Fails the Test -- Foreign Policy In Focus, July 7
Aglow for nuclear power -- Register-Guard, June 23
Pricey Alternative: Nuclear Energy -- The Washington Independent, June 13
Final Progress nuclear reactor tab could top $17-billion -- St. Petersburg Times, March 12

2007

The Future of Nuclear Power -- Monthly Review, February
How risky is the new era of nuclear power? -- USA Today, December 12
Nukes Are Back and So Are We -- Common Dreams, October 18
Nuclear spill sends warning -- The Oregonian, August 6
The mirage of nuclear power: We've heard all this before -- Salt Lake Tribune, August 1
California’s New Nukes War -- Common Dreams, July 16
Germany to Stay Nuclear in Merkel U-Turn -- Common Dreams, July 8
It's time to rethink Hanford -- The Columbian, June 24
Meltdowns or Solar Power? -- CounterPunch, June 20
Making more nuclear waste while Hanford keeps growing and glowing -- Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 12
Success of Hanford nuclear plant spurs thoughts of a second reactor -- KXLY4, May 24
What is reprocessing? -- Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, 1978
When is recycling not recycling? -- Grist, May 4
Hanford's nuclear future tied to region's concerns -- Tri-City Herald, May 6
Statement of Sen. Ron Wyden on GNEP, March 26
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