The Storage and Disposal Challenges of High Burnup Spent Power Reactor Fuel
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has bowed to the wishes of nuclear reactor operators, motivated more by economics than safe spent nuclear fuel storage and disposal.
Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the U.S.
The radioactive inventory of all the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools at Fukushima is far greater and even more problematic than the molten cores.
Improving Spent-Fuel Storage at Nuclear Reactors
Storing spent radioactive fuel in dry form rather than in increasingly jammed cooling pools is much safer, and can be done with already available funds.
[VIDEO] A Former Insider’s View of Nuclear Safety
In this interview with LinkTV’s Miles Benson, we discuss where the nuclear industry falls short, and why more people should be concerned.
Quake Should be a Wake-up Call
Last month’s earthquake constituted twice the ground motion that the reactors were designed to withstand. But the nuclear industry continues to delay and stonewall recommendations for safer storage.
Dangerous Nuclear Spent Fuel Pool Near Epicenter of East Coast Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale just occurred less than a hour ago. Its epicenter was in Mineral, Virginia, approximately 10 miles from two nuclear power reactors at the North Anna site. According to statement by a representative of Dominion Power the two reactors were designed to withstand a 5.9 to 6.1 quake.
Fukushima Aftermath: New U.S. Senate Proposal For Spent Fuel Storage
Will bipartisan collaboration in nuclear storage be possible? The damage of Fukushima should prompt the Senate to act.
Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem
The corporations that own the nation’s nuclear reactors are stuffing about four times more spent fuel into storage pools than the pools were designed to accommodate. Here’s what we can do to fix this dangerous problem.
Democracy Now!: Nuclear Dangers in Fukushima and the U.S.
Japan admits 3 nuclear meltdowns as more radiation leaked into sea. Meanwhile, U.S. nuclear waste poses deadly risks.
Known Exposure
Throughout its history, IPS has worked to educate the public about the U.S. government’s failure to inform the public about the extremely high risk of radiation.
America’s Nuclear Spent-Fuel Time Bombs
Japan’s nuclear disaster should serve as a wake-up call for the United States.
Study Reveals Dangerous Amounts of Radioactivity in Unsafe Conditions at U.S. Nuclear Reactor Sites
New data reveals enormous amounts of radioactivity stored in vulnerable spent nuclear fuel pools, many of the the same type that contributed to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Fukushima, USA
We ought to end this whole nuclear business right now.
Robert Alvarez on Chernobyl, Fukushima and the U.S. Nuclear Complex
Footage from press conference at the National Press Club on April 26, 2011.
Same Old from the Nuclear Gang after Fukushima
Wishful thinking about energy generation has apparently induced both temporary blindness and long-term amnesia.