U.S. freezes permits for new nuke plants and license extensions

[Locutus]

So there.


The U.S. government said it will stop issuing permits for new nuclear power plants and license extensions for existing facilities until it resolves issues around storing radioactive waste.The government's main watchdog, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, believes that current storage plans are safe and achievable. But a federal court said that the NRC didn't detail what the environmental consequences would be if the agency is wrong.

"We are now considering all available options for resolving the waste issue," the five-member NRC said in a ruling earlier this week. "But, in recognition of our duties under the law, we will not issue [reactor] licenses until the court's remand is appropriately addressed."
There are 14 reactors awaiting license renewals at the NRC, and an additional 16 reactors awaiting permits for new construction.

Ultimately, it'll be up to lawmakers to find a solution to long-term nuclear waste storage, but their track record on the issue hasn't been good. Nuclear waste disposal has been a daunting political question that is still unanswered after decades of study.

But the NRC is expected to do more research around what would happen if a long-term waste storage facility isn't built. It will also conduct more research into the environmental impact if waste can't safely be stored on-site at nuclear plants, where it's currently stored.

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Nuclear waste issues freeze permits for U.S. power plants - Aug. 9, 2012

 

[Bar Sinister]

Another nail in the nuclear power coffin. There really is no long term safe solution to the storage of nuclear waste. It is time the world gave up on terrestial nuclear power plants and focused on some less damaging power source.

 

[petros]

So there.


The U.S. government said it will stop issuing permits for new nuclear power plants and license extensions for existing facilities until it resolves issues around storing radioactive waste.The government's main watchdog, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, believes that current storage plans are safe and achievable. But a federal court said that the NRC didn't detail what the environmental consequences would be if the agency is wrong.

We'll sell it to you but we don't want it back.

Sorry to leave y'all hangin'.

Try Detriot. Nothing to lose there.


No nuclear waste storage site for Saskatchewan: Brad Wall

Reported by Geoff Smith


First Posted: Oct 27, 2011 3:57pm

Sask Party leader Brad Wall says unless there's a big shift in public opinion, nuclear waste storage isn't in the cards.

On the campaign trail in Meadow Lake, Wall was asked about the possibility that a Saskatchewan community, especially in remote northern areas, might host a nuclear waste storage site.
Wall says it looks like people just don't want it.

“I’m just not sure it’s needed at this point. The people of the province, I don’t think, want this for Saskatchewan,” said Wall.

He says if the people were to change their minds, he might reconsider his stance.

Edited by News Talk Radio’s Karin Yeske.

 

[taxslave]

Nu Clear waste storage should be in the downtown core of the largest cities since without their insatiable demand for power there would be no need for NuClear power in the first place.