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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to overturn a Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision approving a nuclear waste storage site in the state's western desert. Neighbors of toxic Nevada mine want Arco to pay for fence WEED HEIGHTS, Nev. (AP) - Neighbors of a toxic mine site in northern Nevada want to know why an oil company responsible for its cleanup won't fence off nearly six square miles of old tailings and waste ponds. Federal judge dismisses Indian tribe suit against nuclear dump LAS VEGAS (AP) - An Indian tribe will try again to get a federal judge to stop plans for a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada based on a 19th century treaty after its initial lawsuit was dismissed, a lawyer for the tribe said Wednesday. Employees evacuated from Idaho nuclear lab after propane leak BOISE, Idaho (AP) - About 650 employees of a radioactive waste treatment plant on the federal Idaho National Laboratory site were evacuated Tuesday after a propane heating system sprang a leak. Yucca dump may be losing support WASHINGTON - The slashed Yucca Mountain budget could be the latest example of the proposed nuclear waste repository steadily losing steam and favor. Lawmakers cut funding for Yucca Mountain to $450 million in 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers agreed Monday to cut 2006 spending for Yucca Mountain well below past-year levels and President Bush's budget request, reflecting the faltering prospects for locating the nation's nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert. Second Hanford downwinder trial begins SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, woman who contends that radiation releases from the Hanford nuclear reservation caused her thyroid cancer believes the jury will be on her side this time. Weapons-grade nuclear material moved from Los Alamos tech area ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The federal government has finished moving its most sensitive weapons-grade nuclear material from a Los Alamos National Laboratory technical area to more secure sites. IsoRay expands in Richland IsoRay Inc. has opened a new facility in Richland, giving it a major boost in its capacity for manufacturing cancer-killing radioactive seeds - and that could mean hiring up to 60 more Tri-City employees in the next 18 months. The hunt for 'dirty bombs' in city COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Four traffic-signal poles in Colorado Springs soon will take on a more ominous purpose: measuring radiation such as that found in "dirty bombs." BLM blocking Skull Valley nuclear waste project in Utah SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Bureau of Land Management is refusing to give its approval for a rail spur to a proposed nuclear waste storage site in Utah's west desert. IsoRay starts Cesium-131 production in Richland IsoRay Medical Inc. will open a new Richland facility today to expand its production of cancer-treating Cesium-131 isotope seeds, the company reported. Diplomats: Iran gives U.N. nuclear inspectors access to military site, will resume uranium conversion VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran is sending conflicting signals to an international community concerned about its nuclear agenda, granting U.N. inspectors access to a secret military site but also saying it would process a new batch of uranium that could be used to make atomic weapons, diplomats said Wednesday. Fire-damaged land to get help;U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials hope to give new life to 11,000 acres Greg Hughes walked between the large roasted circles strewn over the landscape like eerie scorched polka dots. Hanford budget on hold after meeting canceled The U.S. Senate and House conference committee that will decide the fiscal year 2006 Hanford budget canceled its meeting Thursday because of issues unrelated to the Hanford nuclear reservation budget. The meeting has not been rescheduled. Planners approve permit for Reach interpretive center The Hanford Reach interpretive center project has taken an important step forward with Richland Planning Commission approval of the first permit for the $37 million project. Lawmakers chide White House for lack of info on India nuclear deal WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional support of a landmark proposal to share civilian nuclear technology with India is not guaranteed, lawmakers are telling the Bush administration. Murray: Vit plant budget to be slashed SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Congress is slashing more than $100 million from the budget for a plant to clean up the most dangerous radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation, a move that threatens deadlines for cleaning up the mess, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday. Utah mill taking Japanese uranium for processing into nuclear fuel SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Trucks carrying 500 tons of crushed uranium ore from Japan are starting to arrive at southeastern Utah mill for processing into nuclear fuel. DOE repackages 'clean' plan for Yucca WASHINGTON - The Energy Department's plan to make Yucca Mountain a "clean" nuclear waste dump is just more of the same old garbage to project critics. DOE changes approach to transporting waste to Yucca Mountain WASHINGTON (AP) - Nuclear waste bound for Yucca Mountain would be sealed in canisters that could be put directly into the ground, eliminating the need to repackage the radioactive material at the dump site in Nevada, the Energy Department said Tuesday. Farmers, hunters fret about Reach elk Bud Hamilton and his family are working long days and even nights this week to seed 1,800 acres of winter wheat on Rattlesnake Mountain to take advantage of soil still moist from a recent rain. Hanford health project will continue Web site The Hanford Community Health Project of the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has come to the end of its federal funding but expects to continue to provide information previously prepared. H Reactor cocooning marks halfway point of project RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) - A decades-long project to decrease risks at nine nuclear reactors along the Columbia River by "cocooning" them has passed the halfway point, officials said Thursday. New Mexico's Richardson sees increasing flexibility of North Koreans on nukes, other issues TOKYO (AP) - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, returning from several days of talks in North Korea, said Friday the government in Pyongyang displayed new openness about its nuclear activities and was committed to returning to six-party disarmament talks next month. |
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