There are two million high-level radioactive fuel bundles sitting at temporary storage sites in Canada, as the Nuclear Waste Management Organization wrestles with the mandate of finding a community to host a central storage facility for the waste for perhaps tens of thousands of years. cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/…
China makes breakthrough in high level radioactive waste disposal scmp.com/news/china/scien…
H.R. 5401: To establish a task force on the implications of amending the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove exemptions from environmental laws for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to allow for consent-based siting of geologic reposito
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA49]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
WARNING: HIGH LEVELS OF RADIATION AND NUCLEAR WASTE CREATURES. Radioactive mod idea
The new Chinese lab, to be built underground in Gansu, will be used to research storage of high-level radioactive waste scmp.com/news/china/scien…
State Rep. Brooks Landgraf files bill to block storage of high-level radioactive waste in Texas cbs7.com/2021/03/04/state…
Finland is the only country with a repository, then where do the other countries store their high-level radioactive waste?
Germany is closing all its nuclear power plants: 'Experts are now hunting for somewhere to bury almost 2,000 containers of high-level radioactive waste. The site must be beyond rock-solid, with no groundwater or earthquakes that could cause a leakage.' cnn.com/2019/11/30/europe…
A new study shows the glass and steel planned for storing high-level nuclear waste interact with one another in ways that speed up corrosion -- a potentially dangerous thing for keeping us all safe from radioactive materials. news.osu.edu/current-mode…
TIL that the Hanford nuclear waste site - the largest in the US - produced 53 million US gallons of high-level radioactive waste, 25 million cubic feet of solid radioactive waste, and 200 square miles of contaminated groundwater beneath the site en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han…
High radiation levels found in giant clams of Marshall Islands near U.S. nuclear dump -- "The Department of Energy has disclosed radioactive shellfish in a lagoon near Runit Dome, where the U.S. entombed waste from U.S. nuclear testing." Photo credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times trbimg.com/img-5cec9544/t…
For decades, scientists suspected that bacteria known as Geobacter could clean up radioactive uranium waste, but it wasn't clear how the microbes did it. Research now finally managed to crack the mystery and revealed 'sponge' made by Geobacter can soak up uranium. nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_…
An investigation by the U.S. Energy Department has found that San Francisco engineering firm Bechtel may have committed a wide range of safety and health violations at a plant it is building to treat high-level radioactive waste. latimes.com/news/nation/n…
Radioactive waste generated from treating highly contaminated water used to cool crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has thrown up yet new nightmarish challenges in decommissioning the facility. The project may not reach its completion date, scheduled in 30 years asahi.com/ajw/articles/14…
Possible radiation leak at New Mexico military nuclear waste site: Unusually high levels of radioactive particles were found at an underground nuclear waste site in New Mexico on Saturday in what a spokesman said looked like the first real alarm since the plant opened in 1999. reuters.com/article/2014/…
Most of the youngest and sturdiest of the giant tanks that the Energy Department uses to store high-level radioactive waste at its Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington State show some of the same construction problems as a tank that began leaking in late 2012 nytimes.com/2014/03/02/us…
Just Accepted an Offer for my first Product Management Job and my imposter syndrome has reached radioactive levels. Hoping for some help with job prep and getting started.
I know I can do this but I feel overwhelmed with all the new concepts I'll have to start learning.
Based on the interview, it sounds like the focus of this role will revolve around journey mapping and story building at least to start.
I want to come in with a solid understanding of those concepts but I'm having trouble finding the best way to learn them.
Does anyone have recommendations for educational materials on those aspects, or just general advice for starting out?
Thank you so much for any help you can provide.
TIL Lake Karachay in Russia is so radioactive that when scientists measured the activity in the lake in 1990 they found that the radiation would give you a lethal dose in an hour. The sediment bed is almost entirely high level radioactive waste. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lak…
Mercury cleanup at Y-12 could cost $3 billion: "Rather, an estimated 60,000 kilograms of mercury is in high-level (radioactive) waste tanks and throughout the liquid waste system," knoxnews.com/news/local/m…
Most of the youngest and sturdiest of the giant tanks that the Energy Department uses to store high-level radioactive waste at its Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington State show some of the same construction problems as a tank that began leaking in late 2012 nytimes.com/2014/03/02/us…
Where do you put 250,000 tonnes of nuclear waste? Around the world, nuclear power plants are churning out high-level radioactive waste ... about 250,000 tonnes of the material is currently in interim storage, submerged in huge tanks of water in facilities that keep it safe -- temporarily. wired.co.uk/news/archive/…
Texas Is Considering Accepting High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Environmentalists Are Pissed blogs.dallasobserver.com/…
Possible radiation leak at New Mexico military nuclear waste site: Unusually high levels of radioactive particles were found at an underground nuclear waste site in New Mexico on Saturday in what a spokesman said looked like the first real alarm since the plant opened in 1999. reuters.com/article/2014/…
Radioactive waste generated from treating highly contaminated water used to cool crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has thrown up yet new nightmarish challenges in decommissioning the facility. The project may not reach its completion date, scheduled in 30 years asahi.com/ajw/articles/14…
Unusually high levels of radioactive particles were found at an underground nuclear waste site in New Mexico on Saturday in what a spokesman said looked like the first real alarm since the plant opened in 1999. reuters.com/article/2014/…
H.R. 3136: To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program for the interim storage of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA6]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA6] is a member of the committee.
H.R. 4442: To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into contracts for the storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, take title to certain high-level radioactive waste and s
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY17]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
H.R. 4745: To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into contracts for the storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel and take title to certain high-level radioactive waste and
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC5]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
