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Uranium-immobilizing bacteria in clay rock: Exploring how microorganisms can influence the behavior of radioactive waste
16 Apr 2024 19:45 GMT
… designing repositories for high-level radioactive waste in deep geological layers, various … permanently safe storage of highly radioactive waste in a repository—so-called … for the removal of radioactive pollutants from contaminated waters and thus …
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Government awards $45B to company treating over 50M gallons of leaking radioactive waste: 'One of our nation's most important environmental challenges'
12 Apr 2024 04:24 GMT
56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous waste were stored underground in tanks, raising fears of future contamination.
by Susan Elizabeth TurekApril 12, 2024
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A 10-year contract has been re-awarded to a Virginia company …
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Inside Chernobyl exclusion zone around deadly Elephant Foot radioactive waste…amid threat to Europe’s biggest nuke plant
08 Apr 2024 14:52 GMT
AT the heart of the Chernobyl exclusion zone is a deadly radioactive object which can kill within seconds.
Elephant's Foot is a highly dangerous mass of toxic material formed in the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear disaster.
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The Elephant's Foot is a …
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How We Organize: Saving the Hudson River from Radioactive Waste
01 Apr 2024 15:33 GMT
… to fight corporate greed and pollution, while also moving the … an outrageous proposal to dump radioactive waste in the Hudson River. … dumping the plant’s radioactive waste in the already-burdened … we had to stop radioactive waste from getting dumped in …
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Deerfield Beach asphalt plant worries neighbors, raises concerns about recycling radioactive waste
31 Mar 2024 12:46 GMT
… industrial landowners, Republican donors and polluters.
On June 29, Gov. Ron … the plant producing asphalt with radioactive waste, Power said Ryan hasn’t … .
In the end a dangerous pollutant will be spread out and …
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Compensation for St. Louis victims of radioactive waste left out of federal budget bill
21 Mar 2024 23:24 GMT
… , ignoring risks of St. Louis radioactive waste
Expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation … struggled for decades with a radioactive waste problem. Material from uranium-refining … World War II where it polluted Coldwater Creek and a quarry …
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What Worsening Floods Mean For Superfund Sites
19 Apr 2024 08:31 GMT
… 300,000 cubic yards of radioactive waste, left over from the … thousands of cubic yards of radioactive waste.
A legacy of the … era atomic weapons program, the radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill … are some of the most polluted areas in the country, …
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Augustine Institute: Nearby nuclear pollution ‘not a risk’
04 Apr 2024 17:17 GMT
… closed in 2022 after radioactive waste was found on the … whether the nearby nuclear pollution will deter the Augustine … discussed the Coldwater Creek pollution and the prospective campus … concerned that Florissant’s nuclear pollution would derail the project. …
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Radioactive waste, baby bottles and Spam: the deep ocean has become a dumping ground
12 Mar 2024 05:17 GMT
The deep has long been treated as somehow separate from the surface world, a shadowy non-place populated by alien creatures. While this is partly a response to the difficulty of studying it, it also reflects an ingrained tendency. As the writer Robert …
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Toxic chemicals, radioactive waste, found in ocean water off the coast of California
25 Feb 2024 07:30 GMT
… barrels possibly contained remnants of pollution from a former DDT manufacturer … approved for discarding military explosives, radioactive waste, and a variety of refinery … that the company actively promoted radioactive waste disposal services and accepted …