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US Government Seeking Volunteers to Store Nuclear Sludge
08 Feb 2026 15:06 GMT
… permanent geological repository” for spent fuel rods.
States wouldn’t be … official from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Reuters. … small, low-footprint nuclear reactors known as small … “microreactors,” which are nuclear reactors small enough to …
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Public input sought on nuclear energy in the Lakeland
04 Feb 2026 03:04 GMT
… reactor fuel rods. She said most cooling water used in Ontario’s nuclear … dry storage containers. She said spent fuel has been safely stored this … additional sites.
Transportation of used nuclear fuel is also federally regulated, she …
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TEPCO restarts Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant amid local opposition; operation unacceptable as Fukushima nuclear accident's accountability unsolved: Japanese civil group
30 Jan 2026 07:21 GMT
… equipment known as control rods—used to start … its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant nuclear have once again … nuclear power plant that once experienced water overflow from the spent fuel … of nuclear power plants and treatment of radioactive waste, …
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Vermontitude Episode 132: Fuel rod storage, with guest Kate O’Connor
28 Jan 2026 03:53 GMT
In this week's Vermontitude video webcast, host Peter "Fish" Case chats with Kate O'Connor, former chair of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel.
There’s a Vt. House bill in the works (H.601) that, if it passes, …
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Scott pushes lawmakers to reconsider nuclear energy in Vermont
23 Jan 2026 02:24 GMT
… remain cautious about using nuclear power.
“I think nuclear power is something … about how to dispose of radioactive spent fuel rods.
The Vermont Public Interest Research …
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After 3 Years Of Intensive Research, Spent Fuel Transportation Containers Developed In Vadodara
07 Jan 2026 02:40 GMT
… handling, transportation, and storage of spent nuclear fuel rods -- is now being manufactured … through nuclear fission, primarily using Uranium-235 fuel rods.
Over time, these fuel rods … from the reactor core, spent fuel rods are stored within the plant …
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A Nuclear Free New York
20 Jan 2026 08:06 GMT
… spent fuel rods.”
“Right now there are 30 countries in the world with nuclear … .”
As for nuclear waste, “You have to store radioactive waste for a … . “And this produces over 100 radioactive chemicals not found in nature …
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This Week in History February 5 - 11
06 Feb 2026 02:42 GMT
… poor national economy, and high fuel prices, compounding the need. … Rowe Nuclear Power Station were getting ready to remove spent fuel rods from … , but the casks of nuclear waste remain on the banks … considered for a high-level nuclear waste dump site, but …
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(News Focus) Door opens for Seoul's pursuit of uranium enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing
14 Nov 2025 08:25 GMT
… to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes, with … very limited authority to reprocess spent nuclear fuel or enrich uranium for civilian … operates 26 commercial nuclear reactors. The storage for spent fuel rods from the reactors …
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‘Blown Apart’: A Russian Navy Nuclear Missile Submarine Suffered a Reactor Explosion
22 Dec 2025 14:41 GMT
… nuclear reactor, withdrawing the submarine’s spent nuclear fuel rods, and replacing them with new nuclear fuel … force of the explosion that radioactive reactor fuel and reactor components were …