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Uranium Tailings in Central Asia: The Case of the Kyrgyz Republic
Oct. 16, 2009Paula Humphrey and Margarita Sevcik analyze the risks posed by uranium tailings and radioactive waste in Kyrgyzstan and efforts taken to reduce the threat.
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Russian Spent Nuclear Fuel
Feb. 1, 2003The Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy plans to commercially import, temporarily store, reprocess, and repatriate spent nuclear fuel.
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Kazakhstan's Proposal to Initiate Commercial Imports of Radioactive Waste
Jan. 1, 2003Margarita Sevcik analyzes the ongoing debate surrounding Kazakhstan's interest in becoming the first and only nation in the world to accept foreign waste for disposal on its territory.
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National Operator for Radioactive Waste Management (NO RAO)
March 22, 2013In June 2011, the Russian legislature passed the Radioactive Waste Management Law developing a unified state radioactive waste management system that brought Russia into compliance with the United Nations Joint Convention on the Safe Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel. In April 2012, the FSUE NO RAO of Moscow became the National Operator for Radioactive Waste Management (NO RAO).
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RosRAO
March 22, 2013The Soviet Union established a network of regional enterprises known as "Radon" in 1958 to manage nuclear and radioactive waste. By 1980, their network grew to include 15 facilities. In 2008, Ros RAO was founded in St. Petersburg and consolidated management for the other 14 branches of "Radon." [1] The General Directorate is currently located in Moscow, with six branches ...
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Republicans Discuss Reclassifying High-Level Nuclear Waste
Oct. 14, 2003Republicans on the U.S. congressional conference committee working on new energy legislation are discussing a draft proposal to allow the U.S. Energy Department to ease disposal requirements for certain high-level nuclear wastes, Energy Daily reported today (see GSN, July 8).
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Expert Panel Finds Flaw in Yucca Mountain Design
Oct. 21, 2003The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board is preparing to tell the U.S. Energy Department that its plan for storing nuclear waste at the planned Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada could lead to corrosion of the waste storage containers and possible leaks, the New York Times reported today (see GSN, Aug. 15).
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Energy Department Criticizes Leak of Yucca Mountain Concerns
Nov. 3, 2003A senior U.S. Energy Department official last week criticized the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board over the leak of a board assessment that the department’s design for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada could allow waste storage containers to corrode and possibly leak, Energy Daily reported today (see GSN, Oct. 21).
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Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site Is on Schedule, Abraham Says
Nov. 12, 2003WASHINGTON — U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said Monday that he was “confident” that the Energy Department would meet a December 2004 deadline for the next stage in the department’s efforts to build a long-term nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada (see GSN, Nov. 6).
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EPA Considering Storing Low-Level Nuclear Waste in Landfills
Nov. 18, 2003The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected today to formally begin a public comment period on a proposed rule change to allow low-level nuclear waste to be disposed of in landfills, according to the Washington Post (see GSN, Nov. 17).
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U.S. Court to Hear Anti-Yucca Mountain Lawsuits
Dec. 9, 2003A U.S. federal court is scheduled next month to hear a number of lawsuits filed by opponents of a planned nuclear waste repository set to be built at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, USA Today reported today (see GSN, Nov. 17).
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Yucca Mountain Oversight Board Chairman Resigns
Jan. 6, 2004The head of an independent board of experts that provides oversight for the U.S. Energy Department’s plan to construct a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada resigned last week due to a dispute over alleged conflicts of interest, according to Energy Daily (see GSN, Dec. 9, 2003).
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