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Rodney C. Ewing
Fuel Storage
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Nuclear Waste Is Piling Up. Does the U.S. Have a Plan? [Scientific America]

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Nuclear Waste Is Piling Up. Does the U.S. Have a Plan? [Scientific America]

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We need a permanent national nuclear waste disposal site now, before the spent nuclear fuel stored in 35 states becomes unsafe

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Nuclear reactors in a war zone: A new type of weapon?

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Nuclear reactors in a war zone: A new type of weapon?

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As the tragedy in Ukraine unfolds before the world with each day darker than the next, Russian saber rattling with nuclear weapons is only a part of the nuclear concern.

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Socio-technical multi-criteria evaluation of long-term spent nuclear fuel management strategies: A framework and method

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Socio-technical multi-criteria evaluation of long-term spent nuclear fuel management strategies: A framework and method

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Currently, commercial spent fuel remains at 75 sites across the US, including 18 “orphaned sites,” where it has been left at decommissioned reactor sites. Local communities are increasingly concerned about this legacy of nuclear power production and are seeking alternative strategies.

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Reflections of a Scientist Laboring in the Nuclear Waste Field

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Reflections of a Scientist Laboring in the Nuclear Waste Field

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The U.S. nuclear waste and disposal system is a failure--even though it has been active for more than 50 years at a cost of tens of billions of dollars. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 was born in optimism and naivete.

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A statement on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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A statement on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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The Science and Security Board calls on all countries to reject the fantasy that nuclear weapons can provide a permanent basis for global security and to refrain from pursuing new nuclear weapons capabilities that fuel nuclear arms races.

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Location of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and sampling location. OTZ and AQC stand for Ottozawa and aqua culture center in Okuma town, respectively.
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Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns released particulates with plutonium

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Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns released particulates with plutonium

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A new study reveals particles that were released from nuclear plants damaged in the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami contained small amounts of radioactive plutonium.

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Life after Yucca Mountain: The time has come to reset US nuclear waste policy

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Life after Yucca Mountain: The time has come to reset US nuclear waste policy

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Researchers Find Radioactive Particles from Fukushima or other Nuclear Disasters Could Stay in Environment, Human Lungs for Decades

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Researchers Find Radioactive Particles from Fukushima or other Nuclear Disasters Could Stay in Environment, Human Lungs for Decades

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Nuclear waste costs Americans billions every year

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Nuclear waste costs Americans billions every year

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