RELEASE: RADIOACTIVE WASTE HEADED TO SOUTHERN UTAH
Salt Lake City, UT – On Monday, August 2, 2021, the Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) published their approval for Energy…
Tag: Nuclear Waste
ISSUE: Yucca Mountain
As the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tries to change nuclear waste storage standards despite the loud opposition to such changes, a core problem in the world…
NEWS: Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act hurts Utah
The IndependentPress ReleaseDecember 15, 2019 On Dec. 11, organizations announced their opposition to House Resolution 2699, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019, and…
PRESS RELEASE: The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act Hurts Utah
The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act Hurts UtahOrganizations urge federal lawmakers not to support HR 2699 December 11, 2019, Salt Lake City, UT — Today,…
NEWS: Environmental groups raise alarm over mislabeled nuclear waste shipments through Utah
The Salt Lake TribuneLee DavidsonJuly 29, 2019 Environmental activists say Utahns living near freeways and railroads may have been endangered by recent shipments of incorrectly labeled…
NEWS: Advocates urge governor to veto waste classification bill
Associated PressFebruary 25, 2019 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Environmentalists are urging Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to veto legislation that could open the way for…
NEWS: Utah radioactive waste bill draws heat from critics
Deseret NewsAmy Joi O’DonaghueFebruary 5, 2019Critics of a bill proposing to amend how radioactive waste is classified and disposed of in Utah blasted the measure…
NEWS: Utah says no to EnergySolutions Accepting Depleted Uranium from Military, but will it change course in the future?
The Salt Lake Tribune Brian Maffly October 25, 2018 Radioactive munitions won’t be buried in Utah’s West Desert anytime soon after a decision issued Thursday…
Downwinders
What are downwinders? Downwinders are individuals and communities that were exposed to radioactive contamination or nuclear fallout due to nuclear weapons testing, the uranium industry,…
NEWS: Radioactive dirt and a truck fire: Critics call it a disaster in waiting
Deseret News Amy Joi O’Donoghue July 12, 2018 GRANTSVILLE — Anti-nuclear activists say the Thursday fire of a tractor-trailer hauling radioactive dirt shows just how…