Showing posts with label nuclear waste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear waste. Show all posts

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Judge permanently blocks Manhattan Project radioactive waste from Wayne Disposal landfill

The injunction bars the shipments of elevated radiation waste from sites managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Wayne Disposal. The hazardous waste facility is owned by Republic Services. 

The harms from the waste are long-lasting or permanent and cannot be offset with monetary damages, and monitoring and engineering controls at the landfill are insufficient, Cox said...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2026-05-28/judge-permanently-blocks-manhattan-project-radioactive-waste-from-wayne-disposal-landfill


 

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Critics alarmed by US nuclear agency's bid to relax rules on radioactive waste

The federal agency providing oversight of the commercial nuclear sector is attempting to push through a rule change critics say could allow dangerous amounts of radioactive material to be disposed of in places like municipal landfills, with potentially serious consequences to human health and the environment.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/07/nuclear-regulatory-commission-radioactive-waste








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