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More Nuclear Power – No Geologic Repository

March 10, 2010 rockman Rockman's Ramblings Comments Off on More Nuclear Power – No Geologic Repository

President Obama’s decision to cut funding to Yucca Mountain has, for me, been the most disappointing decision he has made so far in his presidency. And yet he has also professed his desire to increase […]

Radioactive waste barrel for possible future underground storage
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Parsons Brinckerhoff secures nuclear disposal deal

October 18, 2011 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Parsons Brinckerhoff secures nuclear disposal deal

Parsons Brinkerhoff will provide ‘technical support’ for an underground nuclear waste repository in the UK after signing a contract with the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). No details are available yet on the plan or […]

The tunnels of the Bure laboratory are still being carved out of the 150 million-year-old rock.
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France starts on nuclear waste storage project

August 16, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on France starts on nuclear waste storage project

Apparently the French are working on their nuclear waste storage facility, they already have a research laboratory constructed about 1/2-km underground. The actual repository will come on line around 2025 and be one of the […]