Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

Nuclear power regulation D. Solar radiation management If I’ve missed something you think is really important to US climate policy, I guess that only goes to prove my point about the breadth and depth of the field. Federal energy policy A. Energy efficiency standards for new appliances and lighting sources.

Law

New Scientist

MARCH 8, 2022

Scientific monitoring of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is being affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Radiation

New Scientist

MARCH 9, 2022

Vital cooling systems for controlling nuclear waste at the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant are offline, leading to concerns that radioactive waste might escape

Radiation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council is scheduled to meet in-person and virtually on October 19 to hear a presentation from DEP on the decontamination and decommissioning of oil and gas wastewater treatment facilities, nuclear power plants, waste dump sites and other sites in Pennsylvania. Posted: October 8, 2021] PA Environment Digest

Radiation

New Scientist

MARCH 15, 2022

Russian forces have threatened safety at several nuclear power plants in Ukraine including Chernobyl, but the risk of a serious radiation release is thought to be low

Nuclear Power

New Scientist

MARCH 4, 2022

Shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has injured two people and caused a fire, but it is unlikely to release radiation unless the situation gets significantly worse

Nuclear Power

New Scientist

MAY 31, 2023

Ukraine and Russia must agree to maintain safety at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to prevent a dangerous radiation leak, says the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Nuclear Power

New Scientist

APRIL 1, 2022

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant is now back in Ukrainian hands, but hasn't confirmed reports that Russian troops left because they were experiencing radiation sickness

Nuclear Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 26, 2022

While this would not necessarily lead to a large, rapid release of radioactivity into the environment, it could result in a situation similar to that of Fukushima today, where damaged cores in the basements of the containment buildings continue to release radiation into the groundwater. How rapidly could this sequence of events begin?

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

commercial nuclear power industry. The accident occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant Unit 2 near Middletown, a few miles downstream from Harrisburg. Mankind has had lots of fears through history, but as Dick put it later, radiation is one of "the worst fears of modern man." More jitters.

Nuclear Power

Physics World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Hari Chohan , nuclear radiation analyst, UK Atomic Energy Authority. Another relevant area in which many physicists work is nuclear energy, both fission and fusion. Hari Chohan is a nuclear radiation analyst, at the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Courtesy: UKAEA). “I Courtesy: Crossfield Fusion).

Radiation

Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Those findings might surprise physicists, who will be aware that the energy density of nuclear fission is so high that just a fingertip of uranium has an energy equivalent of 5000 barrels of oil. Indeed, it is understandable why people might fear radiation given that you can’t see it – yet the same can be said of the air that we breathe.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Forty-three years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. commercial nuclear power industry. Nuclear power was touted as the safest form of supplying energy. Yes, this is a nuclear power plant."

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In 2022, DEP reported Pennsylvania generators of low-level radioactive waste-- primarily nuclear power plants-- sent 48,241 cubic feet of LLRW waste to out-of-state waste facilities for disposal. Read more here. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- April 3 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- PJM This (..)

Natural Gas

Frontiers

APRIL 26, 2022

The main source of power for some NASA Mars rovers comes from a multipanel solar array. But, in the last decade or so, most people had assumed that nuclear power would be a better option than solar energy for human missions, according to co-lead author Aaron Berliner, a bioengineering graduate student in the Arkin Laboratory at UC Berkeley.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Rich Janati, DEP Bureau of Radiation Protection, explained, “TENORM is mainly from fracking operations, a lot of it in Pennsylvania. More radioactivity is expected from the other sources because they include nuclear power plants. The Appalachian LLRW Compact includes Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia.

2016

PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2024

commercial nuclear power industry. The accident occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant Unit 2 near Middletown, a few miles downstream from Harrisburg. Mankind has had lots of fears through history, but as Dick put it later, radiation is one of "the worst fears of modern man." More jitters.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2024

Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 15-18 [PaEN] -- Juniata College Raystown Field Station: Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor Course June 29-30 [PaEN] -- Natural Lands Preserves 95 Acres Of Forest, Waterways, Historical Farm In Chester County [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Wildlife As Pets?

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2024

28 to Oct. 6 [PaEN] Background On Issues -- Lt.

Nuclear Power

Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That’s why gas-powered cars need complex and expensive radiator systems with their associated belts, pipes, and heat exchangers. Adding in the contributions of nuclear power plants could bring the total share of US electricity generated by “zero-carbon” sources up from 40 percent, where it is today, to almost 70 percent in 2030.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

. -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 4 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- DEP Posts New Permit Modernization Webpage To Track Progress In ‘Getting Stuff Done’ Without Sacrificing Environmental, Public Health Protection -- Bill Reported Out Of (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

[PaEN] -- PennLive: PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Large-Scale Energy Projects To Bypass State Agencies -- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Request (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

Conservation

Environmental Science

AUGUST 7, 2018

Responsible for nuclear physics which has given us nuclear power, and nuclear medicine which has opened up new avenues of medical treatment for such things as cancer. Nuclear Physics. Nuclear physics conjures up ideas of nuclear bombs and nuclear power , but it is much simpler than that.

Technology

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Whereas the existing criteria require that the transitional activity does not hamper the development and deployment of low-carbon alternatives (such as wind, solar or nuclear) the current proposal has no such restriction in function. For example, the title of section 4.27 reads (our emphasis): “4.27.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Forty-four years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. commercial nuclear power industry. Nuclear power was touted as the safest form of supplying energy. Yes, this is a nuclear power plant."

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

PA Discovers Radon Thomas Gerusky, the late Director of the DEP Bureau of Radiation Protection, detailed the discovery of high levels of radon in homes in Pennsylvania in a 1987 Journal of Environmental Health article that led to the establishment of the first residential radon monitoring, education and remediation effort in the country.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

We depend on one fuel to generate 59% of our electricity-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% More Background Pennsylvania’s electricity generation lacks the stability and lower costs brought by diversity in our fuel mix. from other sources. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

Gleick claims I misrepresented the Ehrlichs and Holdren, who elsewhere note the difference between nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons, but I did not. The whole point of referring to Hiroshima was to raise the specter of nuclear weapons explosion. Why else use it? I’m sad about that, not angry.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

In the US, almost every aspect of the environment is regulated - drinking water, surface water, air, hazardous waste, new construction, nuclear power plants, factories, and much more. There are 90 MCLs, including for specific chemicals, microbes, and properties such as radiation. 4 - Environmental Regulation.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2022

The failures at Homestake are emblematic of the toxic legacy of the American uranium industry, one that has been well-documented from its boom during the Cold War until falling uranium prices and concerns over the dangers of nuclear power decimated the industry in the 1980s. All the houses are going to be gone. There will be nothing.”.

Waste

Energy & the Law

AUGUST 5, 2021

She offers these and other suggestions for our nuclear regulatory environment: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act distorts the market by making taxpayers responsible for disposal of nuclear waste. Re-evaluate outmoded regulations that overstate the risk from radiation exposure. In the U.S. Natural gas lead at 40%.

Nuclear Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

After thousands of nuclear weapons tests during the Cold War, we are fortunate to live in a world where every nuclear power except North Korea adheres to the norm opposing explosive nuclear tests. The incoming Trump administration will almost certainly try to change that, if it can.

Radiation

Environmental Progress

JULY 9, 2020

Wasn't nuclear was your decision some years ago that you've written about elsewhere, that you'd been misled about nuclear and you the way I understand it, that nuclear power was the fastest and best way for us to decarbonize the economy while providing enough power and sustaining economies. It's all there.

Climate Change

Green Bang

MARCH 11, 2025

Siemens Energy has entered into an exclusive agreement to supply conventional technology, including steam turbines and generators, for Rolls-Royce's small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The partnership is expected to boost job creation and manufacturing opportunities in the UK.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

MAY 26, 2025

Don’t expect the Trump Administration to agonize over the risk of nuclear weapon proliferation. Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission This order rejects the model of radiation risk that the NRC currently uses in favor of models that downplay risks of small radiation leaks. (I Download as PDF

Nuclear Power