Spent Fuel Potemkin Village
Idahoans might someday be asked to agree to increased “interim” storage and management of spent nuclear fuel for the good of the nation (and eastern Idaho’s economy). If that request comes, we would do...
View ArticleHow we do our work | Part 1: Seats at the tables
When I was in college, I was fortunate enough to participate in the Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) Conference for student leaders. It was quite the experience. My team and I presented a...
View ArticleOur Radioactive Backyard through Artists’ Eyes
On Thursday, October 16, Snake River Alliance members and supporters can visit the Idaho National Laboratory, which was established in 1949 and covers 890 square miles of eastern Idaho’s high desert...
View ArticleFeds offer $1 billion cleanup contract in Idaho
The Associated Press – October 6, 2014 IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO — Federal officials plan to meet this week with companies interested in a $1 billion contract to clean up radioactive waste at an eastern Idaho...
View ArticleMalfunctions at eastern Idaho facility delay radioactive waste treatment
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS November 20, 2014 – 1:13 pm EST IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — An eastern Idaho radioactive waste treatment facility planned to be operational in 2012 won’t be ready for months, federal...
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Boise Weekly: INL Accident
http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/half-life-how-an-accident-at-the-idaho-national-laboratory-changed-a-family/Content?oid=3094301 Half-Life: How an Accident at the Idaho National Laboratory Changed a...
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Idaho Nuclear Waste Shipments in Limbo
BY LUKE RAMSETH (IDAHO FALLS) POST REGISTER December 22, 2014 IDAHO FALLS – The morning of Feb. 5, deep below the New Mexico desert, a salt-hauling truck caught fire inside the nation’s only...
View ArticleWe call on Governor Otter to properly address nuclear waste.
Executive Director Kelsey Jae Nunez was included in the Boise Weekly’s message to Governor Otter about the “real” state of the state. Kelsey stated, “there’s a real threat to Idaho that more nuclear...
View ArticleIdaho Political Leaders Surrender to Federal Nuclear Waste Pressure
January 13 brought bad news about Governor Otter and Attorney General Wasden’s plans to grant the Department of Energy a “waiver” to ship more nuclear waste to Idaho, despite DOE’s existing violations...
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No Time to Surrender
By Beatrice Brailsford During the Snake River Alliance’s Stop the Shipments campaign from 1992 to 1995, many members bore witness to shipments in Pocatello, often all night. These two stalwarts stood...
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What’s Happening at WIPP? What Does It Mean for the Rest of Us?
By Beatrice Brailsford Alliance WIPP Road Show Dates Sites across the US Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complex have sent more than 11,890 shipments of plutonium waste to the Waste...
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INL Accident Highlights Concerns
On October 23, 2014, one worker at the Idaho National Laboratory received internal radioactive contamination. The so-called “contamination event” was not reported to the public or State of Idaho until...
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Spent Fuel “Research” Shipment Will Pave Way for Tons More
At the beginning of 2015, the DOE succeeded in wresting a preliminary agreement from Idaho’s Governor and Attorney General to allow two shipments of “research quantities” of commercial spent nuclear...
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Nuclear Navy’s Final Port of Call
Starting in 1957, every scrap of spent fuel from the nuclear Navy has come to Idaho. The nuclear Navy plans to continue to send its spent fuel to the Idaho National Laboratory for the foreseeable...
View ArticleTour the Idaho National Lab – Your Radioactive Backyard
On Thursday, October 22, 2015, Snake River Alliance members and supporters can visit the Idaho National Laboratory, which was established in 1949 and covers 890 square miles of eastern Idaho’s high...
View ArticleIdaho Should Stand Tall When Demanding Accountability on Nuclear Waste
The State of Idaho should stand tall while demanding that the Department of Energy honor its commitments to the people of Idaho. While the Idaho National Laboratory may be an economic force in our...
View ArticleTour the Idaho National Lab – Your radioactive backyard
On Thursday, October 22, 2015, Snake River Alliance members and supporters can visit the Idaho National Laboratory, which covers 890 square miles of eastern Idaho’s high desert plain. Alliance Site...
View ArticleSubmitted to the Department of Energy on July 13, 2015: Our comments on the...
Download (PDF, 517KB) The post Submitted to the Department of Energy on July 13, 2015: Our comments on the Draft Supplement Analysis on Two Proposed Shipments of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel to Idaho...
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No Time to Surrender
By Beatrice Brailsford During the Snake River Alliance’s Stop the Shipments campaign from 1992 to 1995, many members bore witness to shipments in Pocatello, often all night. These two stalwarts stood...
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What’s Happening at WIPP? What Does It Mean for the Rest of Us?
By Beatrice Brailsford Alliance WIPP Road Show Dates Sites across the US Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complex have sent more than 11,890 shipments of plutonium waste to the Waste...
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