...treatments only change its form. It does not go away.According to Edwin Lyman, senior scientist of the Union of Concerned Scientists, reprocessing is the worst possible alternative to deep geological disposal because it greatly increases the...
...company should put a new dome on the building, rather than simply sealing the cracks. David Lochbaum with the Union of Concerned Scientists says that could cost $40 million or more.SCE&G spokeswoman Rhoda O'Banion says the company is ensuring...
...afford it if the conversion goes well, said David Lochbaum, director of the Nuclear Safety Project for the Union of Concerned Scientists."There are a lot of eyes on that. If it goes well, you'll probably see many people in the queue making...
...industry, more than 400 known radioactive leaks of all kinds of substances have occurred, the activist Union of Concerned Scientists reported in September.However, even with the best probes, it is hard to pinpoint partial cracks or damage...
...dependence and produce a lot less global warming pollution," said Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer in the Union of Concerned Scientists' Clean Vehicles Program.The regulations set a goal of achieving by 2016 the equivalent of 35.5 miles per...
...before plunging into any more base-load nuke investment." Ed Lyman, a senior staff scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said there is still one major issue with nuclear power that cannot be overlooked. "The major nuclear safety...
...to destroy the 34 metric tons, once both reactors are operating. Ed Lyman, nuclear weapons expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said use of the relatively small BN600 reactor "will put Russian plutonium disposition on the slow track...
...initiatives the president is pushing, said Marchant "Lucky" Wentworth, a clean energy representative with the Union of Concerned Scientists. "Unless the president devotes more dollars to the whole pot, the answer is yes," it will decline, he...
...linked to problems with French-made MOX fuels tested by Duke in recent years. Friends of the Earth and the Union of Concerned Scientists reported in August that a test of MOX fuel in Duke's Catawba-1 reactor failed because of abnormal performance...
...re-enforcing steel bars. Although the NRC found no major problems, Dr. Edwin Lyman, a senior analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists' Global Security Program, said by teleconference Monday night that he was "appalled" that the report failed...
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