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Monthly archive October, 2022
"Rise Up" for Democracy

“Rise Up” for Democracy

Short and Sweet and Crtically Important.   RISE UP.  After you watch and get inspired post and amplify in any way you can.   Our energy policy, our nuclear policy, our environmental policy and more are all riding on the November election.  Hopefully by now everyone is connected to a group making phone calls, sending postcards or...

Fuel Pool Water at Palisades

Seems like a good model for us to follow. https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/old-colony-memorial/2022/10/05/holtec-pilgrim-wastewater-massachusetts-dph-markey-oversight-cape-cod-bay/8126431001/ DPH oversight and independent review “A major concern is confidence in the legitimacy of testing process,” state Sen. Susan Moran, D-Falmouth, told meeting attendees.   Towards that end, Moran said she and others involved in the process were successful in ensuring the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH) will be...
Holtec Says It Will Delay Decision on Water Release

Holtec Says It Will Delay Decision on Water Release

The company plans to use the water on-site until the first quarter of 2023 BY CHRISTINE LEGERE SEP 28, 2022 PLYMOUTH — Holtec Decommissioning International, the company that now owns the former Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, has announced it will extend its timeline for the potential release of 1.1 million gallons of radioactive water into Cape Cod...

As more solar panels enter the US waste stream, producer responsibility standards emerge

There has been a lot of misinformation and exaggeration about the forthcoming “mountain” of waste from aging solar panels. Here is a straight forward and economical way to deal with this aspect of solid stream waste disposal, none of which is deadly for 240 million years. Washington state is ahead of the curve in developing...