Keeping those delivering geological disposal of radioactive waste on their toes and to their promises
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“I’ve strongly maintained nobody should be for it. Nobody should be against it. It shouldn’t be dividing the community at this point; gather the information, review the information, and then make an informed decision" -- new mayor of @MunSouthBruce #NWMO kincardinenews.com/news/loca…
We've long advocated fresh-thinking & new approaches to sorting global radwaste issue, so welcome this enthusiasm from US @ENERGY, focused on environment, justice and future generations -- not just a 'nuclear' issue, can learn from social change movements
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Profile of newly-appointed official who's leading US radwaste programme, bringing a different approach based on looking at issue as "not a garbage problem. It’s a grand environmental challenge.”
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Community Partnership model which underpins building local community trust and consent for siting of a radwaste GDF could be applied to securing community consent for contentious renewable energy and other infrastructure projects lnkd.in/eMpGYu5JHow
Wow! US government watchdog @USGAO clandestinely set up shell companies to show how NRC regs could be bypassed to procure enough radioactive waste material to build a ‘dirty bomb’ gao.gov/products/gao-22-1034….
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Just out: #EarthMonth podcast highlights reel. Enjoy clips f/ U.K. environmentalist @ziontree, geologist @Haszeldine, public advocate @gdfwatch, tribal leader #TaliaMartin & new nuclear champion @J_Lovering. Listen to all in less than 5 min.: ow.ly/V7EM50IM4iN #EarthDay
An important & welcome initiative. Focused on the US, but with a planet-wide resonance. Geological Disposal is not about science or engineering or new nuclear, it is a global environmental movement addressing an issue as important as climate change, to protect future generations
I often say the biggest obstacle to solving #nuclearwaste is the status quo. To disrupt that, pls. support a new effort to educate the public & show decision makers that the public does care about solving this problem. Sign our pledge here: solvenuclearwaste.org/
Latest global update newsletter published. Impacts of Putin's War on sociopolitical debate around geological disposal; Underground Overground, the relative risks of keeping radwaste on the surface for next 100k years; status review of national programmes mailchi.mp/36e7fd6d3ee5/21ma…
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Nuclear issues are brought into focus by the war. @gdfwatch's In My Opinion article examines how we should dispose of nuclear waste underground instead of storing up safety risks like those we are seeing at Ukraine's nuclear power plants. #nuclear
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Underground Overground: making radwaste less risky. Podcast with Canadian community group I did explaining in very lay, non-scientific terms why keeping radwaste on surface presents greater environmental risk than geological disposal.
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@GDFWatch quoted by @adamvaughan_uk on increased GDF costs - largely due to potentially more radwaste. More waste & cost is a separate public debate around climate change & global energy security, from debate about dealing with waste that already exists
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@GDFWatch letter in Canadian media on risks of keeping radwaste underground or overground for next 100k years. South Bruce may not be right place to build a repository,and is a decision for local community. Just saying this is a global environmental issue.
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RWM has rebranded as @Nuclear_WS, and have published first Annual Report on progress in the UK's site selection process assets.publishing.service.go…
An easy-to-follow backgrounder on the science behind geological disposal by Prof @clairecorkhill bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0013z…
Lengthy @FT analysis reflects on local community concerns, but concludes: if not underground, what do we do with radwaste that already exists? No new nuclear build will stop more waste being made but isn't a solution to what to do with existing waste. ft.com/content/246dad82-c107…
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“It is irresponsible to leave nuclear waste...year after year without taking a decision. We must not pass on this responsibility to our children and grandchildren." ~Sweden's Minister, Climate & Environment, approving spent nuclear fuel repository government.se/t/403440/en
Sweden follows Finland in approving construction of a geological repository for disposal of radioactive waste. Scandinavians lead the way, as every other major country seeks a similar solution to one of the planet's most pressing environmental issues.
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The sociopolitical dimensions of geological disposal of radioactive waste - a discussion with @DeepIsolation deepisolation.com/nuclear-wa…
Is UK siting process policy being interpreted & implemented too conservatively? Can a fundamentally experimentalist approach succeed by being risk-averse? gdfwatch.org.uk/2022/01/16/r…
Community Voices: feedback on early stages of the UK siting process gdfwatch.org.uk/2022/01/16/c…