Hanford's nuclear wasteland

Article Abstract:

In 1989, the state of Washington, the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Environmental Protection Agency began the project of cleaning up the former plutonium production plant of Hanford, WA. The DOE will spend an estimated $200 to $400 billion dollars to cleanup all the nuclear weapon sites in the US.

Management, United States. Department of Energy, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Nuclear weapons plants

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Seller beware

Article Abstract:

Western countries have resorted to export-control to curb the sale of 'dual-use' technologies and halt the nuclear power ambition of rogue countries. Rogue countries, such as Iran and Iraq, use front corporations to acquire their needed components to build nuclear arms.

Laws, regulations and rules, International aspects, Smuggling, Control, Nuclear weapons, Export controls, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear crisis control

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Down the drain: Russia continues to pump nuclear waste into the ground, despite U.S. aid

Article Abstract:

Russian officials are persisting in their practice of disposing of their liquid nuclear waste into the earth. This was discovered by US scientists at the Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk which were major sites for the Russian nuclear weapons complex.

Russia, Radioactive waste disposal

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