Today depleted #uranium (UF6) Transport per Rail start at 12:00 from #Urenco #Gronau via #Münster direction south France for deconversation. 16 waggons with 3 tubes with 12,5 tons each = 600 tons This is #nuclear-waste nobody knows where to store, but transporting around hides the problem...
#NuclearWaste
#Sellafield’s race against time: #NuclearWaste clean-up not going quickly enough, report warns https://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/215938/Sellafield-s-race-against-time--nuclear-waste-clean-up-not-going-quickly-enough--report-warns.aspx
#RadioactiveWaste
#Lincolnshire withdraws from UK repository siting process https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/lincolnshire-withdraws-from-uk-repository-siting-process
#NuclearWaste #RadioactiveWaste
Iran is poised to reject a U.S. proposal to end a decades-old nuclear dispute because it fails to address Tehran's interests or soften Washington's stance on uranium enrichment, an Iranian diplomat says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/03/world/politics/iran-us-nuclear-proposal-diplomat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearweapons #us #nuclearenergy #nuclearwaste
“…inaction has consequences and delaying the project could cause the very environmental harms that everyone wants to protect against!”
Nuclear semiotics is an interdisciplinary field of research with the goal of communicating nuclear waste warning messages well into the next 10,000 years. Attempts include written messages, physical markers, artificial satellites, and a song designed to be "so catchy and annoying that it might be handed down from generation to generation over a span of 10,000 years".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amn3kn0XPLQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages
#language #linguistics #communication #music #NuclearSemiotics #NuclearWaste #TenThousandYears
“Let’s be honest. Navigating a colonial court system is not easy. The courts are not built for us or the concerns we bring forward. But this is the system we must use. And we will continue to use them with strength and determination.”
https://www.alojapan.com/1285070/japan-puts-fukushima-soil-in-prime-ministers-flower-beds-to-show-its-safe/ Japan Puts Fukushima Soil in Prime Minister’s Flower Beds to Show It’s Safe #Japan #JapanNews #news #NuclearReactors #NuclearWaste In March 2011, an earthquake triggered a massive tsunami along Japan’s coast. The surging waters caused the Fukushima Daiichi power plant to lose power. As a result, the cooling systems of three reactors failed, and their cores experienced a partial meltdown, releasing radiation into the environment in the s…
@silkester
I may be loonatic, but to the best of my knowledge, the idea that managing nuclear waste safely over hundreds of thousands of years is impossible and that all containment inevitably fails within a century is not supported by current scientific understanding and technological progress.
1. Multi-Barrier Approach and Container Longevity
Modern nuclear waste disposal relies on a multi-barrier system combining engineered containers, buffer materials, and stable geological formations. While individual containers may degrade over centuries, the overall system is designed so that multiple layers provide overlapping protection for much longer periods. For example, copper or steel canisters used in deep geological repositories are engineered to resist corrosion for thousands to tens of thousands of years under repository conditions. [1][2]
2. Geological Stability and Site Selection
Deep geological repositories are sited in geologically stable formations, such as crystalline bedrock or clay formations, chosen for their minimal seismic activity and tectonic stability over geological timescales. While tectonic plates do move, repository sites undergo extensive geological assessment to ensure stability for at least hundreds of thousands of years, mitigating risks of disturbance. [2][3]
3. Proven and Developing Technologies
Countries like Finland and Sweden have advanced repository projects (e.g., Onkalo in Finland) that demonstrate the feasibility of safe long-term disposal. These repositories are designed to isolate high-level waste for up to a million years, with scientific consensus supporting their safety and environmental soundness. [4][5][6]
4. Misconceptions about Chernobyl’s Sarcophagus
The Chernobyl “second dome” was an emergency containment structure designed to limit radioactive release after an accident, not a long-term waste repository. Its challenges do not reflect the engineered, purpose-built deep geological disposal facilities designed for nuclear waste management.
5. Radioactivity Decay and Waste Hazard Reduction
The radioactivity and heat output of high-level waste decline significantly over time. After about 40–50 years in interim storage, waste radioactivity drops to a fraction of its initial level, making handling and disposal safer. This decay process is a key reason for the interim storage period before final disposal [4][6]
I’m not asking you to simply believe me; I’m just asking you to consider that I am trying to follow the facts wherever they lead. I have no emotional or personal preference for or against nuclear energy. Please, if you have sources that contradict my information, share them with me so that I can reconsider my informed opinion.
To the best of my knowledge, managing nuclear waste safely over very long timescales is a complex but well-studied challenge with scientifically validated solutions.
[1] https://content.ampp.org/corrosion/article-abstract/75/3/309/1880/Lifetime-Predictions-for-Nuclear-Waste-Disposal?redirectedFrom=fulltext
[2] https://nda.blog.gov.uk/the-science-behind-long-term-safety-of-a-gdf/
[3] https://www.planete-energies.com/en/media/article/radioactive-waste-management
[4] https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-waste/radioactive-wastes-myths-and-realities
[5] https://www.planete-energies.com/en/media/article/radioactive-waste-management
[6] https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-waste/storage-and-disposal-of-radioactive-waste
#Nuclear #energy #NuclearEnergy #radioactivity #isotopes #radioactive #NuclearWaste #loonatic #facts
"The govt intends to demonstrate the soil, which retains low-level radioactivity, is suitable for public works projects and other purposes across Japan"
"Previous attempts in Tokyo and other areas to use the soil have been halted due to local opposition"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250527/p2g/00m/0na/060000c
🔸PR event for the next Gojira movie and/or next batch of nuclear power plants?
#Fukushima #NuclearWaste #Tokyo
#AgentOrangeTrump bereitet sein Land auf eine strahlende Zukunft vor ☢️
#usa #america #trump #maga #nuclearwaste #duetschland #energiewende #climatecrisis #klimakrise
Revealed: three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/22/revealed-uranium-from-uk-nuclear-fuel-factory-dumped-into-protected-ribble-estuary #NorthofEngland #Nuclearwaste #Nuclearpower #Environment #Preston #England #Energy #UKnews #Waste
From today's Next Door-
"The Los Alamos National Laboratory plans to begin large releases of radioactive tritium gas any time after June 2, 2025. The only roadblock to the Lab’s plans is that it needs a “Temporary Authorization” from the New Mexico Environment Department to do so."
We urge citizens to sign a petition to NMED at :
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-deny-lanls-request-to-release-radioactive-tritium-into-the-air
nukewatch.org
#Radiation #Tritium #NuclearWaste #Contamination #Groundwater #LosAlamos
United Nations human rights experts have written to the Japanese government to express their concerns about Tepco's release of over a million metric tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean
https://www.alojapan.com/1277317/nuclear-waste-body-backs-further-hokkaido-disposal-site-surveys/ Nuclear waste body backs further Hokkaido disposal site surveys #Hokkaido #HokkaidoTopics #Kamoenai #NuclearEnergy #NuclearWaste #Suttsu #北海道 Suttsu, Hokkaido – A nuclear waste management body has backed further disposal site survey work in two municipalities in Hokkaido. On Friday, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan submitted a report to the town of Suttsu in Hokkaido on the results of a survey to select a final disposal site…
The US buried millions of gallons of wartime nuclear waste – Doge cuts could wreck the cleanup https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/15/us-government-nuclear-waste-doge #Washingtonstate #Nuclearwaste #Nuclearpower #Environment #Worldnews #WestCoast #USnews #Waste
Nuclear is dead. Accept it, stop lobbying, stop sneaking tax money into those projects and stop fooling the public.
2/4
https://ieefa.org/resources/small-modular-reactors-still-too-expensive-too-slow-and-too-risky
#NuclearTruth #Greenwashing #EnergyMyths #RadioactiveReality #nuclearwaste #SMRMyths a
#TooExpensiveTooLate #smallReactorsBigProblem
Day 33 cont ☢️☢️☢️☢️
“If #PeterDutton (#Liberal) ☢️ were to form government, safety could come to the fore again because it would need to overturn the #FederalBan on #NuclearEnergy, implemented in 1999 by #JohnHoward (ex PM, Liberal) in a deal with #TheGreens.
Despite the dangers being dismissed by Labor☢️ (AUKUS) and the Coalition ☢️, Caldicott remains concerned about #NuclearWaste being improperly stored in #Australia and contaminating water supplies – or even a #Chernobyl-like #reactor meltdown.
“It’s not being discussed at all, which is amazing to me”, Caldicott says. “People are very ignorant.”” — #HelenCaldicott MD
Q Where is the hottest Nuclear waste in Australia right now? (hint 1950s Nuclear tests exploding #Plutonium above ground)
#AusPol / #LiberalNational / #LNP / #Nationals <https://archive.md/dTKcZ> / <https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/australians-once-feared-the-health-impacts-of-nuclear-now-nobody-s-talking-about-it-20250324-p5lm2k.html> (paywall)
#NuclearWaste -- vulnerable to wildfires, earthquakes, etc. Let's stop making more of it!
"The #JonesRoadWildfire, which started last Tuesday in the #PineBarrens of #NewJersey, is on track to become the worst in state history. Fueled by gusty winds, low humidity, and dry undergrowth — conditions increasingly common in the region — the blaze has scorched more than 23 square miles, forced thousands to evacuate, and threatened nuclear waste at a power plant. As of Monday, firefighters had contained just 45 percent of the inferno."
#NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree
How #AstralSystems plans to turn #NuclearWaste into #CleanEnergy - Maddyness UK https://www.maddyness.com/uk/2025/04/28/how-astral-systems-plans-to-turn-nuclear-waste-into-clean-energy/
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