News News Related to Problems With Nuclear Power Plants (NukeFree.org) "Nearly three decades after they banded together for a series of "No Nukes" concerts that yielded an album and movie, musicians Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Graham Nash have revived their protest of nuclear power." 10-07 Papers Hanford Gets Stimulus Dollars for Disposing of Nuclear Waste (CNN News) "The federal government has set aside nearly $2 billion in stimulus funds to clean up Washington state's decommissioned Hanford nuclear site, once the center of the country's Cold War plutonium production." 01-10 Hanford, Washington Site (Wikipedia.org) "The Hanford Site is a facility of the government of the United States established to provide plutonium necessary for the development of nuclear weapons. It was established in 1943 as the Hanford Engineer Works, part of the Manhattan Project, and codenamed "Site W." No longer used to produce plutonium, it is currently the United States' most contaminated nuclear site." 08-07 Nuclear Fuel Compared to Other Fuels (World Nuclear Association) Discusses use of nuclear energy. Provides information about how radioactive waste can be managed and compares nuclear pollution to other fuel sources. Nuclear Fuel Disposal (International Herald Tribune - Wald) Describes methods to make disposal of nuclear fuel safer. Also describes a proposal to use super-ceramics to shield the fuel. 7-02 Nuclear Fuel Waste Disposal (PBS - National Technical Information Service) Describes nuclear waste disposal options. 2-01 Nuclear Fuel Waste Disposal Problems at Rocky Flats (PBS) Discusses problems and progress in cleaning up the nuclear storage facility at Rocky Flats. 2-01 Nuclear Fuel Waste Disposal Problems in the USA (National Council for Science and the Environment - Holt) Discusses problems related to civilian nuclear waste disposal as an issue brief for the US Congress. 2-01 Nuclear Power and Pollution (MotherJones.com - Cohen) Argues that nuclear power actually does generate significant amounts of carbon dioxide (to prepare the uranium) and produces other pollution and undesirable effects. 9-01 Nuclear Waste (World Nuclear Association) Provides information about processing nuclear waste.. Peril Among the Navajos (LA Times) "The government has never conducted a comprehensive study of the health effects of uranium mining on the reservation. But individual scientists working on their own have documented sharply elevated cancer rates near old mines and mills. High concentrations of uranium, arsenic and other heavy metals have been found in one out of five drinking-water sources sampled." 11-06 Radioisotopes and Nuclear Energy (Uranium Information Centre) Provides information about how radioisotopes can help with sterilization, insect control, fertilization, therapy, diagnosis, measurement, and other uses.

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