Hanford Watch

Nuclear power

2010

Stalled waste site could delay nuclear plants, Congress hears -- Kansas City Star, July 27
Tritium Leak Poses Question for Integrity of NRC -- Common Dreams, May 17
Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People: New Book -- Environment News Service, April 26
Hanford nuclear plant relicensing endorsed -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 7
GOP candidates: Bring waste to Nevada -- Reno News & Review, March 11
Fed loan guarantees may boost nuclear power return -- Yahoo News, February 16
Nuclear Power Regaining Favor Amid Recession, Climate Concerns -- Common Dreams, January 24

2009

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Radioactive Longer Than Expected -- Common Dreams, December 20
Resurgence of nuclear power not likely to happen -- Hanford email list, August 3
Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste? -- Scientific American, August 3
Fatal blow to GNEP? -- World Nuclear News, June 29
Energy Northwest considers more nuclear power -- Seattle Times, June 4
The NYTimes Finally Reports the Economic Disaster of New Nukes -- Common Dreams, May 29
Nuclear Power: Low Cost, Small Carbon Footprint, Huge Risks -- OPB, May 18
Who Pays for America's Chernobyl Roulette? -- CounterPunch, April 28
Startling Revelations About Three Mile Island Raise New Doubts Over Nuclear Plant Safety -- CounterPunch, April 3
Yucca Mountain politics -- Las Vegas Sun, March 18
Chu: Nuclear must be part of energy mix -- Google News, March 11
Massive Federal Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power Plants Would Put Taxpayers, Ratepayers at Risk -- Union of Concerned Scientists, March 4
A $50 Billion Nuke Power Bomb Is Dropping Toward Obama's Stimulus Package -- Common Dreams, January 31
6 Reasons Why Nuclear Power Can't Save Us -- AlterNet, January 3

2008

Anti-nuke figure Gerry Pollet visits Nevada -- Reno News & Review, December 25
Obama Faces Hungry Nuclear Industry -- Common Dreams, December 17
Dr. Chu's Nuclear Prescription -- CounterPunch, December 15
Protest foreign nuclear waste to Hanford -- Portland Indymedia, November 12
Nukenomics No Longer Add Up - Expert -- Common Dreams, November 1
The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power -- Earth Policy Institute, October 28
DOE study favors reusing nuclear fuel -- Tri-City Herald, October 27
Ads Cite Financial Risks of Nuclear Energy -- Common Dreams, October 2
30 Science, Nuclear Security and Environmental Organizations Urge Senate to Strike Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Provision from Energy Bill -- Union of Concerned Scientists, September 17
Business Man wants More Nuclear Power Production in Tri-Cities -- KNDO, September 10
Price tag rising on Yucca Mountain -- Register-Guard, August 11
Take refresher course in nuclear power -- Register-Guard, August 6
McCain, Obama promote nuclear energy plans -- USA Today, August 5
A Northwest distaste for nuclear power -- Seattle Times, July 31
New Nukes Not Ready for Prime Time -- CounterPunch, July 25
Nuclear power still not safe -- Register-Guard, July 14
Nuclear Recycling Fails the Test -- Foreign Policy In Focus, July 7
Aglow for nuclear power -- Register-Guard, June 23
Pricey Alternative: Nuclear Energy -- The Washington Independent, June 13
Final Progress nuclear reactor tab could top $17-billion -- St. Petersburg Times, March 12

2007

The Future of Nuclear Power -- Monthly Review, February
How risky is the new era of nuclear power? -- USA Today, December 12
Nukes Are Back and So Are We -- Common Dreams, October 18
Nuclear spill sends warning -- The Oregonian, August 6
The mirage of nuclear power: We've heard all this before -- Salt Lake Tribune, August 1
California’s New Nukes War -- Common Dreams, July 16
Germany to Stay Nuclear in Merkel U-Turn -- Common Dreams, July 8
It's time to rethink Hanford -- The Columbian, June 24
Meltdowns or Solar Power? -- CounterPunch, June 20
Making more nuclear waste while Hanford keeps growing and glowing -- Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 12
Success of Hanford nuclear plant spurs thoughts of a second reactor -- KXLY4, May 24
What is reprocessing? -- Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, 1978
When is recycling not recycling? -- Grist, May 4
Hanford's nuclear future tied to region's concerns -- Tri-City Herald, May 6
Statement of Sen. Ron Wyden on GNEP, March 26
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership EIS

 

US nuclear power plants

U.S. nuclear power plants. For larger map with individual power plant links, go to
International Nuclear Safety Center.

Note: Some of the power plants shown have been shut down. In the Northwest, only one of the three plants shown is still operating, the one at Hanford.