What does NW stand for?

Nuclear Waste

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Samples in periodicals archive:

But, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission said the nation needs to address several key issues, including disposal of nuclear waste and regulations monitoring the industry.

United States: Nuclear energy forum addresses waste disposal, ...

We have cheered the Obama administrationÕs decision to eventually shutter the ill-conceived Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project by starving it of federal funding.

Life after Yucca Mountain

00 Hardcover TD898 French scientists summarize results from their research into hollandite, zirconolite, zirconolite-base glass-ceramics, and borosilicate glasses as matrices in which to store highly radioactive nuclear waste for a very long time.

Glass, glass-ceramics and glasses for immobilization of high-level ...

There is still nuclear waste at that plant, 19 kilometres (12 miles) south of Baghdad, which must be disposed of.

Iraq to create nuclear energy commission

Energy Secretary Steven Chu sought Wednesday to assure skeptical senators that the Obama administration supports continued development of nuclear energy, even as it backs away from building a nuclear waste dump in Nevada.

Chu: Nuclear must be part of energy mix

The budget provides no answers as to what the administration proposes to do with the approximately 57,700 tons of nuclear waste at more than 100 temporary sites around the country, or with the approximately 2,000 tons generated each year by nuclear-power plants.

Yucca Mountain waste site loses funding in new budget

Byline: Tony Henderson Environment Editor CUMBRIA County Council is to make an "expression of interest" in Government plans to find a location for a deep geological nuclear waste repository in the UK.

County in debate on N-waste; Council wants to stay in loop

SASKATOON Chief Lawrence Joseph is clear that the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) is not endorsing the business of nuclear waste management storage, but at the same time wants to be a leader where it's possible.

Organizations directed to consult with First Nations