RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A stainless steel tank the size of a basketball court lies buried in the sandy soil of southeastern Washington state, an aging remnant of U.S. efforts to win World War II. The tank holds enough radioactive waste to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. And it is leaking.
Japan ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to construct an underground wall at the Fukushima plant to stop the flow of groundwater into reactor basements, Bloomberg reports.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced stricter rules for radioactive materials in manufacturing, requiring a license for products with small levels of uranium and thorium, Nuclear Street reports.
The Environmental Protection Agency's report on the radioactive waste in the smoldering West Lake landfill in Missouri found the material posed no health risk to nearby residents, KSDK reports.
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) — Dawn Chapman can put up with the noxious smell caused by smoldering trash in a landfill near her suburban St. Louis home. But if the burning creeps close to buried nuclear waste, she's ready to get out.
Sen. Barbara Boxer and officials at Southern California Edison are trading accusations over the shutdown of the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, after she sought a Justice Department inquiry into company statements.
Boxer, a California Democrat who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said Tuesday that letters to contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries appear to show Edison officials misled the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about the design of problematic new steam generating units.
Edison officials promptly denied any misdeeds and said Boxer was misinterpreting their communications.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station did not follow rules for medical examinations, allowing operators with temporary medical disabilities to work, Plymouth Patch reports.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer wants the Justice Department to investigate if California utility executives deceived federal regulators about an equipment swap at the San Onofre nuclear power plant that eventually led to a radiation leak.
The planned Cape Wind offshore project in Massachusetts won a $200 million commitment from Denmark's public pension fund, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., pledged to push a vote to complete the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., moves to limit filibusters, Roll Call reports.
The Army Corps of Engineers said it would not conduct a cumulative environmental review of three coal export terminals or consider overseas climate change impact in its reviews, E&E reports.
Legal experts say U.S. natural gas companies could file lawsuits against the Energy Department to speed decisions on liquefied natural gas exports, Reuters reports.
House Appropriations Committee Democrats criticized Republicans for cutting Energy Department spending on renewable energy by 50 percent, The Hill reports.
A communique released at the close of the G8 summit expresses leaders' concerns over climate change and pledges support for a new international climate change treaty in 2015, Business Green reports.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill to open parts of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to timber development, KTOO reports.
