Source video by MsMilky: www.youtube.com : “I wouldn’t have believed it was possible, but check this out! Link to NRC document here to read in full: www.nrc.gov US Freezes All Nuclear Reactor Construction & Operating Licenses Title: US Freezes All Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Decisions Source: ENS Date: August 7, 2012 Federal nuclear regulators today froze at least 19 final reactor licensing decisions in response to a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that spent nuclear fuel stored on-site at nuclear power plants “poses a dangerous, long-term health and environmental risk.” In its ruling, the appeals court invalidated the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 2010 updates to the Waste Confidence Rule and also the Temporary Storage Rule and directed the commission to fully comply with federal law. In response, the NRC today put a hold on nine construction and operating licenses, eight license renewals, one operating license, and one early site permit. The court noted that, after decades of failure to site a permanent geologic repository, including 20 years of working on the now-abandoned Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada, the NRC “has no long-term plan other than hoping for a geologic repository.” Therefore, it is possible that spent fuel will be stored at reactor sites “on a permanent basis,” the court said. […] “In recognition of our duties under the law, we will not issue licenses dependent upon the Waste Confidence Decision or the Temporary Storage …
the title says it all – here’s the gamma spectrum of chernobyl’s spent fuel. :-) how i found that little jewel? see here: www.youtube.com full size pictures of the HPGe gamma spectrum: flic.kr flic.kr flic.kr flic.kr software used for spectroscopy: – pulse recorder and analyzer (PRA): www.physics.usyd.edu.au – fitzpeaks: www.jimfitz.demon.co.uk
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