A California surfer. Photo: Brocken Inaglory/Wikicommons
The Los Angeles Times published an article on December 1 about a recent collaboration between the Surfrider Foundation and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to determine how safe the water is off the coast of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
Advanced liquid waste processing systems: Safely processing Fukushima’s wastewater
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) became a household name a decade ago as the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, center of the largest nuclear accident in a...
.jpg){kind=spacer}
Southern California Edison pushes to get SONGS’s spent fuel moved off-site
Southern California Edison has released a three-volume set of plans supporting the off-site relocation of the spent nuclear fuel currently stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station....
Critical Look: PBS Newshour’s coverage of 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident
Along with many other media outlets on March 11, the PBS NewsHour reported on the continuing recovery efforts from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan 10 years ago....
Calming fears about low-dose radiation
During my time as vice president and president of ANS, I have been advocating for a new approach to implementing dose limits across the nuclear industry. A lack of understanding and an...
Vice News has published a video on YouTube that follows two farmers from the Fukushima Prefecture, Noboru Saito and Koji Furuyama. Saito, who grows many different crops on his farm, says that...
The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima kicks off an online documentary series
A film titled The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima gets top billing as part of The Short List with Suroosh Alvi, an online documentary series curated by the founder of the media company Vice. The film,...
Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radiation?
Following U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent restatement of the United Kingdom’s commitment to nuclear power, BBC News chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, wrote an...
In storage at San Onofre for 18 years, the 670-ton SONGS-1 reactor pressure vessel undertook a 51-day trip across three states to its final disposal site.
July 14 marked a milestone in the decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), as the Unit 1 reactor pressure vessel (RPV) completed a seven-week journey from Southern...
House bill would create spent fuel R&D program at the DOE
A bill introduced on September 21 by Rep. Mark Levine (D., Calif.) would direct the Department of Energy to conduct an advanced fuel cycle research, development, demonstration, and commercial...
Harnessing the promise of radiation: The art of reasonableness
Radiation has benefited mankind in many ways, including its use as an energy source and an indispensable tool in medicine. Since the turn of the 20th century, society has sought ways to...