"The U.S. May Soon Have the World's Oldest Nuclear Power Plants"
"Neighbors and scientists are worried, but operators argue there’s no better way to provide carbon-free energy."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 02/05/2020
Nuclear Power & Radiation
"America’s Radioactive Secret"
"Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America".
Source: Rolling Stone, 01/29/2020
"Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight"
"The symbolic doomsday clock moved closer to midnight than it has ever been, just 100 seconds away, because of the urgent threats of nuclear warfare and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced today, 23 January."
Source: Eos, 01/24/2020
Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020
As part of our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment” to help reporters track the stories coming their way this year, SEJournal Online looks ahead to major developments on the beat — from Washington, D.C. to the Arctic, from public lands to fossil fuels. We also explore pending news on transportation, agriculture, nukes, federal funding, freedom of information and even algae. Also under our gaze, key facets of the climate story. Read our overview analysis and then dive deep into the full offering of special Backgrounders, TipSheets and WatchDogs.
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Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs
Safety has traditionally been the key question when discussing the realities of nuclear power. But in assessing the future of the nuclear industry amid debates over its potential to help tackle the climate crisis, the latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & the Environment” reports that there may be an equally pressing concern.
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Law Requires Probe Of Island Nuclear Dump Threatened By Rising Seas
"Congress is demanding that the Department of Energy investigate an aging, cracking U.S. nuclear waste dump threatened by climate change and rising seas in the Marshall Islands."
Source: LA Times, 12/31/2019
SEJ's 30th Anniversary Conference, Sept. 2020
#SEJ2020, our first-ever virtual conference, took place September 16, 17, 23 and 30. Registered attendees can watch recordings of #SEJ2020 in the Whova app.
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How US Betrayed Marshall Islands, Kindling The Next Nuclear Disaster
"Five thousand miles west of Los Angeles and 500 miles north of the equator, on a far-flung spit of white coral sand in the central Pacific, a massive, aging and weathered concrete dome bobs up and down with the tide. Here in the Marshall Islands, Runit Dome holds more than 3.1 million cubic feet — or 35 Olympic-sized swimming pools — of U.S.-produced radioactive soil and debris, including lethal amounts of plutonium."
Source: LA Times, 11/11/2019
"A “Critical” Battle Over Uranium Mining In The Grand Canyon Area"
"The Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act, which passed the House today [Wednesday] by a vote of 236–185, would permanently withdraw more than 1 million acres of public lands surrounding the Grand Canyon from new mining claims."
Source: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 10/31/2019
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