How Lucrative is Burying Radioactive Rubble? Valhi-WCS in West Texas USA
When nuclear power stations are decommissioned, the radioactive parts and radioactive rubble must go someplace. Other than putting radioactive waste in regular landfills, which they do some places, it’s hard to think of a much cheaper way to dispose of radioactive waste than this. (Faux-environmentalists don’t care where it goes, as long as it’s not in their immediate backyard.)
According to the New York Times, Jan. 21, 2014, WCS in Texas is charging as much as $10,000 per cubic ft to bury so-called low level radioactive waste, which isn’t really low level at all. It includes radionuclides, such as plutonium, which are deadly for thousands and even millions of years. https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/the-desire-of-the-nuclear-industry-to-bury-nuclear-waste-deadly-rip-off-comment-deadline-this-fri-24-jul-at-11-59-pm-dc-nyc-et/
And yet, currently WCS is at least $77 million in debt.
Valhi is the parent company of Waste Control Specialists (WCS) which buries radioactive waste in Andrews County, West Texas, not very far from where former President George Bush…
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For international nuclear news go to https://nuclear-news.net/
Why this website will now focus more definitely on just NUCLEAR issues.
So much is happening – under the radar – in nuclear issues.
Although I recognise the huge importance of thr coronavirus pandemic, and of global heating (and Australia is the canary in the global cage), I have decided to restrict my posts from now on pretty much to nuclear news. (with the exception of climate/energy news from https://reneweconomy.com.au/ -and a few top climate articles)
Why? because many others are covering climate and clean energy issues so well.
But there is very little awareness of the nuclear global threat.
We are at a critical time regarding nuclear weapons – the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will soon come into force – already nuclear weapons do not have the ”respectability” that the nuclear nations claim that they have.
Then the ”peaceful” nuclear reactors come into question. The global industry is busting to establish ”small” nuclear reactors world-wide. Though they’re super-expensive, useless against climate change, unsafe, produce toxic wastes – they are the nuclear industry’s desperately needed salvation. The costs of weapons development can be hidden, and transferred to consumers and tax-payers via these new white elephants.
And Australia – with its scientifically ignorant politicians, and its media Murdochracy, is a sitting duck for the pro nuclear propaganda.
of the week
World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2020
Senate Committee Inquiry into National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
You can still send Submissions to them on that same page. Read Public hearings transcripts : the latest (28 August) is now available.
Join my fight to free Julian Assange and stop US extradition
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/julianassange/
Submissions to the Senate Committee Inquiry into National Radioactive Management Amendment Bill. 2020. Go to our summaries of significant submissions, conveniently listed in alphabetical order at Kimba waste dump submissions or see all submissions listed at Read the Submissions
EVENTS
No nuclear waste dump in South Australia
ACT NOW: NO PLACE FOR NUCLEAR WASTE https://www.conservationsa.org.au/no_place_for_nuclear_waste?fbclid=IwAR24tyFotCN96nobPpPuhGCqBMlW8zjPixIzmEj8ud8b_J7tRigzlXLpjJc
https://www.change.org/p/release-julian-assange-from-belmarsh-prison-before-covid-19-spreads
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