nuclear waste

Schumer calls for more funding to remove nuclear waste in Lewiston

Ryan Zunner

Nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project sitting on a storage site in Niagara County could soon be on the move. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for more…

Lewiston nuclear waste to be removed. Now what?

Mike Desmond

Two things emerged from a thinly attended public meeting in Lewiston Tuesday night: Washington will remove the nuclear waste from the Niagara Falls…

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Investigative Post: Homeowners in Niagara County 'left high and dry'

Dozens of property owners sitting on radioactive waste in Niagara Falls and Lewiston have been left in limbo.Investigative Post, environmental reporter,…

Nuclear issues cloud 10th anniversary of Indigenous Peoples Declaration

Mike Desmond

Preservation of the environment dominated Tuesday's celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day at the Buffalo History Museum. It was a celebration of the 10th…

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Higgins renews concerns over Canadian nuclear waste shipments through NYS

Michael Mroziak

The first of more than a hundred anticipated shipments of liquid nuclear waste recently arrived in South Carolina from Canada. Congressman Brian Higgins…

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Controversial Ontario nuclear waste plan approved

Dan Karpenchuk

A Canadian government review panel has approved a plan from the Ontario electricity utility to store nuclear waste deep underground near the Great Lakes.…

Higgins expresses concern with transporting nuclear waste over Peace Bridge

Congressman Brian Higgins is urging the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement about the risks of transporting nuclear…

Schumer calls on DOE to ensure financial security of Jamestown’s RHI Monofrax

Mike Desmond

Scientists cleaning up nuclear waste sites in West Valley, South Carolina and the state of Washington have a process that turns the waste into glass logs…