Hacker News with Generative AI: Nuclear Waste

US buried mils of gallons of wartime nuclear waste; Doge could wreck the cleanup (theguardian.com)
In the bustling rural city of Richland, in south-eastern Washington, the signs of a nuclear past are all around.
Nuclear Waste, Environment, Politics, History
7 points by c420 44 days ago | 0 comments
Nuclear waste is reusable. Why aren't we doing it? [video] (youtube.com)
Nuclear Waste, Sustainability, Environmental Science, Video
4 points by keepamovin 179 days ago | 0 comments
Where Will All of Big Tech's Nuclear Waste Go? (gizmodo.com)
Nuclear waste is spread across 94 different nuclear sites in the U.S. and has no permanent home. Big Tech is going to add more to the pile.
Nuclear Waste, Technology, Environmental Issues, Big Tech
18 points by rntn 189 days ago | 0 comments
Supreme Court takes nuclear waste case too wild to believe (slate.com)
The Supreme Court took up a spate of new cases last week as the justices regrouped for a new term. Although the court is obviously trying to duck controversial disputes before Election Day, it took up some strange and important appeals—including a case that poses the curious question: What if a federal court—in this case, yet again, the hyper-reactionary U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit—declared that the nation’s entire system of nuclear waste storage is actually illegal?
Supreme Court, Law, Nuclear Waste, Politics
12 points by howard941 259 days ago | 6 comments
A New Specialized Train Is Ready to Haul Nuclear Waste (ieee.org)
Nuclear Waste, Transportation, Engineering, Trains
72 points by DamnInteresting 346 days ago | 133 comments
Govt awards $45B to company treating 50M gallons of leaking radioactive waste (thecooldown.com)
Government Funding, Nuclear Waste, Environmental Issues
11 points by thelastgallon 441 days ago | 6 comments