Ma’alaea Harbor Expansion Plans Under Fire From Surfers, USFWS Plans to expand the Ma’alaea Harbor on Maui have become the focus of a heated dispute involving surfers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Army Corps of Engineers. More … Continued
The State Ethics Commission has taken an interest in the activities of Thomas B. Hayward. As an independent contractor to the Office of Space Industry, Hayward is exempt from state ethics rules that might restrict his outside employment (such as … Continued
How often are nuclear submarines defueled at the Pearl Harbor shipyard? According to Navy spokeswoman Annette Campbell, about one submarine per year is defueled. How often are they refueled? Actually, since June 1984, the Navy hasn’t done any refuelings at … Continued
The high level radioactive waste from submarine reactors is just one of several types of radioactive waste generated by nuclear ships. Other types are liquid waste, solid waste, and so-called “mixed waste.” Liquid Waste Until 1973, the Navy routinely discharged … Continued
The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory has been receiving highly radioactive waste since the late 1940s. In recent years, it has joined the list of sites operated by the Department of Energy whose clean-up will cost taxpayers billions of dollars – … Continued
Since June 28, high-level nuclear waste from Navy submarines defueled at the Pearl Harbor shipyard has no place to go. It is likely, in fact, that it will be at least two years before any shipments of the waste from … Continued