It is essential that low-level radioactive waste be consolidated, properly packaged, monitored and ultimately disposed of in accordance with stringent federal and state safety and environmental standards. The Case of Grigory Pasko - Russian military officer and reporter who filmed a Russian navy tanker dumping radioactive waste in the Sea of Japan. Prosecuted and later freed on charges of treason. Pennsylvania has the second highest number of nuclear plants in the country. Consequently, we produce the second highest amount of nuclear waste in the nation.
Federal law mandates that a nuclear waste dump be built somewhere in our state.
Heartland Operation to Protect the Environment - HOPE is a nonprofit educational and informational resource service. Since 1990, we have been studying and compiling information with regard to nuclear waste issues across the nation. Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office - Site produced by the Nevada State Agency for Nuclear Projects on the efforts of the state to prevent additional nuclear waste from being shipped into the state for disposal. The NWCC unites 18 different groups working on various aspects of the nuclear waste problem. Our broad coalition includes anti-nuclear power groups, nuclear reactor communities, peace activists, nuclear weapons opponents, groups from contaminated DOE facilities, residents of sites targeted for nuclear waste dumps, and national environmental groups.