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Keith Matheny Detroit Free Press Published 9:00 AM EDT Oct 19, 2018 More than 60,000 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel is stored on the shores of four of the five Great Lakes — in some cases, mere yards from the waterline — in still-growing stockpiles. “It’s actually the most dangerous waste produced by any industry in the history of the Earth,” said Gordon Edwards, president of the nonprofit Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility. The spent nuclear fuel is partly from 15 current or former U.S. nuclear power plants, including four in Michigan, that have generated it over the past 50 years or more. But most of the volume stored along the Great Lakes, more than 50,000 tons, comes from Canadian nuclear facilities, where nuclear power is far more prevalent.  It remains on the shorelines because there's still nowhere else to put it. The U.S. government broke a promise to provide the nuclear power … [Read more...] about Radioactive nuclear waste sits on Great Lakes’ shores

The Associated Press Published 3:34 PM EDT Sep 27, 2018 United Nations – This was no normal diplomatic speech. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held the U.N. General Assembly in suspense Thursday – and flashed boldly printed props – as he accused Iran of hiding a clandestine nuclear warehouse in a rug-cleaning plant. He built up to it with theatrical aplomb. “What I’m about to ay has not been shared publicly before.” Pause. “I’m disclosing for the first time that Iran has another secret facility in Tehran, a secret atomic warehouse.” In case anyone in the hall hadn’t already been paying attention, he took the unusual step of brandishing visual aids – a poster-board map, then a poster-board photo, then another poster-board map. It wasn’t his first time. Netanyahu is known for its showmanship at the U.N. General Assembly. In 2012, he famously held up a poster-board of a cartoon bomb while discussing … [Read more...] about Drama as Netanyahu makes nuclear claims on Iran