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Columbia Generating Station Water Permit Challenged

November 14, 2014 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Columbia Generating Station, Columbia River, Energy, Hanford, Lawsuits, Nuclear Power, Toxics, WA NPDES, Washington, Water Quality

State Court asked to overturn Columbia Generation Station water pollution permit NWEA has asked a state court to overturn the new Clean Water Act discharge permit issued by the State of Washington to the Columbia Generating Station. This plant, located at the Hanford...

Columbia Generating Station Waste Discharges to Columbia River Challenged

July 5, 2014 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Columbia Generating Station, Columbia River, Comments, Energy, Hanford, NPDES Permits, Nuclear Power, WA NPDES, Washington, Water Quality

The nuclear power plant formerly known as WPPSS No. 2, now called the Columbia Generating Station (CGS), has a permit to discharge wastes to the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River.  A nuclear power plant uses a lot of water and chemicals in its cooling system. The...

In Memory of Dr. Rudi Nussbaum

October 25, 2011 | Energy, Hanford, Human Health, Nuclear Power

With great sadness we note the passing of Dr. Rudi Nussbaum, professor emeritus of Physics at Portland State University.  Dr. Nussbaum, who survived the Holocaust and was an avowed pacifist, was an eloquent opponent of nuclear power and weapons.  Most recently he...

Nuclear Disaster Was Inevitable

March 24, 2011 | Accidents, Energy, Hanford, Nuclear Power

The nuclear disaster unfolding at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan (six reactors with spent fuel pools and an additional common pool) are very troubling, raising concerns about worker exposure, land and sea contamination, public health, and the...