Michael Apted

Nov 9, 2024 | semananews.com | Sam Rajan |John McTiernan |Michael Apted |Christopher Smith

Following in the footsteps of 20th-century genre standouts including The Sixth Sense, Seven, and The Silence of the Lambs, the decade following the dawn of the new millennium witnessed the debuts of some of cinema’s best thriller movies.

May 31, 2024 | ans.org | Peter Swift |Michael Apted |Lake Barrett |John Kessler

Switzerland’s national cooperative for the disposal of radioactive waste, Nagra, is distancing itself from recent reports regarding the work of the Geneva-based engineering start-up Transmutex, which claims to have developed a new technology for the transmutation of radioactive waste.

May 3, 2024 | ans.org | Craig Piercy |Peter Swift |Michael Apted |Lake Barrett

Borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste (HLW) uses off-the-shelf directional drilling technology developed and commercialized by the oil and gas sectors. It is a technology that has been gaining traction in recent years in the nuclear industry. Disposal can be done in one or more boreholes (including an array) drilled into suitable sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic host rocks.

Mar 19, 2024 | ans.org | Peter Swift |Michael Apted |Lake Barrett |John Kessler

By a narrow vote of 9–7, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition to rehear the court’s 2023 decision to vacate Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP’s) license to build and operate a consolidated interim storage facility for commercial spent nuclear fuel in Andrews County, Texas.

Mar 12, 2024 | ans.org | Peter Swift |Michael Apted |Lake Barrett |John Kessler

A new report from the Breakthrough Institute has identified challenges and offers recommendations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fostering inclusive and transparent dialogue and engagement with the public.