There's little hope that the 70,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel dispersed across the United States will ever be recycled, according to a recent study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory—so nearly all existing waste will go into the earth.
In a…
January 2013
In a brief statement, BP hails Transocean's admission of criminal conduct today in a $1.4 billion settlement stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it proves the "accident resulted from multiple causes,…
Transocean LLC today admitted criminal conduct in its handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and agreed to pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil fines.
The civil portion—$1 billion—is by far the largest sum paid for…
