US is Ill-Prepared to Safely Manage its Nuclear Waste from Climate Threats More than 150 sites across the country have to be managed for radioactive waste for centuries or millennia. But there’s no plan in place for how this will be done, says GAO report. Charles Pekow
December 29, 2020
The Cold War never erupted into the nuclear nightmare that the world feared for decades. But the legacy of the never-used nuclear weapons remains a ticking time bomb that could endanger countless people and lead to environmental catastrophe any time.
A radiation warning sign on the fence outside the restricted area at the Maxey Flat Low Level Radioactive Waste site in Kentucky. The GAO report says there is no plan in place for nuclear waste sites that need to be safeguarded against increasingly frequent and severe rainfall, tornadoes, hurricanes and accompanying flooding and forest fires. Photo by RRJackson / Wikimedia Commons.
Cyberattack on US Department of Energy a grave threat
The attack is part of the huge SolarWinds hack that has hit other government agency systems and critical infrastructure. The US cybersecurity agency has warned it poses a serious risk.
Critical infrastructure were put at risk by the sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo
The US Department of Energy (DoE) said on Thursday it was responding to a cyber breach on its networks. The incident is part of a massive hack campaign that has struck at least two other US government agencies.
Malware has been isolated to business networks only, an Energy Department spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes said in a statement.
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McKendree Students Among Top Finishers in DoE CyberForce Competition
McKendree University students made an impressive showing in the U.S. Department of Energy s (DoE) sixth annual CyberForce Competition on Nov. 14. To view these students click here: https://mckendree.meritpages.com/achievements/McKendree-Students-Among-Top-Finishers-in-DoE-CyberForce-Competition/129082 Posted Friday December 11, 2020 at 03:18 pm by McKendree University