Hot News and Actions
ONGOING! $8.3 Billion taxpayer loan for Vogtle reactors is in trouble and CAN be stopped! Act here.
May 16, 2012: Your comments matter. Support NIRS Petition for Rulemaking: Tell the NRC to expand Emergency Planning Zones.
May 9, 2012. Act now to oppose second term of nuclear industry-backed Kristine Svinicki to NRC. Put public safety above industry profits!
May 4, 2012.Tell the EPA: Don't sacrifice Navajo water for Uranium mining!
April 30, 2012. 94 organizations urge Senate to reject possible re-nomination of Kristine Svinicki to NRC. Press release. Text of letter.
April 18, 2012. Take the next step in the Nuclear 911 Campaign to expand emergency evacuation zones around U.S. reactors.
April 16, 2012. Atomic Radiation is More Harmful to Women. Two-page factsheet handout.
March 22, 2012. Sample resolution for local governments to support expansion of Emergency Planning Zones. This is a tool you can use: Take the resolution to your local county/city/town councils and seek passage of it (and then let us know that it has passed).
March 22, 2012. A sheet with some citations to support the statements made in the sample resolution.
March 21, 2012. Join the thousands who are telling The Daily Show: nuclear industry money isn't funny, it's just dirty!
March 21, 2012. Bonnie Raitt benefit reception for NIRS! June 14 at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA. Benefit Gold Circle (w/reception) and Green Circle (great seats) ticket info here.
March 9, 2012. Fukushima anniversary to be marked by protests across U.S. and globe
March 8, 2012. Press release. American Nuclear Society is right on need to improve emergency planning; wrong on solutions.
March 5, 2012. Tell Energy Secretary Steven Chu to stop taxpayer loans for new reactors in Georgia! Act now.
February 15, 2012. Nuclear 911. A new campaign to expand emergency evacuation zones around U.S. nuclear reactors. Petition for Rulemaking submitted by 38 organizations and background materials.
February 15, 2012: Take Action! Join the Petition to NRC to expand nuclear evacuation zones!
February 14, 2012. Nuclear Socialism in the American Heartland. New report predicts an $800+/year increase in Iowa electric bills under proposed nuke law.
February 13, 2012. Rep. Markey (D-Mass.) tells Energy Secretary Steven Chu to hold off on approval of Vogtle nuclear loan guarantees until entire program is revamped.
February 9, 2012. Text of NRC order granting a Construction/Operating license to two reactors at Plant Vogtle in Georgia, the first construction license granted by NRC since 1978. Includes strong dissenting opinion from NRC Chairman Greg Jaczko, who voted against the license.
January 31, 2012. If you live in Florida, tell your Governor and state legislators to end Florida's unfair nuclear power tax! Act here.
January 25, 2012. 88 organizations, 5400+ individuals tell Energy Secretary Steven Chu to reject Blue Ribbon Commission recommendations and act to prevent "interim" storage of radioactive waste and resultant widespread transportation of waste across U.S. Press release. Text of letter with organizational signers.
December 22, 2011. Rep. Markey blasts NRC vote to approve AP1000 reactor design and notes NRC overruled Chairman Jaczko on accelerating reactor construction: "Today, the NRC has presented its holiday gifts to the nuclear industry."
December 12, 2011. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) releases important new report that charges the four NRC Commissioners currently attacking Chair Greg Jaczko with conspiracy to undermine needed post-Fukushima safety regulations.
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Reports, Papers and Info You Can Use
May 15, 2012. New report from Fairewinds: San Onofre’s Steam Generator Failures Could Have Been Prevented
May 9, 2012. Nuclear Loans, Subsidies & other Taxpayer Swindles…. Powerpoint presentation by NIRS' Michael Mariotte to Sierra Club National Nuclear Strategy Meeting, May 5, 2012.
April 25, 2012. Please note: we are the vast majority. Americans want CLEAN energy, not nukes or fossil fuels. Stunning numbers from a new public opinion poll.
March 28, 2012. New study from UK's Energy Fair: The Financial Risks of Investing in Nuclear Power.
March 6, 2012. PSR report: U.S. first responders, medical infrastructure unprepared for Fukushima-level reactor crisis.
March 6, 2012. New UCS report on nuclear power safety in US one year after Fukushima. Says industry's voluntary FLEX program is inadequate for nuclear power safety.
March 5, 2012. New mapping tool from NRDC shows potential consequences from nuclear accident at every U.S. reactor site based on actual weather patterns from March 11, 2011.
March 2, 2012. Are you at risk? New Greenpeace Internationall interactive map showing nuclear reactors/population around the world.
February 28, 2012. Living on Borrowed Time. 2nd annual Union of Concerned Scientists report on nuclear safety in the U.S.
February 6, 2011. Updated Greenpeace International report on Areva's EPR design: A Dangerous Waste of Time and Money.
January 24, 2012. Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water. New report from PIRG and Environment America.
January 13, 2012. Important new paper for anti-fracking activists: Radon in the Marcellus Shale, from Dr. Marvin Resnikoff of Radioactive Waste Management Associates.
December 28, 2011: New paper from Marc Cooper of Vermont Law School predicts major impacts for U.S. nuclear industry from Fukushima during 2012: nuclear costs will rise and there will be significant regulatory delays.
December 19, 2011. New study published by National Bureau of Economic Research concludes that construction costs for new reactors make nuclear power too expensive to be competitive.
October 25, 2011: New Synapse study for Riverkeeper/NRDC showing that Indian Point reactors are not needed to meet electrical demands.
October 25, 2011: New NRDC fact sheet on consequences and costs of an accident at New York's Indian Point reactors.
September 13, 2011: Costs, Risks and Myths of Nuclear Power. Major new international NGO report prepared for Sept 22 UN meeting on nuclear power. Includes chapters by leading experts across the world; U.S. update provided by NIRS. Definitely worth the download.
August 22, 2011: Congressional Budget Office report on government's loan guarantee program for new reactor construction. Concludes that government is understating risks to taxpayers.
August 17, 2011: Nuclear Power After Fukushima. Report and recommendations to improve safety & security at U.S. reactor sites, from Union of Concerned Scientists.
August 16, 2011: Nuclear Roulette: The Case Against a Nuclear Renaissance. New book from International Forum on Globalization, now available for free download. Good stuff!
June 2011: New report from Earthworks on impact of uranium mining: Nuclear Power's Other Tragedy: Communities Living with Uranium Mining.
May 2011: Major new report from Robert Alvarez at Institute for Policy Studies for the first time spells out the estimated amount of radioactivity in spent fuel at each U.S. reactors site, and what should be done to reduce the unacceptable hazard of high-density spent fuel pools.
April 2011: Important new study from Germany’s IPPNW on the ongoing health consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe.
March 25, 2011: Yet another major report that provides a path to a 100% renewable energy future before mid-century. This one is from the Institute for Policy Research and Development in London, led by two U.S. university professors.
March 2011: Radioactive Revenues. New report from WISE and the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations examines the financial flows between uranium mining companies and African governments.
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