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April 26, 2013. 48 international organizations sign appeal to prevent uranium mining in Greenland.

June 8, 2011: NIRS statement of solidarity with Italian anti-nuclear movement and support for June 12-13 referendum to prevent new nuclear reactor construction.

May 2011: Eight European Union countries (Austria, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Portugal) have created a new anti-nuclear bloc within the EU. Initial declaration here. PDF

May 2009: Nuclear France Abroad: History, Status and Prospects of French Nuclear Activities in Foreign Countries. A report from Mycle Schneider Consulting on the expansion of the French nuclear power industry across the world. PDF

March 2009: German TV on Three Mile Island and the future of Nuclear Power.

June 2008: Greenpeace International factsheet on numerous problems with Areva’s European Pressurized Reactor (EPR), which is being proposed for Calvert Cliffs, MD and other sites in the U.S. PDF

June 2008: Greenpeace International factsheet on construction problems with Areva’s EPR at Flamenville, France. PDF

International Fury About Radioactive Baltic. Press Release. June 28, 2008

December 2008: Nuclear Power in France: Beyond the Myth, PDF a report by Mycle Schneider Consulting for Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, offers a thorough examination of the French nuclear power industry, noting both its strengths and some surprising weaknesses.... Another major new report on the French nuclear industry, from WISE-Paris, titled Nuclear Power, the Great Illusion - Promises, Setbacks and Threats, is available here. Both reports will be very useful for everyone countering the argument that the French nuclear power program is somehow a great success.

European Renewables Federation challenges Finnish nuke plant!

International anti-nuclear summer gathering. A festive, multicultural meeting for activists. In Dordogne (south-west France), August 13-20, 2006

Five Initial Observations by Gorleben International Peace Team on the human rights situation in Wendland, Germany during the transport of high-level radioactive waste, November 17, 2001. NIRS’ Kevin Kamps served as a GIPT human rights monitor.

Gorleben International Peace Team (GIPT) press release, “The Peaceful Atom? International Team Observes Human Rights Violations during Radioactive Waste Shipment to Gorleben,” November 17, 2001. NIRS’ Kevin Kamps served as a GIPT human rights monitor during the police crackdown on resistance against the shipment of high-level radioactive waste to Gorleben, Germany.

It Takes A Police State to Move a Radioactive Waste Cask: Reports from Gorleben and Ahaus, Germany, 1997 - 1998, with photo gallery.