In January 2002, NIRS and WISE merged the Nuclear Monitor and WISE News Communique into a new Nuclear Monitor. The Nuclear Monitor now has an international edition (available in English on the WISE website), a North American Edition, Spanish, Ukrainian and Japanese Editions. Note, articles in the different editions may not always be the same.

2008
North American Edition (.pdf files) 

Nuclear Monitor #670. Sellafield Mox Fuel Plant Produces Almost Nothing. March 27, 2008
Nuclear Monitor # 668-669. Special edition. Mined U. Financing of new uranium mines.
Nuclear Monitor #667. U.K.: Sharp Rise In Decommissioning Costs. February 21, 2008
Nuclear Monitor #665. Yucca Mountain Project "Going For Broke" In Last Year Of Bush Presidency. January 17, 2008

2007
North American Edition (.pdf files) 

Nuclear Monitor #664. German Study: More Childhood Cancer Near Nuclear Power Plants. December 20, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #663. China's Emerging Antinuclear Movement. November 29, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #662. The Ghost of Soviet Nuclear Returning. November 8, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #661. Mafia Clan Connected With Trafficking Nuclear Waste. October 11, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #660. Hot Particles at Dounreay. September 20, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #659. The Perils of Nonproliferation Amnesia. September 6, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #658. Indigenous People in Canada Resist Uranium Exploration. July 13, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #657.Thorp: Sending Waste to Customers After Virtual Reprocessing. June 21, 2007.
Nuclear Monitor #656. South Carolina Says No to Country's Radioactive Waste. May 18, 2007.
Nuclear Monitor #655. California: Nuclear Revival Dies in Committee. May 3, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #654. Japan's Nuclear Industry Plagued by Scandals. Power Companies But Also Government not Qualified to Operate Nuclear Reactors. April 20, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #653.URENCO: Waste Dumping in Russia. March 19, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #652. India: Protests Against Koodankulam Nuclear Project. February 8, 2007
Nuclear Monitor #651. Nuclear Belgium, Present and Futur. January 12, 2007

2006
North American Edition (.pdf files) 

Nuclear Monitor #650. Bulgaria Tries to Abuse Kozludoy 3 and 4 Closures Bulgaria Tries to Abuse Kozludoy 3 and 4. December 15, 2006
Nuclear Monitor #649. Former Safety Chief Blows Whistle on Poor Safety Culture. September 6, 2006.
Nuclear Monitor #648. Gruesome Eight to Strike Again. July 14, 2006.
Nuclear Monitor #647. INES 2 Accident at Kozloduy. June 30, 2006.
Nuclear Monitor #645-646. The Chernobyl Legacy. June 9, 2006.
Nuclear Monitor #644. Nuclear Power - Myth and Reality. April 21, 2006.
Nuclear Monitor #643. Radioactive Wreck: The Unfolding Disaster of U.S. Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Policies. Special report from NIRS' Nuclear Monitor. March 17, 2006.
Nuclear Monitor #642. February 24, 2005: Nuclear Relapse Goes Global.
Nuclear Monitor #641. January 27, 2005: Utah Wilderness Victory Hinders Radioactive Waste Dump.

2005
North American Edition (.pdf files)

Nuclear Monitor #640. December 23, 2005: Illegal Operations at
Leningrad NPP Result in fatality.
Nuclear Monitor #639. December 9, 2005: Swedish Renewables Can
Replace Nuclear by 2020.
Nuclear Monitor #638. November 18, 2005: Concerns Over Uranium
Mining in Malawi.
Nuclear Monitor #637. November 4, 2005: Japanese Government Endorses New.Nuclear Energy Policy.
Nuclear Monitor #635-636. October 14, 2005: U.S. NRC Staff Urge Rejection of Dubious Fire Protection Rulemaking.
Nuclear Monitor #634. September 16, 2005. Chernobyl Reinvented.
Nuclear Monitor #633. September 2, 2005. India: The Energy Carrot and the China Stick.
Nuclear Monitor #632. July 15, 2005. U.S. Radiation Panel: No Radiation Dose Safe.
Nuclear Monitor #630-631. June 30, 2005. The Subdies Keeping Nuclear Energy Afloat Around the World. Special issue.
Nuclear Monitor #629. June 10, 2005. US Senate to Consider Pro-nuclear Climate Change Bill.
Nuclear Monitor #628. May 27, 2005. Accident Brings Thorp on Brink of Early Closure.
Nuclear Monitor #627. May 13, 2005. Namibia: Opposition to Langer Heirich Mountain.
Nuclear Monitor #626. April 22, 2005. DPRK to Remove and Reprocess Fuel from Yongbyon.
Nuclear Monitor #625. April 8, 2005. Threats to Belene Opponent Simeonova Continue in spite of Goverment Protection Measures.
Nuclear Monitor #624. March 18, 2005. Yacca Mountain: Water Infiltration Documents Falsified. Western Shoshone National Council Filed Lawsuit.
Nuclear Monitor #623. March 4, 2005. Utah's Radioactive Roller Coaster Rider: "Hotter" Waste Dump Defeated, But "Hottest" waste Dump Advances.
Nuclear Monitor #621-622. Nuclear Power: No Solution to Climate Change January-February 2005. Special Issue.

2004
North American Edition (.pdf files) 

Nuclear Monitor #620, December 24, 2004, Brazil, Germany and the Nuclear Accord
Nuclear Monitor #619, December 3, 2004, Germany: : Leukemia Study Commission Breaks Up Over Concealment Claims
Nuclear Monitor #618, November 12, 2004, Earthquake Zone: : Japan Escapes Nuclear Disaster
Nuclear Monitor #617, October 22, 2004, Sweden: Barseäck 2 to Shut Down 2005?
Nuclear Monitor #616, October 1, 2004, U.S.: NRC Adopts“Jim Crow” Policy for Nuclear Licensing
Nuclear Monitor #615, September 17, 2004, South Korea's Reputation Tarnishing Rapidly
Nuclear Monitor #614, July 30, 2004, Pakistan: Another Nuclear White Elephant
Nuclear Monitor #612-613, July 30, 2004, U.K.: Chpelcross Permanently Closed
Nuclear Monitor #611, June 11, 2004, Shortcomings of Belene EIA and Growing Opposition
Nuclear Monitor #610, May 28, 2004, Talking Liberties: Russia Stifles Dissent
Nuclear Monitor #609, May 7, 2004, Europe Urged to Unite Against Nuclear Power
Nuclear Monitor #608, April 16, 2004, Nuclear Relapse in Central Europe: Slovakia
Nuclear Monitor #607, April 2, 2004, Russian Governmental Reforms
Nuclear Monitor #605-606, March 12, 2004, What Did We Learn from the Three Mile Island?
Nuclear Monitor #604, February 27, 2004, PBMR Business Negotiations Kill Public Debate?
Nuclear Monitor #603, February 13, 2004, The Proliferation Risks of ITER
Nuclear Monitor #602, January 30, Independent Radiation Surveys at Niger Uranium Mines Obstructed
Nuclear Monitor #601, January 9, 2004, Ukrainian Nuclear Gravy Train Set to Continue

2003
North American Edition (.pdf files) 

Nuclear Monitor #600, December 19, 2003, Buan Victorious as Waste Dump Proposal Retracted
Nuclear Monitor #599, November 28, 2003, Controvercy Over Italian Waste Burial Plan
Nuclear Monitor #596 - 598, November 14, 2003, European Nuclear Threats: Old and New (only printed version by request)
Nuclear Monitor #595, October 24, 2003, New French Regulation Makes Nuclear Industry as Secret as Military Activities
Nuclear Monitor #594, October 10, 2003, Argentina: New Efforts to Complete Atucha-2
Nuclear Monitor #593, September 26, 2003, U.S. MOX to be Fabricated at Unsafe French Cadarache Plant
Nuclear Monitor #592, September 12, 2003, Thailand: EIA Report on Gkarak Reactor Rejected
Nuclear Monitor #591, August 22, 2003, U.S. Electricity Crisis: Unfortunate but Entirely Predictable
Nuclear Monitor #590, July 11, 2003, OSPAR 2003: Exemptions for Reprocessing Industry
Nuclear Monitor #589, June 27, 2003, OSPAR 2003: Discharges Sellafield Far Away From "Close to Zero" Target
Nuclear Monitor #588, June 13, Temelin in 2003: On - Off - On - Off
Nuclear Monitor #587, May 16, 2003, Japan Goes OK Without Nukes!
Nuclear Monitor #586, April 25, 2003, Serious Incident at Hungarian PAKS-2 Reactor
Nuclear Monitor #585, April 11, 2003, Back to the Fifties: European Convention Supports Euroatom
Nuclear Monitor EXTRA, April 16, 2003, Senate Energy Bill Includes Taxpayer Funding for New Reactors
Nuclear Monitor #584, March 7, 2003, Nuclear Bombs from Low-Enriched Uranium or "Spent" Fuel
Nuclear Monitor #583, February 21, 2003, Dismantling British Energy
Nuclear Monitor #582, January 31, 2003, European Union Offers Help to Build Another Chernobyl
Nuclear Monitor #581, January 17, 2003, Swiss Incident Shows Davis-Besse Hole Is Not Unique

2002
North American Edition (.pdf files) 

Nuclear Monitor #579-80, December 20, 2002, Cernavoda-2 Finance Deal Ignores Outstanding Issues
Nuclear Monitor #578, December 6, 2002, Harrassment of Yucca Mountain Whistleblowers
Nuclear Monitor #577, November 22, 2002, Largest Ever Castor Transport to Gorleben
Nuclear Monitor #576, November 8, 2002, Nuclear Waste "Euro-Dumps"?
Nuclear Monitor #575, October 18, 2002, Taxpayer Dollars for New U.S. Reactors?
Nuclear Monitor #574, October 4, 2002, U.S. Utility Gets Green Light for Weapons Work
Nuclear Monitor #573, September 13, 2002, U.S. Nuclear Reactors - Al Qaeda's Original Target
Nuclear Monitor #572, August 30, 2002, Delays Could Prove Fatal to PBMR
Nuclear Monitor #571, July 19, 2002, Record Loss as BNFL Faces Problem of "Exploading" Waste
Nuclear Monitor #570, June 28, 2002, Yucca Mountain Showdown
Nuclear Monitor #569, June 5, 2002, Finland Parliament Approves New Reactor, Green Resign
Nuclear Monitor #568, May 17, 2002, Large Number of Undetected Cracks in the World's PWRS
Nuclear Monitor #567, May 3 2002, Exelon Pulls out of Pebblebed Project
Nuclear Monitor # 566, April 12, 2002, U.S. Approves $95 Million Aid for "Axis of Evil" Country
Nuclear Monitor #565, March 22, 2002, Milimeters from Disaster
Nuclear Monitor #564, March 8, 2002, Germany: Explosion in Brunsbuttel Reactor
Nuclear Monitor #563, February 15, 2002, Security Upgrades for U.S. Reactors; Waste Casks Vulnerable to Atack
Nuclear Monitor #562, February 1, 2002, Gambling on Yucca Mountain
Nuclear Monitor #561, January 11, 2002, To U.S. From Sweden - Irradiation

Older Issues of Nuclear Monitor (North Ameracian Edition)

December 2001
Cover Story: In the Nuclear Age, Security Means Ending the Nuclear Age
Ukraine Withdraws EBRD Loan Application for K2/R4
Price Anderson Update
Yucca Heats Up
Seasons Greetings from the Radioactive "Recyclers?"
Castor and Terror
Under pressure, Sen. Domenici removes uranium mining subsidies
Full steam ahead for U.K. nuclear "Titanic"
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January-February 2001
Cover page, Jan-Feb, 2001 (unlike the printed version, this one is legible!).
The Senate Energy Bill, The Pursuit of a Brown, Dying Planet, Jan-Feb 2001
Exelon Seeks to Build New Reactors in the U.S., Jan-Feb 2001
California's Deregulation Disaster, by Harvey Wasserman, Jan-Feb 2001
The Bush Administration: Nuclear to the Core, Jan-Feb 2001
Radioactive "Recycling" Update, Jan-Feb 2001
Nuclear Notes, Jan-Feb 2001

2000

Radioactive Roads and Rails, Tour Diary, December 2000
COP6 talks Collapse, But Most Countries Reject Nuclear Power for Climate Change, December 2000
Nuclear Shorts, December 2000

The Globalization of the Nuclear Power Industry. Special Issue, April 2000
The New Assault on Radiation Protection. Special Issue, February 2000

• NIRS Challenges Oyster Creek License Transfer, January 2000
• DOE Suspends Sale of Some Radioactive Waste, January 2000
• Nuclear Notes, January 2000

• A Visit to the Most Dangerous Reactors in the World, at Kozloduy Bulgaria, August 1999

• It Takes A Police State to Move a Radioactive Waste Cask, report from Ahaus, Germany, April 1998, w/photos.

• The International Anti-Nuclear Movement Takes Hold at Temelin, w/photos, August 1997
• The Siege of Gorleben: 20,000 protestors, 30,000 police, $100 million. Special issue and photo gallery, March 1997

• Congress adjourns without acting on nuclear waste bills. October 1996
• Thermal Science fined $900,000. October 1996
• Haddam Neck on verge of permanent shutdown. October 1996
• Democratic and Republican party platforms on energy. October 1996
• Nuclear Notes, October 1996: California restructuring; Texas megadump.
• President Clinton pledges to veto S. 1271, May 1996
• State court removes Louisiana Energy Service permits, May 1996
• American Ecology said to be in financial straits, May 1996
• Resources, May 1996
• Chernobyl Diary 1996: This is How the World Ends, From the April 1996 issue. Report on the Kiev International Lessons of Chernobyl conference, and a trip to Chernobyl, Pripyat and the Dead Zone.
• Photos from Chernobyl Diary: Shut TMI activists at Chernobyl reactor (151k); Pripyat(142k); radiation monitor reads 1642 counts per minute at Chernobyl reactor (127k)
• Greenpeace Ukraine blocks entrance to Ukraine White House in Chernobyl protest. With photos. April 1996
• Chernobyl Consequences
• Chernobyl + 10 in the USA, April 1996
• Eagle Alliance: a new, militant pro-nuclear group, February 1996