May 14, 2007: Major new report from NIRS finds that radioactive materials are being released from nuclear weapons facilities to regular landfills and into commercial recycling streams where they can be used to make everyday household items. Titled Out of Control—On Purpose: DOE’s Dispersal of Radioactive Waste into Landfills and Consumer Products, the report is available here.   Read press release here.

Updated Alert on Radioactive Waste "Recycling". October 13, 2004

Petition against "recycling" and deregulation of nuclear waste.

One Page “Problem” with Deregulating Nuclear Waste. October 2004.

Background information on radioactive waste deregulation and "recycling"

Tools - petitions, resolutions

NRC's involvement in Radioactive Waste Deregulation

DOT/NRC's involvement in Radioactive Waste Deregulation

EPA's involvement in Radioactive Waste Deregulation

DOE's involvement in Radioactive Waste Deregulation

NAS's involvement in Radioactive Waste Deregulation

International Organizations' and Agencies' Involvement in Radioactive Waste Deregulation