1999

• NIRS press release: Citizens Rally to Protect the Great Lakes-Urge Michigan’s Attorney General to Stop Plutonium Shipments, NIRS press release. November 10, 1999.
• NIRS questions on the “Parallex” Environmental Assessment for the proposed weapons-grade plutonium MOX shipment through Michigan for the meeting in Lansing with the U.S. Dept. of Energy, October 31, 1999.
• NIRS Comments on the DOE Office of Fissile Materials Disposition Environmental Assessment for the Parallex Project Fuel(MOX) Manufacture and Shipment (DOE/EA-1216, dated January 1999), Friday, October 29, 1999.
• DOE’s “Parallex” shipment of weapons-usable plutonium MOX nuclear fuel from Los Alamos, New Mexico to Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. NIRS Alert. October 29, 1999.
• Mock nuke waste cask protest featuring Members of Congress against congressional efforts to ram through Mobile Chernobyl shipments to Yucca Mountain, outside U.S. DOE Draft Environmental Impact Statement public hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on October 26, 1999.
• Members of Congress To Speak Out Against Proposed Nationwide High-Level Nuclear Waste Transportation and Disposal. NIRS press advisory, October 21, 1999.
• Enviro Groups say NO COMPROMISE! Murkowski Nuke Waste Bill Same Old Story, NIRS press release, September 9, 1999.
• Oppose S. 1287, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999, September 1999
• NIRS legislative update on the Mobile Chernobyl bill, June 22, 1999.
• International NIX MOX Action Day, NIRS Alert, May 17, 1999
• ATOMIC TRAIN! The Truth is Out There. Briefing sheet on radioactive waste transport. May 14, 1999.
• Testimony of Michael Mariotte, executive director of NIRS, on S. 608, the Senate version of the Mobile Chernobyl bill. Before the Senate Energy Committee, March 24, 1999.
• NIRS alert on HR 45, the Mobile Chernobyl bill of 1999, January 16, 1999.

1998

• VICTORY! Mobile Chernobyl bill stops in Senate June 2, 1998! Vote list for June 2 cloture vote.
• NIRS Factsheet: Radioactive Waste Transport: The German Experience, May 1998
• Urge your Senators to oppose the Mobile Chernobyl bill, S. 104! NIRS action alert. April 28, 1998.
• Stop Mobile Chernobyls in Colorado. Contact Colorado's U.S. Senators! NIRS alert. April 28, 1998
• NIRS alert opposing Mobile Chernobyl/Screw-Nevada-Again bill in Congress on the 12th anniversary of Chernobyl, April 26, 1998.
• Stop Mobile Chernobyl Action Day. NIRS Alert. March 26, 1998.
• Americans Agree: Mobile Chernobyl Bill is a Bad Idea, NIRS press release, March 10, 1998
• The Great Mystery -- 1998 tail from inside the beltway about fighting nuclear waste legislation on Capitol Hill

1997

• Public Citizen analysis of decision on utility lawsuit against DOE. November 1997
• House votes 307-120 in favor of HR 1270, Mobile Chernobyl bill. Final vote list, October 30, 1997. List of votes on amendments. Text of debate, October 29, 1997.
• The Top 11 Reasons to Oppose H.R. 1270, the Mobile Chernobyl Bill, October 20, 1997.
• Critical Mass Energy Project Fact Sheet on HR 1270, April 1997.
• Critical Mass report finds on-site storage seven times cheaper than centralized "interim" storage. April 1997.
• Congressional Record excerpts: the debate on S. 104. Final Debate and vote list, Tuesday, April 15, 1997. Debate and vote on Bingaman amendment, April 15, 1997. Debate on Wellstone Amendment, April 14, 1997.
• Thursday, April 10, 1997. Statement from Sen. Reid. Statement from Sen. Bryan. Statement from Sen. Craig (safer than going to the store for a quart of milk!). Statement from Sen. Murkowski. Reid reply to Sen. Murkowski. Reid & Bryan together reply to Sen. Murkowski.
• Wednesday, April 9, 1997: Sen. Murkowski statement on his amended version of S. 104, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Sen. Reid statement against amended version of S. 104 (includes lengthy quote from NIRS' director Michael Mariotte), Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Sen. Bryan statement against amended version of S. 104. Part 1, Part 2. Tuesday, April 8, 1997. Sen. Dale Bumpers (D-Ark,) on why he opposes nuclear power; Sen. Bryan, on Nevada bomb tests and radiation victims; Sen. Bryan, general arguments; Sen. Reid, general arguments. Monday, April 7, 1997. Sen Reid (Nevada), excerpt 1; excerpt 2; Sen. Bryan (Nevada), excerpt 1; Sen. Murkowski (Alaska, bill sponsor), excerpt 1, excerpt 2; Congressional Budget Office estimate of cost of S. 104; part 1, part 2
• Text of White House veto promise of S. 104, April 7, 1997.
• NIRS alert to students, “Stop a Mobile Chernobyl!” April 4, 1997.
• NIRS concerns about S 104, The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, April 4, 1997.
• List of 129 environmental, religious and citizens organizations against S. 104. February 13, 1997.
• NIRS gives President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott 40,000 "Don't Waste America" petition signatures. Press release, February 11, 1997.
• Testimony of Michael Mariotte, executive Director of NIRS, before Senate Energy Committee, February 5, 1997. Press release on NIRS' testimony, February 5, 1997.
• ALERT! Contact Senate Energy Committee members (and full Senate too!) now against S. 104! February 3, 1997.
• S. 104 is this year's "Mobile Chernobyl Act ." Article from January 1997 Nuclear Monitor. Text of S.104.
• Congressional Record Highlights of Senate floor debate on S. 1936!

1996

• SENATE VOTES 63-37 FOR S.1936, "MOBILE CHERNOBYL ACT." ANALYSIS, VOTE LIST, August 1, 1996. Previous updates: ALERT! Act NOW! Update #1 on S. 1936 , 7/12/96. Update #2 on S. 1936 , 7/16/96, 3 pm. Text of White House letter, 7/15/96, reaffirming intent to veto S. 1936. Text of NIRS letter to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott , calling for withdrawal of S. 1936, July 17, 1996. NIRS press release , July 17, 1996. Update #3 on S. 1936, 7/17/96, 3 pm. Update #4, 7/23/96, 3:30 PM. Vote delayed until Wednesday, July 31. Update #5, 7/24/96.83 organizations sign letter to Dole protesting upcoming Senate vote on S. 1271. Text of letter and press release April 16, 1996
• Statement of Michael Mariotte , director of NIRS, upon release of public opinion poll, January 18, 1996.

1995

• Letter to Congress , signed by numerous environmental and religious leaders, against HR 1020 and for an independent commission to re-evaluate current radioactive waste policy. November 8, 1995.
• NIRS statement at press conference at National Press Club on high-level waste transportation. October 17, 1995.
• Question and answer sheet on high-level waste transport prepared by NIRS for press conference on October 17, 1995