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November 16, 2012. Federal court to hear appeal from NIRS, 8 other groups, on AP 1000 reactor design and Vogtle licensing on Monday, November 19. Busloads of people from Vogtle area are coming in.... August 7, 2012. NRC rules in favor of intervenor groups (including NIRS): suspends final decisions on licenses for all new reactors and license renewals until waste confidence rule--overturned by federal court--is addressed. April 30, 2012: 94 organizations urge Senate to reject possible re-nomination of Kristine Svinicki to NRC. Press release. Text of letter. 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.		In Details ...
		NIRS interventions against aging reactor license relicensing: Palisades License Extension Application Oyster Creek License Extension Application
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." August 17, 2011: Nuclear Power After Fukushima. Report and recommendations to improve safety & security at U.S. reactor sites, from Union of Concerned Scientists. May 12, 2011: Fukushima Fallout: Regulatory Loopholes at U.S. Nuclear Plants. Major report from Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) details safety problems at U.S. reactors and inadequate regulatory response. For example, 69 emergency diesel generator failures at 33 sites in the past 8 years. 100 organizations sign letter to President Obama opposing possible nomination of former DOE nuclear chief William Magwood to Nuclear Regulatory Commission. July 31, 2009 80+ organizations send letter to President Obama in support of appointment of independent commissioners to Nuclear Regulatory Commission. July 7, 2009 The NRC’s reactor licensing process is in disarray. NIRS briefing sheet. December 15, 2008 Testimony of Richard Webster, Legal Director for Eastern Environmental Law Center, before Senate Environment Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. July 16, 2008. The testimony argues that the NRC's relicensing process is deficient and there are severe weaknesses in the oversight of reactor safety. The NRC’s Reactor Licensing Process: An Overview. A NIRS briefing paper on how reactors are licensed and factors to consider in participating in the process. September 2006. NIRS testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce on the NRC Reactor Oversight Process. June 19, 2006 Court Allows NRC to Hold Informal Public Hearings in Reactor Licensing Proceedings. But Court Makes Clear That Challenges Can Be Made. NIRS/Public Citizen press release. December 13, 2004. Read the decision in the PC/NIRS suit against the new Part 2 rules. NIRS coalition opposes Michigan’s Cook nuclear power station relicensing application: Press Release on Opposition to Cook License Renewal, December 08, 2004. Comments to the NRC on License renewal. We Can’t Solve the Nuclear Waste Problem If We Keep Making More. Environmental Working Group published a new web site in October 2004 about how the Nuclear Power Relapse has already begun, in the form of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission numerous and accelerating rubberstamps for 20 year license extensions at old, deteriorating reactors. 20 year license extensions guarantee that vast amounts of high-level radioactive waste will remain at reactor sites indefinitely into the future, even if a national repository is opened and filled to its legal capacity. http://www.ewg.org Government Admits Each Nuclear Reactor Relicensing Expected to Kill 12 People, July 31, 2001. NIRS' comments on NRC generic license renewal rules, October 2000.