Uranium Mining and Nuclear Pollution in the Upper Midwest, a fact sheet with action ideas from Defenders of the Black…
Uranium Mining and Nuclear Pollution in the Upper Midwest, a fact sheet with action ideas from Defenders of the Black Hills.
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New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution submits emergency petition to NRC,
New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution submits emergency petition to NRC,
2021 West Valley Nuclear Series
This is a collection of Zoom meeting recordings of sessions held by the West Valley Action Network (NIRS is a part of this network), the Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Waste, and various partners including the Partnership for Public Good, Buffalo Commons and the Western New York Environmental Alliance. Thank you to all the organizations…
Hiroshima, Nagasaki: Nuclear Is Not Normal
August 6-9, 2022 marks the 77th anniversary of the first uses of atomic weapons in warfare: the US’s bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945; followed by the US’s bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9. Beyond the horrible, indiscriminate violence unleashed on civilians … and the relentless harms of cancer and other diseases…
New Yorkers Paid Billions for a Bad Nuclear Bailout – Don’t Let Michigan Make the Same Mistake
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is playing with fire. She could end up repeating a mistake that is burning us here in New York for billions of dollars–running up electric bills with expensive subsidies for aging and unprofitable nuclear power plants. Michiganders beware: Gov. Whitmer’s push for a last-minute federal bailout to keep the Palisades nuclear power…
The Unjustifiable Climate Cost of a Nuclear Bailout
There is no denying that the climate crisis is here. The crisis unfolds on the front pages and the endless scroll of our feeds. In recent weeks, record-smashing heatwaves in the Pacific Northwest met scorching droughts, wildfires, and warming waters across the west, another brutal wave of extreme weather that has become the new normal. We…
Coronavirus and the Nuclear Industry
This page is an archive of news stories about the spread of coronavirus in nuclear facilities across the country. The table is sortable by title, date, state, and specific facility mentioned in the story (‘all’ means the story is national). Title Date State Facility Georgia nuclear project reports more than 800 COVID-19 cases to…
Nuclear Energy Frequently Asked Questions
How is nuclear energy created? How does it work? Generation of electricity from nuclear power is fundamentally similar to other kinds of traditional power generation like coal, natural gas, and oil. All of these power sources are referred to as “thermal” power sources. Oil, coal, or natural gas is burned to boil water or to…
New York Just Proved Why Bailing Out Nuclear Power Is a Bad Idea
Yesterday, New York became the first state to adopt a policy to subsidize aging, uncompetitive nuclear reactors. The state’s Public Service Commission, which regulates utility companies, passed a Clean Energy Standard that combines a 50% renewable energy standard by 2030 with massive subsidies to prop up uneconomical reactors. (You can download the whole PSC order…
Mainstreaming the nuclear exit
It’s no great revelation to say that the mainstream media, fractured though it may be these days, holds great power. It’s not direct power; the media can’t make actual decisions. Rather, the media grabs a theme–a meme if you want–and holds on to it, and repeats it, and provides slight twists to it so it…