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Last chance to oppose nuclear waste in your local landfill

Urgent: Take action for nuclear Downwinders

Here’s your fall 2020 anti-nuclear advocacy update

NO nuclear waste in our landfills or our homes

Year
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
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2020
- Aug 14, 2020
  
  Say NO to hauling dangerous nuclear waste across America
- Aug 09, 2020
  
  Take action for the Downwinders
- Aug 06, 2020
  
  Anniversaries
- Jul 21, 2020
  
  Don't mess with our safety plans, NRC
- Jul 16, 2020
  
  Tell the NRC: No nuclear waste in my local landfill
- Jul 13, 2020
  
  Reminder: Register for July 15 telebriefing on nuclear waste
- Jul 08, 2020
  
  Don't play with our safety, NRC
- Jul 02, 2020
  
  Coming soon to your local landfill: Nuclear waste, courtesy of the NRC
- Jun 30, 2020
  
  Tell the NRC: No nuclear waste in our landfills
- Jun 24, 2020
  
  DEADLINE to tell the NRC: No easy passes for untested nukes
- Jun 18, 2020
  
  Support Black lives this weekend of Juneteenth
- Jun 16, 2020
  
  Say NO to hauling dangerous nuclear waste across America
- Jun 15, 2020
  
  Say NO to nuclear waste storage in New Mexico & Texas
- Jun 15, 2020
  
  Say NO to hauling dangerous nuclear waste across America
- Jun 11, 2020
  
  Tell the NRC: No shortcuts for untested nuclear reactors
- Jun 05, 2020
  
  Supporting Black lives in this difficult moment
- May 28, 2020
  
  Tell the NRC: No nuclear waste in our landfills
- May 12, 2020
  
  Covid-19 is coming for nuclear workers. Tell our leaders to protect them.
- May 11, 2020
  
  Covid-19 is coming for nuclear workers. Tell our leaders to protect them.
- May 11, 2020
  
  Nuclear workers are on the frontlines of the pandemic. Tell our leaders to protect them.
- Apr 30, 2020
  
  Let's celebrate! We're shutting down the Indian Point plant in NY
- Mar 24, 2020
  
  ACT NOW: For a People's Response to the Pandemic
Year
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- Back to Top
2019
- Dec 31, 2019
  
  Make 2020 the Year We Stop Nuclear Power
- Dec 30, 2019
  
  Stop Nuclear Power in 2020: Take Two Steps Now
- Dec 23, 2019
  
  Tell Congress: Our House is on Fire -- Stop Wasting Time and Money on Nuclear Energy!
- Nov 22, 2019
  
  No Nuclear Bailout in Maryland - JOIN US Dec. 9
- Nov 19, 2019
  
  ACT NOW: Tell NRC Before Midnight -- Keep Intensely Radioactive Waste Out of Soil Ditches!
- Sep 18, 2019
  
  Join Us for the #ClimateStrike! March for a Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free World
- Aug 19, 2019
  
  Don't Give Congress a "Recess" on Nuclear Waste!
- Jul 16, 2019
  
  ACT NOW - Stop the Ohio Nuclear Bailout!
- Jul 01, 2019
  
  You're Invited! Voices from the Nuclear Front-Lines
- Jun 08, 2019
  
  Tell Your US Representative NOW-No to Decades of Massive Nuclear Waste Shipments
- Jun 07, 2019
  
  Tell Your US Representative NOW-No to Decades of Massive Nuclear Waste Shipments
- Jun 07, 2019
  
  Tell Your US Representative NOW-No to Decades of Massive High Level Nuclear Shipments
- Jun 01, 2019
  
  STOP the Nuclear Bailout in Ohio -- Protest HB6 This Week!
- Mar 28, 2019
  
  Join Us! NC Community Update - Energy, Water, Waste Priorities 2019
- Mar 22, 2019
  
  You're Invited! 40 Years Later: The Nuclear Disaster at Three Mile Island
- Jan 12, 2019
  
  Help Stop the Nuclear Bailout in New York!
- Jan 03, 2019
  
  ACT NOW: Don't Abandon Nuclear Waste in Leaky Tanks
- Jan 03, 2019
  
  ACT NOW: Don't Sweep Nuclear Waste Under the Rug!
- Jan 03, 2019
  
  ACT NOW: Don't Abandon Nuclear Waste in Leaky Tanks
Year
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- Back to Top
2018
- Dec 31, 2018
  
  Happy Nuclear-Free Year!
- Dec 29, 2018
  
  Here's How We Stop Nuclear Power in 2019
- Dec 28, 2018
  
  Close the Door on Nuclear Power in 2019
- Dec 28, 2018
  
  Here's How We Stop Nuclear Power in 2019
- Dec 22, 2018
  
  Good News! We Stopped Nuclear Power at COP24!
- Dec 21, 2018
  
  Time to Celebrate: We Stopped Nuclear Power at COP24!
- Dec 21, 2018
  
  Good News! We Stopped Nuclear Power at COP24!
- Dec 09, 2018
  
  Act Now: Stop Nuclear Power and Save the Climate!
- Nov 18, 2018
  
  ACT NOW: Stop Nuke Dump + Massive Radioactive Shipments Across the US
- Nov 02, 2018
  
  You're Invited: NIRS Election Debrief -- the Road Ahead for Safe Energy and Nuclear Waste
- Nov 01, 2018
  
  You're Invited: 2018 Election Debrief -- and Major Safe Energy VICTORIES over the decades!
- Nov 01, 2018
  
  You're Invited: NIRS Election Debrief -- the Road Ahead for Safe Energy and Nuclear Waste
- Oct 01, 2018
  
  Stop Nuke Dump + Massive Radioactive Shipments Across the US
- Sep 14, 2018
  
  Want to Stop Nuclear Power? Good - It's Time!
- Sep 14, 2018
  
  Want to Stop Nuclear Power? Good - Here's How!
- Sep 14, 2018
  
  Want to Stop Nuclear Power? Good - It's Time!
- Aug 30, 2018
  
  You're Invited…NIRS Telebriefing: Celebrating Four Decades of No Nukes Activism!
- Jul 26, 2018
  
  Stop the World's Largest Nuclear Waste Dump + Massive Shipments Across the US
- Jul 11, 2018
  
  Take Action: Nuclear Reactors without Evacuation Plans?!?!
- Jun 25, 2018
  
  Stop Nuclear Power in New York – End the $7.6 Billion Bailout
- Jun 13, 2018
  
  The Dirty Energy Bailout is Back and There's Still Time to Stop It!
- Jun 04, 2018
  
  Stop Trump NOW – The Dirty Energy Bailout is Back
- May 25, 2018
  
  Don't Waste Our Nation's Capital!
- May 18, 2018
  
  We Can Win This Fight Against Nuclear Waste Transport!
- May 11, 2018
  
  Tell the NRC: Keep nuclear waste isolated--not in consumer goods!
- May 10, 2018
  
  Trump and his cronies have gotten it wrong...AGAIN!
- May 08, 2018
  
  URGENT- ACT TODAY: Stop the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act!
- May 05, 2018
  
  [[First_Name]], join our fight against environmental injustice.
- May 03, 2018
  
  ACT NOW to STOP the bad Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act!
- Apr 20, 2018
  
  [[First_Name]], Remember the Time We Could've Lost Charm City?
- Apr 20, 2018
  
  Don't Waste America: The Time We Could've Lost Charm City
- Apr 20, 2018
  
  Don't Waste America: The Time We Could've Lost Charm City
- Apr 04, 2018
  
  [[First_Name]], Don't Let Congress Waste America!
- Apr 04, 2018
  
  Don't Waste America-No False Solutions for Nuclear Waste!
- Apr 04, 2018
  
  [[First_Name]], Don't Let Congress Waste America!
- Mar 13, 2018
  
  Join NIRS for a Screening of Little Voices from Fukushima
- Mar 06, 2018
  
  Tell Trump: Don't Spend Another Dime on Yucca Mountain!
- Mar 05, 2018
  
  REMINDER: New Nuclear Dumps-Voices from TX and NM Telebriefing
- Feb 23, 2018
  
  ACT NOW: Help Protect Japan from another Nuclear Accident!
- Feb 23, 2018
  
  ACT NOW: Help Protect Japan from another Nuclear Accident!
- Feb 23, 2018
  
  ACT NOW: Help Protect Kyoto from a Devastating Nuclear Accident!
- Feb 22, 2018
  
  You're Invited…NIRS Telebriefing: New Nuclear Dumps-Voices from TX and NM
- Jan 26, 2018
  
  New Jersey's Multi-Billion Dollar Nuclear Bailout is Back!
- Jan 26, 2018
  
  New Jersey's Multi-Billion Dollar Nuclear Bailout is Back!
- Jan 26, 2018
  
  PSEG's Multi-Billion Dollar Nuclear Bailout is Back!
- Jan 24, 2018
  
  ACT TODAY: Stop Connecticut's Multi-Billion Dollar Nuclear Bailout!
- Jan 10, 2018
  
  Hip-Hip Hooray! New Jersey Nuclear Bailout FAILS!
- Jan 09, 2018
  
  We Did It! Trump's Nuclear-Coal Bailout is REJECTED!
- Jan 04, 2018
  
  Don't Let Trump FERC It Up--Stop the Nuclear-Coal Bailout NOW!
Year
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- Back to Top
2017
- Dec 31, 2017
  
  Happy No-Nukes Year!
- Dec 28, 2017
  
  ACT NOW: Support the Grassroots Groundswell!
- Dec 21, 2017
  
  ACT NOW: Don't Let Trump Nuke the Climate!
- Dec 20, 2017
  
  ACT NOW – Stop the NJ Nuclear Bailout!
- Dec 18, 2017
  
  URGENT -- Georgia PSC to Decide on Vogtle Reactors THURSDAY!!
- Dec 14, 2017
  
  Don't Waste America Now, Don't Waste America EVER!
- Dec 11, 2017
  
  GOOD NEWS: No Nuclear Bailout TODAY – Now Let's Stop it for Good!
- Dec 08, 2017
  
  ACT NOW-- Cancel the Vogtle Nuclear Reactors Now!
- Dec 05, 2017
  
  ACT NOW: Tell Your Reps to VOTE NO on the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act!
- Nov 23, 2017
  
  A NIRS event on Human Rights, Climate Justice, and the New Nuclear Renaissance in India

October 21, 2020
For Immediate Release–Contact Diane D’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director Nuclear Information and Resource Service dianed@nirs.org; 202-841-8588 Audio teleconference on VLLW: https://www.nirs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Telebrief_VLLW-landfills_2020-07-15.mp3 October 21, 2020 Nearly 10,000 comments were submitted by today’s deadline to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) against its plan to deliberately allow nuclear waste, mainly from nuclear power reactors, to go to…

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October 20, 2020
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May 18, 2020
Our fight to phase out nuclear energy is about much more than just one type of dirty energy. It’s part of a broader goal: a carbon-free, nuclear-free world powered by clean, renewable energy. That’s the only way we can overcome the challenges of climate change. In pursuing that goal, we have always tried to include…

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May 12, 2020
When we think about frontline or essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, we often think of doctors, nurses, grocery clerks, bus drivers, and others who perform critical services and can’t work from home. But there are some frontline workers that haven’t been mentioned a lot in the news: nuclear workers. Nuclear workers already work under…

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May 05, 2020
America is in the middle of a global pandemic. There are currently more than one million cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. and more than 67,000 people have died from it so far. Millions of Americans are sheltering in place, either voluntarily or because of state or local mandates. Roughly 30 million people have filed…

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April 23, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2020 CONTACTS: Tim Judson, NIRS 301-270-6477 timj@nirs.org Karen Orenstein, Friends of the Earth korenstein@foe.org Deb Katz, Citizens Awareness Network 413-339-4374 deb@nukebusters.org Cynthia Papermaster, CodePINK codepinkgg@gmail.com Priscilla Star, Coalition Against Nukes priscillaastar@hotmail.com Mike Carberry, Green State Solutions mike@greenstatesolutions.com Dave Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service neis@neis.org Sheila Parks, On Behalf of Planet…

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