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Chernobyl Resource Page

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May 6, 2019

Chernobyl Myths & Misconceptions: We have better evacuation plans than they did at Chernobyl.

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May 6, 2019

Chernobyl Myths & Misconceptions: We wouldn’t make the same mistakes.

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May 6, 2019

Chernobyl Myths & Misconceptions: It Couldn’t Happen Here.

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April 19, 2019

Saudi Nuclear Deal: NIRS Requests Documents on DOE Nuclear Projects

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April 4, 2019

40 Years Later: The Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster

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March 28, 2019

NIRS Statement at Three Mile Island 40th Anniversary Press Conference

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March 27, 2019

40 Years After Three Mile Island: Nuclear Declining, Renewables Surging Past

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March 13, 2019

2019 Coalition Letter to Congress: End Yucca, Stop CIS!

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February 7, 2019

NIRS Statement on Green New Deal Resolution

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March 27, 2019
40 Years After the Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster: Nuclear Power Passes its High-Water Mark as its Share of Electrical Output, Generating Capacity, and Energy Production All Decline While Renewables Grow and Overtake Nuclear Power For Release: Wednesday – March 27, 2019 Contact: Ken Bossong, 301-270-6477 x.6 Tim Judson, 301-270-6477…

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February 07, 2019
February 7, 2019 Green New Deal Needs More Green to Make Good on the Name Markey/Ocasio-Cortez Resolution Must Call for Phasing out Nuclear Power and Fossil Fuels Contact: Tim Judson 301-270-6477 timj@nirs.org Takoma Park, MD—Nuclear Information and Resource Service issued the following statement today on Sen. Markey’s (D-MA) and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) issuance of…

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January 31, 2019
January 29, 2019 Allies Move to Block High-Level Radioactive Waste Targeted for New Mexico: HOLTEC Proposes World’s Largest Nuclear Dump and Nationwide Shipment of N-Waste Contact: Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service — dianed@nirs.org 301-270 6477 x3 Leona Morgan, Nuclear Issues Study Group — 505-879-8547 Albuquerque, NM — Ten organizations* and two industry groups** blasted…

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December 24, 2018
24 December 2018 Nuclear Power Revealed as “Ambition Killer” at Global Climate Summit Nuclear Promoters Pushed False Solutions to Global Warming, Blocked Ambition, Human Rights, and Equity in Negotiations Katowice, Poland – NEWS ADVISORY – The Don’t Nuke the Climate Coalition issued the following statement on the conclusion of the COP24 GloCconference: “Nuclear energy confirmed…

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December 13, 2018
December 13, 2018 Nuclear Power Violates Climate Justice, Human Rights Environmental and Climate Justice Leaders Call Out Nuclear as False Solution Call On COP24 to Refuse Ambition-Killing Demands of Nuclear Promoters VIDEO RECORDING: https://unfccc-cop24.streamworld.de/webcast/enhancing-ambition-human-rights-and-climate-justic Katowice, Poland – NEWS ADVISORY – Nuclear power makes climate change worse, and must not be promoted under the Paris global…

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December 11, 2018
Advisory: December 12, 2018 at 6pm CET Nuclear Power Violates Climate Justice, Human Rights Environmental and Climate Justice Leaders Call Out Nuclear as False Solution Call On COP24 to Refuse Ambition-Killing Demands of Nuclear Promoters Katowice, Poland – NEWS ADVISORY – Nuclear power makes climate change worse, and must not be promoted under the Paris…

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