Important new report from Institute for Energy and Environmental Research: small modular reactors won't solve nuclear industry's problems and may exacerbate them. (pdf)
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Pittsburgh City Council passes proclamation in support of NIRS Petition for Rulemaking on emergency planning. (pdf)
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West Valley is highly erosion-prone and climate change is making it worse. In 2009 there was a huge flood that eroded nearby streams closer to the buried waste. Here are comments submitted in March 2013 on this danger. For over 2 years DOE and NYSERDA have failed to discuss and consider public suggestions made for studies to be done at West Valley. In August 2013, groups will meet with DOE and NYSERDA to discuss these and the failure to truly incorporate dangers of climate change into ongoing studies and planning.
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Indispensable resource: World Nuclear Status Report 2013 from Mycle Schneider, Anthony Froggatt and more.
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Renaissance in Reverse. Dr. Mark Cooper releases new report detailing the myriad of problems facing the aging reactor fleet, predicts more reactor shutdowns. Press release. Full report.
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Conservative/Enviro group letter to U.S. House in support of Burgess Amendment to end taxpayer bailout of USEC. Groups include NRDC, UCS, FoE, R Street, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Freedom Action, and more.
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