January 31, 2006 After rejecting a NIRS petition demanding emergency back-up power for sirens within 10-mile emergency planning zones around reactors, the NRC orders Indian Point to install exactly that, due to legislation sponsored by Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) that affects only the Indian Point site. Update
January 26, 2006 28 groups write to all 535 Members of Congress urging opposition to the reprocessing relapse Link
January 18, 2006 Public interest and environmental groups thank U.S. Senator Reid of Nevada for his efforts in support of the Cedar Mountains Wilderness Act, blocking the preferred rail route PFS would need to deliver irradiated nuclear fuel to the Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation. Update
January 17, 2006 Letter from State of Pennsylvania to NRC regarding improper disposal of tritium filled devices now leaking into groundwater from public landfills. Update
January 1, 2006 Comparison of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions and Abatement Cost of Nuclear and Alternative Energy Options from a Life-Cycle Perspective. Oko Institute, updated Update
January 1, 2006 Nuclear power: economics and climate-protection potential. Amory Lovins. Rocky Mountain Institute. 06 Link
January 1, 2006 Whistling In The (Radioactive) Dark? a second article by Mike Hopping on nuclear transports in Western North Carolina. Update
December 19, 2005 NIRS comments on re-write of Michigan’s mining rules and regulations, particularly concerning newly proposed uranium mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Update
December 7, 2005 Is Nuclear Energy Sustainable? Presentation by José Goldemberg and Oswaldo Lucon, São Paulo State Environment Agency, Brazil, at NIRS/Sierra Club of Canada/Heinrich Boell Foundation event in Montreal, (Powerpoint presentation). Update
