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February 1, 2005

NIRS FACT SHEET, Nuclear waste storage casks at reactor sites demonstrated to be vulnerable to terrorist attack.

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February 1, 2005

Nuclear waste storage casks at reactor sites demonstrated to be vulnerable to terrorist attack.

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February 1, 2005

Dr. Strangelove Rides Again: Nuclear Power Permeates Bush’s 2006 DOE Budget,

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January 27, 2005

Activists Urged EBRD to Suspend Nuke Funding. Ecodefence press-release. Moscow,

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January 26, 2005

48 Organizations Refute President Bush’s Claim That Nuclear Power is a "Renewable Sourse of Energy".

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January 24, 2005

NIRS comments on PRM-73-12, Combined Comments of Office of Attorneys General,

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January 14, 2005

Letter from New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and NM attorney general protesting NRC’s decision to conduct LES hearings in a closed fashion. Richardson threatens to withdraw state support for the project.

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January 1, 2005

Environmental Justice Under Attack In Bid To Expand Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Port Gibson, Mississippi. See photographs here. NIRS learned in after publishing these photographs that Bald Hill Road is under repair.

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December 24, 2004

“Gambling with safety: NRC downgrades quality assurance of reactor parts”, Nuclear Monitor Article, In a move controversial even with its own staff, NRC released its Final Rule affecting how reactor operators purchase safety-related parts to ensure that safety-related systems, structures and components will perform vital functions during operation or an accident.

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December 16, 2004

Russian President Gives New Life to Chernobyl-Type Reactors. Ecodefence press-release. Moscow,

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May 08, 2023
On April 15, 2023 utilities in Germany shut down the country’s three last remaining nuclear power plants. These closures mark the successful planned phase-out of German nuclear energy from the nation’s grid. What does this mean for Germany? What lessons should the U.S. take away from the German energy transition? Germany’s Energiewende (“energy transition”) is an overarching…

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December 13, 2022
NIRS Statement on 12/13/22 DOE Nuclear Fusion Announcement Today, the US Department of Energy announced what scientists consider a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research. In the DOE’s press release, they celebrate “a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean…

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June 10, 2022
News from Beyond Nuclear, For Immediate Release Contacts: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, kevin@beyondnuclear.org, (240) 462-3216;Michael Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes and Don’t Waste Michigan, mkeeganj@comcast.net, (734) 770-1441;Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, dianed@nirs.org, (301) 270-6477 ext. 3,;Terry Lodge, environmental coalition legal counsel, tjlodge50@yahoo.com, (419) 205-7084Iris Potter, Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, b.irispotter@gmail.com,…

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March 30, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, March 30, 2022 GROUPS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN URANIUM Activists gathered near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to demand President Biden and Congress Ban Imports of Russian Uranium into the United States U.S. CORPORATIONS BUYING RUSSIAN URANIUM ARE FUNDING PUTIN’S WAR ON UKRAINE Washington D.C. – Activists affiliated…

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March 29, 2022
NIRS has joined our counterparts in Ukraine, calling for sanctions on Russia’s nuclear industry, including a ban on imports of uranium from Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear conglomerate. Doing so should not depend on there being no impact on the U.S. economy–we should have the courage of our convictions, and bringing an end to the wanton…

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March 29, 2022
It is increasingly urgent to do all we can to end Russia’s war on Ukraine and achieve a peaceful withdrawal of Russian forces from the country. Untold thousands of civilians have now been killed. Over one-fourth of Ukraine’s population–more than 10 million people–have been displaced from their homes and cities, many of which have been…

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