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April 20, 2018

Don’t Waste Baltimore: The Time We Could’ve Lost Charm City

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April 19, 2018

API opposes bailout of FirstEnergy Solutions, asks Trump administration to 'let the markets work'

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April 19, 2018

Exelon, FE nuke closures would reverse PJM wind, solar benefits: Brattle report

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April 19, 2018

FERC chair takes up coal lobby line on plant retirements

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April 18, 2018

SC Senate votes to slash SCE&G's power bills, risking Dominion deal

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April 18, 2018

Health Risks of Nuclear Power

NIRS's Mary Olson explains the dangers of nuclear energy. Event hosted by Physicians for Social Responsibility Oregon

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April 18, 2018

S.C. lawmakers wait to vote on electric rate cut as Dominion, SCANA mount campaign against it

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April 18, 2018

U.S. backs Westinghouse to finish nuclear power projects in India

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April 17, 2018

Japan’s TEPCO Could Restart Reactors Quicker than Expected

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April 17, 2018

S.C. lawmakers wait to vote on electric rate cut as Dominion, SCANA mount campaign against it

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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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