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February 28, 2015

West Valley Waste Watch:

Winter 2017

Autumn 2017
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April 2013

March 2012

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November 2011

September 2011

Update
February 27, 2015

Exelon unveils its nuke bailout plan

Update
February 23, 2015

SimplyInfo.org has released a new, 33-page report on the accident at Unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi that began on March 11, 2011. Very worthwhile.

Link
February 18, 2015

NIRS comments to Maryland Public Service Commission in opposition to proposed Exelon-Pepco merger.

Update
February 15, 2015

Resolutions

Seneca Nation of Indians Resolution
Erie County Resolution
Niagara County Resolution
Great Lakes United Resolution
West Valley Clean Up Resolution

Update
February 13, 2015

NEI’s pitiful plea to Wall Street

Update
February 11, 2015

How rooftop solar can prevent the apocalypse

Update
February 11, 2015

Talking points on Yucca Mountain.

Update
February 11, 2015

A brief history of the Yucca Mountain project. NIRS factsheet.

Update
February 10, 2015

WCS wants Texas to be nation’s radwaste dumping ground

Update

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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