NIRS in the News Archives

June 7, 2018

Trump Plan to Prop Up Nuclear, Coal to Cost Consumers Billions?

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June 7, 2018

Trump's nuclear bailout would cost up to $17 billion a year: NIRS

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June 1, 2018

PJM auction will not stop nuclear units from retiring: analysts

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May 28, 2018

Competition drives nuclear industry to look for millions in subsidies

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May 14, 2018

Nuclear waste could be headed to West Texas under House bill

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April 11, 2018

Activists kick off NM tour to protest nuke storage plan

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April 9, 2018

New Evidence Might Bolster Case Against Massive NY Bailout of Nuclear Power Plants

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March 5, 2018

NIRS’s Diane D’Arrigo discusses nuclear power and weapons waste with Laura Evans

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March 2, 2018

Environmental groups map next phase of West Valley nuclear site cleanup

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January 30, 2018

Challenge to N.Y. Nuclear Subsidies Will Go to Trial

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December 13, 2018
For Immediate Release: 13 December 2018 Contact: Makoma Lekalakala, Earthlife Africa, +27 82 682 9177, makoma@earthlife.org.za Ayumi Fukakusa, Friends of the Earth-Japan, fukakusa@foejapan.org Leona Morgan, Diné No Nukes, +1 505 879 8547, leona.morgan.nm@gmail.com Kerstin Rudek, Don’t Nuke the Climate +49 1590 21 54 831, kerstin.rudek@gmx.de Nuclear Power Violates Climate Justice, Human Rights Environmental…

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December 11, 2018
Media Advisory: 12 December 2018 at 6pm CET Contacts: Kerstin Rudek, Don’t Nuke the Climate +49 1590 21 54 831, kerstin.rudek@gmx.de Makoma Lekalakala, Earthlife Africa, +27 82 682 9177, makoma@earthlife.org.za Ayumi Fukakusa, Friends of the Earth-Japan, fukakusa@foejapan.org Leona Morgan, Diné No Nukes, +1 505 879 8547, leona.morgan.nm@gmail.com Nuclear Power Violates Climate Justice, Human…

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December 07, 2018
For Immediate Release: 7 December 2018 Contact: Tim Judson, NIRS +1 212-729-1169, timj@nirs.org Makoma Lekalakala, Earthlife Africa +27 82 682 9177, makoma@earthlife.org.za Kerstin Rudek, Don’t Nuke the Climate Coalition +49 159 02154831, kerstin.rudek@gmx.de No Nuclear Road to Paris New report concludes nuclear power “will play no meaningful role” in averting catastrophic warming Renewable energy pathways…

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November 28, 2018
Today, NIRS published a white paper on strategies states can use to manage shutdowns of nuclear reactors responsibly and cost-effectively. Nuclear Reactor Closures: Practical, Cost-Effective Solutions for Communities and the Climate, takes lessons learned from reactor closures and state subsidy programs. It proposes proactive, cost-effective ways for states to plan for shutdowns, while protecting workers…

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November 26, 2018
Media Advisory – November 28, 2018 at 11am EST Experts Propose New Process for Nuclear Reactor Retirements to Protect Ratepayers, Local Communities, and the Climate Nuclear Subsidy/Bailout Programs are Costing Consumers Billions of Dollars, Failing to Protect Workers and Communities Lessons Learned from States Show Faster, Cost-Effective Approach to Reactor Closures is Needed to Advance…

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August 21, 2018
Jacksonville Electric Authority, a municipal utility company in Florida, is demanding that the Vogtle 3 and 4 reactors be canceled, after this month’s $2.3 billion cost increase, or it will sue to get out of the project, which now is over five years behind schedule and set to cost over $27 billion. According to JEA,…

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NIRS’s Diane D’Arrigo discusses nuclear power and weapons waste with Laura Evans