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August 3, 2017

Experts: V.C. Summer Failure Should Put an End to State and Federal Bailouts for Nuclear Industry

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August 3, 2017

Experts: V.C. Summer Failure Should Put an End to State and Federal Bailouts for Nuclear Industry.

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July 19, 2017

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Cost Calculator

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June 26, 2017

Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) and Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE) offer the following comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at the technical conference about the Nuclear Bailouts held on May 1 and 2, 2017.

Download PDF comments.

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June 20, 2017

RE: Opposition to H.R. 1551 – Amending Tax Credit Provisions for “Advanced” Nuclear Power

On June 20, 2017 , coalition members submitted a letter to the House of Reps opposing the extension/expansion of tax credits for new reactors.

Download PDF letter.

Download press release.

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April 17, 2017
Nuclear Subsidies and Bailouts – Costs, Impacts, Responses

Presented by:

Jessica Azulay, Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE NY): Nuclear Bailout-Looking Forward (PDF Download)

Tim Judson, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS): New Subsidies for Old Reactors-No Bridge to Clean Energy (PDF Download)

Dave Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS): Bailouts-The New Nuclear Terrorism (PDF Download)

Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen: Nuclear Power: Otherwise Known as the Sex Pistols (No Future) (PDF Download)
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March 7, 2017

Fearing journalism’s nuclear meltdown

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February 24, 2017

NIRS’s Tim Judson presents on the importance of Stopping the Millstone Nuclear Bailout

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February 24, 2017

Testimony of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service Before the Connecticut General Assembly – Energy and Technology Committee

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November 2, 2016

Too Big to Bailout: The Economic Costs of a National Nuclear Power Subsidy

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May 18, 2020
Our fight to phase out nuclear energy is about much more than just one type of dirty energy. It’s part of a broader goal: a carbon-free, nuclear-free world powered by clean, renewable energy. That’s the only way we can overcome the challenges of climate change. In pursuing that goal, we have always tried to include…

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May 12, 2020
When we think about frontline or essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, we often think of doctors, nurses, grocery clerks, bus drivers, and others who perform critical services and can’t work from home. But there are some frontline workers that haven’t been mentioned a lot in the news: nuclear workers. Nuclear workers already work under…

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May 05, 2020
America is in the middle of a global pandemic. There are currently more than one million cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. and more than 67,000 people have died from it so far. Millions of Americans are sheltering in place, either voluntarily or because of state or local mandates. Roughly 30 million people have filed…

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April 23, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2020 CONTACTS: Tim Judson, NIRS 301-270-6477 timj@nirs.org Karen Orenstein, Friends of the Earth korenstein@foe.org Deb Katz, Citizens Awareness Network 413-339-4374 deb@nukebusters.org Cynthia Papermaster, CodePINK codepinkgg@gmail.com Priscilla Star, Coalition Against Nukes priscillaastar@hotmail.com Mike Carberry, Green State Solutions mike@greenstatesolutions.com Dave Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service neis@neis.org Sheila Parks, On Behalf of Planet…

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November 08, 2019
In Commemoration of Olson’s 28 Years Educating, Organizing, and Mobilizing for a Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free World Mary Olson, a leading voice against nuclear power, radioactive waste, and the health impacts of ionizing radiation, is retiring from Nuclear Information and Resource and her long-time position as our Southeast Office Director. Mary has been with NIRS for more…

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August 20, 2019
August 20, 2019: NIRS executive director Tim Judson penned this op-ed in Maryland Matters, explaining why nuclear power and fossil fuels are a dead end for climate, energy justice, and the Chesapeake Bay.

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