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February 8, 2017

Gender Matters in the Atomic Age

Presented by Mary Olson
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January 23, 2017

Yucca Mountain: Engineered for Controversy

Presented by Ian Zabarte
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January 20, 2017

How To Stop Producing More Waste Nuclear Fuel In 3 Easy Steps

Presented by George Crocker

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January 20, 2017

U.S. Nuclear Waste Dry Storage Canisters at High Risk for Leaks

Presented by Donna Gilmore
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January 20, 2017

Nuclear Fuel Waste: The Anatomy of a Lie

Presented by Gordon Edwards

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January 20, 2017

High Level Nuclear Waste: Proposed Transportation Routes

Presented by Mary Olson
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January 20, 2017

Reducing the Risks of “Spent” Fuel Storage, by Robert Alvarez, Sr. Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies 5/5/2012
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January 19, 2017
Additional Resources:

Grandmothers for Peace/Healing Ourselves & Mother Earth:
The People’s Policy on Radioactive Waste

The Nuclear Guardianship Project
An Ethic of Nuclear Guardianship
Update
November 17, 2016

High and ‘Regular’ “Burn Up” Fuel, Aging fuel, Characteristics and Dangers of Pools and Dry Casks, Hardened On-Site Storage (HOSS), Reprocessing.
Presented Thurs, Nov. 17, 2016 8pm -9:30pm Eastern by Gordon Thompson, Institute for Resource and Security Studies; Donna Gilmore, San Onofre Safety

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November 10, 2016

Presented Thurs, Nov. 10, 2016 8 pm to 9:30pm Eastern by Karen Hadden, SEED Coalition TX, Arjun Makhijani, IEER, & Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear.

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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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March 18, 2022
This week, the Energy Transition Coalition, an alliance of Ukrainian environmental and climate organizations, appealed directly to President Biden to expand US sanctions to Russia’s nuclear energy sector. The US nuclear industry initially lobbied President Biden not to do so, but in recent days they have shifted their stance, at least publicly. We will say…

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February 24, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is extremely distressing and an unjustified act of aggression. NIRS expresses our solidarity and support for the Ukrainian people, their safety and well-being, and their right to sovereignty and self-determination. The extraordinary danger of Russia’s invasion has already been underscored by its assault on Ukrainian forces at the Chornobyl nuclear disaster…

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