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November 28, 2003

Translated into Italian and presented to Italian radioactive waste dump opponents by Linda Gunter during the Scanzano Jonico protests in NIRS Factsheet, November 28, 2003.

Fact Sheet
November 28, 2003

NIRS fact sheet, translated into Italian and presented by Linda Gunter to nuclear dump opponents at the protests against the dump targeted at Scanzano Jonico, Italy in December, 2003.

Fact Sheet
November 4, 2003

Group letter to U.S. House-Senate Energy and Waters Appropriations Conference Committee urging opposition to Bush Administration’s excessive budget request for Yucca Mountain Project, Go to http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/nuclear_waste/hi-level/yucca/articles.cfm?ID=10294 to see Public Citizen’s “Escalating Total System Life Cycle Cost Estimates” chart for the Yucca Mountain Project.

Link
December 6, 2002

NIRS/WISE Nuclear Monitor newsletter article

Update
December 1, 2002

Information for Yucca Mountain whistleblowers.

Update
November 1, 2002

Tribal Concerns About the Yucca Mountain Repository.

Update
July 19, 2002

Senate approves Yucca; fight is far from over….

Update
July 16, 2002

NIRS article,West Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (WMEAC) newsletter,

Update
July 9, 2002

Fact sheet handed to U.S. Senators as they walked through the U.S. Capitol lobby on their way to vote urging them to sustain the State of Nevada’s veto of the high-level radioactive waste dump targeted at Yucca Mountain

Fact Sheet
July 9, 2002

Senate Vote Does Not Mean End to Yucca Mountain Fight; More Congressional Actions, Legal Suits, Protests and Blocades Will Follow

Press Release

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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