Fire Protection Archives · NIRS

June 20, 2007

NIRS paper on significant non-compliance with fire safety regulations at Browns Ferry 1.

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June 20, 2007

Safety Deficiencies at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Complex.

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May 25, 2005

NIRS comments opposing a proposed NRC change to fire protection regulations for nuclear power plants that would allow manual actions to be substituted for qualified protective fire barriers around electrical cabling vital to shutting the reactor down in the event of fire.

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August 2, 2004

Progressive Magazine spotlights fire protection hazards at reactors. Article, based on NIRS FOIA discoveries, NRC wants to change rules to comply with repeated utility rules violations. NIRS press release. For entire Progressive magazine article “Fire Hazard: Bush Leaves Nuclear Plants At Risk” see http://www.progressive.org/august04/cusac0804.html

Press Release
June 29, 2004

NIRS allegation to NRC Nuclear Reactor Regulation regarding nuclear industry non-compliance with NRC Orders issued in 1998 to bring inoperable Thermo-Lag 330-1 fire barriers into compliance with federal law [10 CFR 50 Appendix R III.G.2] and instead substituting unapproved, largely unanalyzed and illegal Operator Manual Actions with a particular focus on Florida’s Crystal River nuclear power station.

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January 24, 2004

NIRS comments to NRC regarding the agency’s proposed criteria for the adoption of illegal and unapproved "manual operator actions" in lieu of operable fire barriers for the protection of remote control room functions to safely shut down the reactor in the event of fire by accident or an act of terrorism.

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October 2, 1996

NRC Levies $900,000 Fine Against Thermo-Lag Manufacturer. Public Safety Remains In Jeopardy As Combustible Fire Barrier Is Still Installed at Reactors. NIRS press release.

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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