Reports and Papers Archives · NIRS

July 15, 2021

REPORT: $50 BILLION NUCLEAR BAILOUT WOULD UNDERMINE BIDEN CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCURE GOALS

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Cooper Report: Building a 21st Century Electricity System

Fact Sheet
April 15, 2021

Hoodwinked in the Hothouse — NIRS Joins New Edition of Resource Guide on False Solutions to Climate Change

Update
November 28, 2018

NIRS Publishes White Paper on Reactor Shutdowns and Phaseout Plans

Update
November 29, 2016

Radioactive Waste Summit Supplementary PowerPoint:

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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November 17, 2016

Radioactive Waste Summit Webinar 3: Irradiated ('Spent') Nuclear Fuel
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Video
November 10, 2016

Radioactive Waste Summit Webinar 2: Centralized ‘Interim’ Storage (CIS) and Nuclear Transport Dangers
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Video
November 3, 2016

Radioactive Waste Summit Webinar 1: An Introduction to Nuclear Power and the Nuclear Fuel Chain
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Video
November 2, 2016

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

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Update
March 18, 2016

Audio file (mp3) of NIRS telebriefing on 1979 uranium mining disaster at Church Rock, New Mexico.

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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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