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Asia

March 27, 2008

200+ scientists and engineers call for closure of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear facility hit by August 2007 earthquake.

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Australia

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December 24, 2018

Press Release: Don’t Nuke the Climate Statement on COP24

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December 4, 2017

Signature/ratification status of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

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October 13, 2017

Nuclear Ban Group ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize as Trump Threatens to End Iran Deal & Nuke North Korea

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July 24, 2013

Very nice new piece from Counterbalance. Myths and Facts: EU Policy and Nuclear Energy (pdf)

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June 8, 2011

NIRS statement of solidarity with Italian anti-nuclear movement and support for June 12-13 referendum to prevent new nuclear reactor construction.

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May 1, 2011

Eight European Union countries (Austria, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Portugal) have created a new anti-nuclear bloc within the EU. Initial declaration here.

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Turkey

Bulgaria

March 8, 2005

Assurances sought after death threat against Bulgarian anti-nuclear activist, Goldman prize winner. Link in text to send your message to Bulgarian government.

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July 21, 2007

1 killed, several injured in attack on anti-nuclear camp in Russia,

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February 16, 2005

Ecodefence Demands to Cancel $600 Million Nuclear Waste Deal as Hungary’ Prime-Minister Visiting Russia. Ecodefence press-release. Moscow,

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February 11, 2005

State Environmental Impact Assessment Agency Became Pro-Nuclear. Ecodefense urge government to establish separate agency for environmental impact assessment that would not be dependent on any industry. Ecodefence press-release. Moscow,

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February 24, 2021
MEDIA ALERT / STATEMENT / SOURCE OFFER Contact: Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com, 914-589-5988 Independent Expert Sources on Planned Exelon Break-up Warn of Safety Risks and a Grab for More Subsidies Below are two short statements by independent experts from nuclear industry watchdog groups commenting on Exelon’s announcement that it intends to split into two companies. These…

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October 21, 2020
For Immediate Release–Contact Diane D’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director Nuclear Information and Resource Service dianed@nirs.org; 202-841-8588 Audio teleconference on VLLW: https://www.nirs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Telebrief_VLLW-landfills_2020-07-15.mp3 October 21, 2020 Nearly 10,000 comments were submitted by today’s deadline to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) against its plan to deliberately allow nuclear waste, mainly from nuclear power reactors, to go to…

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October 20, 2020
For immediate release: Contacts: Tim Judson, NIRS, 301-270-6477 Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, 301-523-0201 David Kraft, NEIS, 773-342-7650 Nuclear power plants appear to be sites of COVID-19 super-spreader events, but government regulators are ignoring the problem. So says a coalition of safe-energy advocates who have been tracking the situation. The groups obtained copies of social media…

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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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