May 29, 2002 What if the Potterville, Michigan Train Derailment Had Involved High-Level Nuclear Waste?: Detroit Edison’s Highly Radioactive Fermi Nuclear Plant Waste Could Travel Grand Trunk Western Railway. NIRS Press Release. Press Release
May 16, 2002 Restart of Browns Ferry Unit 1 Reactor in Decatur, Alabama Ignores Safety and Security. NIRS Press Release. Press Release
May 13, 2002 NIRS holds press conference on Michigan State Capitol Steps in Opposition to Yucca Dump. Press Release
May 10, 2002 Environmental Groups Spotlight Undue Industry Influence as U.S. Senators Prepare to Vote on Shipping High-Level Nuclear Waste upon Michigan's Roads, Rails, and Shoreline Press Release
April 25, 2002 NIRS mock “Mobile Chernobyl” circled U.S. Capitol on 16th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe to protest impending vote in U.S. House of Representatives on Yucca Mountain dump and risky atomic waste transportation. Press Release
March 21, 2002 National Research Council Report Does NOT Endorse US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Aim to Let Nuclear Waste Go into Consumer Products or Normal Trash Press Release