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…
The House Oversight Committee is investigating secretive negotiations between the White House and Saudi Arabia to export nuclear reactors and related technology to Saudi Arabia. These negotiations were initiated in 2016 by a group of retired military officers, including former National Security Advisor and retired Lt. General Michael Flynn, and has since been taken up…
40 Years After the Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster: Nuclear Power Passes its High-Water Mark as its Share of Electrical Output, Generating Capacity, and Energy Production All Decline While Renewables Grow and Overtake Nuclear Power For Release: Wednesday – March 27, 2019 Contact: Ken Bossong, 301-270-6477 x.6 Tim Judson, 301-270-6477…
2018 Election and Beyond — the Road Ahead for Safe Energy and Nuclear Waste Also: NIRS’s 40th Anniversary — Major Victories over the Decades! NIRS held a telebriefing on November 15, 2018, reporting on the results of the mid-term elections and what they mean for nuclear power and radioactive waste. We also continued our commemoration…
EXPERTS: NUCLEAR BAILOUT COULD COST UP TO $17 BILLION A YEAR AND “DESTROY” RENEWABLES INDUSTRY IN U.S.
Former NRC Commissioner Bradford: Bailout Scheme is “Energy Policymaking Gone Haywire” With “Fairytale” Rationale; NIRS Updates 2016 Estimate of Hit on Pocketbooks of Consumers, Noting that Coal Bailout Element Could Double the Annual Cost. WASHINGTON, D.C.///June 6, 2018///The controversial Trump Administration plan to nationalize the nuclear energy marketplace could cost U.S. consumers up to…
Our country is facing a nuclear waste crisis. With over 70,000 tons of the most deadly waste ever created piling up at nuclear power plants all over the country, Congress and the Trump administration are proposing false solutions that will only worsen the crisis. Help us Stop Congress from Wasting America! Your donation today will…
Utility’s Top D.C. Lobbyist Hosted Dinner Wednesday Night for President Trump; Lobbyist is Former Campaign Chair for Now-Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Who Would Decide on FirstEnergy’s Emergency Appeal. WASHINGTON, D.C.///April 5, 2018///Now that top FirstEnergy D.C. lobbyist Jeff Miller has hosted a dinner for President Donald J. Trump, America needs to make sure that…
Our country is facing a nuclear waste crisis. Over 70,000 metric tons of the most lethal waste ever created is piling up at nuclear power plants all over the United States. After over 75 years of making this lethally radioactive waste, there are still no viable nuclear waste solutions that will help protect humans and…
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release Source: Hudson River Sloop Clearwater www.clearwater.org Contact: Stephen Kent skent@kentcom.com 914-589-5988 [Albany, NY – January 23, 2018] Two weeks after the Federal Energy Commission rejected a Department of Energy proposal for federal subsidies to prop up uncompetitive nuclear plants , the New York State Supreme Court in Albany County…