Radioactive Waste Archives · Page 18 of 26 · NIRS

March 4, 2002

Proposed Dump at YuccaMountain Would Launch 10’s of 1,000’s of Atomic Waste Trucks and Trains onto the Roads and Rails of 45 States Yucca: A Bad Site to Bury Nuclear Waste! Does it make any sense to haul up to 100,000 shipments of potentially deadly irradiated nuclear fuel rods from atomic power reactors thousands of…

Fact Sheet
February 15, 2002

President George W. Bush approves national high-level nuclear waste dump targeted at Yucca Mountain, Nevada! Despite a Presidential campaign promise to Nevadans that “sound science” would decide Yucca, not politics, Bush hastily approved Yucca relying on scientific studies characterized by a panel of experts as weak and incomplete.

Update
February 1, 2002

Gambling on Yucca Mountain, NIRS/WISE Nuclear Monitor newsletter article

Update
February 1, 2002

Fact Sheet on video showing transport cask being severely damaged by TOW shoulder-fired missile

Fact Sheet
January 23, 2002

Note on the Difficulty of Obtaining Nuclear Waste Transport Route Maps from DOE, Spencer Abraham says yes to Yucca Mountain, NIRS/Wise Nuclear Monitor article, January 11, 2002

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January 23, 2002

Note on the Difficulty of Obtaining Nuclear Waste Transport Route Maps from DOE,

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January 10, 2002

Copy of letter from DOE Secretary Abraham to Nevada Governor Guinn, January 10, 2002.

Update
January 10, 2002

NIRS meeting request directly to Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham himself upon learning of his intention to officially recommend Yucca Mountain as suitable for repository development, NIRS request was never answered, much less approved.

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December 14, 2001

NIRS comments to U.S. Department of Energy on its last second changes to its 17 year old repository site suitability guidelines because Yucca Mountain could not live up to them.

Update
November 23, 2001

US: Yucca heats up

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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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