Radioactive Waste Archives · Page 19 of 26 · NIRS

November 23, 2001

US: Yucca heats up

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October 25, 2001

Press release: U.S. atomic waste transport train postponed for security reasons,

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October 4, 2001

NIRS comments on the Secretary of Energy’s “Possible Site Recommendation for Yucca Mountain,” Nevada, for Development as a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository,

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September 20, 2001

Despite new fear of terrorism, DOE railroads Mobile Chernobyl decision toward approval. NIRS article on the terrorist threat to high-level radioactive waste shipments,

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August 6, 2001

Nuclear waste train headed through Illinois, (Courier Press, )

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July 30, 2001

Kevin Kamps is quoted in the Issue of Newsweek.

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July 9, 2001

Citizen Alert’s general comments on the Supplement Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.

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July 6, 2001

NIRS’ Comments to the DOE on the Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain.

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June 28, 2001

Yucca Mountain Nuke Dump Update, NIRS/WISE Nuclear Monitor newsletter article,

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June 27, 2001

The State of Nevada today filed suit in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the EPA's recently promulgated rule governing allowable releases of radiation for a Yucca Mountain repository. The State's brief can be found at the here

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July 07, 2026
The 4th of July, a time when many Americans celebrate the founding of their country. This year is particularly momentous this year, as it is the 250th year since this country’s founding. Our president wants to celebrate this momentous occasion by starting up (or “going critical”) three untested, unlicensed, unregulated reactors—of course, creating more nuclear…

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April 26, 2026
The Buzz About Chornobyl, 40 Years Later. How Do We Tell the Bees? No, the bees in the Chornobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) are not mutated–in the visual ways we think of–nor are they glow-in-the-dark. They didn’t turn into giant, killer bees, and they don’t light up green at night. But what they did do was…

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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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