Reactor Watchdog Archives

May 2, 2016

Video of today's NIRS webinar, Chernobyl +30: A Look from the Inside, with Lucas Hixson. Mr. Hixson recently traveled to Ukraine and visited the Chernobyl site. He takes us from the moment reactor Unit 4 failed on April 26, the aftermath, and the ongoing mitigation work, up to his own recent experiences living with today’s workers at the site of one of the largest man-made radioactive releases on the planet. Slides only from presentation.

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April 28, 2016

NIRS webinar on investigation of reactor pressure vessel bolts at New York's Indian Point reactors, which revealed numerous deficiencies and failures. The webinar examines those failures and explores the implications for reactors across the U.S. and world. Full video/audio of webinar. Slides only from presentation by David Lochbaum of Union of Concerned Scientists.

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April 18, 2016

NIRS webinar, part of the #NuclearIsDirty campaign, on the effects of nuclear power on clean water as well as marine life. With presentations from Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Beyond Nuclear, and NIRS. Recording of full webinar (mp4 format). Slides only (no audio) from each presentation (pdf format): SACE, Beyond Nuclear, NIRS

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April 16, 2016

New report from Green Cross: The Financial Costs of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster: A Review of the Literature

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April 15, 2016

"The Other Report on Chernobyl" (TORCH), commissioned by Rebecca Harms, Member of European Parliament for Chernobyl+20 conference.

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March 15, 2016

“Expedited motion” filed by a coalition of concerned citizens, environmental organizations, and Native American/First Nation tribes against U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Bill Richardson regarding the “Parallex” shipment of experimental weapons-grade plutonium mixed oxide fuel from Los Alamos Nuclear Lab in New Mexico, through Michigan, to Chalk River Nuclear Lab, Ontario, Canada,

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March 7, 2016

TORCH 2016. Update of 2006's The Other Report on Chernobyl, detailing the ongoing health effects of that nuclear disaster nearing its 30th anniversary. From Global 2000/Friends of the Earth, Austria.

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October 5, 2015

Important new report from the UK's highy-respected think tank Chatham House: Cyber Security at Civil Nuclear Facilities: Understanding the Risks. Nuclear reactors are not adequately protected from hackers and cyberwarfare.

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May 14, 2015

New York City Council enters debate over Indian Point reactors; resolution introduced to close and decommission reactors 35 miles from Manhattan. Press release from NIRS and three other organizations.

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January 7, 2015

New report from Clean Water Action examines the failures of the Safe Drinking Water Act--and its enforcement--to protect critical clean water supplies from oil and gas development, and from uranium mining activities.

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