Reactor Watchdog Archives · Page 12 of 26 · NIRS

July 16, 2008

Testimony of Richard Webster, Legal Director for Eastern Environmental Law Center, before Senate Environment Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. The testimony argues that the NRC’s relicensing process is deficient and there are severe weaknesses in the oversight of reactor safety.

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December 17, 2007

Comments written by Greenpeace and supported by NIRS and other groups on NRC proposed rule that requires some–but not all–new reactor designs to withstand aircraft crashes.

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December 17, 2007

Comments written by Greenpeace and supported by NIRS and other groups on NRC proposed rule that requires some–but not all–new reactor designs to withstand aircraft crashes.

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December 4, 2007

Got Water? A new issue brief from Union of Concerned Scientists explaining water use and water issues associated with nuclear reactors.

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October 10, 2007

Project On Government Oversight statement on causes of exhausted security workers at Peach Bottom

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October 10, 2007

Project On Government Oversight statement on causes of exhausted security workers at Peach Bottom

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September 25, 2007

Asleep at the Switch. Security Guards Caught Sleeping at Peach Bottom. A three-month investigation by WCBS-TV in New York City uncovered a stunning breakdown of security at some nuclear reactors, including videotape of security guards sleeping on the job at the Peach Bottom site in Pennsylvania. The videotape first aired on WCBS on

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September 25, 2007

Asleep at the Switch. Security Guards Caught Sleeping at Peach Bottom. A three-month investigation by WCBS-TV in New York City uncovered a stunning breakdown of security at some nuclear reactors, including videotape of security guards sleeping on the job at the Peach Bottom site in Pennsylvania. The videotape first aired on WCBS on

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August 27, 2007

New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution submits emergency petition to NRC,

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August 22, 2007

Vermont Yankee Cooling Tower Collapses. A portion of a cooling tower at the Vermont Yankee reactor collapsed Wednesday, A broken 52” pipe was photographed spewing water into the ground, to the embarrassment of Yankee owner Entergy Corporation, the nation’s second-largest nuclear utility. More pictures here.

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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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