Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water. New report from PIRG/Environment America.
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Rep. Markey blasts NRC vote to approve AP1000 reactor design and notes NRC overruled Chairman Jaczko on accelerating reactor construction: "Today, the NRC has presented its holiday gifts to the nuclear industry."
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) releases important new report that charges the four NRC Commissioners currently attacking Chair Greg Jaczko with conspiracy to undermine needed post-Fukushima safety regulations.
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Presentation from radiation researcher Marco Kaltofen to American Public Health Association on new radiation findings from Fukushima and U.S. Video explanation from Fairewinds Associates available here.
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New Synapse study for Riverkeeper/NRDC showing that Indian Point reactors are not needed to meet electrical demands.
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Nuclear Power After Fukushima. Report and recommendations to improve safety & security at U.S. reactor sites, from Union of Concerned Scientists.
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New report for Greenpeace finds that Areva’s EPR reactor design is vulnerable to a prolonged blackout such as occurred at Fukushima. Design assumes power would be restored within 24 hours; Fukushima’s blackout lasted 11 days. Copy of full report. Summary of report. CV of report author, Austrian nuclear expert Helmut Hirsch.
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