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September 7, 2006

Hard Won Victory Against Environmentally Racist Nuke Waste Dump Targeted at Native Lands!

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January 18, 2006

Public interest and environmental groups thank U.S. Senator Reid of Nevada for his efforts in support of the Cedar Mountains Wilderness Act, blocking the preferred rail route PFS would need to deliver irradiated nuclear fuel to the Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation.

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September 9, 2005

Statement of Michael Mariotte, Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) on Federal Racism as Radioactive Waste Approved for Native American Land.

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July 7, 2005

On behalf of the millions of members our 437 organizations represent (31 Native American, 26 national, 366 regional/state/local, and 15 international organizations), we urge you not to approve the license application by Private Fuel Storage, LLC (PFS) to open an "interim storage site" for commercial irradiated nuclear fuel at the Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation in Utah. This letter was delivered to the NRC Commissioners on But on September 9, 2005, by a split 4 to 1 decision, the NRC Commissioners voted to issue PFS a construction and operating license.

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June 14, 2005

NIRS and Public Citizen have compiled two timelines — one on the targeting of Native American tribes in general, and the other on the targeting of the Skull Valley Goshutes of Utah in particular, for high-level radioactive waste dumps — plus a backgrounder on why the Private Fuel Storage dump is all of a sudden on the fast track. The History of Targeting Native American Communities with High-Level Atomic Waste Dumps Skull Valley Goshutes/PFS Timeline Why is the Nuclear Industry Pushing for Private Fuel Storage (PFS)?

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June 10, 2005

Timeline (from Feb. 24 to ) showing recent developments in the struggle against the Private Fuel Storage, LLC high-level radioactive waste dump targeted at the Skull Valley Goshutes in Utah. June 10, 2005

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July 22, 2004

Summary of Oscar Shirani’s Allegations of Quality Assurance Violations Against Holtec Storage/Transport Casks.

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June 19, 1998

NIRS Comments on NRC Environmental Impact Statement Scoping re: Private Fuel Storage at Scull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation,

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June 19, 1998

Group letter to NRC requesting extension to public comment deadline on PFS Environmental Impact Statement scoping,

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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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