NIRS to report on impact of radiation on girls and women at international nuclear weapons conference in Vienna this week. Text of speech.
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148 groups, thousands of individuals, tell EPA to remove nuclear power support from Clean Power Plan Proposal. Comments. Press Release. Additional technical comments submitted by NIRS.
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For 8th time in past 10 months, renewables dominate new U.S. generating capacity. For year, new renewables are more than 37 times nukes, coal and oil combined. Sun Day Campaign press release
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10 myths debunked about the proposed Exelon-Pepco merger. Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Public Citizen explain why the proposed merger would be a bad deal for Maryland.
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Green Action blasts Sendai restart approval: Governor of Kagoshima fails Fukushima lessons: ignores science, safety and public opinion.
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35 organizations, led by NIRS, submit comments to Department of Energy urging an end to its nuclear power loan program and to either return remaining funds to the U.S. Treasury or transfer them to its renewable energy loan program. Press release. Full comments.
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Sen. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to NRC Chair Alison Macfarlane expressing serious concerns about the NRC staff’s FOCD (Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination) paper and recommendations, and urged the NRC to not accept the recommendations. Letter is here.
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On August 20, 2014, the NRC staff released a memo on its review of the NRC’s FOCD (foreign ownership, control or domination) provisions and its recommendation for changes to those provisions to the NRC Commissioners. As of this date, the NRC Commissioners have not taken action on this memo.
The documents include:
- The Staff Requirements Memo pdf
- A paper showing who commented, and summarizing what they said pdf
- The NRC staff's version of the legislative history of the FOCD provision pdf
- An overview of relevant case law and negation action plans summarized by NRC staff. pdf
- A discussion of the issues the NRC staff addressed. pdf
- A discussion of the options the NRC staff considered pdf
- Other U.S. government and foreign governments provisions on foreign ownership pdf
- For legal eagles, a list of all case and statutory references pdf
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On August 20, 2014, the NRC staff released a memo on its review of the NRC’s FOCD (foreign ownership, control or domination) provisions and its recommendation for changes to those provisions to the NRC Commissioners. As of this date, the NRC Commissioners have not taken action on this memo.The documents include:
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