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Latest Updates

• September 23, 2010

  Bacchus Exhibit F. Unpermitted Taking of Listed Species. Bacchus Exhibit F1. WAR comments A-NRC Draft EIS Hearing-Final. Bacchus Exhibit F2. Bacchus coastal impacts to listed species 2001. Bacchus Exhibit F3. DOAH Save the Manatee mine case 96001723

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• September 15, 2010

  “The nuclear “renaissance” stalls with pending collapse of proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 reactor in Maryland,” article by NIRS executive director Michael Mariotte (updated and condensed from August 5, 2010 posting on DailyKos).

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• September 14, 2010

  New study from DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory finds that offshore wind power potential alone equals more than 4,000 gigawatts, or about four times entire U.S. electrical demand. Check your state’s offshore wind potential!

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• September 1, 2010

  At least one reactor at the complex, Fukushima I-3, began using MOX (mixed plutonium-uranium) fuel in

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• August 25, 2010

  Letter from Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition to Rep. Steny Hoyer detailing current problems with proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 reactor and describing support for it as ill-advised.

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• August 21, 2010

  Nuclear Power’s Competitive Landscape. New presentation from Amory Lovins of Rocky Mountain Institute showing why nuclear power cannot compete with micropower—efficiency, renewables, etc. Devastating analysis for new nukes.

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• July 10, 2010

  Letter from Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash to Senator Environment Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) urging her opposition to more taxpayer subsidies for nuclear power.

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• July 10, 2010

  Resolution against shipment of highly radioactive reactor components through the Great Lakes to Sweden for processing and “recycling” into consumer goods.

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• July 8, 2010

  Solar power is now cheaper than nuclear power in North Carolina, and will gain even more cost advantage in coming years. New report for NC WARN by former Duke University Chancellor.

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• July 1, 2010

  Media Statement on Yucca Mountain and Talking Points: Why Yucca Would Fail as a Repository from Mary Olson.

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