Blowing the Whistle on Nuclear Safety Lapses: Federal Whistleblower Protections Act At A Glance, article by attorney David Marshall at the law firm of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, Potential whistleblowers also may want to review NIRS brochure on whistleblower protection here.
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New report slams President Bush’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) program, finding—among other problems–that no economic cost-benefit analysis has been done, the technologies proposed do not exist, and the program would be too slow and expensive to address climate change. Report is from Institute for Policy Studies, Friends of the Earth, Government Accountability Project and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a scoping meeting on the Environmental Impact Statement for Calvert Cliffs on at the Holiday Inn Select located at 155 Holiday Drive, Solomons, Maryland. This is your chance to come out and let your voice be heard! NRC notice.
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New report from World Wind Energy Association: 19.7 Gigawatts of wind power—the equivalent of 15-20 nuclear reactors—was added in 2007. Wind now generates more than 1% of worldwide electricity, and continues to be the world’s fastest growing source of power.
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Building new nuclear power plants would cost more per kilowatt than retail PV solar… NIRS Southeast Factsheet
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