IEER’s proposal for hardened on-site storage of irradiated nuclear fuel at reactor sites as an alternative to the Yucca Mountain dump and for security against terrorist attack.
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National environmental group letter to U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in opposition to the Yucca Mountain dump.
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House Approves Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site and Votes to Override the Nevada Governor’s Veto 306 -117. Contact Your Senators Today, Urge Them to Vote Against the Yucca Mountain Dump and Uphold the Nevada Governor’s Veto!
- Contact Your Senators Today, Urge Them to Vote Against the Yucca Mountain Dump and Uphold the Nevada Governor’s Veto!
- Please write your Senator before it’s too late!- Sample letter to Senate
- Get your local community to pass a resolution opposing nuclear waste shipments through it! – Sample Resolution.
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President George W. Bush approves national high-level nuclear waste dump targeted at Yucca Mountain, Nevada! Despite a Presidential campaign promise to Nevadans that “sound science” would decide Yucca, not politics, Bush hastily approved Yucca relying on scientific studies characterized by a panel of experts as weak and incomplete.
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NIRS meeting request directly to Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham himself upon learning of his intention to officially recommend Yucca Mountain as suitable for repository development, NIRS request was never answered, much less approved.
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NIRS joint comments [] to NRC regarding the agency’s Generic Environmental Impact Statement for decommissioning nuclear power statements which further supplements earlier comments on the environmental concerns arising out of nuclear decommissioning operations.
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Press release: U.S. atomic waste transport train postponed for security reasons,
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