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Press Releases
2008
2007
2006
- November 30: Coalition Urges Rejection of Big Rock Nuke Site Park.
- November 30: Press Statement by Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Specialist, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Takoma Park, Maryland (and board member, Don't Waste Michigan, Kalamazoo chapter)
- November 30: Statement of Michael J. Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes.
- November 30: Statement by Kay Drey, NIRS board of directors secretary, opposing state park at Big Rock nuclear plant in Michigan.
- October 10: Federal Licensing Board Accepts Citizens' Contention on Oyster Creek's Corroded Containment; Hearing on Reactor's Safety Moves Forward
- October 5: 145 Organizations Release "Sustainable Energy Blueprint" To Phase Out Nuclear Power, End Energy Imports, And Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- September 26: Rep. Saxton, Smith, Andrews, & Holt Join Advocates Calling for Probe Into Oyster Creek Safety
- September 7: U.S. Representative Edward Markey and other Members of Congress Join with Safe Energy Groups in Call for Hardened Storage of On-Site Reactor Waste.
- August 14: NIRS and Public Citizen Appeal LES Licensing Decision to Federal Court
- July 12: Groups Concerned for Safety and Security After Consumers Energy Announces Sale of Palisades Nuclear Plant to Entergy
- June 20: Safety and Security Concerns about Derailment of Train Hauling Atomic Waste: Inconsistencies Raise Questions about Emergency Preparedness
- June 6: NRC Renders Public Challenge of Oyster Creek's Corroded Containment "MOOT," Grants Petitioners 20 Days to File New Contention
- May 25: NIRS Asks For Recusal of NRC Commissioner in LES Uranium Enrichment Case; Cites Clear Evidence of Prejudice
- April 11: New Study Challanges IAEA Report on Chernobyl Consequences: Finds Death Toll Likely to be 30-60,000
- March 31: Environmental Coalition Opposing 20 Year License Extension at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Turns Up the Heat
- March 28: New NIRS Report Challenges All U.S. Radioactive Waste Policies
- March 20: High-Level Atomic Waste Mishap at Palisades Nuclear Reactor Risks Radioactive Inferno with Casualty Potential of Thousands of Deaths Downwind
- March 17: Radiation-laced groundwater – covered up by Exelon – could be widespread. Compulsory testing will reveal what’s in the water around 10 sites and others.
- February 1: Statement of Mary Olson, NIRS Campaign to Stop Reprocessing. Director of NIRS southeast office.
- January 26: Public Interest Groups Criticize Administration Initiative on Reprocessing that Would Undermine U.S. Nonproliferation Efforts, Cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions,
- January 23: Federal Decision Triples Radioactive Burden In Permanent Sacrifice Zone of the Southeast
- January 17: Chernobyl + 20: Lessons from the Continuing Catastrophe Remembrance for the Future
- January 4: Department of Homeland Security Issues Grossly Lax Dirty Bomb Cleanup Guidance: "A Nuclear Katrina in the Making"
2005
- October 17: Sustainable Energy Coalition Issues First in Series of "Factoids" Outlining How the U.S. can Eliminate Energy Imports, Phase out Nuclear Power,
- October 17: Sustainable Energy Coalition Issues First in Series of "Factoids" Outlining How the U.S. can Eliminate Energy Imports, Phase out Nuclear Power,
- October 5: NO to new nuclear reactors, YES to energy conservation, say Ukrainians
- August 3: Citizens' Groups Expose Seriously Flawed LES Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan
- July 22: Environmentalists condemn pro-nuclear decision of the government
- June 30: All Levels of Radiation Confirmed to Cause Cancer.
- June 16: Nearly 300 Groups Reject Nuclear Energy as a Global Warming Solution. Groups Urge Congress to Choose Clean Energy Path, Not Embrace Dangerous and Dirty Nuclear Power.
- June 14: Stop the Nuclear Power Hustle. Visit nukeretro.com. And Oppose the Senate Energy Bill.
- June 13: Attend important Yucca Mountain/Mobile Chernobyl licensing proceeding meeting Wed., June 15 at 10 a.m.
- June 8: Public Interest Groups Seek Further Review on Nuclear Agency Decision to Dismiss Complaints on Environmental Issues in LES Case
- June 3: NRC Unanimously Rejects Atomic Waste Deregulation Rulemaking in Surprising Victory for Environmentalists and Public
- May 25: In the Event That a Nuclear Melt Down Coincides with Electric Grid Failure Entire Siren Systems Won't Work In Emergency Planning Zones for 28 U.S. Reactor Sites
- May 20: NRC Denies Public Petition For Battery Back Up Power to Emergency Sirens: Nuclear Accident Notification Systems Broadly Vulnerable to Grid Power Failures
- April 20: Study Confirms Public Concern Over Nuclear Fuel Pools. Coalition Demands NRC Move Waste from Vulnerable Reactor Pools
- April 6: Statement by Nuclear Security Coalition on Release of National Academy Sciences Study
- April 4: Opposition to Private Fuel Storage Mounts from Public Interest Groups and Tribes
- March 4: Nuclear Agency Ignores True Impact of New Reactors New Environmental Analysis Doesn't Consider the Need for Power in Illinois, Reasonable Alternatives, Nuclear Waste, or Security
- February 23: New Research Indicates Health Risks from Uranium May Be More Varied Than Reflected in Current Federal Policy
- February 3: Statement of Michael Mariotte, Executive Director of Nuclear Information & Resource Service on the State of the Union Speech by President George Bush
- February 2: Nuclear Company's Waste Disposal Plan Still Inadequate, Despite Ruling
- January 28: Attorneys General Request Increased Defenses at Nuclear Reactors up to 9/11 Prevention Standards
- January 19: Groups Condemn NRC Decision to Deny Racial Discrimination Appeal
- January 7: Train Accident in SC Sends Reminder that Nuclear Waste Crash Would Mean Permanent Evacuation
2004
2003
2002
- November 13: Growing Concern in US over Bruce Nuclear Waste
- November 5: Decommissioning Agreement Falls Short of True Public Protection: Will Leave Radioactive Sites with Contaminated Water and Soil
- September 12: Louisiana Energy Services Seeks to Circumvent Public Involvement in Uranium Enrichment Plant Licensing Process
- July 9: Senate Vote Does Not Mean End to Yucca Mountain Fight; More Congressional Actions, Legal Suits, Protests and Blocades Will Follow
- July 8: Groups Urge U.S. Senate to Uphold Nevada's Veto of Dangerous Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump
- June 26: DOE Proposes to Spend $17 Million in Taxpayer Funds to Create More Radioactive Waste
- June 24: Nuclear Transportation Could Get More Dangerous with New Regulations: Timing Couldn't Be Worse
- June 11: Bush Administration Stops One Dirty Bomber, But Targets US Cities With Largest Dirty Bomb Program in History
- June 6: Six Mock High-Level Radioactive Waste Transport Casks Set Off Across America to Warn Citizens About Radioactive Waste Transport
- May 29: What if the Potterville, Michigan Train Derailment Had Involved High-Level Nuclear Waste?
- May 22: Energy Companies Trying to Pull a Fast One on Nuclear Waste Dump
- May 16: TVA Disregards Safety and Security in Browns Ferry 1 Restart Decision
- May 10: Environmental Groups Spotlight Undue Industry Influence as U.S. Senators Prepare to Vote on Shipping High-Level Nuclear Waste upon Michigan's Roads, Rails, and Shoreline
- April 30: Security Breach on Nuclear Waste Train. Inmates Jump Wrong Train, Revealing Vulnerability of CP&L Shipments
- April 25: "Mobile Chernobyl" to Circle Nation's Capitol on 16 th Anniversary of Chernobyl Nuclear Catastrophe
- April 1: Science Smothered Under a Mountain of Lobbyists, Report Says
- March 21: National Research Council Report Does NOT Endorse US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Aim to Let Nuclear Waste Go into Consumer Products or Normal Trash
- March 18: Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to EPA Rule for Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump
- March 14: Did Anyone Lose a Cesium Rod? Disaster Narrowly Averted in Taiwan Incident. Meanwhile, U.S. Government Intentionally Releasing Radioactive Materials Into Market
- March 13: Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant Comes Close To Disaster As Lax Regulator Places Company Interests Ahead of Public Safety.
- January 29: Atomic Safety Judges Will Hear NIRS Challenge to Duke Plutonium Use; Judges also Refer NIRS Terrorism and Security Case to Federal Regulator
- January 10: DOE recommends Yucca Mountain, Nevada for permanent high-level dumpsite.
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