Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is extremely distressing and an unjustified act of aggression. NIRS expresses our solidarity and support for the Ukrainian people, their safety and well-being, and their right to sovereignty and self-determination. We will be updating this page with breaking news and resources. Nuclear Power Plants in Ukraine Overview Ukraine is heavily reliant…
Over the last few weeks, we have shared a series of blog posts on the nuclear policy complications of the Russian war on Ukraine. This horrendous and distressing war must end and Russia must withdraw its forces from the country of Ukraine immediately, so that we can all begin the complex work of establishing peace…
NIRS has joined our counterparts in Ukraine, calling for sanctions on Russia’s nuclear industry, including a ban on imports of uranium from Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear conglomerate. Doing so should not depend on there being no impact on the U.S. economy–we should have the courage of our convictions, and bringing an end to the wanton…
It is increasingly urgent to do all we can to end Russia’s war on Ukraine and achieve a peaceful withdrawal of Russian forces from the country. Untold thousands of civilians have now been killed. Over one-fourth of Ukraine’s population–more than 10 million people–have been displaced from their homes and cities, many of which have been…
Members of Congress must stand up to short-sighted corporate interests and the corrupt players who would be bought off by the nuclear industry, rather than work for the American people who elected them. It’s time to cancel the Nuclear PTC in BBBA, once and for all.
Report: Proposed Nuclear Industry Subsidies Will Waste Taxpayer Dollars, Renewables Cheaper and More Reliable Alternative Proposals from the White House and Congress would invest up to $50 billion dollars in subsidies for aging, uneconomical nuclear power plants over the next decade. A new report by economist and consumer advocate Dr. Mark Cooper shows that…
There is no denying that the climate crisis is here. The crisis unfolds on the front pages and the endless scroll of our feeds. In recent weeks, record-smashing heatwaves in the Pacific Northwest met scorching droughts, wildfires, and warming waters across the west, another brutal wave of extreme weather that has become the new normal. We…
In the summer of 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission instituted a moratorium on issuances of licenses for new reactors, and renewals for existing licenses. A federal court threw out the underpinning of the agency’s radioactive waste policy–its “waste confidence” rule. That rule had stated that the NRC was confident that high-level radioactive waste always would…
Link to the State of Illinois Class Action Suit on Tritium Leaks from Exelon’s Braidwood nuclear station: http://exelonclassaction.com/ United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission website on ground water contamination at US reactor sites: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/grndwtr-contam-tritium.html Link to Institute of Environment and Energy Research (IEER) http://www.ieer.org/ “The Tritium Report” http://www.ieer.org/reports/tritium.html Dr. Arjun Makhijani’s Statement on Tritium: http://www.ieer.org/comments/health/tritium.html Illinois…
The world’s nuclear power industry is hoping that genuine public concern over global warming will translate into new atomic reactor orders for this beleaguered industry. In particular, the industry is seeking to take advantage of “Clean Development Mechanism” (CDM) and “Joint Implementation” (JI) credits under the international Kyoto Protocol agreement on global warming. Under these…