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June 7, 2017

The Problem with High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage and Transportation

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June 6, 2017

States Potentially Affected by Shipments to Yucca Mountain prepared by Fred Dilger PhD. Black Mountain Research for the State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects.

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June 6, 2017

A letter from the Governor Brian Sandoval (R-Nevada) to Congressman John Shimkus (R-Illinois) who chairs the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, which held a hearing on April 26th to discuss the future of high-level nuclear waste storage in the United States.

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June 6, 2017

WCS: Environmental study amid application process makes sense

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June 6, 2017

Andrews community speak up about possible high-level nuclear waste site

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June 6, 2017

Public Forum Split Over Nuclear Facility

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June 6, 2017

Residents get vocal about a proposed radioactive waste disposal plant

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June 6, 2017

Contamination from decades of uranium mining lingers on Navajo land

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June 1, 2017
Water Transport

Virginia barge fact sheet

Tennessee barge fact sheet

New York tri-state area barge fact sheet

Michigan barge fact sheet

Nebraska barge fact sheet

Massachusetts barge fact sheet

Maryland barge fact sheet

Mississippi barge fact sheet

Florida barge fact sheet

Deleware barge fact sheet

California barge fact sheet
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June 1, 2017

NRC Public Scoping Meeting- Environmental Impact Statement for Waste Control Specialist’s Proposed Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (Andrews, Texas) for Irradiated Nuclear Fuel

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May 08, 2023
On April 15, 2023 utilities in Germany shut down the country’s three last remaining nuclear power plants. These closures mark the successful planned phase-out of German nuclear energy from the nation’s grid. What does this mean for Germany? What lessons should the U.S. take away from the German energy transition? Germany’s Energiewende (“energy transition”) is an overarching…

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December 13, 2022
NIRS Statement on 12/13/22 DOE Nuclear Fusion Announcement Today, the US Department of Energy announced what scientists consider a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research. In the DOE’s press release, they celebrate “a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean…

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June 10, 2022
News from Beyond Nuclear, For Immediate Release Contacts: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, kevin@beyondnuclear.org, (240) 462-3216;Michael Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes and Don’t Waste Michigan, mkeeganj@comcast.net, (734) 770-1441;Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, dianed@nirs.org, (301) 270-6477 ext. 3,;Terry Lodge, environmental coalition legal counsel, tjlodge50@yahoo.com, (419) 205-7084Iris Potter, Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, b.irispotter@gmail.com,…

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March 30, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, March 30, 2022 GROUPS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN URANIUM Activists gathered near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to demand President Biden and Congress Ban Imports of Russian Uranium into the United States U.S. CORPORATIONS BUYING RUSSIAN URANIUM ARE FUNDING PUTIN’S WAR ON UKRAINE Washington D.C. – Activists affiliated…

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March 29, 2022
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…

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March 29, 2022
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…

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