CIS Actions & Updates Archives · NIRS

May 9, 2023

For immediate release, May 9, 2023 – Illegal Nuclear Dump Licensed by NRC Amidst Challenges

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MEDIA NOTE – NRC Licensing Decision Coming Soon

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December 22, 2019

Stop the Nuclear Relapse!

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March 13, 2019

2019 Coalition Letter to Congress: End Yucca, Stop CIS!

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January 31, 2019

Allies Challenge World’s Largest Proposed Nuclear Waste Dump

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May 9, 2018

Meeting Notice: Public Scoping Meeting for the Environmental Impact Statement for Holtec International's Hi-Store "CIS" Facility in Lea County, New Mexico #2

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May 9, 2018

Meeting Notice: Public Scoping Meeting for the Environmental Impact Statement for Holtec International's Hi-Store "CIS" Facility in Lea County, New Mexico #1

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May 3, 2018

NRC holds Public Meeting on the Holtec High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Project – 85 Percent of the speakers oppose the plan

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July 31, 2017

Formal Federal Register notice suspending the licensing activities for WCS.
***Although the Waste Control Specialists have suspended the licensing process at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it is only a temporary suspension.

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June 7, 2017

WCS Requests Temporary Suspension of Review of Storage License Application

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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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