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July 21, 2015

Obama nominates former Exelon official/DOE safety advocate to NRC

Update
September 24, 2007

Greenpeace joins First Nations and citizens to oppose Sharbot Lake uranium exploration. Greenpeace Press Release.

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September 14, 2007

81 Organizations Sign Statement of Support for Algonquin Blockade of FVC Uranium Mining Site. NIRS Press Release.

Press Release
August 31, 2007

Uranium Mining and Nuclear Pollution in the Upper Midwest, a fact sheet with action ideas from Defenders of the Black Hills.

Update
December 19, 2005

NIRS comments on re-write of Michigan’s mining rules and regulations, particularly concerning newly proposed uranium mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Update
January 19, 2005

Groups Condemn NRC Decision to Deny Racial Discrimination Appeal

Press Release
August 24, 2004

Government Bows to Nuclear Industry Pressure by Gutting Its Environmental Justice Policy.

Press Release
August 6, 2004

NRC Strikes Down Environemtal Justice Claims and Bid for Licensing Hearing to Site New Reactor Unit at Grand Gulf.

Press Release
February 25, 2004

Indian Point’s Owner Played Role in Attacks on Environmental Justice

Press Release
February 5, 2004

Comments of 4 New York State Assemblymembers on proposed EJ policy

Update

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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