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September 1, 2005

Nuclear Power: The Next De-Generation. Nuclear provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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May 20, 2005

Best of Nuclear Boondoggles.

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May 1, 2005

Radioactive Waste Reprocessing. NIRS factsheet.

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May 1, 2005

Ten Reasons Why We Don’t Need To Build More Nuclear Power Plants.

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April 26, 2005

Chernobyl Can Happen Here. NIRS factsheet prepared for 19th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident.

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February 1, 2005

Nuclear waste storage casks at reactor sites demonstrated to be vulnerable to terrorist attack.

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February 1, 2005

Dr. Strangelove Rides Again: Nuclear Power Permeates Bush’s 2006 DOE Budget,

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November 1, 2004

NIRS Fact Sheet focused on how natural phenomenon (tornadoes, floods, etc.) can play a role in the risks from nuclear power.

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August 6, 2004

Nuclear Power Can’t Stop Climate Change (, 47Kb)-

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February 1, 2004

Nuclear Production Tax Credits and the Energy Bill,

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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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