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July 1, 2008

This new version of False Promises produced by NIRS examines many of the false propaganda claims made by the nuclear industry and carefully rebuts each one, supplemented with extensive footnotes. You’ll find information on nuclear safety, economics, radioactive waste, sustainable energy, radiation and health and much more. You can download it free here. Printed copies are available from NIRS for $15 (includes priority mail postage and handling). Send a check to NIRS, 6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912.

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January 16, 2008

Excerpt from the Democratic Presidential candidates’ debate in Las Vegas January 15, on Yucca Mountain, nuclear power and energy policy.

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January 2, 2008

Periodically updated NRC chart of expected new reactor applications.

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November 1, 2005

Environmental Health Perspectives Editorial on Nuclear Power and Public Health by Dr. Richard Clapp.

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July 31, 2001

Government Admits Each Nuclear Reactor Relicensing Expected to Kill 12 People, ()

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May 17, 2001

Bush Plan for Nuclear Power and Plutonium Invites Nuclear Accidents and Proliferation (Nuclear Control Institute, )

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May 17, 2001

Revival of Pyroprocessing Technology Poses Serious Proliferation Dangers (Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, )

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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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