No New Nukes! Archives · Page 9 of 14

July 1, 2008

Testimony of David Schlissel, Synapse Energy Economics, before the Maryland Public Service Commission, on the extraordinarily high cost estimates for new nuclear reactors. While this was prepared for hearings on the proposed Calvert Cliffs EPR, most of this testimony will be useful to anyone looking at nuclear power economics for any proposed reactor.

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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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June 1, 2008

New Greenpeace International factsheet on numerous problems with Areva’s European Pressurized Reactor (EPR), which is being proposed for Calvert Cliffs, MD and other sites in the U.S.

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June 1, 2008

New Greenpeace International factsheet on construction problems with Areva’s EPR at Flamenville, France.

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April 11, 2008

EIS scoping comments from Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition on proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 reactor.

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April 2, 2008

Filing by BEST (Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team) to delay hearings at Bellefonte based on the incomplete application presented by TVA and NRC-acknowledged delays in receiving information from TVA and Westinghouse.

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April 1, 2008

Blowing the Whistle on Nuclear Safety Lapses: Federal Whistleblower Protections Act At A Glance, article by attorney David Marshall at the law firm of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, Potential whistleblowers also may want to review NIRS brochure on whistleblower protection here.

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March 19, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a scoping meeting on the Environmental Impact Statement for Calvert Cliffs on at the Holiday Inn Select located at 155 Holiday Drive, Solomons, Maryland. This is your chance to come out and let your voice be heard! NRC notice.

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January 21, 2008

Bacchus Exhibit G. LNP Alternatives Not Considered Invalid Mitigation. Bacchus Exhibit G1. Affected Regional transmission corridors substations Levy DEIS Fig 2-5 Bacchus Exhibit G2. FL rooftop solar PV-OS-20-2000. Bacchus Exhibit G3. CA rooftop solar. Bacchus Exhibit G4. LOE smarter utilities decoupling alternative. January 30, 2009

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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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