Radioactive Waste Archives · Page 25 of 44 · NIRS

October 7, 2003

Highly-Radioactive Nuclear Reactor Moving from Michigan Through Several States an Route to South Carolina Dump, News from NIRS,

Press Release
April 19, 2003

“Lessons learned” from 1979 Gorleben, Germany decisions on high-level nuclear waste storage given the threats of terrorism and sabotage to U.S. high-density irradiated nuclear fuel storage pools, memo by Dr. Gordon Thompson of Institute for Resource and Security Studies

Update
January 1, 2003

“Robust Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Neglected Issue of Homeland Security”, Gordon Tompson. Institute for Resource and Security Studies. Focuses on the vulnerability of irradiated fuel stored at the nation’s nuclear power stations to terrorism and what we can do about it. Executive Summary and Full report.

Update
December 6, 2002

NIRS/WISE Nuclear Monitor newsletter article

Update
December 1, 2002

Information for Yucca Mountain whistleblowers.

Update
November 13, 2002

Growing Concern in US over Bruce Nuclear Waste

Press Release
November 5, 2002

NRC/EPA Decomissioning Agreement Falls Short of True Public Protection: Will Leave Radioactive Sites with Contaminated Water and Soil

Press Release
November 5, 2002

A Yucca Mountain in the Heart of the Great Lakes?! Nuclear Monitor Article on on-site dry cask storage at Bruce NPP in Canada.

Update
November 1, 2002

Tribal Concerns About the Yucca Mountain Repository.

Update
October 17, 2002

Letter from Michigan’s U.S. Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, to Secretary of State Colin Powell expressing concern about 2,000 dry storage casks for high-level radioactive waste proposed for the Lake Huron shoreline at Bruce nuclear power plant,

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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