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January 12, 2001

A leaked memo has prompted allegations that the US Department of Energy (DOE) is biased in favor of approving Yucca Mountain as the national high-level waste dump. The allegations are to be investigated by the DOE’s Inspector General and the US General Accounting Office.

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December 19, 2000

160+ U.S. organizations urge DOE to disqualify proposed Yucca Mountain waste site; state outrage over leaked contractor memo stating that DOE documents are intended to “sell” Yucca Mountain project.

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December 15, 2000

NIRS communication to Clinton Administration White House Council on Environmental Quality regarding EPA radiation release regulations for Yucca Mountain,

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November 8, 2000

NIRS letter to Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air & Radiation, urging stringent radiation release regulations at Yucca Mountain

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October 26, 2000

Protest Against Dumping Nuclear Wastes on Native American Lands Held at University of Michigan, NIRS press release,

Press Release
October 24, 2000

Letter about Yucca Mountain by Western Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney of the Shundahai Network

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October 24, 2000

Nuclear Waste + Native Lands= Environmental Racism. NIRS Alert.

Alert!
April 28, 2000

Why Yucca Mountain will fail as a nuclear waste repository, NIRS letter to U.S. Senators urging that President Clinton’s veto of S. 1287, the Mobile Chernobyl bill, be sustained,

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April 27, 2000

NIRS memo to U.S. Senators comparing the most outspoken pro-dump Senators’ League of Conservation Voters scores (all 0%!) with the anti-dump Senators’ LCV scores (a wee bit better), urging Senators to block S. 1287, the Screw-Nevada-Again bill that would gut EPA’s radiation release regulation setting authority,

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April 27, 2000

If You’re For Dumping Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, You Must Be for Weakening the Safe Drinking Water Act, Too

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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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