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January 1, 2000

OPPOSE S. 1287 Atomic trains and trucks are headed your way! DOE wants to launch a rushed, ill-conceived campaign to transport tens of thousands of high-level nuclear waste shipments to Nevada with no good place to take them. The Department of Energy is going full steam ahead with the proposed Yucca Mountain, Nevada national high-level…

Fact Sheet
December 10, 1999

New developments at Yucca Mountain, WISE News Communique newsletter article.

Update
December 1, 1999

State of Nevada testimony on Draft EIS for Yucca Mountain

Update
November 24, 1999

NIRS comments on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Rule – Environmental Radiation Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada (40 CFR 197),

Update
November 19, 1999

Comment on EPA’s proposed Yucca Mountain radiation standards! NIRS action alert

Alert!
October 26, 1999

Mock nuke waste cask protest featuring Members of Congress against congressional efforts to ram through Mobile Chernobyl shipments to Yucca Mountain, outside U.S. DOE Draft Environmental Impact Statement public hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on

Alert!
October 21, 1999

Members of Congress To Speak Out Against Proposed Nationwide High-Level Nuclear Waste Transportation and Disposal. NIRS press advisory,

Press Release
October 19, 1999

American Public Health Association resolution opposing nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain

Press Release
September 10, 1999

Bad nuclear waste bill looming in U.S. Senate. Contact your Senators!

Alert!
September 9, 1999

Enviro Groups say NO COMPROMISE! Murkowski Nuke Waste Bill Same Old Story, NIRS press release,

Press Release

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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