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May 11, 2005

Environmental groups ask House Appropriations to eliminate funding for Yucca…

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September 9, 2004

Yucca dump suffers blow: NRC licensing board rules against DOE document submission

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July 27, 2004

Yucca Court Decision: Dump “Still on Track” or “Derailed”?

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July 15, 2004

Group letter to U.S. House of Representatives urging opposition to taking Yucca Mountain Project “off budget,”

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July 9, 2004

Group letter to U.S. Senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittee urging opposition to increased Yucca Mountain Project funding,

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July 2, 2004

Group letter to U.S. DOE urging withdrawal of severely flawed submission of Yucca Mountain Project documentation to U.S. NRC Licensing Support Network in lead up to application for a construction and operating license,

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June 24, 2004

Group letter to U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee urging opposition to ploy to take Yucca Mountain Project “off budget,”

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May 3, 2004

Yucca Dump Battered by Worker Illness, Project Management.

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April 8, 2004

NIRS comments on the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada” [Federal Register,Vol. 69, No. 68, Thursday, , pages 18565 to 18569], submitted June 1, 2004.

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January 9, 2004

Yucca’s day in court. NIRS/WISE Nuclear Monitor newsletter article

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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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