Yucca Mountain Archives · Page 7 of 17 · NIRS

May 22, 2002

Debunking the Myths: Rebutting Detroit Edison’s and Consumers Energy’s Facts’ About Yucca Mountain

Update
May 20, 2002

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: Michigan’s Nuclear Utilities Steamroll Anti-Environmental Resolutions through County Commissions without Concerned Citizens’ Knowledge. U.S. House of Representatives says yes to Yucca, NIRS/WISE Nuclear Monitor newsletter article, May 17, 2002.

Alert!
May 13, 2002

NIRS holds press conference on Michigan State Capitol Steps in Opposition to Yucca Dump.

Press Release
May 8, 2002

Fact Sheet
May 8, 2002
House Approves Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site and Votes to Override the Nevada Governor’s Veto 306 -117. Contact Your Senators Today, Urge Them to Vote Against the Yucca Mountain Dump and Uphold the Nevada Governor’s Veto!

Contact Your Senators Today, Urge Them to Vote Against the Yucca Mountain Dump and Uphold the Nevada Governor’s Veto!

Please write your Senator before it’s too late!- Sample letter to Senate

Get your local community to pass a resolution opposing nuclear waste shipments through it! – Sample Resolution.
Update
May 1, 2002

Public Citizen’s Sample Letter to the Editor on Yucca Mountain

Update
April 30, 2002

Imminent Vote in U.S.House of Representatives on Yucca Dump.

Alert!
April 30, 2002

NIRS letter to the U.S. House of Representatives urging that Nevada’s veto against the Yucca dump be sustained.

Update
April 25, 2002

NIRS mock “Mobile Chernobyl” circled U.S. Capitol on 16th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe to protest impending vote in U.S. House of Representatives on Yucca Mountain dump and risky atomic waste transportation.

Press Release
March 26, 2002

National environmental group letter to U.S. Senate in opposition to Yucca dump.

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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