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NIRS in the News is where you can find our organization’s and staff’s latest interviews and press coverage about our campaigns and projects.

We encourage journalists who wish to arrange an interview with one of our experts or to acquire more information about our organization to contact our media team at the phone number and email address below:

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NIRS in the News

July 15, 2021

REPORT: $50 BILLION NUCLEAR BAILOUT WOULD UNDERMINE BIDEN CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCURE GOALS

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June 7, 2018

Trump Plan to Prop Up Nuclear, Coal to Cost Consumers Billions?

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June 7, 2018

Trump's nuclear bailout would cost up to $17 billion a year: NIRS

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June 1, 2018

PJM auction will not stop nuclear units from retiring: analysts

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May 28, 2018

Competition drives nuclear industry to look for millions in subsidies

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May 14, 2018

Nuclear waste could be headed to West Texas under House bill

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April 11, 2018

Activists kick off NM tour to protest nuke storage plan

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April 9, 2018

New Evidence Might Bolster Case Against Massive NY Bailout of Nuclear Power Plants

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March 5, 2018

NIRS’s Diane D’Arrigo discusses nuclear power and weapons waste with Laura Evans

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March 2, 2018

Environmental groups map next phase of West Valley nuclear site cleanup

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January 30, 2018

Challenge to N.Y. Nuclear Subsidies Will Go to Trial

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January 25, 2018

State Nuclear Bailout Lawsuit Moves Forward

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January 7, 2018

Another Voice: West Valley cleanup is proceeding too slowly

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October 17, 2017

Perry Defends ‘Getting Conversation Started’ on NOPR; Chatterjee Lists Options

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October 13, 2017

Anti-nuke greens petition FERC with 10,000 comments against DOE's "bailout"

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October 13, 2017

FERC refuses to extend comment period on grid rule

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October 13, 2017

Reading the tea leaves on Clean Power Plan repeal

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April 17, 2017

Tim Judson discusses the super bankruptcy of Toshiba Westinghouse, the last commercial maker of nuclear reactors.

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March 29, 2017

NIRS’s Tim Judson Discusses the Downfall of Nuclear Energy and the Fate of Dying Reactors

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February 3, 2017

NIRS's Diane D'Arrigo Weighs in On Rick Perry's Deep Ties to Dirty Energy

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January 30, 2015

Mary Olson of NIRS on the Medical Consequences of Using Nuclear Weapons and Radiation Risks for Women and Girls

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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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