January 29, 2002 Atomic Safety Judges Will Hear NIRS Challenge to Duke Plutonium Use; Judges also Refer NIRS Terrorism and Security Case to Federal Regulator Press Release
January 10, 2002 DOE recommends Yucca Mountain, Nevada for permanent high-level dumpsite. Press Release
December 12, 2001 Getting Its Foot in the Back Door: Energy Department Could Ignore Process and Quietly Resume “Recycling” of Potentially Radioactive Metals Press Release
December 11, 2001 NIRS Challenges Duke Energy Bid for Extended Operations at 4 Nuclear Reactors Slated for Experimental Bomb Plutonium Fuel Press Release
November 17, 2001 Gorleben International Peace Team (GIPT) press release, “The Peaceful Atom? International Team Observes Human Rights Violations during Radioactive Waste Shipment to Gorleben,” NIRS’ Kevin Kamps served as a GIPT human rights monitor during the police crackdown on resistance against the shipment of high-level radioactive waste to Gorleben, Germany. Press Release
November 1, 2001 Nuclear Reactor Security in the Wake of September 11 130 Groups call for Increased Nuclear Reactor Security, Shift to Sustainable Energy Future; Press Release, Press Release
October 25, 2001 Press Release: DOE Suspends Largest Radioactive Waste Shipment Due to Security Concerns, Press Release
October 12, 2001 NRC Shuts Website for "Security" Reasons; Agency is Protecting the Nuclear Industry, not the Public Press Release
October 9, 2001 Project on Government Oversight press release on security lapses at DOE nuclear weapons facilities, Press Release
