December 9, 1996 Broad Opposition To DOE Proposal To Use Weapons Plutonium For Commercial Nuclear Power Reactor Fuel Press Release
October 29, 1996 NRC Licensing Board Allows Citizen Challenge To Oyster Creek’s Plan To Move Irradiated Fuel Press Release
October 2, 1996 NRC Levies $900,000 Fine Against Thermo-Lag Manufacturer. Public Safety Remains In Jeopardy As Combustible Fire Barrier Is Still Installed at Reactors. NIRS press release. Press Release
September 27, 1996 Mobile Chernobyl Bill Dead in its Tracks; Reason, Caution and Clinton Veto Threat Prevail Press Release
August 1, 1996 SENATE VOTES 63-37 FOR S.1936, “MOBILE CHERNOBYL ACT.” ANALYSIS, VOTE LIST, Previous updates: ALERT! Act NOW! Update #1 on S. 1936 , 7/12/96. Update #2 on S. 1936 , 7/16/96, 3 pm. Text of White House letter, 7/15/96, reaffirming intent to veto S. 1936. Text of NIRS letter to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott , calling for withdrawal of S. 1936, July 17, 1996. NIRS press release , July 17, 1996. Update #3 on S. 1936, 7/17/96, 3 pm. Update #4, 7/23/96, 3:30 PM. Vote delayed until Wednesday, July 31. Update #5, 7/24/96.83 organizations sign letter to Dole protesting upcoming Senate vote on S. 1271. Text of letter and press release April 16, 1996 Press Release
July 17, 1996 NIRS Calls on Lott to Withdraw Nuclear Waste Bill; Warns Any Further “Gridlock” will be Due to Dump Proponents Press Release
April 16, 1996 Eighty-Three organizations Blast Dole for Scheduling Vote on “Mobile Chernobyl Act” on 10th Anniversary of Chernobyl Disaster Press Release
