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December 19, 2005

NIRS comments on re-write of Michigan’s mining rules and regulations, particularly concerning newly proposed uranium mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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August 1, 2005

Public Citizen fact sheet on inadequate waste disposal options for LES.

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June 8, 2005

NRC Commissioners Memorandum and Order.

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May 1, 2005

"Dangerous Liaisons:" Excellent Sierra Magazine investigation of the proliferation implications of the proposed LES plant.

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April 5, 2005

Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Based Upon Evidentiary Hearing on LES Held on February 7 Through 10, 2005.

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March 14, 2005

Report presenting facts and legal conclusions drawn by the intervening party NIRS-Public Citizen, based on the recent hearing on “environmental” contentions (involving water impacts, need for the facility, and waste disposal questions) held in Hobbs, New Mexico. The ASLB is scheduled to rule on these contentions in June.

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February 18, 2005

NIRS calls for ban on centrifuge uranium enrichment technology.

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January 14, 2005

Letter from New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and NM attorney general protesting NRC’s decision to conduct LES hearings in a closed fashion. Richardson threatens to withdraw state support for the project.

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December 8, 2004

NRC Commissioners Memorandum and Order.

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November 24, 2004

Costs and Risks of Management and Disposal of Depleted Uranium from the National Enrichment Facility Proposed to be Built in Lea County New Mexico by LES. Report by Arjun Makhijani, PhD. and Brice Smith, Ph.D., Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.

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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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