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August 19, 2004

Environment Secretary Ron Curry Statement on NRC Ruling Concerning Eunice Uranium Enrichment Facility.

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August 18, 2004

NRC Memorandum and Order.

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August 10, 2004

Louisiana Energy Services, L.P. Response to Order. August 12, 2004.

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August 9, 2004

Status Report by Petitioners Nuclear Information and Resource Service and Public Citizen and Attorney General of New Mexico Regarding Co-lead Party Designation as to NIRS/PC Contention EC-5/TC-2 and AGNM Technical Contention 1.

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August 3, 2004

Memorandum and Order (Memorializing and Ruling on Matters Raised in Conjunction with Conference Call and Setting General Schedule for Proceeding). August 16, 2004.

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July 29, 2004

Joint Status Report Regarding the Parties’ Proposed Discovery Plan and Other Adjudicatory Process Issues.

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July 25, 2004

Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellate Brief on Behalf of Nuclear Information and Resource Service and Public Citizen.

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July 22, 2004

New Mexico Attorney General’s petition for Leave to File a Motion for Reconsideration.

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July 19, 2004

Memorandum and Order (Rulings Regarding Standing, Contentions, and Procedural/Administrative Matters).

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July 19, 2004

NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board admits 10 contentions against proposed Louisiana Energy Services uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico. Text of ASLB decision.

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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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