May 26, 2002 Barge rams bridge in deadly Oklahoma interstate highway disaster. But what if high-level radioactive waste had been involved? Update
May 16, 2002 NIRS Fact Sheets: A Brief History of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Shipments: Atomic Waste Transport “Incidents” and Accidents the Nuclear Power Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know About, and Hot Cargo!- Nuclear Waste Transportation Update
April 30, 2002 NIRS letter to the U.S. House of Representatives urging that Nevada’s veto against the Yucca dump be sustained. Update
January 23, 2002 Note on the Difficulty of Obtaining Nuclear Waste Transport Route Maps from DOE, Update
November 17, 2001 Five Initial Observations by Gorleben International Peace Team on the human rights situation in Wendland, Germany during the transport of high-level radioactive waste, NIRS’ Kevin Kamps served as a GIPT human rights monitor. (for more on past activities at German waste transports, check here) Update
October 25, 2001 Press release: U.S. atomic waste transport train postponed for security reasons, Update
September 20, 2001 Despite new fear of terrorism, DOE railroads Mobile Chernobyl decision toward approval. NIRS article on the terrorist threat to high-level radioactive waste shipments, Update
June 18, 2001 Radioactive Roads and Rails, Part II will take place during 2001. Current plans are to visit 10 states. Nuclear Waste Cask Tour!You can get involved in the tour! Download and sign (and get your friends to sign) this petition opposing use of Native American lands in Utah for high-level atomic waste storage! Update
