Radioactive Waste Archives · Page 15 of 25 · NIRS

October 17, 2002

Letter from Michigan’s U.S. Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, to Secretary of State Colin Powell expressing concern about 2,000 dry storage casks for high-level radioactive waste proposed for the Lake Huron shoreline at Bruce nuclear power plant,

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September 13, 2002

Don’t Build a Yucca Mountain on the Lake Huron Shoreline! Kevin Kamps’ Press Statement on Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearing on the proposed high-level radioactive waste dry cask storage facility at the Bruce nuclear plant.

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September 13, 2002

Submission to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regarding dry cask storage of HLRW at Bruce nuclear plant in Canada,

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July 19, 2002

Senate approves Yucca; fight is far from over….

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July 16, 2002

NIRS article,West Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (WMEAC) newsletter,

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July 9, 2002

Senate Approves Yucca Mountain, 60-39. Find out how they voted. (Y = yes, bad vote in favor of Yucca dump, N = no, good vote against Yucca dump)

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July 9, 2002

NIRS letter sent to U.S. Senators from Great Lakes states on the day of the vote to sustain or override Nevada’s veto against the Yucca Mountain dump.

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July 9, 2002

NIRS letter sent to U.S. Senators from Great Lakes states on the day of the vote to sustain or override Nevada’s veto against the Yucca Mountain dump, (see also Great Lakes United Resolution on Yucca Mountain. June 2002.)

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July 8, 2002

NIRS opinion/editorial to Michigan newspapers regarding U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow’s praiseworthy decision to oppose the Yucca Mountain dump,

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June 28, 2002

Yucca Mountain Showdown

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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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