Sens. Boxer and Markey blast NRC for U.S.collaboration with Russia to gut international post-Fukushima nuclear safety rules.
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New video from Fairewinds: Whose Fault? An examination of earthquake issues at Diablo Canyon reactors.
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Green Action blasts Sendai restart approval: Governor of Kagoshima fails Fukushima lessons: ignores science, safety and public opinion.
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Statement from seven Japanese organizations challenging Nuclear Regulatory Authority’s draft approval of restart of Sendai reactors.
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New report from Vermont Law School’s Dr. Mark Cooper finds large-scale deployment of "small modular reactors" would cost $90 Billion; choke off funding for renewables.
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NRC cannot provide documentation of its claim in denying NIRS EPZ petition that "majority" of emergency exercises include natural disaster as initiating or concurrent event. Emergency workers remain ill-trained to respond to nuclear accident and natural disaster. E-mail exchange between NIRS and NRC available here. (pdf) Press release.
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"The NRC has failed the American people." NRC denies petition from NIRS, 37 co-petitioners for modest improvements in emergency planning regulations. Press release. Link to NRC decision.
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Statement of Green Action, . Third anniversary of the 3.11 great East Japan earthquake: those responsible for the Fukushima accident not held accountable; Japanese government pushing for restart of nuclear power.
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Democracy Now video interview with former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the Fukushima accident and why he now opposes nuclear power.
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