Important new report from Institute for Energy and Environmental Research: small modular reactors won't solve nuclear industry's problems and may exacerbate them. (pdf)
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Pittsburgh City Council passes proclamation in support of NIRS Petition for Rulemaking on emergency planning. (pdf)
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Rep. Engel (D-NY) introduces HR 1700, a bill that would expand emergency planning zones to 50 miles, put one agency in charge of emergency planning for nuclear accidents.
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GAO report agrees with NIRS, finds that NRC does not understand and regulations do not account for likelihood of large shadow evacuations in real accident situation. NIRS press release on report and comment on big issue GAO missed.
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Nuclear Power and Water. Powerpoint presentation by NIRS’ Executive Director Michael Mariotte to American Clean Energy Agenda meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Presentation in pdf format.
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Video proceedings from the March 11-12, 2013 Symposium on Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima are now available.
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Statement from Green Action: Japan Must Learn from the Lessons of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.
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Lessons from the disaster. An interview with award-winning journalist and author of Countdown to Meltdown Yoichi Funabashi. Asahi Shimbun
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