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Latest Updates

• June 20, 2017

  RE: Opposition to H.R. 1551 – Amending Tax Credit Provisions for “Advanced” Nuclear Power

  On June 20, 2017 , coalition members submitted a letter to the House of Reps opposing the extension/expansion of tax credits for new reactors.

  Download PDF letter.

  Download press release.

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• June 19, 2017

  Decommissioning Rule Webinar-An Overview of CAN-NIRS Comments

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• June 19, 2017

  Comments on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Draft Regulatory Basis for Decommissioning Power Reactors

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• June 9, 2017

  NIRS and allied groups will present at the United Nations Nuclear Weapons Treaty negotiations Side Events

  • INVITATION: The Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and NIRS Southeast are pleased to invite you to Side Events during the Nuclear Weapons Treaty negotiations at the United Nations (Download PDF invitation)
  • PRESS RELEASE: Radiation and Gender: One Basis for New Nuclear Weapons Treaty (Download PDF Press Release)
  • MEDIA ALERT: With Nuclear Dangers Mounting and the Existing Nuclear Treaty Regime Deteriorating, a New Nuclear Treaty Could Shift Global Norms (Download PDF Media Alert)
  • INTERVIEW: United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination (w/ Dr. Arjun Makhijani)
  • CONTACT LIST: Presenters at the UNCA Briefing on the Nuclear Ban Treaty (Download PDF Contact List)
  • POSTER: Information Panel for media briefing (Download PDF Poster)
  • DRAFT TREATY: Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (Download PDF Draft Treaty)
  • UPCOMING EVENTS: United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (Download PDF Document)
  • Treaty Conference Website

   

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• June 8, 2017

  Out of Control– on Purpose: DOE’s Dispersal of Radioactive Waste Into Landfills and Consumer Products

  Presented by Diane D’Arrigo at the Great Lakes Environmental Alliance

  Download full report (PDF)

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• June 7, 2017

  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the following report:

  Commercial Nuclear Waste-Resuming Licensing of the Yucca Mountain Repository Would Require Rebuilding Capacity at DOE and NRC, Among Other Key Steps.

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• June 6, 2017

  A letter from the Governor Brian Sandoval (R-Nevada) to Congressman John Shimkus (R-Illinois) who chairs the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, which held a hearing on April 26th to discuss the future of high-level nuclear waste storage in the United States.

  Read letter>>>

  Watch hearing>>>

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• June 1, 2017

  Water Transport

  • Virginia barge fact sheet
  • Tennessee barge fact sheet
  • New York tri-state area barge fact sheet
  • Michigan barge fact sheet
  • Nebraska barge fact sheet
  • Massachusetts barge fact sheet
  • Maryland barge fact sheet
  • Mississippi barge fact sheet
  • Florida barge fact sheet
  • Deleware barge fact sheet
  • California barge fact sheet

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• June 1, 2017

  NRC Public Scoping Meeting- Environmental Impact Statement for Waste Control Specialist’s Proposed Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (Andrews, Texas) for Irradiated Nuclear Fuel

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• June 1, 2017

  Why Radiation from Routine Shipment of Radioactive Waste is a Local Concern

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