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Press Releases and Briefings from IEER

  • Groups Rebut the Waste Storage Claims of Nuclear Industry January, 2013
  • NRC rushing through waste confidence process (press release and official comments) January, 2013
  • Groups: Japanese Report on Fukushima Reactor Disaster is “Real Wake Up” Call For Sleeping U.S. Regulators July, 2012
  • IEER on “Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities, Phase I” June, 2012
  • Nearly $1 Billion Vogtle Nuclear Reactor Cost Overrun May, 2012
  • NRC Denies Motion; Groups Sue to Block Vogtle Units 3 & 4 April, 2012
  • Renewable Minnesota: A technical and economic analysis of a 100% renewable-energy based electricity system for Minnesota March, 2012
  • No More Solyndras: Groups Call on DOE to Release Vogtle Delay & Cost Overrun Information February, 2012
  • Nuclear Power, Tritium, and the Threat to Drinking Water – Minnesota Press Conference February, 2012
  • IEER reacts to Blue Ribbon Commission’s final Report to the Secretary of Energy January, 2012
  • Support for legal challenges to nuclear reactor licensing August, 2011
  • NRC’s Fukushima Task Force Review: IEER’s Preliminary Review July, 2011
  • Reactor Proponents Are Batting 0-6 in State Legislatures in 2011 (PR Newswire) July, 2011
  • Suspend All Nuclear Reactor Licensing; Conduct “Credible” TMI-Style Review April, 2011
  • More Stringent, Coordinated Fukushima Fallout Monitoring Needed to Determine Radioactive Iodine Risk April, 2011
  • Radioactive Iodine Releases from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Reactors May Exceed Those of Three Mile Island by Over 100,000 Times March, 2011
  • Post-Tsunami Situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan March, 2011
  • Nuclear And Coal Have No Place In A “Clean” Energy Standard January, 2011
  • New Mexico Strengthens Limits for Public Disclosure of Radioactively Contaminated Rio Grande Water October, 2010
  • Small Modular Reactors: Fact Sheet September, 2010
  • The Mythology and Messy Reality of Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing April, 2010
  • Nuclear Waste Contract FOIA Results March, 2010
  • DOE, Take Back Depleted Uranium Sent to Utah and Send No More February, 2010
  • Industry Setbacks Further Dim Nuclear Renaissance: PSR Press Conference December, 2009
  • The Use of Reference Man in Radiation Protection Standards and Guidance with Recommendations for Change April, 2009
  • NRC Ignores Depleted Uranium Risks March, 2009
  • 3,000+ Organizations and Individuals Urge President Bush “Protect Most Vulnerable from Radiation Exposure” February, 2008
  • Science for the Vulnerable: Setting Radiation and Multiple Exposure Standards October, 2006
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission Deals Blow to Depleted Uranium Disposal Plans October, 2005
  • EPA Proposed Rule on Repository for High-Level Radioactive Waste Would Seriously Undermine Public Health August, 2005
  • BEIR VII Report Raises Major Issues for Radiation Protection July, 2005
  • Feasibility Study of Nuclear Weapons Test Fallout and Related Documents May, 2005
  • Advocates welcome NAS study on nuclear testing health effects April, 2005
  • Costs and Risks of Management and Disposal of Depleted Uranium from the National Enrichment Facility Proposed to be Built in Lea County New Mexico by LES November, 2004
  • Energy Department rushing ahead with defective Yucca Mountain design June, 2004
  • The Savannah River at Grievous Risk: Analysis of the proposal to leave high-level radioactive waste in the Savannah river watershed May, 2004
  • Nuclear Dumps by the Riverside: Threats to the Savannah River from Radioactive Contamination at the Savannah River Site March, 2004
  • Comments on the LANL Proposed Chemical and Metallurgical Research Building Replacement Project July, 2003
  • Government Data Projects Worker Cancer Deaths at New Plutonium Bomb Factory June, 2003
  • Benefit of the Doubt Should be Given to Atomic Vets who Have Radiation-Related Diseases May, 2003
  • Precision Bombing, Widespread Harm November, 2002
  • Radiological Warfare Suspicions Point Up Need for Materials Accounting and Reporting to Enhance Security June, 2002
  • Independent Institute Recommends Alternative Nuclear Waste Plan June, 2002
  • Russian and US Experts Respond to Summit Arms Reduction Treaty May, 2002
  • Rule of Power or Rule of Law? April, 2002
  • President Bush Makes Historic, But Wrong, Choice on Nuclear Waste February, 2002
  • DOE Accelerated Cleanup Program of the Nuclear Weapons Complex an Invitation to Lax Standard February, 2002
  • Department of Energy Makes the Wrong Choice by Selecting Yucca Mountain January, 2002
  • Setting Cleanup Standards to Protect Future Generations December, 2001
  • De-alerting Russian and US nuclear weapons: A path to reducing nuclear dangers December, 2001
  • Securing the Energy Future of the United States November, 2001
  • Poison in the Vadose Zone October, 2001
  • Japanese Government Should Halt Construction of Plutonium Extraction and Fuel Fabrication Plant September, 2001
  • U.S. Energy Policy / Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Complex (Vol. 9, No. 4) August, 2001
  • The Cheney Energy Plan: Technically Unsound and Unsustainable August, 2001
  • Uranium Workers Subjected to Dangers Should Be Compensated and Treated Now June, 2001
  • EPA’s Rule on Repository for High-level Radioactive Waste Seriously Undermines Safe Drinking Water Standards June, 2001
  • Revival of Pyroprocessing Technology for Nuclear Fuel in Bush Administration Energy Plan Poses Serious Proliferation Dangers May, 2001
  • Vice-President Cheney Wrong About French Nuclear Repository Program May, 2001
  • Arjun Makhijani The Nuke Slayer (Discover Magazine) April, 2001
  • A Chinese Perspective on National Missile Defense February, 2001
  • Plutonium End Game January, 2001
  • Radiation Exposures to Early Nuclear Workers: A Special Report for USA Today September, 2000
  • The Nuclear Alchemy Gamble May, 2000
  • Nuclear Disarmament and South Asia May, 2000
  • Japan’s Plutonium Plans vis-a-vis the Tokai Incident October, 1999
  • NATO Bombing in Balkans Could Result in Widespread Ecological Disaster May, 1999
  • Shell Game with Plutonium-Contaminated Waste a Poor Policy March, 1999
  • DOE Plutonium Fuel Contract Award Inappropriate and Premature March, 1999
  • Press Release: Letter to Univ. of CA Regents on Fusion Research and Test Ban Treaty February, 1999
  • Sign the CTBT & Speak with Authority December, 1998
  • Fluid Inclusion Studies of Samples from the Exploratory Study Facility, Yucca Mountain, Nevada December, 1998
  • Dangerous Thermonuclear Quest July, 1998
  • India’s Options March, 1997

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