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Radiation Protection and Health from IEER

  • Trump nominee acknowledges role in under reporting radiation in drinking water (Scripps News story by Mark Greenblatt) January, 2018
  • The Trinity Test (Conversations on Money, Politics and Science series) August, 2017
  • United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination: (Conversations on Money, Politics and Science series) June, 2017
  • Radiation and Gender: One Basis for New Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NIRS & IEER Statement) May, 2017
  • Comments on the “Design of a Consent-Based Siting Process for Nuclear Waste and Disposal Storage Facilities” August, 2016
  • Radioactive Waste Still Leaking Five Years After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (The Real News Network interview with Arjun Makhijani) March, 2016
  • Comments to NRC regarding radiation risk models and permissible maximum radiation exposures to the public and to workers November, 2015
  • Comments to the NRC on low-level radioactive waste disposal September, 2015
  • NRC Briefing on Greater-Than-Class C Radioactive Waste August, 2015
  • Comments on the EPA Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations August, 2014
  • Fukushima fallout: Should the West Coast be concerned? (Los Angeles KABC) November, 2013
  • Radioactive Rainwater Overwhelms Fukushima Nuclear Plant (The Real News Network interview with Arjun Makhijani) October, 2013
  • A look at nuclear power: do risks outweigh benefits? (CCTV America) August, 2013
  • Fukushima toxic water leak may get upgraded to ‘serious incident’ (KPCC Radio Interview with Arjun Makhijani) August, 2013
  • Calls for seafood tests due to radiation leak in Japan (MSN News) August, 2013
  • BBC World News: Radioactive water leaks at stricken Fukushima Daiichi reactors August, 2013
  • Six Telling Figures from Japan’s Leaking Fukushima Nuclear Plant (PBS NewsHour) August, 2013
  • Radioactive Water from Fukushima in the Pacific (Living on Earth Interview with Arjun Makhijani) July, 2013
  • Human Health and Radiation (Vol. 17, No. 1) June, 2013
  • On life near two nuclear power plants in Illinois: an interview with Cindy and Joe Sauer June, 2013
  • Follow-up Memo to NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane November, 2012
  • Kindle Project Blog features IEER and Arjun Makhijani, for IEER’s 25th Anniversary in 2012 August, 2012
  • IEER on “Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities, Phase I” June, 2012
  • Minnesota Public Radio: Nuclear power safety one year after Fukushima disaster March, 2012
  • Fukushima Anniversary: KPFA’s Philip Maldari interviews Arjun Makhijani and Kevin Kamps March, 2012
  • Long-Term Waste Confidence and Temporary Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel 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
  • New LLRW EIS needed for NRC’s Volume Reduction and Blending Policy: IEER Comments October, 2011
  • BRC Draft Report: Yakama Nation ERWM Program Comments by IEER October, 2011
  • CBC News: Nuclear Tension, Fukushima, TV interview with Arjun Makhijani September, 2011
  • KHOU-TV: EPA underreports radiation in America’s drinking water (2011) September, 2011
  • Fukushima and Food Contamination: Between the Lines’ Scott Harris interviews Arjun Makhijani July, 2011
  • NRC’s Fukushima Task Force Review: IEER’s Preliminary Review July, 2011
  • Reprocessing: IEER’s Comments on NRC’s “Draft Regulatory Basis for a Potential Rulemaking…” July, 2011
  • BRC Transportation and Storage Subcommittee’s Draft Report: IEER’s Comments July, 2011
  • DOE’s Greater-Than-Class C Waste Draft EIS: Comments by the Yakama Nation ERWM Program and IEER June, 2011
  • Unique Waste Streams Rulemaking (10 CFR Part 61) – including Depleted Uranium Disposal: IEER Comments to the NRC June, 2011
  • Internal Dose Estimates Needed in Area of Fukushima Daiichi Plant (in Japanese and English) June, 2011
  • More Stringent, Coordinated Fukushima Fallout Monitoring Needed to Determine Radioactive Iodine Risk April, 2011
  • Issues of Water and Light in the Turbine Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi March, 2011
  • Radiation and Human Health March, 2011
  • Perspectives on the NAS Studying Cancer Risk in Populations Living near Nuclear Power Facilities April, 2010
  • Hanford Site Tank Closure and Waste Management Draft EIS: Comments by the Yakama Nation ERWM Program and IEER March, 2010
  • BOOK REVIEW: Consequential Damages of Nuclear War; The Rongelap Report March, 2010
  • DOE, Take Back Depleted Uranium Sent to Utah and Send No More February, 2010
  • New Mexico’s 2009 Triennial Review of the Water Quality Standards December, 2009
  • Depleted Uranium Waste, NRC is on the Wrong Track: IEER Comments October, 2009
  • Depleted Uranium Waste Rulemaking: Notes from the Sept. 2009 NRC Workshop September, 2009
  • Radioactive Rivers and Rain / Retiring Reference Man (Vol. 16, No. 1) August, 2009
  • Table of Nuclear Reactor Accidents May, 2009
  • The Use of Reference Man in Radiation Protection Standards and Guidance with Recommendations for Change April, 2009
  • Residual Radioactivity in Your Neighborhood January, 2009
  • What is RESRAD? / Where is Reference Man? / Carbon Free, Nuclear Free Statement of Principles (Vol. 15, No. 4) December, 2008
  • DOE Complex Transformation / French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara (Vol. 15, No. 3) April, 2008
  • DOE Complex Transformation, French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara (Issue #41) April, 2008
  • Comments to the Science Advisory Board of the EPA August, 2007
  • Cotter/Lincoln Park Superfund Site: Health and Environment Report and Document Review June, 2007
  • Testimony of Arjun Makhijani and Sara Barczak on Behalf of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) May, 2007
  • Radiological and Chemical Fact Sheets to Support Health Risk Analyses for Contaminated Areas March, 2007
  • Healthy from the Start / Tritium (Vol. 14, No. 4) February, 2007
  • Healthy from the Start / Tritium (Issue #38) February, 2007
  • Fernald Waste Management / Radium and Plutonium Environmental Transport (Vol. 14, No. 3) November, 2006
  • Science for the Vulnerable: Setting Radiation and Multiple Exposure Standards October, 2006
  • Open Letter to President Bush on Protecting the Most Vulnerable October, 2006
  • Comments on the Los Alamos Site Wide EIS September, 2006
  • The Environmental Transport of Radium and Plutonium: A Review June, 2006
  • Los Alamos Cleanup / Chernobyl (Vol. 14, No. 1) April, 2006
  • IEER Memorandum on Tritium March, 2006
  • Statement on Tritium February, 2006
  • Disposal of Radioactive Waste in France / A Readiness to Harm (Vol. 13, No. 4) January, 2006
  • Disposal of Radioactive Waste in France / A Readiness to Harm (Issue #34) January, 2006
  • Soil Cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory: Sediment Contamination in the South Fork of Acid Canyon November, 2005
  • Letter to the U.S. EPA regarding its draft Environmental Justice Strategic Plan September, 2005
  • Bad to the Bone, Drinking Water Standards for Plutonium (Vol. 13, No. 3) September, 2005
  • Bad to the Bone: Plutonium Drinking Water Standards in the U.S. (Issue #33) September, 2005
  • Bad to the Bone August, 2005
  • BEIR VII Report Raises Major Issues for Radiation Protection July, 2005
  • Readiness to Harm – The Health Effects of Nuclear Weapons Complexes (written by Arjun Makhijani for Arms Control Today) July, 2005
  • Risks of Depleted Uranium Waste / Uranium Health Risks (Vol. 13, No. 2) June, 2005
  • Risks of Depleted Uranium Waste / Uranium Health Risks (Issue #32) June, 2005
  • Feasibility Study of Nuclear Weapons Test Fallout and Related Documents May, 2005
  • Testimony to NAS Committee on Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program November, 2004
  • Assessing Uranium-Related Radiation Issues October, 2004
  • Letter to NAS committee assessing the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program September, 2004
  • The Savannah River at Grievous Risk: Analysis of the proposal to leave high-level radioactive waste in the Savannah river watershed May, 2004
  • “Usable” Nuke / NATO Nuclear / Bad Old Days (Issues #26 and #27) December, 2003
  • The “Usable” Nuke Strikes Back / Back to the Bad Old Days (Vol. 11, No. 4) September, 2003
  • Nuclear Waste threatens water resources September, 2003
  • Comments on the LANL Proposed Chemical and Metallurgical Research Building Replacement Project July, 2003
  • Anniversary of the First Nuclear Test: Investigate the Fallout and Downwinders July, 2003
  • Radiation and Health, the Proposed Plutonium Bomb Plant and Worker Health July, 2003
  • Dr. Arjun Makhijani on Atomic Vets May, 2003
  • Benefit of the Doubt Should be Given to Atomic Vets who Have Radiation-Related Diseases May, 2003
  • Radioactive Milk in America February, 2003
  • LANL Clean Air Act Audits: IEER Monitoring Team Reports December, 2002
  • Health Survey at an Indian Nuclear Power Plant / Peace Plan for South Asia (Vol. 11, No. 1) November, 2002
  • Health Survey at an Indian Nuclear Power Plant / Peace Plan for South Asia (Issue #23) November, 2002
  • Cleanup Standards for Future Generations / COGEMA (Vol. 10, No. 3) May, 2002
  • Cleanup Standards for Future Generations / COGEMA (Issue #21) May, 2002
  • Fact Sheet on Fallout Report and Related Maps February, 2002
  • Securing the Energy Future of the United States (Vol. 10, No. 2) February, 2002
  • Alternative Energy Plan for the United States (Issue #20) February, 2002
  • Setting Cleanup Standards to Protect Future Generations December, 2001
  • Poison in the Vadose Zone (INEEL) (Vol. 10, No. 1) November, 2001
  • Poison in the Vadose Zone (Issue #19) November, 2001
  • Government should bear the burden of proof in Compensation cases August, 2001
  • Uranium Workers Subjected to Dangers Should Be Compensated and Treated Now June, 2001
  • Plutonium End Game / Global Truth Commission (Vol. 9, No. 2) February, 2001
  • Plutonium End Game (Issue #16) February, 2001
  • Forgotten Exposures / Nuclear Plant Risk Studies (Vol. 9, No. 1) December, 2000
  • Forgotten Exposures; Nuclear Plant Risk (Issue #15) December, 2000
  • Ionizing Radiation / Uranium (Vol. 8, No. 4) September, 2000
  • Testimony on Nuclear Workers September, 2000
  • Radiation Exposures to Early Nuclear Workers: A Special Report for USA Today September, 2000
  • Worker Doses, Global Truth Commission (Issue #14) September, 2000
  • Wind Versus Plutonium / Fuel Cells (Vol. 8, No. 1) November, 1999
  • Wind Power versus Plutonium (Issue #11) November, 1999
  • Paducah — Never Again August, 1999
  • Alternative Plan for Highly Radioactive Waste Management in the United States (Vol. 7, No. 3) May, 1999
  • NATO Bombing in Balkans Could Result in Widespread Ecological Disaster May, 1999
  • IEER’s Plan for Management of Highly Radioactive Waste (Issue #9) May, 1999
  • WIPP: Shipments of LANL Wastes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant June, 1998
  • Worker Radiation Dose Records Deeply Flawed / Let Them Drink Milk (Iodine-131) (Vol. 6, No. 2) November, 1997
  • Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation (Issue #4) October, 1997
  • Radioactivity in the Fernald Neighborhood (Vol. 5, No. 3) October, 1996
  • Fissile Materials Health & Environmental Dangers March, 1996
  • Tritium: The environmental, health, budgetary, and strategic effects of the Department of Energy’s decision to produce tritium January, 1996
  • Reprocessing Relapse / Tritium Production (Vol. 5, No. 1) January, 1996
  • Transuranics in Bone of Deceased Former Residents of Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands November, 1995
  • Analysis of National Academy of Sciences Report on Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste (Vol. 4, No. 4) October, 1995
  • Nuclear Testing and Weapons Design (Vol. 4, No. 2) May, 1995
  • Reports on Radiation, Health, and the Environment July, 1994
  • Effects of Nuclear Weapons Testing in the Marshall Islands (Rongelap Resettlement Project) April, 1994
  • Human Radiation Experiments / Radiation Clean-up Standards (Vol. 3, No. 1) January, 1994
  • How Many Nuclear Weapons is Enough? (Vol. 2, No. 3) October, 1993
  • Sound Science and Freedom of Information ? (Vol. 2, No. 2) April, 1993
  • Plutonium — Deadly Waste of the Nuclear Age (Vol. 2, No. 1) January, 1993
  • Report on Chelyabinsk (Vol. 1, No. 3) October, 1992
  • Low-Dose Radiation Exposure / Clean-up of Contaminated Sites (Vol. 1, No. 2) April, 1992
  • Radioactive Heaven and Earth June, 1991
  • Glass in the Rocks: Some Issues Concerning the Disposal of Radioactive Borosilicate Glass in a Yucca Mountain Repository January, 1991

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