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Testimony and Technical Comments from IEER

  • Memorandum to a National Academies committee regarding low-level radiation research and the protection of pregnant women, the embryo, and the fetus January, 2022
  • Issues related to the environmental remediation of the harm from nuclear weapons testing and use May, 2021
  • Why Small Modular Reactors Won’t Help Counter the Climate Crisis April, 2021
  • Trump nominee acknowledges role in under reporting radiation in drinking water (Scripps News story by Mark Greenblatt) January, 2018
  • NYSERDA’s Renewable Heating and Cooling Policy Framework (2017): IEER Comments March, 2017
  • Maryland’s Electric Affordability Program: IEER Comments on PSC Public Conference 47 January, 2017
  • Maryland’s Grid Transformation: Four points December, 2016
  • Comments on the “Design of a Consent-Based Siting Process for Nuclear Waste and Disposal Storage Facilities” August, 2016
  • Comments to NRC regarding radiation risk models and permissible maximum radiation exposures to the public and to workers November, 2015
  • Net Metering and Distributed Energy Resources: Maryland’s Future (Slides) October, 2015
  • Comments to the NRC on low-level radioactive waste disposal September, 2015
  • NRC Briefing on Greater-Than-Class C Radioactive Waste August, 2015
  • Testimony on Minnesota’s Nuclear Moratorium at the Senate Energy and Environment Committee March, 2015
  • Comments on the Exelon proposal to acquire Pepco Holdings, Inc. February, 2015
  • IEER Comments on the EPA Proposed Clean Power Plan December, 2014
  • Declaration in support to reopen the record of NRC license and re-licence proceedings September, 2014
  • Comments on the EPA Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations August, 2014
  • Comments on the Application to FERC regarding the Exelon Proposal to Acquire PHI July, 2014
  • NRC Draft Waste Confidence Generic Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Rule – Expert Declaration by Arjun Makhijani December, 2013
  • Spent Fuel and Reprocessing Myths and Realities March, 2013
  • Comments to the NRC on low-level waste disposal January, 2013
  • NRC rushing through waste confidence process (press release and official comments) January, 2013
  • Comments to the MN Public Utility Commission on Xcel Energy’s Resource Plan October, 2012
  • Comments on the Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement October, 2012
  • IEER on “Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities, Phase I” June, 2012
  • Legal Challenge to 20 Year License Extension Proposal for Callaway Nuclear Reactor April, 2012
  • NRC Denies Motion; Groups Sue to Block Vogtle Units 3 & 4 April, 2012
  • Long-Term Waste Confidence and Temporary Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel February, 2012
  • No More Solyndras: Groups Call on DOE to Release Vogtle Delay & Cost Overrun Information February, 2012
  • Blue Ribbon Commission Draft Report: Comments from IEER October, 2011
  • 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
  • An efficient and fully renewable energy system in the United States by 2050 September, 2011
  • Support for legal challenges to nuclear reactor licensing August, 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
  • Suspend All Nuclear Reactor Licensing; Conduct “Credible” TMI-Style Review April, 2011
  • Asia-Pacific Journal: What Caused the High Chlorine-38 Radioactivity in the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #1 April, 2011
  • Why Minnesota should maintain its moratorium on new nuclear reactors: Testimony before legislators January, 2011
  • Comments for the Transportation & Storage Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission August, 2010
  • Managing Spent Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste: Interim and Long-Term Considerations May, 2010
  • Perspectives on the NAS Studying Cancer Risk in Populations Living near Nuclear Power Facilities April, 2010
  • Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power Plants?: Congressional Testimony April, 2010
  • Hanford Site Tank Closure and Waste Management Draft EIS: Comments by the Yakama Nation ERWM Program and IEER March, 2010
  • DOE, Take Back Depleted Uranium Sent to Utah and Send No More February, 2010
  • Watts Bar Unit 2: Does TVA Need the Power? Petition to NRC and Declaration (Feb. 4, 2010) 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
  • Minnesota Legislature: Discussion of nuclear power March, 2009
  • Comments on the NRC’s Proposed Waste Confidence Rule Update February, 2009
  • Statement of Hugh B. Haskell Regarding the Approval of New Nuclear and Coal-Fired Power Plants in NC June, 2008
  • Comments to the DOE on the Draft Complex Transformation Supplemental Programmatic EIS April, 2008
  • Comments on Yucca Mountain and the draft EPA standard October, 2007
  • Comments on Disposal of Greater-Than-Class-C Low-Level Radioactive Waste September, 2007
  • 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
  • Resources related to the DOE’s Proposal for a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership June, 2007
  • Testimony of Arjun Makhijani and Sara Barczak on Behalf of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) May, 2007
  • Comments on the Los Alamos Site Wide EIS September, 2006
  • Comments on the U.S. EPA Proposed Rule for the Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain November, 2005
  • Letter to the U.S. EPA regarding its draft Environmental Justice Strategic Plan September, 2005
  • Comments on the Draft EIS for the Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear Operations Related to Production of Radioisotope Power Systems August, 2005
  • BEIR VII Report Raises Major Issues for Radiation Protection July, 2005
  • Comments on the Pantex Plant Radiological Investigation Report March, 2005
  • Testimony to NAS Committee on Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program November, 2004
  • Additional Comments on the Pantex Plant Radiological Investigation Report September, 2004
  • Comments on Draft Supplemental Site-Wide Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic EIS, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory April, 2004
  • Comments on Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for the Proposed LES Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Facility March, 2004
  • Comments on the proposed uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico January, 2004
  • Comments on the LANL Proposed Chemical and Metallurgical Research Building Replacement Project July, 2003
  • Comments on the proposed rule on “controlling the disposition of solid materials.” June, 2003
  • Testimony of Arjun Makhijani on Secure Storage of Nuclear Spent Fuel before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations March, 2003
  • LANL Clean Air Act Audits: IEER Monitoring Team Reports December, 2002
  • Comments to NRC on white papers regarding the proposed enrichment plant in Tennessee November, 2002
  • The NRC should hold a formal proceeding for a MOX fuel fabrication facility March, 2001
  • Testimony on Nuclear Workers September, 2000
  • Comments on the Draft Standard Review Plan for the Review of an Application for a Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility March, 2000
  • Comments on the Draft EIS on the Yucca Mountain Repository (DOE/EIS-0250D) February, 2000
  • Comments of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research on the Department of Energy Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility RCRA and TSCA Permit February, 2000
  • Comments on the draft EPA standards for a Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste repository November, 1999
  • Letter to the NRC re: Release of Radioactively Contaminated Materials November, 1999
  • Statement on Tritium before the House Committee on Intergovernmental Coordination, State of Georgia October, 1999
  • Comments on the Sellafield MOX Plant Consultation July, 1999
  • Comments on the Draft NRC Rule on Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in a Proposed Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada June, 1999
  • Comments on the Supplement to the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Draft Environmental Impact Statement June, 1999
  • IEER Comments on the Savannah River Site Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Draft EIS February, 1999
  • Comments on DOE Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project Draft EIS August, 1998
  • Comments on Long-Term Management and Use of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride March, 1998
  • Comments on DOE Notice of Intent on Management and Use of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride March, 1996

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