Nuclear Waste

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2005
Erich Pica, 202-222-0739, Friends of the Earth
Michael Mariotte, 202-328-0002, Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Stop the Nuclear Power Hustle- Visit nukeretro.com - And Oppose the Senate Energy Bill
Washington D.C. - As the Senate prepares to begin debate on the Bush Energy Plan, Friends of the Earth and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) launched a web campaign (www.nukeretro.com) focusing on opposing nuclear power and the broader energy bill before the Congress. The campaign features a comic animation by political cartoonist Mark Fiore set to a retro music score from the 1970s, when nuclear power was in its heyday.

March 21, 2005
NEWS FROM ED MARKEY,
United States Congress Massachusetts Seventh District
CONTACT: Michal Freedhoff, (202) 225-2836
MARKEY INVESTIGATES NUKE AGENCY’S USE OF SECRECY DESIGNATIONS
Markey calls for Inspector General Investigation of NRC Information Policy
Washington, DC: Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the panel which oversees the regulation of nuclear reactors, today released a letter sent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General (NRC IG) regarding an increasingly frequent and disturbing pattern of secrecy on the part of the Commission, including some regulatory proposals the Commission is currently considering to restrict public access to information that is not classified. Read release

Released:
FEBRUARY 8, 2005
Contact: Carah Ong, Communications Director
Cell: (805) 896-1909
Fax: (805) 568-0466
Email: cong@napf.org
Peace Foundation President Returns from Carter Consultation
Santa Barbara, CA – The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is pleased to announce that Foundation President David Krieger has just returned from a trip to Atlanta, Georgia for the “Atlanta Consultation II: On the Future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.” The Atlanta Consultation took place from January 26-28, 2005 and was hosted by former US President Jimmy Carter and The Carter Center. The meeting was sponsored by the Middle Powers Initiative, a coalition of eight international civil society organizations including the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Read release

GROUPS CRITICIZE HOMELAND SECURITY PLANS TO RELAX RADIATION CLEANUP STANDARDS FOR A "DIRTY BOMB" OR TERRORIST NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE
Doses Equivalent to Tens of Thousands of Chest X-rays Could be Allowed,
Officially Estimated to Cause Cancer in Up to a Quarter of Those Exposed

WASHINGTON, DC - More than 50 public policy organizations today called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt plans to dramatically weaken requirements for cleaning up radioactive contamination from a terrorist radiological or nuclear explosive. The groups disclosed that DHS is about to release new guidance that could permit ongoing contamination at levels equivalent to a person receiving tens of thousands of chest X-rays over thirty years. Official government risk figures estimate that as many as a quarter of the people exposed to such doses would develop cancer. See Media Release

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
First Presidential Mandate: Protect the US from Nuclear Terrorism and Proliferation
Santa Barbara, CA (November 3, 2004) –The primary mandate of President George W. Bush is to protect US citizens. In fact, Republicans and Democrats alike agree that nuclear proliferation and terrorism are THE greatest threats facing the US. In his second term, President Bush has the opportunity to make Americans safer and more secure by implementing responsible nuclear policies that will prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and prevent terrorists from obtaining and using nuclear weapons against the US.
See Media Release

NAACP Claiborne County
Nuclear Information And Resource Service
Public Citizen
Sierra Club - Mississippi Chapter

NRC STRIKES DOWN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CLAIMS AND BID
FOR LICENSING HEARING TO SITE NEW REACTOR UNIT AT GRAND GULF

PORT GIBSON, Miss. - In a blow to environmental justice principles, a federal licensing board of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has denied four environmental, public interest and civil rights organizations entrance into a licensing hearing on Entergy's application to site a new nuclear reactor in Mississippi under the agency's new streamlined licensing proceedings. See Media Release

NUCLEAR WEAPONS DAYS OF ACTION - TRINITY, HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI ANNIVERSARY EVENTS HELD IN JULY & AUGUST

See National News Release - Trinity, Hiroshima & Nagasaki Anniversary Events Held Nationwide. Communities Call on National Leaders to Take Precautionary Action To Prevent Nuclear Weapons Hazards; "Support Safety & Security, Clean Up, Don't Build Up."

See Media Statements from 8 national organizations - Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Center for Health, Environment & Justice, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, Greenpeace International, Indigenous Environmental Network, Physicians for Social Responsibility and United for Peace & Justice..

THREE MILE ISLAND 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS (March 23, 2004)

News Release: Communities Call for Precautionary ActionsTo Prevent Dangerous Nuclear Hazards; Launch Three Mile Island 25^th Anniversary Events Across the Nation
A series of forty-seven events were held in nineteen states across the country by the nationwide BE SAFE coalition to commemorate the anniversary of Three Mile Island and call for precautionary actions to prevent nuclear hazards. March 28th marks the 25^th Anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant meltdown in PA.

March 23, 2004
25 Years After Three Mile Island Concerns Linger
By Chris Baltimore, Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-five years after a near-catastrophe at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant exposed lax safety practices, owners and regulators of the nation's aging fleet of 103 reactors still face nagging questions about their ability to prevent mishaps.

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