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Key Climate Solutions

03/03/2023 @ 2:30 pm EST – 3:30 pm EST –

Two environmental leaders are set to discuss some of the biggest issues facing our planet 11:30 a.m.  PST (2:30 pm EST) March 3 on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public.

New Mexico 2023 Legislative Session Ends

03/13/2023 @ 12:00 pm EDT – The first session of the 56th legislature of New Mexico ends on March 13th at noon.  The session began on January 17th at noon.  Find details at the legislature’s Web site.

Comment Period for Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (extended beyond the original 14-days!)

03/24/2023 – 04/14/2023 @ All Day – The Department of Energy (DOE) opened public comment for the Bill Gates Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment draft Environmental Assessment (EA) proposed for Idaho National Lab.  Initially DOE gave the public only 14 days to obtain, read, and comment on the EA. The Snake River Alliance, our members, and NRWC allies requested DOE extend the public […]

Community Leaders and Nuclear Experts Demand Updated Security Plans for San Onofre

05/23/2023 @ 8:30 pm EDT – 9:45 pm EDT – Public Webinar: In a first of its kind presentation, concerned citizens and nuclear experts, and public advocates will explore and expose current safety risks at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). Visit the new Web site here. A panel of community leaders, Fukushima evacuees and nuclear experts is calling on the Nuclear Regulatory […]

Radioactive Contamination, Environment and Public Health; & the Future of the Portsmouth Nuclear Site.

06/10/2023 @ 1:00 pm EDT – 3:00 pm EDT – June 10, Saturday, Ohio Nuclear-Free Network, will be having an in-person, and zoom, meeting in Piketon OH.  Michael Ketterer, Terry Lodge, and Joe Mangano will be there in person.  ONFN got a special grant so they could go into the belly of the beast and invite panelists and locals to sound off about their situation […]

Summer Workshop on Siting of Radioactive Waste Facilities

08/29/2023 @ 8:00 am MDT – 5:00 pm MDT – The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) will hold a workshop on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, to update its understanding of the lessons learned from the siting of radioactive waste management facilities, domestically and in other countries. The Board’s objectives for the workshop are to obtain information that may be applicable to the U.S. […]

Summer 2023 Board Meeting: Consent-Based Siting

08/30/2023 @ 8:00 am MDT – 4:00 pm MDT – Topic: The meeting will focus on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) efforts on consent-based siting and will also address DOE research and development activities related to high burnup commercial spent nuclear fuel and advanced reactor waste disposition. The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) will hold a public meeting in Idaho Falls, Idaho on […]

The Peaceful Atom Is a Bomb

09/11/2023 @ 1:00 pm CDT – 5:00 pm CDT – Addressing the Dire Risks of Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, & Radioactive Waste a teach-in on Nuclear Issues In-person events at noon (Martini’s Restaurant, Kalamazoo, Michigan, through 5 p.m.) and 6 p.m. (WMU’s new Student Center). Schedule 1:00pm Golden Rule Sail / Great Lakes Basin Nukes  1:00-1:15 Welcome & Golden Rule Great Lakes Tour with Helen […]

Nuclear Fuel Chain Part IV: Decommissioning

09/26/2023 @ 6:00 pm MDT – 7:15 pm MDT – What Happens When a Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down? Join us Tuesday, September 26th at 6:00 pm MT and find out first hand what it’s like to live in a reactor community and what happens to the people and the place after a nuclear plant shuts down. Deborah Katz, CSW is executive director of Citizens […]

Consent-Based Siting Consortia Virtual Open House

11/02/2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT – 5:00 pm EDT – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded consent-based siting consortia awardees to ensure fair and inclusive involvement of all individuals interested in DOE’s consent-based siting process to site one or more federal consolidated interim storage facilities for the nation’s spent nuclear fuel. These geographically and institutionally diverse awardees will lead inclusive engagement efforts and elicit […]

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