NEWS RELEASE August 20, 2003 Contact: Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Chance of Nuclear Accident 34% at U.S. Plants Scientists show risk exists at NC plants and cite regulators’ negligence DURHAM, NC – “According to government reports, the odds that one of the nation’s nuclear power reactors will have a serious accident in …
Nuclear Power
Since the early 1990s, NC WARN has watch-dogged the state’s nuclear power industry over its “low-level” and high-level waste practices, along with reactor safety and security issues.
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NRC Blasted for Subverting Science on Cooling Pool Hazards – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE May 21, 2003 919-416-5077 NRC Blasted for Subverting Science on Cooling Pool Hazards Local Officials, Citizens Press State Attorney General For Action On Nuclear Waste RALEIGH, NC – Civic leaders and environmentalists revealed today that a commissioner with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is colluding with the nuclear …
UNC Researchers: Harris Disaster Could Impact 2 Million – News Release by Orange County Citizens for Nuclear Safety
ORANGE COUNTY CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY (OCCNS) News Release February 5, 2003 NUCLEAR RELEASE AT SHEARON HARRIS COULD IMPACT 2 MILLION, SAY UNC RESEARCHERS Over two million North Carolinians – one-quarter of the state’s population – live within 50 miles of the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, according to a …
27 Attorney Generals Urge Security Upgrades for N-plants, Waste Pools
STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL A Communication From the Chief Legal Officers of the following States: Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Georgia • Hawaii Iowa • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi Montana • Nevada • New Jersey • New Mexico • New …
Safer? Cheaper? Hardly — News & Observer
Op-Ed by Jim Warren. Despite claims that nuclear power is “emissions free,” research in Europe and the U.S. suggests that routine radioactive releases into air and water are damaging health near nuclear plants.
Low-Level Waste Dump
After celebrating the final defeat of North Carolina’s 12-year effort to license an ill-conceived seven-state nuclear waste dump, NC WARN has been working with the NC Radiation Protection Commission to help craft state policy for the long-term management of “low-level” radioactive waste. The RPC was instructed to make a recommendation to the NC General Assembly in May of 2000. We’re happy to report that “No dump” is the recommendation — at least for now.
Risks of Harris Waste Pools – Report for Orange Co. by Gordon Thompson
Institute for resource and Security Studies 27 Ellsworth Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Phone: (617) 491-5177 Fax: (617) 491-6904 E-mail: irss@igc.org RISKS AND ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SPENT FUEL STORAGE AT THE SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Executive Summary of a February 1999 report prepared for Orange County, NC, by …