NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 6th, 2005 Statement on Today’s Release of National Academy’s Study on Nuclear Cooling Pools Today, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a declassified study which finds that pools storing highly radioactive waste at the nation’s nuclear power plants are vulnerable to terrorist attack. …
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Since 1998, NC WARN has worked with the Union of Concerned Scientists and other groups to warn that nuclear plants are highly vulnerable to acts of malice. Since 9-11, the industry has continued to place more emphasis on cost-cutting and creating a public relations image of security rather than on actual improvements.
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NRC Misleads on Security – Letter to The News and Observer by Jim Warren
The News & Observer Security threat Published: Mar 28, 2005 To the Editor: Regarding your March 22 editorial on FBI concerns about security weaknesses within general aviation — particularly relating to chemical and nuclear plants — I have one disagreement: A small aircraft packed with explosives could indeed cause damage …
NRC Withholds Study Damaging to Industry – News Release by Nuclear Security Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2005 Contacts: Jim Warren, NC WARN 919-416-5077, David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists 202-223-6133 Coalition Decries Withholding of Report Damaging to Nuclear Industry Groups, …
Report: Bush Administration Degrading National Security to Protect Nuclear Energy Industry – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE November 25, 2003 Contact: Stan Goff or Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Report released: Bush administration degrading national security to protect financial interest of nuclear energy industry; Calls Bush administration rhetoric “Orwellian patriotism-for-profit” DURHAM, NC – In the George Orwell classic 1984, the monolithic security state called “Big Brother” combined “doublethink” …
Government Auditor: Serious Weaknesses in Security at Civilian Nuclear Reactors – Announcement from NC WARN
GOVERNMENT AUDITOR: Serious Weaknesses in Security at Civilian Nuclear Reactors Two senior congressional representatives have released a U.S. General Accounting Office report that found several serious weaknesses in NRC’s oversight of security at U.S. nuclear power plants. To see highlights of the study and a link to the full study: Click Here …
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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 …
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 …