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Nuclear Safety in the Carolinas – Charlotte Talks, WFAE 90.7 FM
NC WARN’s director Jim Warren debates Duke Energy’s nuclear policy director Steve Nesbit on Charlotte’s public radio station.
Japanese Nuclear Crisis May Pose Troubles For Duke’s Plans – WFAE Radio Article
The unfolding nuclear plant crisis in Japan could pose significant problems for Duke Energy’s effort to build a new reactor near Gaffney, SC.
Can Shearon Harris withstand a disaster? – ABC News
Threats to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant have people asking could a major disaster happen here?
National Academy Confirms Risks of Nuclear Waste Pools – News Release by Nuclear Security Coalition
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. …
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” …
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 …