Nuclear Policy
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Senate panel OKs head of Department of Toxic Substances Control
The LA TIMES reports here.
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EPA Plan to Move Radiation Lab out of Vegas Draws Protests
Read the article here.
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Dan Hirsch Testifies Before Senate Environment Committee on Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
Read an article about the testimony here. Read Dan Hirsch’s Senate testimony here. Read Sam Blakeslee’s testimony here.
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CBG’s 2014 Annual Report!
In this year’s annual report, we discuss a recent court decision blocking radioactive waste shipments to unlicensed disposal sites. Earlier this year, CBG reported that Boeing had been shipping radioactive...
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Green groups say EPA rules would weaken radiation standards
The Hill reports.
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EPA Considering Further Weakening Radiation Standards
Sixty-Nine Groups Oppose Action Despite a marked increase in official estimates of how dangerous radiation is, EPA is now considering further weakening its existing lax radiation standards. CBG prepared a...
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Advocates call for tougher leader at California Department of Toxic Substances Control
The Daily News reports here.
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Toxic waste watchdog can be glacially slow
Click here to read the LA Times article.
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Over 100 Groups Call on EPA to Withdraw Dramatically Weakened Radiation Guides
Over 100 environmental organizations have called on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to withdraw EPA’s controversial new Protective Action Guides (PAGs), which would allow exposure to very...
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CBG Releases Report Showing Radioactive Waste Was Sent to Recyclers and Landfills Not Licensed or Designed for Nuclear Waste
The Committee to Bridge the Gap has released a 114 page study by Daniel Hirsch and Ethan Miska disclosing that the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Department...
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CBG’s Dan Hirsch Co-Authors Op-Ed On Nuclear Power
Please click here to read the piece published in the San Diego Union Tribune. In the piece, CBG’s Dan Hirsch concludes that two-thirds of a century after the first reactor...
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San Onofre Nuclear Plant To Close
In a stunning victory for the community and for activists, Southern California Edison announced today that it would permanently close all reactors at the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The...
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Worst Week Since Fukushima: 4 Major Setbacks in 3 Days are Latest Stumbles for U.S. Nuclear Power Industry
Statement by Daniel Hirsch Rather than the nuclear revival hoped for by the industry, the gearshift has been thrown hard in reverse. Instead of a proliferation of new plants, existing...