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  • April 23, 2013
    PSR chapters in Oregon and Washington Hire Economist to Evaluate Nuclear Plant

    PSR will be working with economist Robert McCullough to examine the business case for an early retirement of the Columbia Generating Station nuclear power plant.

    Source: Wall Street Journal
  • March 13, 2013
    Fukushima Two Years Later: Another Nuclear Reactor Bites the Dust!

    Two years after the cataclysmic induced but human caused reactor meltdown at the Fukushima-Daiichi reactors in Japan, much remains to be done for nuclear safety in the United States.

  • March 10, 2013
    Navy Vets Say Fukushima Meltdown Made them Sick

    Participating in a New York symposium sponsored by the Helen Caldicott Foundation and PSR, two former Navy sailors testify about their exposure to radiation from Fukushima disaster.

    Source: CBS News
  • February 6, 2013
    The danger of relying on nuclear power plants

    An op-ed by Chesapeake PSR steering committee member Dr. Gwen DuBois on nuclear power.

    Source: Baltimore Sun
  • January 15, 2013
    Groups: Nuclear Energy Institute Is Pushing NRC to Shortchange Environmental Review of Long-Term Radioactive Waste Storage

    The nuclear industry’s trade association is pushing so hard to get the NRC to do a hurry-up version of a court-ordered environmental impact statement on the long-term storage of nuclear waste that it is even pressuring the federal agency to rely on such unsatisfactory “evidence” as secret reports that the agency has reported as being lost, according to supplemental comments filed today by 24 leading national and grassroots environment groups.

  • January 3, 2013
    24 Groups: NRC Rushing Nuclear "Waste Confidence" Process, Not Satisfying Court-Ordered Requirements

    In documents filed Tuesday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a wide range of national and grassroots environmental groups said it would be impossible for the NRC to adequately conduct a court-ordered assessment of the environmental implications of long-term storage of spent nuclear reactor fuel in the two short years the federal agency envisions for the process.

  • October 9, 2012
    Radio Smart Talk Interview with Dr. Andy Kanter

    A radio interview with PSR president Andy Kanter, MD, MPH on nuclear power.

    Source: WITF
  • October 4, 2012
    Limerick nuclear plant pollutes, depletes water supply

    Radiation can cause cancer and DNA damage. There’s no safe level, according to Physicians for Social Responsibility.

    Source: The Mercury
  • August 2, 2012
    From Hiroshima to Fukushima: A Nuclear Legacy

    PSR leader Dr. Robert Dodge reminds us, "Our collective ability to effect change is far greater than we realize."

    Source: Ventura County Reporter
  • July 12, 2012
    Groups: U.S. Shares 'Mindset' Behind Japan's Nuclear Disaster

    "American regulators and the federal government should take heed," said Physicians for Social Responsibility Executive Director Catherine Thomasson. "This report should serve as a warning that the U.S. has the same colluding system between industry, regulators and government."

    Source: Environment News Service
  • July 12, 2012
    Groups: Japanese Report on Fukushima Reactor Disaster Is “Real Wake Up” Call for Sleeping U.S. Regulators

    The same underlying “man-made” problems that contribute significantly to the Fukushima reactor disaster in Japan are in place in the United States and require preventative actions that go far beyond the limited steps taken far by the U.S. industry and its regulators, according to five groups commenting today on the English-language version of the official report of the Japanese Parliament’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission.

  • July 11, 2012
    Green coalition unveils statewide renewable energy plan

    Maureen McCue, the coordinator for Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility, said "improving sustainable infrastructure not only makes for a healthier economy, it betters the well-being of Iowans themselves."The Iowa Renewable Energy Jobs 2020 unveiled a new plan Tuesday to fight just that — pushing to create 20,000 jobs and save consumers $1 billion statewide each year in energy costs by the year 2020 through development of renewable energy in Iowa.

    Source: The Daliy Iowan
  • July 5, 2012
    Changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Dr. Allison MacFarlane to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of outgoing Chairman Gregory Jaczko’s term.

  • June 19, 2012
    PSR supports the nomination of Allison Macfarlane as chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) today announced its endorsement of Dr. Allison Macfarlane as chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

  • June 18, 2012
    Shut down the Northwest's only nuclear power plant

    An op-ed by Dr. John Howieson, a retired radiologist and an advisory board member of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.

    Source: The Oregonian
  • May 29, 2012
    Nuclear emergency planning overhaul draws fire

    PSR's Dr. John Rachow spends more time than most thinking about the evacuation of frail populations such as nursing home residents, because he is an internist specializing in geriatric medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

    Source: The Gazette
  • May 16, 2012
    Nuclear bill would have been a disaster for Iowa

    In a major blow to the nuclear industry, the Iowa Legislature adjourned without passing a bill that would pave the way for MidAmerican Energy to charge ratepayers in advance for new nuclear reactor construction. PSR was among groups working in opposition to the bill.

    Source: Iowa City Press Citizen
  • April 1, 2012
    Nuclear risks too great

    A letter to the editor from PSR Tampa Bay President Dr. Lynn Ringenberg.

    Source: Tampa Bay Times
  • March 11, 2012
    No more Fukushimas

    Chesapeake Bay Area PSR's Dr. Gwen DuBois writes that one year after the Japanese disaster, U.S. nuclear plants still face similar risks.

    Source: The Baltimore Sun
  • March 8, 2012
    1 year after Fukushima, business as usual here

    PSR Wisconsin's Bill Christofferson on the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

    Source: Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinal
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