Safety
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Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the US: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage
A report by Dr. Robert Alvarez of the Institute for Policy Studies detailing the threat of a catastrophic release of radioactive materials from a spent fuel pool in the United States, which are typically filled with far more radioactive material than the reactors at Fukushima-Daiichi. Read more »
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Small Modular Reactors: No Solution for the Cost, Safety, and Waste Problems of Nuclear Power
(September 2010). An analysis of the proposed small modular reactor designs and how they fare on the cost, waste, safety, and proliferation issues that surround regular nuclear reactors. Read more »
- Letter to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Centralized Interim Storage
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Principles for Safeguarding Waste at Nuclear Reactors
a set of principles, signed by over 170 groups in all 50 states, outlining key measures for safeguarding nuclear waste at reactor sites, including low-density, open-framework spent fuel pools, hardened-on-site storage, and prohibtions against reprocessing. Read more »
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Walking a Nuclear Tightrope: Unlearned Lessons of Year-Plus Reactor Outages
Union of Concerned Scientists (September, 2006). David Lochbaum, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A report on safety and oversight at currently operating nuclear reactors Read more »
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PSR Main Points on the Blue Ribbon Commission Draft Report
In 2010, after ending the failed Yucca Mountain project, President Obama convened a commission to make recommendations for managing US high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel. The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (BRC) has held meetings for the past year and a half, and in July completed a draft report. They are now having meetings around the country to discuss their recommendations with the public. The following main points summarize PSR's position on some of their conclusions. Read more »
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Thorium Fueled Reactors: No Panacea for Nuclear Power
An analysis by PSR and IEER detailing the proliferation, safety, and waste problems posed by thorium-fueled reactors. Read more »
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New Nuclear Reactors: Too Costly, Dirty, & Dangerous
a basic factsheet about the risks of new nuclear reactors. Read more »
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Can Nuclear Plants Be Safer?
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (September/October 2008). Edwin Lyman, Senior Staff Scientist, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists. An analysis of new reactor-type proposals and the safety challenges posed by each one. Read more »
- Emergency Petition to Suspend Nuclear Reactor Licensing
