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The nuclear weapons danger is real and growing--nuclear terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and the thousands of weapons still on hair-trigger alert in the United States and Russia put the planet at risk.  Fortunately, there also are new opportunities to eliminate this threat.

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  • War Is Not the Answer

    The crisis with Iran has been building since 2002, when groups opposed to the clerical Iranian government first began to reveal previously hidden details of Iran's nuclear program. The United States has reacted to these developments with dangerous rhetoric that reflects a lack of awareness of the human and security toll that a military strike would create. Read more »

  • PSR Comments On Blue Ribbon Commission Draft Report

    The following are PSR’s comments on the Blue Ribbon Commission’s Draft Report dated July 29, 2011. Read more »

  • Principles for Safeguarding Nuclear Waste at Reactors

    The following principles are based on the urgent need to protect the public from the threats posed by the current vulnerable storage of commercial irradiated fuel. The United States does not currently have a national policy for the permanent storage of high-level nuclear waste. The Obama administration has determined that the Yucca Mountain site, which has been mired in bad science and mismanagement, is not an option for geologic storage of nuclear waste. Unfortunately, reprocessing proponents have used this opportunity to promote reprocessing as the solution for managing our nuclear waste. Contrary to their claims, however, reprocessing is extremely expensive, highly polluting, and a proliferation threat, and will actually complicate the management of irradiated fuel. Nor will reprocessing obviate the need for, or “save space” in, a geologic repository. Read more »

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  • Time for Diplomacy with Iran

    We need you to write to President Obama now and ask him to bring us back from the brink of a conflict that neither country can afford. We ask President Obama to establish direct diplomatic engagement with Iran.

  • Rare moment of opportunity to cut nukes!

    Please take a moment to contact your Representative now, asking them to sign on to Rep. Markey's letter.

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