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Regulating Coal Ash: Choosing a Policy that will Protect Human Health
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is going to promulgate new rules for the disposal of coal combustion wastes, or coal ash. Currently the EPA is presenting two different options for how coal ash would be disposed, and is accepting citizen comments on them. PSR strongly urges its members to submit comments in support of “Subtitle C.”
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Thorium Fuel: No Panacea for Nuclear Power
A factsheet by IEER and PSR outlining the proliferation, waste, and technical problems with thorium-powered reactors.
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Analysis of the American Power Act Nuclear Subtitle
An analysis of the nuclear subtitle of the draft American Power Act, also known as the Kerry-Lieberman bill.
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Two Page Summary of the American Power Act nuclear subtitle
A shorter analysis of the nuclear subtitle of the draft American Power Act, also known as the Kerry-Lieberman bill.
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Unlimited Taxpayer Liability in the Clean Energy Deployment Administration (S. 1462)
Fact sheet on taxpayer liability in the CEDA.
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Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive: The Truth About Nuclear Power
The nuclear industry seeks to revitalize itself by manipulating the public’s concerns about global warming and energy insecurity to promote nuclear power as a clean and safe way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce dependence on foreign energy resources.
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Toxic chemicals and environmental justice
Toxic chemical exposures create specific burdens borne by communities-of-color, Indigenous peoples, and low income communities. These communities across the United States bear a disproportionate impact of a wide array of chemical exposures.
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Fattah Bill (Clean Energy Act of 2010, H.R. 4741)
The stated goal of the bill is to double the production of nuclear energy in the United States, which would require building 100 new reactors. Currently, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing applications for 21 new reactors.
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Alexander-Webb Bill (Clean Energy Act of 2009, S. 2776)
The stated goal of the bill is to double the production of nuclear energy in the United States, which would require building 100 new reactors. Currently, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing applications for 21 new reactors.
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Adverse Birth Outcomes and Environmental Health Threats
Despite recent advances in medicine, the incidence of adverse birth outcomes appears to be rising across the United States. A growing body of literature contends that adverse birth outcomes are a result of harmful environmental exposures.
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