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Iowa Coal & Health: A Preliminary Mapping Study
Ninety-two percent of Iowans live within 30 miles of a coal plant, and almost one out of three Iowa children attend school in close proximity to a coal plant.
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PSR Reports Fall 2010
Inside this issue: the Environmental Health Policy Institute; New START victory; coal ash health threats; and 2009 Financial Statement.
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Increasing Domestic Violence Screening Rates
Results from the evaluation of PSR Maine's Domestic Violence Response Initiative.
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Is there a Nuclear Revival in the United States?
Michele Boyd looks at public subsidies for nuclear power plants in the United States and examines whether this will lead to a revival in new constructions.
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Is There A Nuclear Revival in the United States?
(October 2010) Michele Boyd, Physicians for Social Responsibility.
This paper analyzes the potential for a nuclear revival in the US and finds that the nuclear industry is uncompetitive and will only build new reactors if they are heavily subsidized by the government.
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IEER Translation of the Roussely Report
(August 2010) A translation of the scathing report issued by former French government official, Francois Roussely, on EDF, the fissures in the French nuclear industry and the dismal prospects for the EPR reactor design.
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PSR Reports: Spring 2010
Inside this issue: PSR makes the medical case against coal, the need for chemical reform, President Obama's risky nuclear loan guarantees, a dangerous nuclear power plant in Vermont, nuclear disarmament challenges and opportunities, and 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.
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The Financial Crisis and Nuclear Power
Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich (February, 2009). Steve Thomas, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Greenwich; David Hall, Director of Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich. A discussion of the future of nuclear power in the context of our current financial crisis.
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Subsidies in the US Energy Sector: Magnitude, Causes, and Options for Reform
EarthTrack, Inc. (November, 2006). Doug Koplow, EarthTrack, Inc. A report on the growth of subsidies in the U.S. energy sector and the market distortions associated with subsidy of nuclear power.
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