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PROJECTS

Global Warming vs. Clean Energy

Nuclear Reactor Safety

Climate Coverage Must Greatly Improve:
Jim Warren Op-ed in W-Salem Journal 1/17/09
For references see: Note to Editors 1/06/09

Arctic time bomb: A most feared tipping point is underway: European researchers report that millions of tons
of methane are bubbling into the atmosphere. http://www.truthout.org/article/the-methane-time-bomb

New revelations about Three Mile Island:
Institute for Southern Studies
http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/04/post-4.html 

Fire When NOT Ready:
All U.S. Plants are violating the #1 risk factor for nuclear meltdown

Report by UCS, Beyond Nuclear, NC WARN
Press Release 10/29/08

Harris, Most N-Plants to Violate Fire Safety for Years Longer
News Release 7/22/08
Letter to Rep. David Price 7/21/08

GAO Cites Lax N-Plant Safety Enforcement: 7/01/08

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The Sleeping Media & Climate Change
See Stories Largely Ignored by U.S. Media

carbon levels are already too high:
NASA's Dr. James Hansen urges Duke CEO Rogers, not repeat Big Tobacco's tactics:
News release; Hansen's letter to Rogers; Study summary

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Cliffside Coal Plant, Duke Energy

New Nuclear Plants?

"Stopping Cliffside is the best thing
NC can do to stop global warming."
Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA's Goddard Institute

Perdue’s Cliffside Ruling: Alert 3/16/09

Duke Energy Using Magic Numbers
to Defy Federal Judge

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"We can slow global warming OR build
new nuclear plants. We cannot do both".

Victory! $50 billion in toxic pork for nuclear energy axed from stimulus bill Thanks to NIRS & grassroots voices

Case for Cliffside & New Nukes is Dead: News Release 12/17/08

Duke Struggles to Justify New Plants 11/07/08

Standardized nuclear plant design eluding utility firms
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/10/27/story10.html

Cost Doubles for New Nukes at Shearon Harris: 10/08

Fact Sheet: 9 Reasons For No New Nukes

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Nuclear Waste

Nuclear Plant Security

Report on Spent Fuel by National Academy of Sciences:  HIGHLIGHTS

Above: A nuclear waste cooling pool

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NRC Lied About N-plant Vulnerability:
Lack of defense h/lights S. Harris fire violations

Union of Concerned Scientists' indictment of NRC - Highlights 2/8/07

Could a Shearon Harris
problem affect your home? Map

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