Nuclear Information and Resource Service
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The Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit anti-nuclear group founded in 1978. Its mission is to be an information and networking center for citizens and organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation and sustainable energy issues. The organization advocates for energy efficiency, solar power, wind power and plug-in hybrids.[citation needed]
In 2000, NIRS' affiliation with World Information Service on Energy (WISE) turned it into an international organization (NIRS/WISE).[1]
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International offices
NIRS and WISE have merged their operations and WISE has relay offices in Amsterdam, Argentina, Austria, the Czech Republic, India, Japan, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, and Ukraine.[2]
Michael Mariotte (1952-2016) was president and executive director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service for 30 years. He was a well-known opponent of
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On 3 August 2004, NIRS issued a report stating that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission may allow the illegal practice of manually shutting down nuclear power plants in the event of fire.[4]
On 15 May 2007, NIRS issued a report claiming that radioactive scrap, concrete, equipment, asphalt, plastic, wood, chemicals, and soil from U.S. nuclear weapons facilities are being released to regular landfills and could get into commercial recycling streams."[5]
On 17 July 2007, regarding the leakage of water from the spent fuel pool of the
The magazine Nuclear Engineering International has said that NIRS runs the best website on uranium mining throughout the world.[7]
In October 2010, Michael Mariotte, then the executive director of NIRS, predicted that the U.S. nuclear industry will not experience a nuclear renaissance, for the simple reason that “nuclear reactors make no economic sense”. The economic slump has driven down electricity demand and the price of competing energy sources, and Congress has failed to pass climate change legislation, making nuclear economics very difficult.[8]
Controversy
Critics accuse NIRS of fearmongering and question the qualifications of NIRS staff to adequately assess the safety of nuclear energy. No NIRS staff member is credited with formal training in nuclear physics or engineering.[9]
In a 2008 response to NIRS claims appearing on the website palmbeachpost.com,
See also
- Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
- List of anti-nuclear protests in the United States
- Nuclear renaissance in the United States
- Paul Gunter
- Paxus Calta
- World Information Service on Energy
References
- ^ About NIRS
- ^ "Imagine a world without nuclear power... | Wise International".
- ^ Sam Roberts, Michael Mariotte, a Leading anti-nuclear activist, dies at 63 New York Times, May 23, 2016.
- ^ Manual Shutdown of U.S. Reactors on Fire May Be Allowed
- ^ U.S. Allows Radioactive Materials in Ordinary Landfills
- ^ "Japan Quake Kills At Least 9; Nuclear Plant Damaged". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
- ^ Nuclear Engineering International. Public opinion: how do we get it on our side?. 21 January 2008.
- ^ Matthew L. Wald. Sluggish Economy Curtails Prospects for Building Nuclear Reactors, The New York Times, October 10, 2010.
- ^ "NIRS - Staff" Retrieved on 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Energy Payback Times for Nuclear". neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/.
- ^ Olson, Mary. "Confronting a False Myth of Nuclear Power: Nuclear Power Expansion is Not a Remedy for Climate Change" Retrieved on 7 May 2017.
External links
- Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)
- World Information Service on Energy (WISE)
- Beyond Nuclear
- "The world's worst nuclear power disasters". Power Technology. 7 October 2013.