Posted March 5, 2012 by Matthew McKinzie in Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
The nuclear accident at the Fukushima-Dai’ichi nuclear plant in Japan, which began nearly one year ago, on March 11, 2011, has had a major impact on how Americans view the risks of nuclear power. The explosion and fire at the...continued→
Posted April 19, 2011 by Matthew McKinzie in Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko used these words – “static, not stable”– to describe the current situation at Fukushima Daiichi in a Senate hearing this past Tuesday. I was in the hearing room of the Committee on Environment...continued→
Posted March 31, 2011 by Matthew McKinzie in Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
Over the last twenty days, the status of the nuclear accident on Japan’s Pacific Coast has changed dramatically. During the first week – in the direct aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami – explosions and fires damaged four of the...continued→
Posted February 23, 2011 by Matthew McKinzie in Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
Why NRDC has Challenged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Waste Confidence Rule Last week my colleague and NRDC Senior Attorney Geoffrey Fettus filed a legal challenge to two final rulemakings by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: the “Waste Confidence Decision Update” and...continued→
Posted September 23, 2010 by Matthew McKinzie in Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
Nuclear weapons are hard to talk about. I’ll readily admit that, even as someone who works professionally on these matters. We have to cope daily with news about joblessness and the fragile economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorism and...continued→
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