NRC Rejects NWEA’s Raising of Fukushima Issues in Relicensing of the Columbia Generating Station/WPPSS No. 2 Nuclear Plant

December 2, 2011 | Accidents, Advocacy, Columbia Generating Station, Columbia River, Energy, Human Health, Lawsuits, Nuclear Power, Petitions

After the meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan, NWEA sought to participate in the process to extend the operating license of the CGS reactor. The Fukushima reactors are all General Electric boiling water reactors with what is termed a Mark I...

NWEA Works to Stop Sewage Sludge Dumping

November 25, 2011 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Comments, Human Health, OR NPDES, Oregon, Toxics, Water Quality

Dumping sewage sludge (called â€œbiosolidsâ€ in the trade) on land is the solution promoted by the federal government since dumping the waste in the ocean was banned in 1992.Â Neighbors abutting one ranch where the Roseburg...

In Memory of Dr. Rudi Nussbaum

October 25, 2011 | Energy, Hanford, Human Health, Nuclear Power

With great sadness we note the passing of Dr. Rudi Nussbaum, professor emeritus of Physics at Portland State University. Dr. Nussbaum, who survived the Holocaust and was an avowed pacifist, was an eloquent opponent of nuclear power and weapons. Most recently he...

Petition to Suspend Licensing at Nuclear Power Facilities Pending Fukushima Investigation

May 3, 2011 | Accidents, Advocacy, Columbia Generating Station, Energy, Hanford, Human Health, National, Nuclear Power, Petitions

On April 14 and 18, NWEA joined with citizens groups across the country to file an Emergency Petition with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Petition is supported by a highly informative expert declaration by Dr. Arjun Makhijani of the Institute for Energy...

Getting the Real Facts about Radiation

March 31, 2011 | Energy, Human Health, Nuclear Power, Uncategorized

A lot of misleading information has been put out on radiation and its health effects since the start of the nuclear power accident in Japan. Listening to governments, nuclear industry supporters, and the press you would think there are “safe” levels of...

Oregon’s Proposed Toxic Standards do little for the Protection of Public Health

March 11, 2011 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Comments, Human Health, OR WQS, Oregon, Toxics, Water Quality Standards

Oregon DEQ has extended its public comment period on the proposed revisions to Oregon’s toxic criteria until March 21st…Read More

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NRC Rejects NWEA’s Raising of Fukushima Issues in Relicensing of the Columbia Generating Station/WPPSS No. 2 Nuclear Plant

NWEA Works to Stop Sewage Sludge Dumping

In Memory of Dr. Rudi Nussbaum

Petition to Suspend Licensing at Nuclear Power Facilities Pending Fukushima Investigation

Getting the Real Facts about Radiation

Oregon’s Proposed Toxic Standards do little for the Protection of Public Health

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