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November 30, 2006: Kevin Kamps (NIRS/Don’t Waste Michigan) press statement in opposition to “Plutonium State Park” at Big Rock Nuclear Power Plant near Charlevoix, Michigan.

November 30, 2006: Statement by Kay Drey, NIRS board of directors secretary, opposing state park at Big Rock nuclear plant in Michigan.

November 30, 2006: Statement of Michael J. Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes, in opposition to state park at Big Rock nuclear power plant.

November 30, 2006: Coalition statement (two dozen grassroots groups) opposed to “Plutonium State Park” at Big Rock Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan.

November 30, 2006: Coalition Urges Rejection of Big Rock Nuke Site Park: Numerous Michigan Natural Resource Treasures Without Nuclear Waste Would be Better Choices for Limited Trust Fund Dollars. Press release.

November 30, 2006: Say Yes to Michigan, Say No to the "Plutonium State Park"! Backgrounder on Big Rock Nuclear Power Plant.

Nuclear Monitor article January 2004 focuses on a Government Accountability Office Report [October 2003] on projected nuclear power station decommissioning funding shortfalls. PDF

GAO Report [October 2003] determining that the NRC and nuclear industry are falling behind in their accrual of  sufficient funds to decommission and clean up radioactive contamination from nuclear power reactor operation. PDF

Appendix from GAO report [October 2003] that lists the nuclear power stations that GAO has identified as falling behind in their accruing sufficient funds to adequately complete future decommissioning and radioactive cleanup operations. PDF

NIRS joint comments [January 2002] to NRC regarding the agency’s Generic Environmental Impact Statement for decommissioning nuclear power statements which further supplements earlier comments on the environmental concerns arising out of nuclear decommissioning operations. PDF

NIRS comments [July 2000] to NRC regarding Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the decommissioning of nuclear power stations which gives an overview and description of the various types of decommissioning operations and concerns for their environmental impacts. PDF

“Decommissioning the Nuclear Power Industry: Rubble, Rubble, Toil and Trouble,” Nuclear Monitor article February 2000 focuses an overview on nuclear power station decommissioning. PDF