Press Releases

• Bad Decision on Foreign Ownership Case Against South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors Protects Toshiba, Not Citizens 04/15/14
• Bad Radioactive Waste Bill Increases Threats to Texas While Rewarding a Major Perry Donor 05/17/13
• Fire at South Texas Project Nuclear Reactor Site – Just Before Re-licensing Hearing 1/11/13
• A District Court ruled today that Texas’ environmental agency should have allowed a contested case hearing prior to licensing WCS low level radioactive waste dump in West Texas Public Citizen Texas Press Release 5/7/12
• Clean Energy Groups Submit Formal Petition To NRC To Incorporate Lessons Of Fukushima: Expand Evacuation Zones, Improve Emergency Planning Around U.S. Nuclear Reactors NIRS Press Release 2/15/12
• Nuclear Power Plants Threaten Drinking Water for 1.2 Million Texans Environment Texas Press Release 1/24/12
• Foreign Ownership Could Halt Licensing of South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors Press Release 10/01/11
• Protesters Want NRG Energy to Halt Nuclear Reactor Licensing (Austin) Press Release 4/26/11
• Protesters Want NRG Energy to Halt Nuclear Reactor Licensing (Houston) 04/26/11
• Nuclear Reactor Disaster Statement by Karen Hadden
  3/12/11
• Nuclear Waste From as Many as 36 States May Rumble Down Texas Highways if Texas Nuclear Waste Importation Plan Is Approved 12/23/10
• Texans Say No to Importing Radioactive Waste From Around the Country; Comments Accepted Until Dec. 26th 12/10/10
• Comanche Peak Nuclear Reactors Opposed 10/21/2010
• South Texas Project New Nuclear Reactors Opposed 10/20/10
• Comanche Peak Nuclear Reactor Issues Argued 4/15/10
• NRC Staff Should Stop Balking, Provide Fire Safety Information, Groups Say 2/22/10
• Experts: No Good Candidates Exist For Current Nuclear Reactor Loan Guarantee Bailout Funds, Much Less Tripled Amount Under Obama Budget Plan 2/3/10
• Protect Texas from Becoming the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump 01/22/10
• Stop Texas from Becoming the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump 12/10/09
• Loan Guarantees For New Nuclear Reactors Put Taxpayers At Great Risk And Should Not Be Issued By Department Of Energy 10/22/09
• City Council Must Examine Green Energy; Alternatives to Nuclear Expansion Before Vote 10/19/09
• Citizens Gain Ground in STP Intervention Over Water Concerns 9/30/09
• Proposed South Texas Project Reactors Pose Increased Water Use and Radioactive Contamination Risks 9/1/09
• Citizens Win Right to a Hearing in Opposing South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors 8/28/09
• Citizens Groups Win Right to a Hearing for Comanche Peak Intervention 8/21/09
• Citizens Oppose South Texas Project Expansion before Atomic Safety and Licensing Board June 19, 2009
• Citizens Oppose Comanche Peak Expansion before Atomic Safety and Licensing Board June 9, 2009
• No Bonds for Billionaires Group Opposes County Bonds for Radioactive Waste Dump May 5, 2009
• Citizens File in Opposition to South Texas Project Reactors 3 and 4; Raises Health, Safety and Financial Risks to the Public April 23, 2009
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Depleted Uranium Risks Votes to Ignore Sound Science, its Own Prior Analysis, and Radiological Safety March 18, 2009
• Radioactive Risks for West Texas March 6, 2009
• Radioactive Risks of the Andrews County Nuclear Waste Dump March 4, 2009
• Opposition to Expansion of South Texas Project Feb 20, 2009
• 60 Day Clock For Nuclear Opponents Starts Ticking Feb 5, 2009
• Texas environment and consumers’ groups point to new study saying Nuclear Power would deepen Economic Crisis Jan. 16, 2009
• Nuclear Power Riskier Than Ever; Too Risky, Too Expensive, Too Dangerous Jan. 05, 2009
• Nuclear Nightmares Could Haunt Texas Clean Energy Could Save Texas From Wasting Billions Oct. 29, 2008
• Luminant’s Application to Expand Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant Filed Sept. 19, 2008
• Billions of Dollars in Nuclear Subsidies in Senate Energy Bill Would Take US Down a Dangerous Energy Path Sept. 18, 2008
• Energy Efficiency Potential: San Antonio’s Bright Energy Future Sept. 11, 2008
• What Nuclear Renaissance? Nuclear Power Opposition Strong in First Project
  Statement by Karen Hadden, Executive Director – SEED Coalition, May 16, 2008
• Citizen Opposition to Nuclear Reactors Growing5/14/08
• Nuclear Deal Won’t Stand the Light of Day, Must Be Done in the Dark5/09/08
• Read our Press Release – Nuclear Costs Underestimated by NRG; New Study Released 3/24/08
• Texas’ Energy Future Can Be Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free, Expert Says 2/21/08
• Statements from Mayor and Other Austin Leaders 2/08/08
• Austin Leaders ask San Antonio to Push the Pause Button on New Nuclear Plants 10/26/07
• Press Conference Speech 10/26/07