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Next Thursday (Sept. 11) at 7pm PT - Stop Nuclear WorkGroup's monthly statewide meeting will feature Dr. Joe Romm who will be advising on effective outreach and communication strategies.

Zoom registration link: tinyurl.com/StopNuclear
Image shows a picture of Dr. Joe Romm text (all caps, bold): Stop Nuclear WorkGroup text (regular): Join us at the next Statewide Zoom meeting. Register here: tinyurl.com/StopNuclear Thursday Sept 11. 7 pm PT - Special Guest - Joe Romm Physicist and Climate Expert - Author of How to Go Viral and Reach Millions and Climate Change, Dr. Romm will be advising us on current strategies of outreach and effective communication.
September 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Stop Nuclear WorkGroup zoom meeting in just a bit more than half an hour. Jump on in and discuss strategy for the next year. Link to register in the next post.
June 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Stop Nuclear WorkGroup zoom meeting tonight at 7pm. Register here - jump in, share some ideas, strategize, or just listen and learn some new info!
image of reactors with text in the sky that reads Stop Nuclear WorkGroup and text on the ground that reads zoom meeting tonight (6/18) at 7pm PT
June 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Less than an hour until the Stop Nuclear WorkGroup meeting tips off (7pm).
The knicks are playing the pacers tonight but you could help be a Trailblazer when it comes to defending the environmental and voting safeguards currently in place for Oregonians. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Looking for a way that you can contribute to the betterment of Oregon? Jump in this Wednesday (5/21) at 7pm for the Stop Nuclear WorkGroup zoom meeting.
Image of the Oregon wilderness with white text over top that says Stop Nuclear WorkGroup in large font and in smaller white font it says Make a Difference 5/21 7pm
May 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Tune into the Stop Nuclear WorkGroup statewide zoom meeting tomorrow (5/21) at 7pm PT

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May 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Tomorrow, April 26, marks 39 years since the Chernobyl disaster.

10 weeks ago, the containment shelter at Chernobyl was the target of a drone attack, which left a 500ft wide hole in the outer dome.

Right now, HB 2410 seeks to carve out exceptions to Oregon's nuclear safeguards.
Flyer split into 3 sections. The top section includes the group name Stop Nuclear Work Group and shows a deteriorated radiation sign from Chernobyl; the text reads International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. The second section, going across the middle of the page is split into three columns. The first says On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant resulted in the exposure of nearly 8.5 million people across 3 countries to radiation. The second column says International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed annually on April 26. The third column says On February 14, 2025 the confinement shelter at the Chernobyl plant was the target of a drone attack. This resulted in a hole in the outer dome more than 500 feet wide. The bottom third of the page is split into two more columns. The first column says A Tragic Lesson: International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day serves a sobering reminder of what can happen when nuclear dangers are underappreciated. The drone attack on Chernobyl is an example of how nuclear threats can arise that could never have been planned for. The second column is titled HB 2410 and reads HB 2410 is a bill in the Oregon legislature that seeks to create exceptions in the state's nuclear safeguards for select modular nuclear reactor projects. This includes removing the requirements for a permanent nuclear waste storage solution, as well as for voter consent. Tell your state senator and representative to OPPOSE HB 2410. There is a footer banner running across the bottom of the page that says Keep Oregon Nuclear Free and lists the website stopnuclearworkgroup.org and the bluesky account @nuclearfreeoregon.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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On the right, a picture of Lavendar Valley, Oregon, on the left, with a light purple background, it reads: tell your state rep and senator. Don't weaken Oregon's nuclear safety laws. Don't silence our voice. Don't kick radioactive waste down the road. Say NO to HB 2410.
April 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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On the right side, an image of Thor's Well, a sinkhole like feature off the Oregon Coast. On the left side, with gray blue background, it reads: HB 2410 Carves out Loopholes. HB 2410 carves out dangerous exceptions and would allow for a modular nuclear reactor project to: 1) skip the requirement for a permanent waste solution. 2) avoid a statewide vote entirely. HB 2410 silences voters and fast-tracks nuclear waste without a long-term plan to manage it.
April 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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On left side is the top of the Oregon capitol. On the right side, with orange/gold background it reads: no nuclear without the people's consent. Oregon law gives the final say to voters statewide. No nuclear plant can move forward unless the people of Oregon approve it in a general election. This ensures public accountability and statewide control over high-risk projects.
April 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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On right side is image of Oregon coast and pines. On left side with light blue-green background it reads: Your Environmental Protections - Oregon law says no nuclear power plant can be built unless there's a federally licensed, permanent repository for high-level radioactive waste. In plain terms: no permanent storage, no nuclear plant. It's a basic safety standard - and right now, no such repository exists in the US.
April 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Image of bridge at Multnomah Falls on left side, on right side with green background and black text it reads: Oppose HB 2410 - HB 2410 undermines hard-won environmental safeguards and bypasses public accountability. It carves out special exceptions for certain modular nuclear reactors that strip away protections currently guaranteed to every Oregonian.
April 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Tonight at 7pm PT - attend the Stop Nuclear WorkGroup meeting on zoom. Find out about the effort to remove your rights and what you can do about it. us02web.zoom.us/j/8804424564...
Image of Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast. Text reads Protect Your Rights. Protect Our state. Stop Nuclear WorkGroup April 23rd 7pm zoom meeting. Come Make a Difference. and a qr code
April 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Come join our zoom meeting for Stop Nuclear WorkGroup - tomorrow (4/23) at 7pm PT. Find out the state of the pro-nuclear bills still active in the legislature, discuss strategy, give your own personal insight. Clickable link in the next post.
image is split in half - the top portion shows a picture of Crater Lake, Oregon, with the text: Protect Your Rights. Protect Our State. The bottom half has a blue background with a QR code in the middle. It has text that reads "Stop Nuclear WorkGroup - April 23rd 7pm Zoom Meeting - Come Make a Difference" There is a symbol of a nuclear reactor with the circle slash NO symbol crossing it out in the bottom right corner. In the bottom left corner there is a picture of the state of oregon in blue with the universal ionizing radiation trefoil symbol in yellow overtop of it. There is also a circle slash NO symbol covering that. The yellow and blue of that image are the same shade yellow and blue as in the oregon state flag.
April 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The shift from how things looked going into this week, to how things look today. Still a *lot* of work to do, but every one of these bills that gets knocked down is a win.*

*This does not discount the possibility of a legal resurrection for any of these bills via archaic loopholes.
Chart for last week that is titled "What this means for the Pro Nuclear Bills" and then a list of senate bills (all starting with SB) numbered 215, 216, 635, 656, 994, 995, 996, 997, with all but 215, 216, and 656 crossed out. And a second list of house bills (all starting with HB) numbered 2038, 2410, 2426, 3548, 3565, with all but 2038 and 2410 crossed out. sb 215 and 216 have an indicator that they were up for a possible work session, hb 2038 and 2410 have an indicator that they were going to have a work session, sb 656 has an indicator that it was referred to a joint committee. Chart for this week titled "What this means for the Pro Nuclear Bills" and then a list of senate bills (all starting with SB) numbered 215, 216, 635, 656, 994, 995, 996, 997, with all but 656 crossed out. And a second list of house bills (all starting with HB) numbered 2038, 2410, 2426, 3548, 3565, with all but 2038 and 2410 crossed out. hb 2038 and 2410 have an indicator that they were referred to the joint committee on ways and means, sb 656 has an indicator that it was referred to the joint committee on tax expenditures.
April 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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It is a crazy world out there, but if you want to do something to make the world a little bit better jump into our zoom tonight to help keep nuclear reactors out of Oregon. It is a *low* pressure meeting: You can jump in, suggest ideas, volunteer actions, or if you want you can just watch & listen.
Text reads Zoom link for tonight's Stop Nuclear WorkGroup Meeting April 9th, 7pm PT - then there is a QR code square - in the bottom left corner is an image of the state of oregon with the symbol for ionizing radiation on it (short hand for nuclear hazard) - there is a NO symbol (a circle with an angled slash) overlaying that. The image is in the blue and yellow of the oregon state flag. In the bottom right corner there is a simple outline of a nuclear plant image, also including the ionizing radiation symbol, and there is a NO symbol crossing this image out.
April 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Sign onto this letter from Columbia Riverkeeper telling Oregon legislators that you want to keep Oregon nuclear free - and they should want that too.
www.columbiariverkeeper.org/actions/oreg...
Dear Oregon Legislators: We urge you to oppose the suite of pro-nuclear bills in the 2025 Oregon legislative session. In 1980, Oregon voters strongly approved Measure 7, a moratorium on building nuclear reactors until two conditions were met: 1.) The U.S. has a national nuclear waste repository and 2.) Oregon voters approve a repeal of the moratorium. Forty-five years later, there is still no national nuclear waste repository. Despite this, there are more than a dozen bills that have been introduced in the 2025 Oregon legislature that could dismantle these critical safeguards. We urge you to oppose the following pro-nuclear bills that are a dangerous distraction from the real work of a just transition to clean energy. SB 215, HB 2426, SB 216, HB 3548, HB 3565, and SB 994-SB 997 are various attempts to overturn Oregon’s long standing moratorium on nuclear power reactors, even though there is no national nuclear waste repository. HB 2410 would exempt Umatilla County from the statewide moratorium. HB 2038 would direct the Oregon Department of Energy to study “the advantages” of nuclear power in Oregon. SB 635 would direct Oregon State University to study nuclear power. SB 656 would give an income tax credit for energy production–including energy from nuclear power and fossil fuels. Five Reasons to Keep Oregon Nuclear-Free: Small Modular Nuclear Reactors are an unproven technology. None have been built in the U.S. The only three operating worldwide, two in China and one in Russia, are underperforming. Nuclear power is not clean energy. From uranium mining and milling that decimates Indigenous land to nuclear waste that has no safe, permanent repository, nuclear power is a dirty and outdated technology that has no place in a just transition to a clean energy future. Nuclear power is “the most expensive way to boil water.” Studies show it is at least five times the cost of renewable energy. Building nuclear reactors are notorious for astronomical cost overruns and delays. These costs are typically borne by ratepayers. Baseload is an outdated concept. With new grid and storage technologies, we don’t need “firm” or “baseload” power like coal and nuclear. Tech company hype is a distraction: new small modular nuclear reactors would not come online for at least 10 to 15 years–meanwhile, tech companies’ voracious energy appetite to power their data centers and AI will continue to use dirty fossil fuels and displace renewable energy required for basic needs. New nuclear reactors divert funding from energy efficiency, renewable energy, and storage technologies that are safer, less expensive, and faster to deploy. Don’t fall for a false solution. Keep Oregon Nuclear-Free. Sincerely,
March 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM