Robert Alvarez

Robert Alvarez, an Institute for Policy Studies senior scholar, served as a senior policy adviser to the Secretary of Energy during the Clinton administration and wrote the recently released report Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage (PDF), available for download at www.ips-dc.org.

Radioactive Waste and ContaminationJune 20, 2011

Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem

The spent-fuel pools at our reactors, containing thousands of tons of poorly protected but highly radioactive waste, are a catastrophe waiting to happen.

Robert Alvarez
PoliticsJuly 31, 2003

The Legacy of Hanford

Washington continues to evade responsibility for forty-seven years of contamination.

Robert Alvarez
PoliticsMay 17, 2001

Letters

Robert Alvarez , Dusko Doder , William D. Hartung and Dimitris Gemelos
Nuclear Arms and ProliferationMarch 22, 2001

DU at Home

Robert Alvarez
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ActivismSeptember 25, 2000

Aid for Nuclear Workers

Madame Curie's denial of radiation dangers is emblematic of the legacy we now face as America's romance with the atom draws to a close.

Robert Alvarez

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