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href="#utilities">electric utilities and institutes</a>, <a href="#lawfirms">law firms</a>, <a href="#international">international consulting</a>, <a href="#government">governments</a>, <a href="#native">Native American communities</a>, and <a href="#media">news media</a>, in the following areas:</p> <ul> <li>Cost and safety of nuclear energy systems</li> <li>Renewable energy and efficiency alternatives to nuclear and fossil fuel energy</li> <li>Licensing and relicensing of commercial nuclear facilities (on behalf of intervenors)</li> <li>Nuclear spent fuel management and deep geologic repository issues</li> <li>Nuclear fuel cycle issues, including reprocessing, uranium mining, etc.</li> <li>Health and environmental effects of nuclear weapons- and nuclear power-related facilities</li> <li>Radiation-related regulations concerning drinking water, air pollution, decommissioning, cleanup, and waste disposal</li> <li>Radiation dose reconstruction</li> <li>Developing country energy system evaluations</li> </ul> <p>IEER has expertise on staff and also puts together teams of staff and external consultants for specific projects depending on the nature of the job. For instance, IEER did two projects evaluating the scientific aspects of the French nuclear waste repository program by using staff expertise as well as external geologic and mining safety experts (who constituted most of the project personnel). In contrast, IEER did a consulting job on radiation dose estimation for the national newspaper, <em>USA Today</em>, using only staff expertise.</p> <p>IEER can also provide technical training workshops onsite on the topics listed above.</p> <p>Please send information on the nature of the work to be done or an RFP to <a href="mailto:consulting@ieer.org">consulting@ieer.org</a> or call Arjun Makhijani at 301-509-6843.</p> <p>The tables below show many of the important projects that IEER has done for various clients:</p> <table> <caption id="ngo"> <h4>Non-governmental Organizations</h4> </caption> <tbody> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Project Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Our Children’s Trust</td> <td><em>Eugene, OR</em></td> <td>Climate lawsuit: A <a href="http://ourchildrenstrust.org/sites/default/files/Makhijani%20Dec.pdf" class="broken_link">declaration of Arjun Makhijani</a> on “An efficient and fully renewable energy system in the United States by 2050” in support of Our Children’s Trust’s Climate Change Suit Against Federal Agencies</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)</td> <td><em>Knoxville, TN</em></td> <td> <ul> <li><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/testimony/testimony-arjun-makhijani-sara">Testimony before Georgia Public Service Commission</a> regarding Georgia Power’s Integrated Resource Plan.</li> <li>Watts Bar 2 <a href="http://ieer.org/resource/testimony/watts-bar-unit-2-tva-power-petition/">Declaration in support of Petition</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>SEED Coalition</td> <td><em>Austin, TX</em></td> <td>Projects for San Antonio</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/energy-issues/assessing-nuclear-plant-capital">Analysis of the cost of new nuclear reactors, South Texas Project</a></li> <li><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/san-antonios-bright-energy-future">Efficiency and renewable alternatives to nuclear power</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friends of the Earth (FOE)</td> <td><em>Washington, D.C.</em></td> <td> <ul> <li><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/nrcs-fukushima-task-force-review/">Review of the NRC recommendations</a> for enhancing the security of the U.S nuclear reactors post-Fukushima (2011)</li> <li>San Onofre Cost study (2012)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nuclear Information and Resource Services (NIRS) and Public Citizen</td> <td><em>Washington, D.C.</em></td> <td>Louisiana Energy Services (LES) litigation: <a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/costs-risks-management-disposal">Two reports of the cost and health risks</a> from the proposed New Mexico uranium enrichment plant.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste</td> <td><em>Cañon City, CO</em></td> <td>Cotter/Lincoln Park Superfund Site: Provided <a href="http://ieer.org/resource/testimony/cotterlincoln-park-superfund-site/">technical assistance to review documents</a> related to the cleanup of the site.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Natural Resources Defense Council</td> <td><em>Washington, DC</em></td> <td><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/doe-doesnt-grout">SRS/Saltstone/Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Grout report</a> (2004)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War</td> <td><em>Cambridge, MA</em></td> <td>A joint project that resulted in three books investigating the health and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons production and testing, globally.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/books/radioactive-heaven-and-earth/">Radioactive Heaven and Earth</a></li> <li><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/books/nuclear-wastelands/">Nuclear Wastelands</a></li> <li><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/books/plutonium-deadly-gold-nuclear/">Plutonium: Deadly Gold of the Nuclear Age</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS)</td> <td><em>New Mexico</em></td> <td><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/testimony/lanl-clean-air-act-audits-ieer/">Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) audit monitoring</a> of the air emissions with respect to the Clean Air Act</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Environmental Policy Institute (now merged with Friends of the Earth</td> <td><em>Washington, D.C.</em></td> <td>Saving Our Skins, a report on the problem of ozone layer depletion and the technologies and policies needed to phase out ozone depleting compounds (1988-1989)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="full"> <caption id="utilities"> <h4>Electric Utilities/Institutes</h4> </caption> <tbody> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Project Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Lower Colorado River Authority</td> <td><em>Austin, TX</em></td> <td>Reports on energy efficiency and water use</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Edison Electric Institute</td> <td><em>Washington, D.C.</em></td> <td>Report on energy efficiency</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <caption id="lawfirms"> <h4>Law Firms</h4> </caption> <tbody> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Project Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Waite, Schneider, Bayless, and Chesley</td> <td><em>Cincinnati, OH</em></td> <td>Preliminary assessment of the official estimates of discharges of radioactive and other hazardous materials by the Feed Materials Production Center during the period of 1952-1985 in Fernald, OH.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sullivan Papain Block McGrath and Cannova P.C.</td> <td><em>New York, NY</em></td> <td>Study/expert testimony for case involving nuclear fuel processing facility in Hicksville, NY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Law Firm of Baron and Budd</td> <td><em>Dallas, TX</em></td> <td>Apollo, Pennsylvania, radiation exposure study</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <caption id="international"> <h4>International Consulting</h4> </caption> <tbody> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Project Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td>CLIS (Comité Local d’Information et de Suivi)</td> <td><em>France</em></td> <td>Bure Project:</p> <ul> <li>2004 report: <a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/examen-critique-du-programme-de/">Critical review of the research program of the French nuclear waste management agency (Andra)</a> to determine the feasibility of the Bure site to isolate high-level and long-lived wastes.</li> <li>2011 report: <a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/french-high-level-waste-repository">Critical review of Andra’s research program in the underground laboratory and the transposition zone of the Bure</a> to define a ZIRA (Zone of interest for advanced researches) for potential burial of high-level and long-lived nuclear waste</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fundación Ideas para el Progreso</td> <td><em>Madrid, Spain</em></td> <td>Participation in a study on the new energy model free of nuclear and CO2 emissions by 2050: <a href="http://ieer.org/resource/audiovideo/a-new-energy-model-for-spain/">New Energy Model for Spain: Recommendations for a Sustainable Future.</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Greenpeace France</td> <td><em>Paris, France</em></td> <td><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/surete-nucleaire-en-france-post/">Review of selected Complementary Safety Evaluations</a> done by EDF and Areva at the request of the Government after the Fukushima accident</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations</td> <td><em>New York, NY</em></td> <td>Report: <a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/climate-change-transnational-corporations/">Climate Change and Transnational Corporations</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <caption id="government"> <h4>Government</h4> </caption> <tbody> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Project Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Office of Technology Assessment (US Congress)</td> <td><em>Washington, D.C.</em></td> <td><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/draft-power-south-asian-food-grain-production/">Draft Power in South Asian Foodgrain Production: Analysis of the Problem and Suggestions for Policy</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>North Slope Borough Dept. of Wildlife Management</td> <td><em>Alaska</em></td> <td>Review of literature pertaining to radioactive materials used in the course of Project Chariot activities near Point Hope, Alaska</td> </tr> <tr> <td>State of New Mexico, Office of Attorney General</td> <td><em>Santa Fe, NM</em></td> <td><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/wipp-shipments-lanl-wastes-waste/">Review of documents</a> relating to the proposed shipments of LANL TA-55-43 Wastes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The State of Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office</td> <td><em>Carson City, NV</em></td> <td><a href="http://ieer.org/resource/reports/glass-rocks-issues-disposal-radioactive/">Glass in the Rocks: Some Issues Concerning the Disposal of Radioactive Borosilicate Glass in a Yucca Mountain Repository</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Township of Lacey, New Jersey</td> <td><em>Lacey, NJ</em></td> <td>A review of the Preliminary Environmental and Health Impact Statement (PEHIS) for Ocean County’s proposed recovery facility (Municipal Solid Waste)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <caption id="native"> <h4>Native American Communities</h4> </caption> <tbody> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Project Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Native Americans for a Clean Environment</td> <td><em>Tahlequah, OK</em></td> <td>Expert reports on the pollution and risks presented by the Sequoyah Nuclear Fuels plant that made uranium hexafluoride</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ridolfi Inc.</td> <td><em>Seattle, WA</em></td> <td>Yakama Project:</p> <ul> <li>Comments on DOE Hanford documents related to risk assessment and cleanup.</li> <li>Training materials for workshops and educational outreach for the Yakama nation Environmental Restoration and Waste Management program.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <caption id="media"> <h4>News Media</h4> </caption> <tbody> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Project Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td>USA Today</td> 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