Boston (August 21, 2015) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) yesterday announced by a vote of 3-1 that it will not even put out for public comment the question of whether to upgrade America’s Fukushima-style reactors with a commonsense safety measure to prevent radiation exposure when vents are used to prevent hydrogen explosions... Read More

Bipartisan bill requires the Department of Energy to maximize  the value of its excess uranium stockpile for the American public.   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced the Excess Uranium Transparency and Accountability Act. The bill will bring transparency and accountability... Read More

Bill would update defense spending for 21st century Washington (March 23, 2015) – As Congressional Republicans remain deeply divided over funding for the Department of Defense, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) today introduced bicameral legislation that would cut $100 billion from the bloated... Read More

WASHINGTON – ‎As we celebrate National Sunshine Week and efforts promoting transparency in government, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to introduce bipartisan legislation to improve public access to the federal judiciary by granting judges the ability to allow cameras in federal courtrooms. ... Read More

Washington (July 24, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), issued the following statement about the National Academy of Sciences new report about the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster. The report, which states that... Read More

GAO report finds shuttered USEC facility received hundreds of millions worth of uranium while ignoring laws and losing taxpayer money   WASHINGTON (June 9, 2014) – A new report by the Government Accountability Office finds that the Department of Energy did not follow the law and lost taxpayer money when it conducted several transfers of... Read More

Lawmaker introduced legislation with Sens. Boxer & Sanders to move spent nuclear fuel into safer dray cask storage   Washington (May 27, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today published its... Read More

Washington (May 2, 2014) – In a letter sent today to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Allison Macfarlane, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), and Senators Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) called on the... Read More

Lawmakers call on NRC to implement immediate mitigation measures to protect safety of neighboring residents, businesses    Washington (April 18, 2014) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today called on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to direct the licensees of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in... Read More

In 2011 in the House of Reps., lawmaker introduced nuclear safety legislation to ensure U.S. nuclear power plants could withstand earthquakes, tsunamis, long power outages, or other major events   Washington (March 10, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey, Congress’s leading voice on nuclear safety, released the following statement... Read More

Washington (December 18, 2013) – Senator Edward J. Markey, joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Representatives John F. Tierney, James P. McGovern, Stephen F. Lynch, William R. Keating, Niki Tsongas, and Joseph P. Kennedy today sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recommending the agency make no decision on the June... Read More

Group of Senators join in call for reversal of illconsidered policy that prevents members from receiving sensitive information related to nuclear safety and security   Washington (November 20, 2013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) was today joined by nine other Senators in a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) calling for it... Read More

  Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 Eben BurnhamSnyder (Markey) 2022242742 Mike Briggs (Sanders) 2022245141   NRC staff prevented from engaging in safety, financial oversight of Entergy's, other troubled nuclear power plants   Washington (November 14, 2013) - Senators Edward J. Markey (DMass.) and Bernie Sanders (IVt.) today sent a... Read More

Lawmaker repeatedly called for study of health impacts for residents Washington (September 23, 2013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced it is moving forward with a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) pilot study of cancer risk in populations around six U.S... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742     Lawmaker concerns about security gaps highlighted by new report funded by Pentagon   Washington (August 15, 2013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.), member of the Foreign Relations Committee, reacted to the release of a new report, "Protecting U.S. Nuclear Facilities from Terrorist Attack" that... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 WASHINGTON (June 7, 2013) – After months of questions raised by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) about whether the owner of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California knew about safety problems, the nuclear facility will now close... Read More

Contact:  Mary Kerr or Kate Gilman (EPW/Boxer): 202-224-8832 Eben Burnham-Snyder (Markey): 202-494-4486 Boxer and Markey send letter to NRC in response to SCE’s proposal to shortcut safety review Washington, D.C. –Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Rep. Ed... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Congressman Wrote SEC about Southern California Edison's Failure to Inform Investors of Key Information WASHINGTON (April 8, 2013) – The Securities and Exchange Commission is evaluating whether the operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in California violated securities... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Fukushima analysis highlights flaws in Bush administration decision not to implement 2002 Markey law WASHINGTON (March 28, 2013) – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was today joined by public health and nuclear safety experts to call on the White House to implement a decade-old law... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836   Commissioners vote to delay action on key improvement that would protect Massachusetts residents WASHINGTON (March 19, 2013) -- Even as engineers struggle with a power outage at the damaged Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that has left... Read More