Events
Nuclear-Free Future Award laureates honored
S.P. Udayakumar of India, Márcia Gomes and Norbert Suchanek of Brazil and Germany respectively, and Edwick Madzimure of Zimbabwe, received their Nuclear-Free Future Awards at a moving ceremony in New York on March 4. The event was founded by Claus Biegert (pictured) in 1998. Udayakumar was unable to travel and has incurred great risks to…
Read MoreJOIN US: REPORT BACK on Nuclear weapons UN meeting
You are invited to an informal zoom REPORT BACK to the community, April 16, 4:30 PM ET on the third Meeting of States Parties (MSP3) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that took place in NYC at United Nations Headquarters, March 2-7. Mary Olson (Founder of Gender and Radiation Impact Project)…
Read MoreTELL CONGRESS ‘NO NUKES’!
During the March 24 webinar on nuclear power hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action, and featuring M.V. Ramana and Paul Gunter, participants were asked to complete an action item that sends a strong anti-nuke message to their members of Congress, urging them not to vote to allocate further public resources to nuclear power. Click this link,…
Read MoreListen live, Wed., March 5, 10am ET: CISFs@SCOTUS!
[Protestors speak out against Interim Storage Partners, LLC’s highly radioactive waste consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission environmental scoping public comment hearings in Andrews, Texas, Feb. 2017.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], 240-462-3216 Stephen Kent, media consultant, [email protected], 914-589-5988 Source: Beyond…
Read More‘Nuked’ documentary now on Vimeo
Indigenous perspectives take the spotlight as the award-winning feature documentary from filmmaker and eco advocate Andrew Nisker is available On Demand for the first time to US audiences. As the Marshall Islands Nuclear Remembrance Day approaches and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moves the doomsday clock to 89 seconds to midnight, ‘Nuked’ examines the legacy…
Read MoreWEBINAR: What nuclear boosters won’t tell you about radiation
In Their Rush to Expand, Nuclear Interests Ignore and Suppress Evidence of Radiation’s Harms, Including Worse Impacts on Women and Children Gender + Radiation Impact Project will host a webinar on February 20 at 12 PM ET, featuring leading experts on the impacts of radiation from nuclear technologies. Cindy Folkers, author and radiation and health…
Read More11am ET, 2/12 NRC ASLB hearings re: Palisades restart, with listen-only call-in phone line
[Holtec’s Palisades atomic reactor, located in Covert Township, south of South Haven, in Van Buren County, southwest Michigan, on the Lake Michigan shoreline.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216 Michael Keegan, Don’t Waste Michigan, [email protected], (734) 770-1441 (Media reporters wishing to speak with…
Read MoreWatch Webinar: New book sheds light on radiation science
The Scientists Who Alerted Us to the Dangers of Radiation, a new book by Ian Fairlie and Beyond Nuclear’s Cindy Folkers, had its Canadian book launch and webinar. There was a lively and informative discussion and question and answer session that covered many topics, in addition to those highlighted in the book that reveals that the…
Read MorePalisades restart: Wed., Feb. 12 ASLBP virtual oral argument pre-hearings, 11am ET, with listen-only call-in line for public/media
[Please note that the time and format for this pre-hearing have been changed. Although the pre-hearing will be held on the same date as previously announced, Wednesday, February 12th, the start time has been changed to 11am Eastern Time (It had previously been 8:30am ET). In addition, the pre-hearing will no longer be held in-person.…
Read More2025 Nuclear-Free Future Award laureates announced
The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will this year honor individuals from Brazil, India, Navajo country, the United States and Zimbabwe for their achievements in working for a nuclear-free world. The Award laureates are chosen by an international jury of their peers and are offered in three categories: Resistance, Education and Solution. The 2025 laureates are:…
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