Events
Looming nuclear disasters
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has – no surprise – given its stamp of approval to Japan to dump 1.3 million tons of radioactive tritium-contaminated water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean. The decision has already been strongly objected to by leaders of Pacific islands, including in earlier dialogue (pictured) with IAEA chief, Rafael…
Read MoreIllinois reverses new nuclear moratorium
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe HaLevy talks to Dave Kraft (pictured), executive director of the Chicago-based Nuclear Energy Information Service, about efforts in Illinois to repeal the 1987 Illinois nuclear construction moratorium (SB76). Kraft’s organization has been working hard to get Governor Pritzker to veto the repeal. The impetus to lift the ban is…
Read MoreDepleted uranium danger in Ukraine
On the current Nuclear Hotseat, depleted uranium expert, academic and activist Damacio Lopez (pictured left with International Uranium Film Festival founder, Norbert Suchanek) explains how DU weapons were developed only two miles from his childhood home in Socorro, New Mexico; his trips to Iraq to measure radiation from DU weapons; and his drive to contact Ukraine’s President…
Read MoreExperts say nuclear power bad for climate crisis
A panel of leading independent experts concluded in a Congressional briefing (video) June 2, that attempts to use nuclear power to help curtail the climate crisis has failed, and current nuclear subsidies should, instead, go to renewables. In fact, continuing nuclear steals resources from real climate solutions. Further, shutting down current dangerous reactors doesn’t mean…
Read MoreCongressional briefing: Nuclear power and climate
From the Inflation Reduction Act to Oliver Stone’s new film, there’s a renewed discussion about the role nuclear energy could play in the climate fight. Join us for an expert briefing drilling down on the issue, with highly qualified presenters including the former chair of the NRC. REGISTER HERE WHAT? You’re invited to a June…
Read MoreArtistry abounds at Uranium Film Festival
This week, Nuclear Hotseat host, Libbe HaLevy, (pictured with Founders/Directors Marcia Gomes de Oliviera and Norbert Suchanek) is reporting from the International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Writes HaLevy: “The International Uranium Film Festival is the only place on Earth that presents films focused solely on issues of the entire nuclear fuel chain,…
Read MoreWATCH: Tritium and the U.S. Nuclear Power Sector
“Tritium and the U.S. Nuclear Power Sector” is the first in a two-part webinar series on the threats from dumping huge amounts of tritium (radioactive hydrogen) from the nuclear power and nuclear weapons sectors into our environment both as radioactive vapor and effluent. This webinar features: Dr. Ian Fairlie providing an overview of tritium and…
Read MoreDr. Caldicott decries DU
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Dr. Helen Caldicott talks to host, Libbe HaLevy, about why using depleted uranium weapons is harmful to living things. Writes HaLevy: “Dr. Caldicott is an Australian physician, author, and for six decades has been one of the world’s most important anti-nuclear advocates.She revived or founded several associations, including Physicians for Social…
Read More“No Miracles Needed”
The current edition of Beyond Nuclear board member, Karl Grossman’s “Enviro Close-Up” TV program features renowned energy expert, Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson, discussing his new book, “No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air”. It will be broadcast this coming Saturday, May 20, on Free Speech TV on nearly…
Read MoreThe terrible toll of A-bomb tests
This week on Nuclear Hotseat, host Libbe HaLevy looks into the terrible toll taken on the people of French Polynesia from the French atomic tests there. She interviewed Dennis Riches who, after the meltdowns at Fukushima-Daiichi in 2011 began writing a blog about nuclear issues. In 2018, several of the blog posts were published as a…
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