Events

Two years ago, October 24th 2020, the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was ratified by the 50th member nation and thus qualified for implementation as international law. To mark this anniversary, Libbe HaLevy’s Nuclear Hotseat is revisiting an interview recorded at that time with Ray Acheson,  an organizer, activist, writer and Director of…

The White Mesa Uranium Mill in Utah (pictured) is being allowed to process radioactive waste material from around the United States and as far away as Canada, Europe and Japan. There are plans in place for the mine to accept materials going back 77 years to the start of the Manhattan Project. The move is…

Illinois has become the first state to mandate the teaching of Asian American history in public schools to counteract the increase in Asian hate crimes. This week’s guests on Nuclear Hotseat created a curriculum to teach 6th graders about Hiroshima, Nagasaki, nuclear energy, and the entire nuclear fuel chain.  It has already been used as…

The Board of Directors of the US Peace Memorial Foundation has voted unanimously to award the 2022 US Peace Prize to Costs of War “For Crucial Research to Shed Light on The Human, Environmental, Economic, Social, and Political Costs of U.S. Wars.” On September 30, 2022, Michael D. Knox, US Peace Memorial Foundation Chair, presented the US…

Numerous studies have indicated that leukemia rates among children increase the closer they live to nuclear power plants. But what explains this? Independent consultant on radioactivity in the environment, Ian Fairlie, who has conducted a meta-analysis of these studies, offers some possible reasons to host, Libbe HaLevy, on this week’s Nuclear Hotseat. And Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear marks…

DEFEND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE! Donate to block Texas waste dump Thanks to generous anonymous donors, Beyond Nuclear has been awarded $14,000 in matching funds for our legal work to block construction and operation of a high-level radioactive waste dump in Texas. The Interim Storage Partners consolidated interim storage facility is not consent-based and violates environmental justice.…

“This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.” Those were the hopeful but delusional words spoken in 1956 by the British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth the Second, who died last week at the age of 96.…

When the California legislature voted on August 31, 2022 to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility open for a minimum of another 5 years, this setback wasn’t for lack of evidence as to why this was a bad idea. Activists from around the state, with national support, put forth compelling talking points, created petitions, made…