Updates & Studies
Webinar: Doing harm — Nuclear power risks
Join International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War on April14 at 11AM Eastern (US) to explore the risks associated with nuclear power and challenge the myth that it’s a solution to anything. Speakers include Linda Pentz Gunter (Beyond Nuclear), Tim Judson (Nuclear Information & Resource Service), Paul Saoke (IPPNW Kenya) and Vladimir Slyviak (Ecodefense).…
Read MoreWebinar: No to Nuclear
NUCLEAR DISCRIMINATION Join Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear in discussion about her newly published book No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War in a webinar hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action on April 14, 7pm Eastern (US) and moderated by Chris Nord, vice-president of the Citizens Awareness Network. Linda’s book…
Read MoreNew cancer study goes where NRC refused
Shows increase in cancer deaths near reactors The Lost Opportunity: NRC’s Canceled Study In the early 2010s, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) tasked the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with conducting a groundbreaking study on childhood cancer risks near nuclear facilities. This study was designed to address shortcomings in the NRC’s existing 1990 health…
Read MoreProtect Better: ORGANIZE AND PUSH BACK
Protect Better: YES to healthy babies, a healthy future. NO to increased radiation from nuclear sites JOIN US: Online INFO / ORGANIZING meetings: January — February 2026 (Important update: NRC Federal Register proposed rule release now scheduled for April 30) The May 2025 White House Executive Order 14300 has told NRC to allow more radiation exposure…
Read MoreThe sacrificial victims of radiation exposure
Ignoring radiation risks and promoting nuclear power as beneficial to communities instead of protecting them, is one of the many negative outcomes of the Trump administration’s efforts to curb oversight by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. By discarding the Linear No Threshold model that says there is no safe dose of radiation, regulators will codify…
Read MoreTrump’s radiation EO will harm women and girls more
Over forty citizen’s sector organizations including the national nonprofit Physicians for Social Responsibility have sent a joint letter to federal officials warning of public health consequences of a series of executive orders by President Trump which direct the NRC to dramatically weaken Standards for Protection Against Radiation in the US federal code. The letter, spearheaded by the nonprofit Generational Radiation Impact Project (GRIP) and Beyond…
Read MoreEVENT: RETURN TO FUKUSHIMA Living in an ongoing catastrophe
NEIS Night with the Experts hosts Thomas Bass — writer, professor of English and journalism, and author of the book Return to Fukushima — Thursday, October 30, 2025, 7pm CT. Registration is required. Fourteen years after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, the site is an ongoing…
Read MoreGreat Lakes: Radionuclides are persistent, toxic
In 2016 and again in 2022, more than 100 advocacy groups nominated radionuclides for designation as Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The GLWQA is a joint agreement between the U.S. and Canada, which border the Great Lakes. It has the overall goal of ridding the Great…
Read MoreUranium Contamination: Restoring health, trust, and accountability
You can watch a live stream public conversation about the legacy and future of uranium contamination in the Southwest U.S. Sunday, September 21, 3:30-5:30 PM MT, at Northern Arizona University (NAU). The Uranium Science and Community Health Forum event will bring together Tribal scientists and leaders, health researchers, and policy advocates to discuss uranium in…
Read MoreRadiation Harm from EO
This week, Libbe HaLevy of Nuclear Hotseat interviews Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist at Beyond Nuclear. Cindy breaks down what’s wrong with recent nuclear Executive Order (EO) 14300, which asks NRC to recognize a safe radiation dose, and gives NRC a mandate to “enable” the building of new, untried Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.…
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