We can’t have both healthier children and nukes

According to The New York Times, a new Trump Administration Executive Order (EO) urges the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) “to reconsider its safety limits for radiation exposure, saying that current limits are too strict and go beyond what is needed to protect human health.” And yet, studies already show increases in childhood cancers, including leukemia…

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Defending Lake Michigan against radioactive risks!

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {Friday, May 16, 2025 updates: The Toledo Blade, Michigan Public Radio, and Michigan Advance have reported on the Palisades zombie reactor restart NRC ASLB oral argument pre-hearings. Regarding the Toledo Blade article, note that Nuclear Energy and…

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President Trump to unleash atomic power

On May 14, 2025, E&ENews updated reports on President Donald Trump’s  four “pre-decisional” White House Executive Orders to radically alter the historic role of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s  (NRC) to oversee the performance of reactor design safety reviews and the regulatory approval of reactor siting, construction and operation of commercial atomic power plants. In…

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TAKE ACTION Sign petition on tritium

Sign the petition to stop The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) from large releases of radioactive tritium gas. LANL plans to release the tritium gas any time after June 2, 2025. The only roadblock to the Lab’s plans is that it needs a “Temporary Authorization” from the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to do so.…

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ANA DC DAYS: June 8-11, then Spring Meeting

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability has held DC Days annually for nearly four decades. All-day training will be Sunday, June 8. Meetings with congressional and executive branch offices will be from Monday to Wednesday, June 9 to 11. Monday evening will feature a screening of the film “To Use a Mountain,” about sites targeted in the…

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Holtec’s Palisades SMR-300s: Reference reactors for global buildout

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] HOLTEC “SMR”-300s Targeting Utah as Mountain West base   As reported by Power Engineering, Holtec has announced development of a manufacturing and training headquarters in Utah, for deployment of more than a dozen “Small Modular Reactors” (SMRs),…

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A tar pit awaits Santee Cooper’s RFP applicants

The South Carolina Public Service Authority, also known as Santee Cooper electric, has announced that it has closed its January 22, 2025 “Request For Proposals” (RFP) to gauge the potential interest of any new buyers to resume the financing  and construction of the abandoned V.C. Summer Units 2 and 3 nuclear power project with nearly…

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The India-Pakistan conflict and nuclear risks

What follows is a statement on the situation from ICAN, of which Beyond Nuclear in a member: “ICAN is gravely concerned at the escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan, particularly since last night’s missile strikes by India on Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan, and Pakistan’s previous threats to use nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are not a…

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RADIATION MEETING May 15-16

The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies is hosting its 46th Meeting on May 15 & 16. Among the topics are advancements and limitations in low dose research, implications of attacks on commercial nuclear reactors, and development of a multi-laboratory, multi-entity collaborative project to detect soil and groundwater contamination at waste disposal…

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NUKE WASTE DUMP: Ojibwe Country once again targeted

JUST SAY NO TO NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO! Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, presented “Water Is Life, Nuclear Waste Is Toxic” at the annual meeting of Environment North, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Superior, April 23, 2025. Environment North is the lead local grassroots organization…

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