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The Small (Modular Reactor) Short
Nuclear investors see “an industry bubble that is already deflating” Guess who’s making money from the alleged small modular reactor boom? Or rather, guess, who’s not making a profit? We’ve been calling the SMR schemes “crypto nukes” for a while, because they seemed like the same kind of scam as the crypto currency racket. But,…
Read MoreCongo’s uranium tragedy
At a book talk at Busboys and Poets in DC, Friends of the Congo’s Maurice Carney, and Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter, laid out the uranium story that threads through the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s sad history, including how 70% of Congo uranium was used in the atomic bomb dropped 81 years ago on…
Read MoreProtect Better webinar series: Protect our health from radiation
Webinar 2 – “In the Weeds” What happens when radiation protection standards are weakened to make it easier to expand nuclear power? Wednesday, August 19 | 5pm – 7:30pm Pacific 8:00–9:30 PM Eastern REGISTER The Trump Administration has directed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to overhaul long-standing radiation protection standards as part of a broader effort to…
Read MoreA compassionate world without nuclear
Global Read webinar featured two authors, two books and one topic M.V. Ramana and Linda Pentz Gunter were featured together for the August edition of the program Global Read, presented by the Charter for Compassion. Ramana is the author of Nuclear Is Not The Solution. The Folly of Atomic Power In The Age of Climate…
Read MoreDeep Fission “approval” is for a drawing, not a “milestone”
Statement by Paul Gunter, Director of the Reactor Oversight Project at Beyond Nuclear on Deep Fission’s announcement of approval of a Nuclear Safety Design Agreement under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Reactor Pilot Project created by a President Trump White House Executive Order. “Deep Fission, a Berkeley, CA-based reactor startup company attempting to site micro nuclear…
Read MoreProtect Better Webinar Series: NRC Radiation Comments
Webinar #1 Wednesday, August 12 Time: 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET Webinar #1 Register Here The Trump Administration has directed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to weaken long-standing radiation protection standards in order to accelerate the expansion of nuclear reactors, nuclear-powered data centers, and nuclear weapons production. Help stop nuclear powered data centers which are…
Read MoreA Japanese A-bomb? Hibakusha decry misguided turn
Japan’s far right prime minister, Sanae Takaichi (pictured), as well as her defense minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, have been considering a review of Japan’s longstanding disavowal of nuclear weapons, a shift that would seriously undermine the country’s role in the world as a leading advocate for nuclear disarmament. Japan is committed not to possess, produce, or…
Read MoreClimate impacts on nuclear power reliability, safety
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its congressional report on April 2, 2024 titled as a warning, “Nuclear Power Plants: NRC Should Take Actions to Fully Consider the Potential Effects of Climate Change.” Their report to Congress points to increasingly severe and more frequent climate hazards including extreme heat, drought, wildfires, severe storms, atmospheric…
Read MoreOpposition Mounting to Deep Fission
Beyond Nuclear is quoted in a July 28, 2026 Wall Street Journal article “An Underground Nuclear Reactor Is Coming to This Kansas Town—and Dividing Locals”, describing California nuclear start-up company Deep Fission’s plans for a 15 megawatt electric micro-reactor modular design to be operated at the bottom of a mile-deep borehole drilled into bedrock. Parsons, KS was…
Read More“Innovation” campuses: Nuclear waste Trojan horses?
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of five initial contenders for building Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. The states that could serve as potential hosts are Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho. But is this proposal a Trojan horse meant to force these states to store existing radioactive waste that no one…
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