“Make Atoms Great Again?”

Trump is melding a financial partnership between the fed and the US nuclear  industry President Trump has set a course to “Make Atoms Great Again” as part of his White House “call to action” that is not only extremely risky but a foolhardy national energy policy shift that raises potential ethical questions. In October 2025,…

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And then there were five

President Trump has nominated a candidate to occupy the still vacant fifth seat on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a move that now locks in a Republican majority. Trump had already played dirty by firing Democratic commissioner Christopher Hanson earlier this year without cause and probably illegally, as Hanson’s term was not due to expire…

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Our ‘House of Dynamite’ will eventually blow

If you haven’t seen ‘A House of Dynamite’, this is a spoiler alert. But here’s another spoiler alert: nuclear deterrence does not and cannot work. Kathryn Bigelow’s thought-provoking film has been assailed by nuclear hawks as inaccurate but their critiques are nitpicks compared to the terrifying reality she portrays: that when it comes to how…

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Appeal to SCOTUS against Holtec’s NM CISF license!

[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Mindy Goldstein, co-counsel for Beyond Nuclear, Turner Environmental Law Clinic, (404) 727-3432, [email protected] Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Diane Curran, co-counsel for Beyond Nuclear, Harmon Curran, (240) 393-9285, [email protected] BEYOND…

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Trump threatens to restart nuclear testing

US President Donald Trump says the US will start testing nuclear weapons again, a statement that has raised alarm in the peace movement and in nations across the world. According to news reports, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s appropriate…

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ZAP! Zombies Against Palisades Halloween Protest Rally

{Michigan Advance, WMUK (West Michigan’s NPR station), and WORT (89.9 FM, Madison, WI community radio) have reported on this story.} NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, Michigan, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael J. Keegan, chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, Michigan, [email protected] Opponents to Protest Holtec’s Unprecedented…

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Trump cuts Westinghouse reactors deal

On October 28, 2025, the Trump White House announced its commitment to stake at least $80 billion of US federal dollars to initiate yet another very risky run at new construction of Westinghouse Electric Company’s  AP1000 nuclear stations. This is the follow-up to his May 23, 2025 executive orders to “unleash” more atomic power in…

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HOLTEC SNAFUS

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] HOLTEC SNAFUS Worker falls into reactor On October 21, a Palisades employee fell into the flooded reactor cavity, as Holtec continues racing at breakneck speed towards unprecedented restart of the 3.5 years closed nuclear plant by year…

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