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Broken hearts: Uranium’s cardiovascular impact
Uranium is commonly found in drinking water throughout the United States. It is a special concern in communities in the United States Southwest where uranium mining for weapons and power has left a legacy of contamination, exposure, and disease, particularly among Native American and Hispanic communities. A just released, open access study “Relationship Between Urinary…
Read MoreGender and radiation: New report shows girls most at-risk group
A new United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) report by Amanda M. Nichols — Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara and Mary Olson — Founder, Gender and Radiation Impact Project entitled Gender and Ionizing Radiation: Towards a New Research Agenda Addressing Disproportionate Harm examines recent research correlating harm from exposure to ionizing radiation…
Read MorePalisades restart timeline questioned
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] A front page, below the fold article by Carol Thompson in the Detroit News on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 was entitled “Nuke plant restart timeline questioned: Decision to repair, not replace damaged part irks safety advocates.” The…
Read MoreIndigenous views on nuclear power: no thanks
A new report — Indigenous Views on Nuclear Energy and Radioactive Waste — and a 10-minute video —Askomiw Ksanaqak (Forever Dangerous): Indigenous Nations Resist Nuclear Colonialism — are being released this week. Both are the culmination of a year-long project, CEDAR, led by Susan O’Donnell at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Canada, in partnership with…
Read MoreRepair plan for cracked steam generator tubes at Palisades plant going before NRC soon
[Photograph of steam generator tubes, from the top looking down. Steam generators are very large nuclear components, as big as a school bus. Steam generators are safety-significant: a cascading failure of tubes can lead to a reactor core meltdown. Palisades’ steam generators have needed replacement since at least spring 2006, according to a slideshow presentation…
Read MoreEx-Westinghouse VP sentenced to jail in $9 billion nuclear heist of SC ratepayers
On November 20, 2024, the ex-Westinghouse Electric Corporation Vice President, who once headed the company’s AP1000 advanced reactor global marketing division, Jeffrey Alan Benjamin was sentenced in the District of South Carolina Federal Court to one year and a day in prison and a $100,000 fine for his role to defraud the South Carolina Public…
Read MoreNew Holtec “Warning Signs”
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies of southeastern New Mexico.] In a New Jersey Monitor article by Jeff Pillets entitled “New legal claims offer ‘warning signs’ about energy firm Holtec, critics say,” Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps is quoted a number of times, including: “The stakes at play in trusting…
Read MorePalisades: Public Speaks Out Against “Zombie Atomic Reactor”
[Photo: Protestors at Van Buren State Park, with Palisades’ containment building, cooling tower steam, and Lake Michigan visible in the background, Nuclear-Free Great Lakes Action Camp, August 2000; photo by Gabriela Bulišová.] {November 21, 2024 update: WWMT TV-3 from Kalamazoo covered this story, quoting Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps at length. So too did ABC 57…
Read MoreNOW IN EBOOK: Profiles of radiation risks and scientists
The Scientists Who Alerted us to the Dangers of Radiation by Ian Fairlie, PhD and Beyond Nuclear’s Cindy Folkers, MS, is now available in ebook and paperback. The book profiles 23 radiation scientists over the previous half-century or so, who revealed that radiation risks were higher than thought, but who were victimized by governments and…
Read MoreAttempted Nuke Relapse Recalls Past Boondoggles
[“Burning Money,” image by Gene Case and Avenging Angels. It appeared on the cover of The Nation in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti, pushing back about the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney administration’s attempted nuclear power relapse at that time.] Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, has published an opinion-editorial in POWER. It…
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