Members of Congress object to plutonium giveaway

On December 31, the Trump White House will start revealing which lucky startup companies will receive free plutonium needed for their new reactor fuel. Trump will give away between 20-25 tons, according to reports, going against US energy policy that has long avoided the transfer of nuclear weapons-usable materials into the commercial sector. One likely…

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EVENT: 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…

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NEIS ACTION ALERT – UPDATE 10/21/25

NEIS ACTION ALERT – UPDATE 10/21/25 GOV. PRITZKER AND LEGISLATURE BACK NEW ILLINOIS NUKES Last chance to take action! Urge the Governor, elected officials to OPPOSE SB1527 AND REMOVE LANGUAGE from any bill promoting nuclear moratorium repeal Fall Legislative Session dates: Oct. 28-30 Greetings Safe-energy Champions – We’re down to the wire.  Next Tuesday thru…

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Beyond Nuclear v. NRC live stream,10.30.2025 (Updated 02.17.2026)

Updated February 17, 2026:  Beyond Nuclear and the Sierra Club are still awaiting a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on their Petition for Judicial Review of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and nuclear industry. However, in a catastrophic move that further defies science and common sense, the…

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Radiant booted from WY Heads to TN

On October 13, 2025, the El Segundo, California-based nuclear startup company, Radiant Industries, abruptly announced a change of project plans from what had quickly became unpopular to build the nation’s first mass production assembly line in Wyoming for its new micro-nuclear power generator  (~1 megawatt electric high temperature gas cooled reactor) plant design.  Radiant launched…

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NEIS IL ACTION ALERT

[Beyond Nuclear is posting this NEIS action alert as a courtesy to our tireless allies on the ground in Illinois. If you reside in IL, please take direct action below, and spread the word to everyone you know. If you don’t live in IL, please alert everyone you know there, and urge them to take…

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Solar for none?

Trump’s EPA criminally cancelled Solar For All grants, an excellent climate solution and employment driver. A coalition of 14 Native American tribal governments were poised to deploy $100 million in solar infrastructure to more than 3,500 tribal homes, while training Native youth and veterans in a clean energy workforce that could serve their own communities.…

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Nuclear storage project in New Mexico terminated

[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder, Alliance for Environmental Strategies.] The following news outlets have reported on this story: Forbes; Carlsbad Current-Argus in southeastern New Mexico; Santa Fe New Mexican (all behind paywalls); and New Mexico Political Report (free access). Beyond Nuclear has published a press release celebrating the dump’s cancellation, and thanking allies…

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