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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The Hill publishes Beyond Nuclear op-ed

[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels.] An op-ed authored by Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, has been published in The Hill. Entitled “New nuclear push brings old dangers back — and bigger than ever,” the op-ed focuses on Holtec’s schemes at Palisades in Michigan as a microcosm of the company’s, and the…

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ZOMBIE NUKES?! ACRS ignores Palisades’ restart risks

ZOMBIE NUKES?! ACRS ignores Palisades’ restart risks The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has written to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman, capitulating to Holtec and NRC staff, on recently expressed concerns by at least one ACRS member, regarding steam generator tube degradation at the Palisades atomic reactor in Michigan. This came despite our…

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ZOMBIE NUKES?! Duane Arnold restart risks

ZOMBIE NUKES?! Duane Arnold restart risks On September 29, Iowa’s Sierra Club Chapter hosted a press conference to address NextEra’s proposal to restart Duane Arnold, which has been in decommissioning status since August 2020, when a derecho led to a close call with catastrophe at this Fukushima Daiichi twin-design atomic reactor. Speakers included Dr. Mark…

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Palisades: Enviros Object to Yet More Safety Shortcuts

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, [email protected] Terry Lodge, attorney, Toledo, OH, [email protected] Wallace Taylor,…

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More (nuclear) fool’s gold

Yet another “golden” nuclear con job has been announced, this time in the UK. During Trump’s recent state visit to Britain the UK government announced its “Golden Age of Nuclear” deal between the two countries. But it is anything but. Laden with hyped-up Trumpian rhetoric about nuclear and energy “dominance”, it promises working class jobs…

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