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Renewed risks at Zaporizhzhia
For the 10th time since Russian forces occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on March 4, 2022, the site has lost offsite power. Workers are using backup diesel generators to pump vital cooling water into the six reactors. Although all are in cold shutdown, the fuel in the reactors remains hot and vulnerable to fires,…
Read MoreU.S. to gift Pu-239 to private nuclear industry
Trump Administration’s give away of 20 MT of US plutonium weapons stockpile to private companies threatens nuclear proliferation According to previously unreleased government documents obtained and reviewed by Politico and addressed in a letter from three Democrat members of Congress to President Donald Trump, The White House is preparing to give away 20 metric tons…
Read MoreUranium mine cleanup must be done right
A plan to bury low-level radioactive waste in the Red Rock (solid waste) Landfill needs to be fully explained to Navajo elders, argues Judy Platero, a representative of the affected nearbyThoreau Navajo community. “There’s no understanding of this because all of this language, all of this information that’s being disseminated, is all technical. We’ve asked…
Read MoreMajority of the world now signed on to TPNW
With the ratification on Friday by Ghana and the signature of Kyrgyzstan, a majority of the world’s countries are now in support of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Membership of the TPNW has now reached 74 States Parties, plus a further 25 signatories, bringing the total number of states that…
Read MoreCato Institute: Nuclear power’s hamster wheel
Accelerating climate change demands a stop to wasting precious little time along with human and financial resources being diverted from real solutions on nuclear power that’s going nowhere. The conservative Cato Institute’s Fall 2025 status report on “The Next Nuclear Renaissance?” provides a comprehensive status report and global overview, nuclear nation by nation. The report…
Read More“Meltdown of Democracy,” 7pm EST, 09/23/2025
MA Governor Maura Healey has, unwittingly or not, joined with President Trump’s authoritarian “Unleashing Nuclear Energy.” “Meltdown of Democracy: Bringing Nukes Back Despite Statewide Vote Against Them” Massachusetts Peace Action’s Zoom Webinar , 7 pm ET, Tuesday, September 23, 2025, For more information: REGISTER HERE The people of the Commonwealth of…
Read MoreGreat Lakes: Radionuclides are persistent, toxic
In 2016 and again in 2022, more than 100 advocacy groups nominated radionuclides for designation as Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The GLWQA is a joint agreement between the U.S. and Canada, which border the Great Lakes. It has the overall goal of ridding the Great…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear info. tables at Bonnie Raitt concert!
[From right to left: Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist Kevin Kamps; environmental coalition co-counsel Terry Lodge of Toledo, Ohio; and Don’t Waste Michigan chairman Michael Keegan of Monroe, Michigan. In the background can be seen the CRAFT info. table as well.] Beyond Nuclear joined with friends and colleagues from Don’t Waste Michigan and CRAFT (Citizens…
Read MoreZombies Against Palisades! (ZAP!) Halloween Rally, Kal., MI
Restart the Closed Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor? Now That’s SCARY! What’d Somebody EAT YOUR BRAIN?! See the front side of the flier, here. See the back side of the flier, here. The Devilish Details: Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2025 Noon-1:30pm & 4:30-6pm (both Eastern Time) Sidewalk out front of U.S. Representative…
Read MoreIran: Limited nuclear inspections to resume?
Inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities, which were heavily attacked by the US and Israel in June, could resume under a new agreement struck this week between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). But Iran has also warned that the deal is provisional and limited and will not proceed if sanctions are re-imposed. Since…
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