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Nuclear-Free Anishinaabe Aki Rally Sets Stage for Intensifying Opposition to Nuclear Waste
[Thank you — Miigwetch — to We the Nuclear-Free North, in whose e-newsletter this article and photo appeared. Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, had the honor and privilege of meeting Fort William First Nation officials and members while in Thunder Bay speaking out against the highly radioactive waste dump scheme on Earth Day…
Read MoreCourt rejects our appeals against Holtec CISF
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies.] On August 5, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Beyond Nuclear’s appeal for a rehearing, either en banc (before all the judges of the circuit court), or by the initial three-judge panel which ruled against us…
Read MoreASLB rejects our Palisades SG tube intervention
[Photo of typical steam generator (SG) tubes, looking from the top downward.] On August 5, 2025, a three-administrative judge (or -hearing examiner) panel of the Atomic Safety (sic) and Licensing Board (ASLB) ruled against our environmental coalition’s intervention petition regarding severe steam generator (SG) tube degradation at the Palisades atomic reactor in Covert Township, on…
Read MoreAmericans still justify Hiroshima/Nagaski bombings
More Americans still believe the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago were justified, but the margins have narrowed compared to previous polling. These were the conclusions of a new Pew Research Center survey that found 35 percent of American adults think using nuclear weapons in 1945 was justified, while 31 percent did…
Read MoreFilm recalls heroism of Nagasaki nurses
A new drama — “Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash” — directed by Jumpei Matsumoto, whose grandfather survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, has been released in Japan as we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombing. The film tells the story of the unsung Japanese Red Cross nurses and follows three young nursing…
Read MoreA reckless provocation
Trump moves US nuclear subs closer to Russia after tit-for-tat exchange By Stephen Prager, Common Dreams In an ominous post Friday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that he had “ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions” following a provocation by a top Russian security official. The president was responding to “highly provocative statements”…
Read MoreTrumps makes rare nuclear threat against Russia
[USS Virginia, underway in July 2004. The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is a class of nuclear-powered attack submarine with cruise missile capability in service with the United States Navy.] As reported by the New York Times: Trump Says He Ordered Subs Repositioned in Rare Nuclear Threat to Russia In a social media post,…
Read MoreArnie Gundersen on Nuclear Hotseat re: Palisades
Here is Nuclear Hotseat Podcast host Libbe HaLevy’s write up: Arnie Gundersen is a nuclear engineer, whistleblower, and green energy advocate who has been a consulting expert on many nuclear reactor issues, including the shut down of the San Onofre nuclear facility in southern California. Here, he explains the problems with the planned restart of…
Read MoreUS nukes back in Britain
According to multiple news sources, Nukewatch UK and CND, US nuclear bombs are back in Britain after a 17-year hiatus. A US transport plane was tracked from a New Mexico Air Force base to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, believed to be carrying B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, each with three times the power of the Hiroshima…
Read MoreTrump interference at NRC creating chaos
Mother Jones magazine is reporting that Annie Caputo, one of three currently seated commissioners (two Democrats and one Republican) of the five seats on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), has announced her resignation in an email sent on July 29, 2025 to the NRC staff. Republican Commissioner Caputo’s notice reads, “I have decided to…
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