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Plutonium time bomb: A shocking exposé on Sellafield
The UK daily newspaper, The Guardian, has been running a year-long investigation into that country’s Sellafield nuclear reprocessing and waste site with some shocking revelations. These include that the facility, home to the largest stockpile of plutonium on Earth, has been hacked by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, something the UK government…
Read MoreBulletin of Atomic Scientists article “COP28 and the nuclear energy numbers racket”
The December 13, 2023 issue of Bulletin of Atomic Scientist’s article by Dr. Sharon Squassoni on the “COP28 and the nuclear energy numbers racket.”
Read MoreHoltec’s Initial Brief in Beyond Nuclear v. NRC
[Image above: Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, Alliance for Environmental Strategies, New Mexico.] On December 1, 2023, Holtec International, Intervenor for Respondent, filed its Initial Brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the case Beyond Nuclear, et al., versus U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Beyond Nuclear is one…
Read MoreUS House blocks RECA extension in defense bill
The US House has blocked the proposed inclusion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Amendments of 2023 in the current National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to extend the program for another 19 years and expand its financial relief to more US communities impacted by harmful radiation exposure caused by the government and nuclear industry.…
Read MoreWorld Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023
Nuclear industry continues in decline despite hype of a “renaissance” “Truth has rarely been a friend to nuclear power and for that reason it hasn’t always been easy to find accurate information about the industry’s vital signs. This is why the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) is essential reading for anyone trying to understand…
Read MoreEnvironmental Coalition Intervenes Against Palisades Zombie Reactor Restart
[Image above: Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Palisades Shutdown Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] See the December 6, 2023 press release by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, and Michigan Safe Energy Future. See the legal and technical documents submitted to NRC on December 5, 2023, below: PETITION TO INTERVENE AND…
Read MoreThe long struggle for cleanup on Navajo land
A good 12-minute investigative piece by ABC News looks at the toxic legacy of uranium mines on Navajo land, the struggle for cleanup and efforts to ensure no new uranium mines are ever opened there. (Headline photo of Larry King; still from ABC News report.)
Read MoreResisting 20 More Years at Perry
Beyond Nuclear has joined with the Ohio Nuclear-Free Network to challenge Energy Harbor’s (formerly, FirstEnergy Nuclear) application for a 20-year license extension at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, on the Lake Erie shore in Ohio, northeast of Cleveland (pictured above). If approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the 20-year extension would allow Perry…
Read MorePrice-Anderson reauthorization and expansion dropped from US defense authorization bill
Price-Anderson Act reauthorization and expansion to shield the nuclear industry from severe accident liability is moving through Congress but has been removed from the National Defense Authorization Act Hearings on the many concerns are still in question The 20-year reauthorization of Price-Anderson Act (PAA) is moving forward in Congress to indemnify the nuclear power industry…
Read MoreDubai COP28 Live Stream, 2:30 PM ET,12/01/2023
Samuel Lawrence Foundation’s First Friday / Live Stream from Dubai 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) December 01, 2023, 2:30 PM EST/ 11:30 AM PST Register/Watch/Archive Scandals continue to rock the United Nation’s 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) on climate crisis with the exposure of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plot to use its host…
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