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Fukushima tritium levels higher than allowed
From the Korea Herald: A type of radioactive isotope in the over 1.3 million tons of wastewater being collected at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant and planned for discharge by as early as this summer has been found at levels beyond those earlier suggested to be safe by the Japanese government, a wastewater safety…
Read MoreDOE attracting more proliferation controversy
In a May 30, 2023 letter from former Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials, including former Chairman Allison Macfarlane, several former U.S. State Department officials and U.S. nonproliferation organizations wrote an appeal to U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm requesting that the agency abandon its plan to pilot a 200 kilowatt Small Modular Reactor (SMR) test…
Read MoreCongressional briefing: Nuclear power and climate
From the Inflation Reduction Act to Oliver Stone’s new film, there’s a renewed discussion about the role nuclear energy could play in the climate fight. Join us for an expert briefing drilling down on the issue, with highly qualified presenters including the former chair of the NRC. REGISTER HERE WHAT? You’re invited to a June…
Read MorePentagon’s “Pele Project” paves the way for SMRs
Named after the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes, “Project Pele” is the Pentagon’s partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and demonstrate a prototype US military transportable power reactor. The microreactor (1 to 5 megawatts electric) is being touted for rapid deployment by land, air and sea to support US military operations and…
Read MoreArtistry abounds at Uranium Film Festival
This week, Nuclear Hotseat host, Libbe HaLevy, (pictured with Founders/Directors Marcia Gomes de Oliviera and Norbert Suchanek) is reporting from the International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Writes HaLevy: “The International Uranium Film Festival is the only place on Earth that presents films focused solely on issues of the entire nuclear fuel chain,…
Read MoreWATCH: Tritium and the U.S. Nuclear Power Sector
“Tritium and the U.S. Nuclear Power Sector” is the first in a two-part webinar series on the threats from dumping huge amounts of tritium (radioactive hydrogen) from the nuclear power and nuclear weapons sectors into our environment both as radioactive vapor and effluent. This webinar features: Dr. Ian Fairlie providing an overview of tritium and…
Read MoreDr. Caldicott decries DU
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Dr. Helen Caldicott talks to host, Libbe HaLevy, about why using depleted uranium weapons is harmful to living things. Writes HaLevy: “Dr. Caldicott is an Australian physician, author, and for six decades has been one of the world’s most important anti-nuclear advocates.She revived or founded several associations, including Physicians for Social…
Read More“No Miracles Needed”
The current edition of Beyond Nuclear board member, Karl Grossman’s “Enviro Close-Up” TV program features renowned energy expert, Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson, discussing his new book, “No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air”. It will be broadcast this coming Saturday, May 20, on Free Speech TV on nearly…
Read MoreIPPNW: abolish nuke weapons AND power
The Nobel Prize-winning organization of medical professionals — International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War — passed a resolution at its 23rd World Congress, in Mombasa, Kenya on April 30, 2023, entitled: Links between Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power. Beyond Nuclear welcomes this statement, especially coming from those who truly understand the impossible medical…
Read MoreThe terrible toll of A-bomb tests
This week on Nuclear Hotseat, host Libbe HaLevy looks into the terrible toll taken on the people of French Polynesia from the French atomic tests there. She interviewed Dennis Riches who, after the meltdowns at Fukushima-Daiichi in 2011 began writing a blog about nuclear issues. In 2018, several of the blog posts were published as a…
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