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Honoring Daniel Ellsberg: A week of action
Daniel Ellsberg — the Pentagon Papers whistleblower who has been an inspiring activist for peace since the early 1970s — recently disclosed that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given only three to six months to live. Since then, groups across the country, under the umbrella of Defuse Nuclear War, have been organizing to…
Read MoreSailing for peace: Jump on board!
The historic sailboat, the Golden Rule, that inspired the creation of Greenpeace and other peace efforts, is sailing around the United States, with speaking stops along the way to bring its message of peace. The boat, a project of Veterans for Peace, is currently in the DC area, but will travel up the eastern seaboard, then…
Read MoreFOE sues over Diablo
As Common Dreams reports, “the environmental group Friends of the Earth on Tuesday sued Pacific Gas and Electric in a bid to block the California utility giant from breaching its contract to shutter the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant when the operating licenses for its two reactors expire in 2024 and 2025. “Friends of the…
Read MoreLiftoff or crash-land for nuclear?
In a shocking and revelatory article in Energy Intelligence, Stephanie Cooke adds up the costs of the US Department of Energy’s “untethered” plan to encourage the construction of as many as 300 new full size reactors. Untethered, and, as Cooke describes it, “irresponsible” and “absurd” because, “the US no longer has the supply chain needed…
Read MoreEmpirical is everything; nuclear is a loser
2022 World Nuclear Industry Status Report once again shows failure of nuclear energy and the irresistible rise of renewables In a special edition of Nuclear Hotseat, host Libbe HaLevy was joined by Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter to interview three of the principal authors of the 2022 World Nuclear Industry Status Report. The annual report…
Read MoreFukushima damage could spell disaster
The nuclear plant’s operator said that damage to the reactor is “spread across large areas.” From Jake Johnson at Common Dreams: Images released Tuesday by the operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant showed significant damage on the inside of one of the facility’s three melted reactors, heightening fears that another earthquake in the region…
Read MoreFighting back in Erwin
On this week’s edition of Nuclear Hotseat: Erwin, Tennessee (pictured) is a small, seemingly idyllic town with a big problem: Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., known as NFS, a company that since the 1960s has been a major supplier of nuclear fuel for the United States Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered vessels. These fuel fabrication operations have…
Read MoreSmall modular reactors will worsen climate change
“There’s no such thing as safe nuclear power,” said physicist and professor, M.V. Ramana, as he ran down a compelling and comprehensive list of reasons why still theoretical small modular reactors (SMRs) cannot address climate change. During an online presentation for Nuclear Energy Information Service, now available on YouTube, Ramana showed how “every dollar we…
Read MoreSave the ban on new nukes!
Illinois is the latest state to introduce a bill that would repeal a moratorium on new nuclear plant construction. The bill passed the Senate and returns to the House after April 18. If you live in Illinois, you can help stop it. Click here to find and contact your state representative and here to download…
Read MoreNuclear winter webinar
The Samuel Lawrence Foundation is hosting its “First Friday” Zoom Event at 11:30 AM PST (2:30 PM EST), Friday, April 7, 2023 featuring Brian Toon, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder on “Nuclear Winter: The Environmental Consequences of a Nuclear Exchange.” The event is moderated by…
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