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Corruption doesn’t pay
In the space of two days, two leading figures in nuclear corruption scandals paid the price for their criminal actions. On March 8, former SCANA COO, Stephen Byrne, who had pled guilty for his part in the fraud and corruption surrounding his company’s failed V.C.Summer new nuclear construction project in South Carolina, was sentenced to 15…
Read MoreJapan’s next Fukushimas?
With apparently no lessons learned from the devastating Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster 12 years ago, the Japanese Cabinet has approved plans to extend the operating lives of its reactor fleet beyond the current 60-year limit. Under the country’s new GX Decarbonisation Power Supply Bill, continued dependence on fossil fuels and nuclear power is prioritized at the…
Read MoreWatch Mark Jacobson on “No Miracles Needed” on saving climate
New Book by Professor Mark Jacobson, “No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air.” Here is the link to watch the Samuel Lawrence Foundation First Friday Series webinar [1 hour:22 minutes:43 seconds], which aired live March 3, 2023 features Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson who talks about his new…
Read MoreDump and decommission
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, host Libbe HaLevy looks at the environmental toll of decommissioning in the US. Many of us are already up in arms at the Japanese government’s determination to dump more than 1 million tonnes of tritium-contaminated water from its destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. But similar…
Read MoreTrain derails on way to load N-waste
VT rail accident sends a clear warning The Brattleboro Reformer reports that a train on its way to load up nuclear waste from the decommissioning Vermont Yankee nuclear power station derailed on February 24, 2023. The derailment involved the “spacer” cars to be coupled between freight cars intended to carry nuclear waste out west. “‘The…
Read MoreThe High-Level Nuclear Waste Policy Dilemma: The First Eight Decades
See the Summary Chronology about the national highly radioactive waste dump targeted at Western Shoshone land at Yucca Mountain (pictured), Nevada, here. This Summary Chronology has been prepared by the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force.
Read MoreLetter to Transportation Secretary Buttigieg re: highly radioactive waste shipping risks
On February 24, 2023, Beyond Nuclear wrote to U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, regarding the high risks of shipping highly radioactive wastes via road, rail, and/or waterway. Last week’s letter marked a year to the day when Beyond Nuclear sent Secretary Buttigieg a comprehensive letter on such risks. Despite assurances from U.S. Department of…
Read MoreExpert briefing paper on Ukraine dangers
As we mark one year since the deadly war in Ukraine began, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) held an expert panel webinar on February 18 to assess impacts on health, human rights, and the environment from conventional wars, a nuclear power disaster or nuclear war. After the event, the panelists released a…
Read MoreUkraine’s nuclear risks ramp up
Ukraine’s nuclear power plants face daily risk of deadly disaster while war continues. Safe zones can’t prevent inherent dangers of nuclear reactors leading to catastrophe, group warns Beyond Nuclear on Thursday put out a press release on the eve of the one year mark since Russia invaded Ukraine, warning of the increased dangers to Ukraine’s nuclear…
Read MoreMarch 3 webinar: Mark Jacobson’s new book on saving climate
11:30 am PST/2:30 pm EST, Friday, March 3, 2023, Samuel Lawrence Foundation webinar: Mark Jacobson’s new book “No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air” Two esteemed environmental leaders will discuss the existential threat of an accelerating climate change that Earth faces and how renewable energy, energy efficiency and…
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