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Childhood leukemia near nuclear plants
Numerous studies have indicated that leukemia rates among children increase the closer they live to nuclear power plants. But what explains this? Independent consultant on radioactivity in the environment, Ian Fairlie, who has conducted a meta-analysis of these studies, offers some possible reasons to host, Libbe HaLevy, on this week’s Nuclear Hotseat. And Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear marks…
Read More‘Deranged’ says UN chief of fighting nuclear war
“The idea that any country could fight and win a nuclear war is deranged. Any use of a nuclear weapon would incite a humanitarian armageddon.” Those were the words of UN General Secretary, Antonio Guterres, speaking at the UN on September 26 to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, established…
Read MoreWe must eliminate nuclear weapons
Today, September 26, as it is every year, is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. As we see nuclear sabers rattling once again with the Russia-Ukraine war seemingly poised on a nuclear knife-edge, it is time to renew our call for the elimination of weapons capable of destroying all life on…
Read MoreLetter from 68 organizations to DOE, requesting denial of Civil Nuclear Credit Program payments to Palisades
On Friday, September 23, 2022, a coalition of 68 organizations and 81 individuals wrote to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and other leaders of the U.S. Department of Energy, requesting denial of Civil Nuclear Credit Program payments amounting to hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars of federal taxpayer money, for the Palisades atomic reactor…
Read MoreForum on Palisades Nuclear Plant’s ‘decommissioning’ turns into debate over restarting reactor
As reported by MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. Beyond Nuclear is quoted: …Kevin Kamps with the organization Beyond Nuclear, accused Holtec of taking part in a “con job” by taking ownership of Palisades for decommissioning and shortly afterward announcing it’s effort to restart it. “This will be challenged,” Kamps said. “Just as the plant was challenged before it…
Read MoreBan treaty adds more countries
From ICAN: Five more countries today signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and two more have deposited their ratification of the treaty. The seven nations that added their names are: Barbados (signed), Burkina Faso (signed), Dominican Republic (ratified), Democratic Republic of the Congo (ratified), Equatorial Guinea (signed), Haiti (signed) and Sierra…
Read More2018 documentary about South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, by Gabriela Bulisova and Mark Isaac
God’s River, by filmmakers Gabriela Bulisova and Mark Isaac GOD’S RIVER is a short documentary film created by Mark Isaac and Gabriela Bulisova as part of their work in Ukraine supported by a Fulbright grant. Energy producers and environmentalists agree that climate change has significantly reduced the flow of the Southern Bug River, the longest river…
Read MoreThe myth of a “survivable” nuclear war
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe HaLevy interviews Beyond Nuclear board member, Karl Grossman. “Nuclear survival” propaganda is showing up with greater frequency in the United States. What is the immediate purpose and what might be the ultimate goal? Are we being conned into assuming nuclear war is inevitable… but survivable? These are among the many…
Read MoreNCAC: Western Shoshone land ownership contention in opposition to Yucca dump
As the State of Nevada moved to re-open the NRC’s Yucca Mountain dump licensing proceeding, in order to terminate it once and for all, the Native Community Action Council (NCAC) took no position on the motion. NCAC re-asserted its land ownership contention, based on the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians’ treaty with…
Read MoreNevada files motion regarding Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Project, launches dedicated website with educational resources
CARSON CITY, NV – September 20, 2022 Today, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects announced the filing of a new legal motion to bring an end to failed federal plans to construct a repository for the nation’s highly radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, 65 miles northwest of Clark County’s populated…
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