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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has – no surprise – given its stamp of approval to Japan to dump 1.3 million tons of radioactive tritium-contaminated water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean. The decision has already been strongly objected to by leaders of Pacific islands, including in earlier dialogue (pictured) with IAEA chief, Rafael…
Read MoreZaporizhzhia dangers should end nuclear power pursuit
In a press release today, Beyond Nuclear called for the alarms around potential detonations at Ukraine’s six-reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to serve as a clear signal that it is time to end our use of nuclear power and pursuit of new reactors. The press release begins: Amidst accusations from both the Russian and Ukrainian…
Read MoreNo surprise as pro-nuclear IAEA OKs water dump
Calling it “a very special night,” Rafael Grossi, head of the nuclear power-promoting International Atomic Energy Agency, on Tuesday gave Japan’s prime minister the green light to begin dumping more than a million tonnes of radioactively contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear site. But the decision is not so special for…
Read MoreIllinois reverses new nuclear moratorium
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe HaLevy talks to Dave Kraft (pictured), executive director of the Chicago-based Nuclear Energy Information Service, about efforts in Illinois to repeal the 1987 Illinois nuclear construction moratorium (SB76). Kraft’s organization has been working hard to get Governor Pritzker to veto the repeal. The impetus to lift the ban is…
Read MoreHouseholder gets 20 years in nuclear bribery racket
Breaking news from the Columbus Dispatch: “Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $60 million illegal bribery scheme that fueled his return to political power. “Once one of the most powerful politicians in Ohio, Householder is now a convicted felon, guilty of racketeering conspiracy…
Read More43 Groups to Michigan State Legislators: Oppose $300 Million Bailout to Restart Closed Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor
Organizations Cite Astronomical Expense and Extreme Risk of Unprecedented Scheme See the letter, here. See the press release, here. Also, see a full page paid advertisement by the Alliance to Halt Fermi 3, published in the Lansing State Journal on June 28, 2023.
Read MoreExploring Tritium Dangers
Exploring Tritium Dangers: Health and Ecosystem Risks of Internally Incorporated Radionuclides, by Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D., uses the tritium pollutant, which forms radioactive water, to illustrate the risks of taking any radioisotope into the human body. Tritium easily crosses the placenta (the book makes clear it is not the only radioisotope that does so) and can…
Read MoreNuclear fantasies block climate action
A network of groups across Canada has announced the launch of the SMR Education Task Force to share under-reported facts about small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) with members of Parliament and provincial legislatures. We begin with the latest report from Canada Energy Regulator (CER). This federal document, called Canada’s Energy Future, projects that enough new nuclear reactors (SMRs) will…
Read MoreAlgonquin First Nations say ‘no’ to nuke waste
On June 20, chiefs of two Algonquin First Nations and the Grand Chiefs of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council (AANTC) and the Algonquin Nation Secretariat (ANS) – representing 10 of the 11 Algonquin First Nations – called on the federal government to abandon the current plan for a massive, aboveground radioactive waste dump on…
Read MoreEconomic Impacts from Japan threat to dump Fukushima radioactive water
The economic impacts to Japan’s seafood import business are already happening with a drop of 30% for May 2023 because of Japan’s plan to dump the Fukushima tank farm’s one million tons of radioactive effluent into the Pacific. This will be by no means the one and only radioactive dumping once it starts. The radioactive…
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