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Expert 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…
Read MoreDerailed! What if it had been nuclear waste?
On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, near the border with Pennsylvania. About three dozen cars derailed overall, 11 of which were carrying hazardous material. As one resident said, “This is our Chernobyl.” While the materials on board were not radioactive, they still provide evidence that supports concerns about…
Read MoreReckless escalation or emotional own goal?
Putin’s decision to suspend Russia’s participation in disarmament treaty could be as bad for Russia as for the rest of the world In a major state-of-the-union address in Moscow on February 21, Russian president, Vladimir Putin said: “I am forced to announce today that Russia is suspending its participation in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.”…
Read MoreA researcher looks at children, nuclear, cancer
Thyroid cancers among those young at the time of Fukushima are downplayed and denied in Japan According to research of the available studies, Beyond Nuclear’s Cindy Folkers and Linda Pentz Gunter, in their published peer-reviewed article in the British Medical Journal Pediatrics Open, noted the disproportionate harm to children as a result of exposure to…
Read MoreMayors for Peace call for end to Ukraine war
As we approach a year since the February 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Mayors for Peace has called for an end to the war, especially given the dangers of it escalating into a conflict that includes the use of nuclear weapons. In a statement released this week, the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,…
Read MoreWatchdogs File FOIA Request for Holtec’s Secretive “Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant”
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Don’t Waste Michigan, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Wally Taylor, Environmental Coalition Legal Co-Counsel, (319) 350-5807, [email protected] Watchdogs File Freedom of Information Act Request with NRC for Holtec’s “Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations at the Palisades Nuclear Plant” Groups Argue…
Read MoreDecommissioning does not mean danger has passed
When nuclear power plants close, and the decommissioning process begins, there can be a false sense of security that the radioactive risks have evaporated. But Libbe HaLevy’s guests on this week’s Nuclear Hotseat set the record straight on that score. Cathy Iwane, co-founder of Coalition for Nuclear Safety , talks about the situation at the…
Read MoreTurkish nuclear plant dodges disaster
The still under construction 4-reactor nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, in Turkey, dodged disaster this time despite the deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 7 that has devastated the country and neighboring Syria. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, they found “no issues so far related to radiological safety & security of radioactive sources, and the…
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