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Will Trump funding freeze block bailouts for closed reactor restarts?
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. It was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney administration’s ill-fated, attempted nuclear power relapse at that time.] An article published by E&E News, “Trump Spending Freeze on Rural Electric Co-ops Could Raise…
Read MorePalisades restart ASLB oral arguments audio recording/transcript
[Feb. 14, 2025 UPDATE: The written transcript of the oral argument pre-hearings has been published.] Thank you to Kraig Schultz of Michigan Safe Energy Future-Shoreline Chapter, for audio recording today’s U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLBP) oral argument pre-hearings re: Holtec’s zombie reactor restart scheme at Palisades in Covert…
Read MoreWEBINAR: What nuclear boosters won’t tell you about radiation
In Their Rush to Expand, Nuclear Interests Ignore and Suppress Evidence of Radiation’s Harms, Including Worse Impacts on Women and Children Gender + Radiation Impact Project will host a webinar on February 20 at 12 PM ET, featuring leading experts on the impacts of radiation from nuclear technologies. Cindy Folkers, author and radiation and health…
Read MoreHalted Nuclear Plant Project Could Restart in South Carolina
[An aerial view of the V.C. Summer nuclear site near Jenkinsville, S.C. Credit: High Flyer] To meet the growing demand from data centers, the state is looking to give nuclear energy another try. Will it be cost-effective? Reported by Carrie Klein at Inside Climate News.
Read More11am ET, 2/12 NRC ASLB hearings re: Palisades restart, with listen-only call-in phone line
[Holtec’s Palisades atomic reactor, located in Covert Township, south of South Haven, in Van Buren County, southwest Michigan, on the Lake Michigan shoreline.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216 Michael Keegan, Don’t Waste Michigan, [email protected], (734) 770-1441 (Media reporters wishing to speak with…
Read MoreBiden administration bailouts for Palisades reactor restart under threat from Trump?
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. It graced the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti, about the Bush/Cheney attempted nuclear power relapse at that time. In fact, the $1.52 billion nuclear loan guarantee awarded Holtec by DOE for Palisades’ restart, below, was authorized by the Energy Policy…
Read MoreZOMBIE NUKE?! Legal resistance; bailouts in doubt
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Beyond Nuclear and our allies have resisted the leading closed-reactor-restart, at Holtec’s Palisades in Michigan, for nearly three years. Our environmental coalition has intervened against it, and will have a “day in court” at the Nuclear…
Read MoreIN MEMORIAM: Remembering Departed Colleagues
Three anti-nuclear colleagues have passed on in recent weeks. Judith Mohling, of Colorado, died January 12 at age 87. She was a watchdog on the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility for decades, and helped shut it down. She served at Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. Julie Weatherington-Rice, of Ohio,…
Read MoreMI nuke slated to restart, but Trump could complicate things
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] As reported by Izzy Ross at Grist. She quotes Beyond Nuclear: Kevin Kamps, a radioactive waste specialist with the group Beyond Nuclear, thinks the Palisades restart is ill-advised. “This is unprecedented risk taking that they’re talking about…
Read MoreWatch Webinar: New book sheds light on radiation science
The Scientists Who Alerted Us to the Dangers of Radiation, a new book by Ian Fairlie and Beyond Nuclear’s Cindy Folkers, had its Canadian book launch and webinar. There was a lively and informative discussion and question and answer session that covered many topics, in addition to those highlighted in the book that reveals that the…
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