Latest News
Sierra Club Motion for Supplemental Briefing — WV’s implications for ISP case
On July 29, 2022, attorney Wally Taylor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa filed a Motion for Supplemental Briefing on behalf of Sierra Club with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Don’t Waste Michigan versus Nuclear Regulatory Commission federal appeal. See Sierra Club’s Motion, here: The Motion requests the Court…
Read MoreReactors at risk: Nuclear Hotseat
Dr. Edwin Lyman of Union of Concerned Scientists is this week’s interview on Nuclear Hotseat How many reactors are there in war-torn Ukraine and how great are the risks they now face in these extreme conditions? This week on Nuclear Hotseat, host Libbe HaLevy asks Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety with the Union…
Read MoreIs “duck and cover” really back?
You would think all you need to do in the event of a nuclear attack was to revive the nonsense of “duck and cover”, watching the recent New York City Office of Emergency Management PSA suggesting a nuclear attack could be survivable. Now, non-proliferation, peace and disarmament groups have pushed back. This week on Nuclear…
Read MoreReply Briefs Filed in Federal Appeal against NRC Licensing of Nuclear Waste Dump in Texas
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216 Diane Curran, attorney for Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 393-9285 Michael Keegan, co-chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, [email protected], (734) 770-1441 Terry Lodge, attorney for Don’t Waste Michigan, et al., [email protected], (419) 205-7084 Reply Briefs Filed in Federal Appeal against NRC…
Read MoreDon’t Waste MI et al./Sierra Club Joint Petitioner Reply Brief to D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Don’t Waste MI v. NRC (ISF CISF) case
On July 20, 2022, Don’t Waste Michigan, et al.,* and Sierra Club, filed their joint Petitioner Reply Brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Brief is posted here: Thus Don’t Waste Michigan, et al., and Sierra Club continue their appeals against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Sept. 2021…
Read MoreGroups condemn green light for new nuke
The UK government has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for EDF’s proposed two-reactor project at Sizewell on the eroding Suffolk coastline, a project that has been widely opposed by locals, scientists, and wildlife organizations. This is the press release from Together Against Sizewell C in response to the decision: After eighteen months of careful…
Read MoreUnited front against nuclear in Wales
Beyond Nuclear is a partner in and a speaker at the forthcoming conference to oppose nuclear power in Wales to be held July 23 in the historic castle town of Caernarfon. The conference has been convened to coordinate opposition to recent British and Welsh Government pronouncements supporting new nuclear power stations at Wylfa in Anglesey and…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear’s Petitioner Reply Brief to D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Don’t Waste MI v. NRC (ISF CISF) case
On July 20, 2022, Beyond Nuclear filed its Petitioner Reply Brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. See Beyond Nuclear’s Petitioner Reply Brief, here: Thus Beyond Nuclear continues its appeal against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Sept. 2021 approval of the license to construct and operate the irradiated nuclear…
Read MoreNew radiation levels at Chornobyl?
Greenpeace International Press Release Near the ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, an international team of radiation experts led by Greenpeace Germany is examining abandoned Russian positions for radioactive contamination. Trenches and dugouts were built by Russian soldiers during their occupation of the Chornobyl site in March. About 600 soldiers were deployed there. The…
Read MoreNotification to D.C. Circuit Court of SCOTUS WV v. EPA ruling’s significance to ISP CISF appeal
On July 13, 2022, Beyond Nuclear’s legal counsel, Diane Curran, notified the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of the significance of the Supreme Court of the United States’ West Virginia versus EPA ruling, vis-a-vis the Interim Storage Partners consolidated interim storage facility federal appeal. See Diane Curran’s letter to the…
Read More