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Critics decry Vogtle 3 fuel load
The following is an August 3, 2022 press release from Nuclear Watch South Nuclear Watch South remains unequivocally opposed to the Vogtle project and greets the announcement that the NRC has completed its safety review, granting permission to Southern Nuclear to load nuclear fuel in Vogtle 3, with grave trepidation. Nuclear Watch South Coordinator Glenn…
Read MoreKeeping Diablo Canyon Running Past 2025 Is Not the Answer to California’s Energy Future
A San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace-Beyond Nuclear joint op-ed was published in POWER Magazine on August 1, 2022. (“Diablo Boys” cartoon by Mark Bryan — ArtOfMarkBryan.com)
Read MoreNuclear waste storage proposed in Permian Basin facing lawsuits from national groups
As reported by the Carlsbad (New Mexico) Current-Argus. Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, and legal counsel, Diane Curran, are extensively quoted.
Read MoreSierra 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…
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