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July 16 – 43rd Uranium Tailings Spill Legacy Commemoration, Churchrock, New Mexico
Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever
Action Alert: Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever Thursday, July 7th, at 5:30 pm [Mountain Time, which is 7:30 pm Eastern/6:30 pm Central/4:30 pm Pacific], DOE will host a virtual and in-person WIPP Community Forum and Open House in Santa Fe. It will take place at the Santa Fe…
Read MoreProhibition of federal funds for private interim storage of spent nuclear fuel
U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (Democrat-Texas) introduced an amendment at the House Appropriations Committee markup hearing and vote on Fiscal Year 2023 Energy & Water Development funding that would have prohibited any federal spending on privately-owned consolidated interim storage facilities for highly radioactive waste. See the Cuellar amendment here: Rep. Cuellar did offer his amendment, but…
Read MorePublic Stonewalled in Holtec Takeover of Palisades and Big Rock Point Atomic Reactor Sites: Entergy Confirms License Transfer; No NRC Public Hearings Held
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Terry Lodge, legal counsel, Toledo, OH, (419) 205-7084, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Takoma Park, MD, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Bette Pierman, President, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Benton Harbor, MI, (269) 369-3993, [email protected] Iris…
Read MoreBRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAE NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC. IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS AND AFFIRMANCE
On June 13, 2022, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) — the nuclear power industry’s lobbying and public relations HQ in Washington, D.C. — filed a Friend of the Court Brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Don’t Waste Michigan v. NRC case: NEI’s Friend of the Court…
Read MoreVienna final declaration on TPNW
From Joseph Gerson, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security: The First Meeting of States Parties of the TPNW (Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) concluded in Vienna this week. Please find here a summary of the final communique of the 65 TPNW nations. Its essential elements include Condemnation of Russia’s invasion of nuclear weapons,…
Read MoreINITIAL BRIEF OF INTERVENOR INTERIM STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC
Interim Storage Partners, LLC filed its Initial Brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 21, 2022. See ISP’s Initial Brief here: Petitioners (parties opposed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of ISP’s construction and operating license on September 13, 2021) include Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan…
Read MoreTritium dump dangers
The planned radioactive water releases at Fukushima in Japan and Pilgrim nuclear reactor at Cape Cod in Massachusetts are the subjects of this week’s Nuclear Hotseat interview by host Libbe HaLevy (right) with Dr. Ian Fairlie. Fairlie is a London-based radiation biologist and independent consultant on radioactivity in the environment. After receiving a degree in radiation…
Read MoreOhio’s Nukes: Resisting Weapons and Power Excesses
On June 22nd, Beyond Nuclear joined with allies from Ohio to deliver a letter to the office of U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur in Toledo. The rally coincided with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons First Meeting of States Parties in Austria. Kaptur chairs the powerful U.S. House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee,…
Read MoreNuclear scam!
EVENT: NUCLEAR SCAM New nukes rob our future New nuclear reactors will cost the earth and do nothing for energy security or our electricity bills. With the spotlight on the UK government’s latest scheme to build new reactors, our panel discussion will look at how new nuclear reactor plans would worsen the energy and climate crisis,…
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