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Coalition to MI Gov. Whitmer: “Cease and Desist” from Scheming to Bail Out Palisades!
On June 8, a coalition of 94 organizations, including Beyond Nuclear, plus 328 individuals, wrote to Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, urging her to “cease and desist” from attempting to bail out the closed for good Palisades atomic reactor on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Covert Township, Michigan. See the letter, here: As the letter lays…
Read MoreNRC & DOJ filings in ISP CISF federal appeal at DC Circuit Court
On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Justice met the deadline for their response to federal appeals filed by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, Sierra Club, et al. in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The case is referred to as Don’t Waste Michigan, et…
Read MoreUkraine’s nuclear time bomb
If you are in Vienna, Austria for the ICAN Nuclear Ban Forum, June 18 and 19, please consider attending the session, Nuclear winter is coming closer, maybe from the Eastern Flank. Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter, Dr Jonas Jägermey from Columbia University Climate School, and Victor Chelashow, IPPNW Student Representative, Kenya, will discuss how nuclear…
Read MoreHalf of French reactors not operating
Half of France’s 56 reactors are currently offline and 12 of them are closed due to corrosion problems that are waiting inspection. The corrosion caused cracks in the pipes of a back-up water injection system, a problem French nuclear safety authorities said could take years to fix. France’s nuclear plants delivered just 37 percent of…
Read MoreSmall reactors would produce more waste than large ones
“A much-vaunted first wave of mini nuclear power stations may produce more radioactive waste than traditional large-scale ones when generating the same amount of power,” read the lead sentence in a May 30, 2022 article in New Scientist (register free with NS to read the full article). Researchers at Stanford University compared SMR technology with…
Read MoreRadiation report released! June 17 comment deadline
The National Academy of Sciences committee today released its report recommending next steps for low-dose radiation research. Starting tomorrow, the public has 15 days to submit comments that will be shared with the study’s sponsor, the U.S. Department of Energy. The National Academies hosted virtual public meetings including an October public meeting featuring powerful and…
Read MoreThe power of messaging
This week’s edition of Nuclear Hotseat looks at nuclear activism and social messaging. Host, Libbe HaLevy interviews Colleen Moore (pictured), Digital Engagement Manager for Beyond the Bomb and Global Zero. Moore creates content to promote the message of eliminating nuclear weapons and has experience in campaigning for justice and peace issues, including: ending U.S. support…
Read MoreCISFs would automatically double transport risks!
Consolidated interim storage facilities (CISFs) for highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel would automatically double already high transportation risks. First the wastes would be shipped from the nuclear power plants where they are currently stored, to a CISF. But someday — or some decade, or some century, depending on how long the CISFs would sit there…
Read MoreJapan court bars Hokkaido reactors from operating
A Sapporo District Court has ruled that the three Tomari reactors, fully offline since 2012 in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, cannot restart. The ruling sides with an anti-nuclear citizen’s group. The court said the reactors were not safe to operate because of earthquake and tsunami concerns, but rejected the group’s bid for…
Read MoreRemember when one million marched?
June 12 is the 40th anniversary of the largest U.S. peace demonstration in U.S. history, the nuclear disarmament protest that contributed to the end of the Cold war. That was when more than a million people gathered in New York City’s Central Park demanding the abolition of nuclear weapons. On that same date this year,…
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