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A challenge to President Biden
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe HaLevy continues her interview with anti-nuclear icon and legend, Dr. Helen Caldicott. Caldicott issues a challenge to President Joe Biden, to sit down and really talk about what nuclear weapons mean and on the reality of what nuclear war would do to people, the environment, and the future. And…
Read MoreJapan regulator OKs water dump
Plan to Discharge Fukushima Water Into Pacific Gets OK From Regulators The discharge could release a number of radioactive isotopes into the Pacific Ocean, critics say By Julia Conley, Common Dreams Despite outcry from local leaders and the Japanese public and warnings from environmental campaigners, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday gave its approval for…
Read MoreNuclear power hurts people
“The thing is that nuclear power happens to people. And what happens to them is, a lot of the time, a crime. It’s a crime against race, against justice, against the environment, against animals. It’s a crime against humanity. But it’s almost never looked at through that frame. Today, when people see nuclear power on their electric bill, they don’t know who really paid before they switched their lights on.” On April 28, 2022, Linda Pentz Gunter of…
Read MoreTornado in a library: a video primer of radiation damage
In this video, Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist for Beyond Nuclear, reviews the nuclear fuel chain and its impact on human health, particularly the health of women, children and pregnancy. She summarizes how radiation damages cells, what studies reveal about living in contaminated environments, and how radiation exposure recommendations fail to protect us.…
Read MoreHundreds protest proposed UK nuclear plant
Hundreds took to the streets in Suffolk, UK on Sunday to protest the UK government’s plan to allow EDF to build two massive EPR reactors — known as Sizewell C — at the Sizewell nuclear site. The coastal reactors would be situated literally on a beach and next to a precious nature preserve. The two…
Read MoreHelen Caldicott on Nuclear Hotseat
Anti-nuclear icon Dr. Helen Caldicott is an Australian physician, author, and for six decades has been one of the world’s most important anti-nuclear advocates. Here, in the first of a two-part interview, she talks of her early years of international activism, leading up to her one-on-one talk with Pres. Ronald Reagan, and how close we…
Read MoreRadiation compensation act extended
A May 11 vote by the US House of Representatives that ensured that the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act would not sunset next month, as many feared, now gives activists another two years to broaden inclusion of those deserving compensation. The House vote supported a Senate bill introduced by Republican Mike Lee of Utah, which passed…
Read MoreFrench nuclear choice poisoned lands and people
The choice by France to prioritize nuclear power over all other energy sources has cost the French people in numerous ways, most recently fiscally with half the nuclear fleet shut down for technical or maintenance reasons. The nuclear power monopoly means the French renewable sector has been stifled and is not there now to replace…
Read MoreNuclear pays out again to ripped off ratepayers
You would think that being the slowest, most expensive and most dangerous energy choice out there, nuclear power would not be at the top of anyone’s list as an option with which to address the climate crisis. Then add the current industry track record and nuclear power ought to be dismissed outright without further consideration.…
Read MoreRemembering The Day After: Nuclear Hotseat
The 1983 ABC-TV Movie of the Week, The Day After, shocked audiences deeply at the time and changed the world by showing the horrific truth of what a nuclear bomb explosion would actually do. More than 100 million viewers turned in, making it the highest-rated made-for-TV film in history. This week, Nuclear Hotseat host, Libbe…
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