French 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…

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Nuclear 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.…

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Remembering 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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EVENT May 11: Radiation — Unseen and everywhere

From fracking to Fukushima Join us! Wednesday, May 11, 2022; 7:00 PM ET for Sierra Club NYC Group’s Sustainability Series. There are many types and levels of radiation, some occurs naturally, some are made by man. But there is no safe amount. We will look at radiation and health. You will learn how people are…

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Listen to Nuclear Hotseat!

Nuclear Hotseat, hosted by Libbe HaLevy, is a weekly international news magazine, keeping you up to date on all things nuclear from a different perspective. Since 2011, the Nuclear Hotseat podcast has been listened to by audiences in more than 124 countries around the world.  Tune in each week as Libbe talks with her guest…

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A 600-hour shift at Chornobyl

Chornobyl nuclear power plant engineer, Liudmyla Kozak, has described to Reuters how what was supposed to have been a 12-hour work shift turned into 600 hours after Russian invading forces took over the site on February 24. While no Chornobyl plant workers were beaten up or harmed, Kozak said, they remained obedient to commands, fearing…

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Another Zaporizhzhia near miss?

Unverified reports are coming in that a Russian missile that struck a factory in the southeastern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia could be one of two cruise missiles observed flying low over the six reactor nuclear power plant there, causing more alarm about another possible attack. The BBC, which said it could not verify the accuracy…

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Turmoil at Chornobyl

For 36 years things had been quiet at Chornobyl. Not uneventful. Not safe. But no one was warning of “another Chornobyl” until Russian forces took over the site on February 24 of this year. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine first took their troops through the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, where they rolled armored vehicles across radioactive terrain,…

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Macron’s nuclear error

Progressives in France may be breathing a sigh of relief that at least the winner in last Sunday’s presidential election runoff was not the far right candidate, Marine Le Pen. But another term of Emmanuel Macron is a bitter consolation prize for the country’s — and Europe’s — anti-nuclear movement.  Although not as unhinged as…

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Join the discussion!

Tune in to Beyond Nuclear on the NEIS Night With The Experts Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear will be the guest speaker for the Thursday, April 28 edition of Night With The Experts, presented and hosted by Nuclear Energy Information Service, at 8pm Eastern time. Linda will discuss how we can best message our…

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