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Update from Ukraine’s nuclear regulator
This is the verbatim transcript from the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine as of March 4, 2022. On 4 March 2022, the military forces of the Russian Federation committed shelling the Zaporizhzhia NPP site, as a result of which a fire broke out on the ZNPP site. The fire was extinguished by the Ukrainian…
Read MoreGermany’s green goals on track
Despite claims that dependance on Russian gas derails Germany’s energy revolution, the country will instead ramp up renewables While the pro-nuclear lobby crows that Germany must now extend the life of its remaining nuclear power plants and will need to expand its use of coal as access to Russian gas gets cut off, the country…
Read MoreNuclear industry begs White House to keep Russia uranium coming
Major energy companies such as BP, Shell and Exxon Mobile, as well as some of the world’s largest corporations including Apple, Disney, Adidas, Warner Brothers and General Motors are in the process of cutting their business ties with Russia. The move comes in protest at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the US nuclear power industry…
Read MoreEnergoatom calls on IAEA for help
Energoatom, the Ukrainian nuclear utility, has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to intervene to help safeguard the country’s 15 nuclear reactors as Russian forces advance dangerously close to the sites. “We call on the IAEA to intervene to prevent occupying forces in the 30 kilometre zone around our nuclear power plants,” the company’s CEO, Petro…
Read MoreIAEA must ensure safety
International agency should ensure safe operation at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities now in a war zone Beyond Nuclear joined nine other international civil society groups in signing a letter that urges the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to be transparent about the status of Ukraine’s 15 commercial reactors as well as the Chernobyl nuclear site. Although…
Read MoreA plea from Nobel Peace Prize winners
A joint statement from Dmitry Muratov, journalist (2021 Nobel Peace Prize) and Beatrice Fihn on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (2017 Nobel Peace Prize) Right now, we see nuclear tensions heightening to the most threatening levels seen in modern times. Vladimir Putin has made threats to launch nuclear attacks and raised the…
Read MoreDoctors call for international peacekeepers
A group 45 physicians, all of them members of the 1967 class of Harvard Medical School, have called for international peacekeepers to be sent to Ukraine, under a ceasefire, to safeguard the country’s 15 nuclear reactors. The letter was submitted to media outlets. (The letter was released on February 28 but other signatories not noted…
Read MoreICAN condemns Russian nuclear high alert
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) strongly condemns Putin’s order to put Russian nuclear weapons forces on high alert. This is incredibly dangerous and irresponsible, especially during a time of war and high tension. (Beyond Nuclear is a member of ICAN.) ICAN STATEMENT The world moved closer to a nuclear catastrophe with the…
Read MoreWhy the media silence?
As Russian troops advance ever more dangerously close to Ukraine’s four nuclear power plant sites, the mainstream press remains largely averse to spotlighting this looming potential nuclear disaster. There are a few exceptions. Common Dreams — and then Truthout and others — although prompted by the IPPNW press release — looked into the reactor risks.…
Read MoreNRC rescinds reactor license extensions
A legal appeal filed by Beyond Nuclear to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has yielded a landmark February 24, 2022 decision and agency orders (CLI-22-02, CLI-22-03, CLI-22-04) rescinding the federal agency’s second 20-year operating license renewal of US reactors (60- to 80-year period) without first creating and applying an updated environmental analysis for reactor…
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