Nuclear Power
No radioactive communities: Webinar and comment writing workshop
Following Executive Order 14300 in May 2025 directing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to weaken radiation protection standards, our colleagues at Committee to Bridge the Gap (CBG) are holding a 90 minute webinar, Tuesday, July 7, 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT on radiation harm that will include time for writing comments. Dr. Amanda M. Nichols, coauthor of…
Read MoreSweden’s nuclear madness: uranium isn’t ‘nuclear’
In keeping with the collective taking leave of all senses that seems to have gripped politicians everywhere when it comes to nuclear power, the Swedish parliament has decided that uranium mines need no longer be described as “a nuclear facility”. This means the radioactivity they release and the waste they create— and mainly leave behind—…
Read MoreNuclear Autopsy for Indian Point Decommissioning?
Video of Beyond Nuclear presentation to NY Decommissioning Oversight Board on Indian Point nuclear station Board broadening Indian Point proceeding to initiate a “nuclear autopsy” to inform relicensing reactor safety On June 18, 2026, Beyond Nuclear was the guest speaker before the New York State Decommissioning Oversight Board (NYDOB) in a public meeting focused on…
Read MoreNY State Decommissioning Oversight Board presentation and nuclear autopsies
Beyond Nuclear PowerPoint presentation on Thursday evening, June 18, 2026 Indian Point decommissioning “Mind the Gap: Decommissioning’s critical connection to public safety and extended reactor operations” Beyond Nuclear is invited to make a presentation to the New York State Decommissioning Oversight Board (NYDOB) during the board’s third and final yearly meeting on Thursday, June 18.…
Read MoreNight With The Experts
Beyond Nuclear featured guest on NEIS monthly meeting, Night With The Experts Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter presented ideas stemming from her new book No To Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War — on the May edition of Night With The Experts. The monthly online meeting, hosted by Nuclear…
Read MoreFree Ellsberg film
Ellsberg legacy documentary is free to screen with aim to reach and re-awaken as many audiences as possible to the perpetual danger of nuclear war In a 29-minute documentary, largely featuring the final thoughts of renowned whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, we are reminded that the imperative to abolish nuclear weapons is more urgent than ever. As…
Read MoreDrone strikes Chornobyl waste building
A Russian drone struck and significantly damaged a radioactive waste storage building (pictured before damage) at the closed Chornobyl nuclear power plant site on Sunday, close to where “large amounts of nuclear material” are stored, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Ukraine accused Russia of using a Shahed drone, the same kind that in…
Read MoreSusan Mirsky honored
Susan Mirsky, board member and Nuclear Disarmament Chair for Massachusetts Peace Action, and a founding member of Newton Dialogues on Peace and War, is the 2026 recipient of the Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Unsung Hero Award. The Award is presented by Beyond Nuclear as part of the annual Alliance for Nuclear Accountability awards held in…
Read MoreA Moral Imperative: Adopting the Nuclear Truth Project protocols
Speaking before an international audience of researchers, policymakers, and diplomats, Benetick Kabua Maddison (pictured above accepting the Nuclear Free Future Award), Co-Chair of the Nuclear Truth Project (NTP) and Executive Director of the Marshallese Educational Initiative, opened not with a plea, but with a demand. He came, he said, “not as a statistic, not as…
Read MoreWatch the Hill Briefing on nuclear power risks
A Beyond Nuclear and Nuclear Information and Resource Service expert briefing on nuclear energy Inherent Danger, Unaffordable Power: Energy and nuclear experts warn scrapping safety regulations to power artificial intelligence will deliver high costs and dire safety, climate, and security risks. The event took place on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Room 188, Russell Senate…
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