Impacts
Radiation Harm from EO
This week, Libbe HaLevy of Nuclear Hotseat interviews Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist at Beyond Nuclear. Cindy breaks down what’s wrong with recent nuclear Executive Order (EO) 14300, which asks NRC to recognize a safe radiation dose, and gives NRC a mandate to “enable” the building of new, untried Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.…
Read MoreTrump interference at NRC creating chaos
Mother Jones magazine is reporting that Annie Caputo, one of three currently seated commissioners (two Democrats and one Republican) of the five seats on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), has announced her resignation in an email sent on July 29, 2025 to the NRC staff. Republican Commissioner Caputo’s notice reads, “I have decided to…
Read MoreUPDATE: COMMENT BY JULY 25 — STOP radiation health menace
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), hosted a pre-decisional public meeting on July 16, 1-5:30 PM ET, to take VERBAL comments on Trump Executive Order (EO) 14300 Section 5(b), which directs the NRC to “reconsider” its use of the linear no threshold (LNT) model for radiation exposure. NRC views this as an “opportunity” to “enable the…
Read MoreUPDATE: COMMENT BY JULY 25 — STOP radiation health menace
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), hosted a pre-decisional public meeting on July 16, 1-5:30 PM ET, to take VERBAL comments on Trump Executive Order (EO) 14300 Section 5(b), which directs the NRC to “reconsider” its use of the linear no threshold (LNT) model for radiation exposure. NRC views this as an “opportunity” to “enable the…
Read MoreTrump’s “Unleashing Atomic Power” is Unhinged
Without explanation, on June 16, 2025, President Trump unceremoniously fired Democrat Commissioner Christopher Hanson from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as the first senior manager causality initiating a slash and burn attack on commercial nuclear power regulatory oversight. Hanson’s second term of office was to have expired in 2029. Hanson’s abrupt removal follows a…
Read MoreFL nuke threatens Miami drinking water supply
Florida’s Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station Units 3 and 4 are back in the news with “Miami’s Drinking Water Is Threatened by a Florida Nuclear Plant,” Bloomberg News, June 6, 2025 but behind the paywall. It’s about the billions of gallons of water required to cool the large twin nuclear reactors that are located 25…
Read MoreThe St. Louis atomic bomb waste dump still sickens
It’s been 83 years and “We still don’t know what to do with the first cupful.” On June 2, 2025, WBUR Boston and National Public Radio (NPR) aired the “On Point” podcast regarding a decades old environmental justice struggle, “The long-term effects of nuclear waste in St. Louis.” Kay Drey, a St. Louis, Missouri environmentalist,…
Read MoreWe can’t have both healthier children and nukes
According to The New York Times, a new Trump Administration Executive Order (EO) urges the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) “to reconsider its safety limits for radiation exposure, saying that current limits are too strict and go beyond what is needed to protect human health.” And yet, studies already show increases in childhood cancers, including leukemia…
Read MorePresident Trump to unleash atomic power
On May 14, 2025, E&ENews updated reports on President Donald Trump’s four “pre-decisional” White House Executive Orders to radically alter the historic role of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) to oversee the performance of reactor design safety reviews and the regulatory approval of reactor siting, construction and operation of commercial atomic power plants. In…
Read MoreA tar pit awaits Santee Cooper’s RFP applicants
The South Carolina Public Service Authority, also known as Santee Cooper electric, has announced that it has closed its January 22, 2025 “Request For Proposals” (RFP) to gauge the potential interest of any new buyers to resume the financing and construction of the abandoned V.C. Summer Units 2 and 3 nuclear power project with nearly…
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