Impacts
Experts say nuclear power bad for climate crisis
A panel of leading independent experts concluded in a Congressional briefing (video) June 2, that attempts to use nuclear power to help curtail the climate crisis has failed, and current nuclear subsidies should, instead, go to renewables. In fact, continuing nuclear steals resources from real climate solutions. Further, shutting down current dangerous reactors doesn’t mean…
Read MoreFukushima dumping threat makes U.S. groups ask FDA for tighter food standards
As Japan prepares to release 1.3 million tons of Fukushima radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean this summer, an increasing number of countries continue to voice strong opposition. A report released Monday by Fukushima operator, TEPCO, showed that fish caught off the harbor at Fukushima contained 180 times the level allowed in Japan of radioactive…
Read MoreFukushima fish too radioactive for human consumption
According to a report issued on Monday by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of the catastrophically ruined Fukushima nuclear reactors, “fish caught in the harbor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan far exceed safety levels for human consumption.” The content of cesium 137, a radioactive isotope that is a common byproduct…
Read MoreDestruction of Nova Kakhovka dam jeopardizes Zaporizhzhia NPP cooling
June 9, 2023 , UPDATE: Ukrainian operators at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station (still under Russian military occupation) warn that the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir behind the breached Nova Kakhovka Dam has dropped below 42 feet and that the nuclear reactor’s cooling water pumping station is no longer capable of pumping water up…
Read MoreWATCH: Tritium and the U.S. Nuclear Power Sector
“Tritium and the U.S. Nuclear Power Sector” is the first in a two-part webinar series on the threats from dumping huge amounts of tritium (radioactive hydrogen) from the nuclear power and nuclear weapons sectors into our environment both as radioactive vapor and effluent. This webinar features: Dr. Ian Fairlie providing an overview of tritium and…
Read MoreNEIS ACTION ALERT: The final battle to stop new nuclear power plants from coming to Illinois begins!!
Action alert emailed by Dave Kraft, director, NEIS, at 1:50pm ET on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. If you reside in IL, please take direct action. If you do not, please alert everyone you know who does live in IL: NEIS ACTION ALERT The final battle to stop new nuclear power plants from coming to Illinois!!…
Read MoreGermany’s last nukes shut down
As planned, Germany closed the last of its three operational reactors on April 15. These were kept running beyond their original December 2022 shutdown dates, largely as a political concession to conservative minority partners within the German government, as their electricity was not actually needed. The German winter energy crunch was related to a cutoff…
Read MoreZombie reactors really must be resisted!
Public Virtual Access to NRC-HOLTEC Meeting, Monday, March 20, beginning at 3pm ET: Webinar Webinar Link:https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTU0MGFlZGItMmI1Yi00NGEwLTkwZjgtOGI0NTc1MWYxYWNh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e8d01475-c3b5-436a-a065-5def4c64f52e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f4d12ca8-cdab-400f-9cf0-e494b8ccd74c%22%7d Webinar Meeting Number:301-576-2978 Webinar Password:103 064 240# INTRODUCTION Dear Friends and Colleagues, In early February, Holtec International submitted a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), regarding the company’s proposed, secretive scheme that they called a “regulatory pathway”…
Read MoreWatchdogs File FOIA Request for Holtec’s Secretive “Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant”
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Don’t Waste Michigan, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Wally Taylor, Environmental Coalition Legal Co-Counsel, (319) 350-5807, [email protected] Watchdogs File Freedom of Information Act Request with NRC for Holtec’s “Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations at the Palisades Nuclear Plant” Groups Argue…
Read MoreLetter to Hayes Township Advisory Focus Group and Planning Commission, re: need for zoning at the former Big Rock Point nuclear plant to absolutely minimize human exposure to hazardous radioactivity
On Feb. 6, 2023, Beyond Nuclear and Don’t Waste Michigan wrote the Hayes Township, Michigan, Advisory Focus Group and Planning Commission. They emphasized the need for zoning at the former Big Rock Point nuclear power plant to absolutely minimize human exposure to the lingering hazardous radioactive contamination of the site, as well as to the…
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