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Letter 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…
Read MoreWatchdogs Demand NRC Block Destruction of Safety-Significant Documents at Palisades Atomic Reactor
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Wally Taylor, Legal Counsel, (319) 350-5807, [email protected] Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds, (802) 238-4452 Watchdogs Demand NRC Block Destruction of Safety-Significant Documents at Palisades Atomic Reactor Holtec and Governor…
Read MorePress Release: Environmental Coalition to Energy Secretary Granholm: Again Reject Massive Bailout Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Daisee Francour, Communications Director, Indigenous Environmental Network, [email protected], (415) 312-5958; Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216; Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, [email protected], (734) 770-1441; Diane D’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, [email protected], (301) 270-6477 ext. 3. Environmental Coalition…
Read MoreEnvironmental Coalition to Energy Secretary Granholm: Again Reject Massive Bailout Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor
Restarting Dangerously Age-Degraded Nuke Would Risk Health, Safety, Security, and Environment, Watch-Dogs Warn See the letter, endorsed by 115 organizations (31 in Michigan) and 179 individuals (including 49 Michiganders), here. (A PDF of the letter can be emailed to you as well — simply send request to [email protected].) See our press release, here.
Read MoreRADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island
RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is a feature documentary about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown–the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history. RADIOACTIVE covers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers-turned-activists, two women lawyers who took the local community’s case all the way to the Supreme Court, and a young female journalist…
Read MoreVirtual Teach-In on the Current Nuclear Crisis, Thursday, October 27, 7 to 9pm ET
Vasily Arkhipov Day: After 60 Years, The Nuclear Threat Returns A Virtual Teach-In on the Current Nuclear Crisis, Thursday, October 27, 7 to 9pm Thursday, October 27 marks the 60th anniversary of the day Vasily Arkhipov (pictured above) single-handedly saved the world from nuclear annihilation. Off the coast of Cuba, the US Navy was attacking…
Read MoreThe Diablo Canyon nuclear plant: assessing the seismic risks of extended operation
By Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists, published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Read MoreKeeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open is a dangerous waste of effort and money
A business column by Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times.
Read MoreU.N. watchdog warns of ‘nuclear disaster’ from shelling at Zaporizhzhia plant
As reported by the Washington Post.
Read MoreGreenpeace Warns of Twin Nuclear Crises in Ukraine from Chornobyl to Russian Military Control of Zaporizhzhia Plant
Democracy Now! interviews Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace International on August 4, 2022. (In an April 29, 2022 interview by Democracy Now! with Ukrainian energy expert Olexi Pasyuk, deputy director of the group Ecoaction, previous Russian military threats to Ukrainian nuclear power plants were discussed. The story is entitled “Ukraine Accuses Russia of Firing Missiles Over…
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