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“The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb,” anti-nuclear teach-ins, Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 11, 2023
On Monday, September 11, 2023, in conjunction with a visit by Veterans for Peace’s historic anti-nuclear sail boat “The Golden Rule,” a coalition of groups held an all-day long teach-in on nuclear issues in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Entitled “The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb,” the teach-in featured many speakers on nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and radioactive…
Read MorePlutonium time bomb: A shocking exposé on Sellafield
The UK daily newspaper, The Guardian, has been running a year-long investigation into that country’s Sellafield nuclear reprocessing and waste site with some shocking revelations. These include that the facility, home to the largest stockpile of plutonium on Earth, has been hacked by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, something the UK government…
Read MoreBulletin of Atomic Scientists article “COP28 and the nuclear energy numbers racket”
The December 13, 2023 issue of Bulletin of Atomic Scientist’s article by Dr. Sharon Squassoni on the “COP28 and the nuclear energy numbers racket.”
Read MoreWorld Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023
Nuclear industry continues in decline despite hype of a “renaissance” “Truth has rarely been a friend to nuclear power and for that reason it hasn’t always been easy to find accurate information about the industry’s vital signs. This is why the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) is essential reading for anyone trying to understand…
Read MoreEnvironmental Coalition Intervenes Against Palisades Zombie Reactor Restart
[Image above: Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Palisades Shutdown Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] See the December 6, 2023 press release by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, and Michigan Safe Energy Future. See the legal and technical documents submitted to NRC on December 5, 2023, below: PETITION TO INTERVENE AND…
Read MoreThe long struggle for cleanup on Navajo land
A good 12-minute investigative piece by ABC News looks at the toxic legacy of uranium mines on Navajo land, the struggle for cleanup and efforts to ensure no new uranium mines are ever opened there. (Headline photo of Larry King; still from ABC News report.)
Read MoreResisting 20 More Years at Perry
Beyond Nuclear has joined with the Ohio Nuclear-Free Network to challenge Energy Harbor’s (formerly, FirstEnergy Nuclear) application for a 20-year license extension at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, on the Lake Erie shore in Ohio, northeast of Cleveland (pictured above). If approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the 20-year extension would allow Perry…
Read MorePrice-Anderson reauthorization and expansion dropped from US defense authorization bill
Price-Anderson Act reauthorization and expansion to shield the nuclear industry from severe accident liability is moving through Congress but has been removed from the National Defense Authorization Act Hearings on the many concerns are still in question The 20-year reauthorization of Price-Anderson Act (PAA) is moving forward in Congress to indemnify the nuclear power industry…
Read MoreDubai COP28 Live Stream, 2:30 PM ET,12/01/2023
Samuel Lawrence Foundation’s First Friday / Live Stream from Dubai 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) December 01, 2023, 2:30 PM EST/ 11:30 AM PST Register/Watch/Archive Scandals continue to rock the United Nation’s 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) on climate crisis with the exposure of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plot to use its host…
Read MoreFederal response to Beyond Nuclear et al.’s appeals against Holtec CISF in NM
[Image: Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez of Alliance for Environmental Strategies.] On November 9, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Department of Justice filed their 103-page RESPONDENTS’ INITIAL BRIEF in the case Beyond Nuclear versus NRC, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A week later, the…
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