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Join us: Tritium webinar May 16
Join us Tuesday, May 16, 10am-11:30am ET for Beyond Nuclear’s first online teach-in on continuing threats to dump huge amounts of tritium (pictured) into our environment. Tritium in the US Nuclear Power Sector features: Dr. Ian Fairlie providing an overview of tritium and the harm it causes; Mary Lampert of Pilgrim Watch describing opposition to…
Read MoreEnviro groups sue to stop Diablo extension
On April 28, Mothers for Peace (MFP), Friends of the Earth (FOE) and Environmental Working Group (EWG) filed a petition with the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the NRC’s unprecedented decision to grant PG&E an exemption from submitting a license renewal application for the Diablo Canyon Unit 1 and Unit 2 nuclear reactors.…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear & Don’t Waste Michigan to NRC: Request for investigation into misuse of Decommissioning Trust Fund at Palisades Nuclear Plant
Email to NRC OIG (Office of Inspector General) and OI (Office of Investigations): Dear Directors Feitel and Ashley: Attached is a letter of complaint, along with Exhibits A and B, alleging major misuse of the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station Decommissioning Trust Fund (“PDTF”). My clients, Beyond Nuclear and Don’t Waste Michigan, request an investigation into…
Read MoreThe quiet victims of Chornobyl
Semi-feral dogs living around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine have to contend with predatory wolves, starvation, rabies and other diseases. In February 2022, they found themselves in a war zone, as occupying Russian troops temporarily took control of the site. Amidst this, a team of researchers is studying their DNA in an effort…
Read MoreChornobyl: Never-ending harm
The effects of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster linger on Birth defects down generations; faraway crops and livestock still too radioactive to eat; wildlife fertility diminished; radiation levels raised by fires and incursions; these are just a few of the persistent impacts of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster. This week, we are reminded that the…
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 MoreFOE sues over Diablo
As Common Dreams reports, “the environmental group Friends of the Earth on Tuesday sued Pacific Gas and Electric in a bid to block the California utility giant from breaching its contract to shutter the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant when the operating licenses for its two reactors expire in 2024 and 2025. “Friends of the…
Read MoreLiftoff or crash-land for nuclear?
In a shocking and revelatory article in Energy Intelligence, Stephanie Cooke adds up the costs of the US Department of Energy’s “untethered” plan to encourage the construction of as many as 300 new full size reactors. Untethered, and, as Cooke describes it, “irresponsible” and “absurd” because, “the US no longer has the supply chain needed…
Read MoreEmpirical is everything; nuclear is a loser
2022 World Nuclear Industry Status Report once again shows failure of nuclear energy and the irresistible rise of renewables In a special edition of Nuclear Hotseat, host Libbe HaLevy was joined by Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter to interview three of the principal authors of the 2022 World Nuclear Industry Status Report. The annual report…
Read MoreFukushima damage could spell disaster
The nuclear plant’s operator said that damage to the reactor is “spread across large areas.” From Jake Johnson at Common Dreams: Images released Tuesday by the operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant showed significant damage on the inside of one of the facility’s three melted reactors, heightening fears that another earthquake in the region…
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