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Watchdogs 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 MoreTurkish nuclear plant dodges disaster
The still under construction 4-reactor nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, in Turkey, dodged disaster this time despite the deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 7 that has devastated the country and neighboring Syria. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, they found “no issues so far related to radiological safety & security of radioactive sources, and the…
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…
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 MoreNeo-Nazi previously implicated in plot to attack nuclear plants now arrested for planning grid sabotage around Baltimore
As reported by the Washington Post, in an article entitled “Duo accused of neo-Nazi plot to target Maryland power stations: Atomwaffen founder Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel allegedly sought to attack substations around Baltimore,” white supremacists are again implicated in playing with radioactive fire. The article reports: Russell, a former Florida National Guard member, is…
Read MoreDiablo Canyon to resubmit license renewal application lapsed since 2016
With the strenuous pushback from safe energy groups, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has rejected a request by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to resume the federal agency’s review of a 20-year license renewal application for California’s last remaining nuclear power station at Diablo Canyon. The power company had allowed the relicensing application’s review…
Read MoreRisks around Ukraine’s nukes grow
Just this week, we learn of yet more shelling all too close to the six-reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, caught up in the most extensive fighting taking place in the southeast region of the country. As we approach one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, the risks to Ukraine’s 15…
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 MoreGot war? Buy more nuclear power plants!
The Ukraine energy ministry (pictured in a recent meeting) has announced, as war has thrust its nuclear power plants into the jaws of radiological disaster, that it has ordered two new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors for the Khmelnytskyi nuclear site. The announcement absurdly suggested that the reactors could be completed and running by 2030-2032 and would…
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.
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