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Nuclear power can’t avoid harm to environment despite inclusion under ‘Taxonomy’ The European Parliament has chosen to include nuclear power and gas under the European Commission’s Taxonomy Delegated Act. This effectively — and absurdly — classifies nuclear power and gas as environmentally sustainable economic activities. Inclusion in the Taxonomy theoretically allows nuclear and gas access…
Read More2016 report by Bob Alvarez, addressing cost impacts of pre-disposal for large — and potentially even larger — inventory of spent nuclear fuel at Diablo Canyon nuclear station
From an email sent by Bob Alvarez on July 7, 2022: Dear All– [Below] is a report I wrote for FOE in 2016 addressing the cost impacts of pre-disposal for the large and potentially even larger inventory of spent nuclear fuel at the Diablo Canyon nuclear station. According to the study’s summary: “Spent nuclear fuel…
Read MoreEnergy Department Pressed on Nuclear Fuel, Waste in Budget Bill
As reported by Bloomberg Law, re: consolidated interim storage facility and high-assay low enriched uranium funding levels at the U.S. Department of Energy, as decided and provided each year by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, using federal taxpayer funds.
Read MoreJuly 16 – 43rd Uranium Tailings Spill Legacy Commemoration, Churchrock, New Mexico
Public Stonewalled in Holtec Takeover of Palisades and Big Rock Point Atomic Reactor Sites: Entergy Confirms License Transfer; No NRC Public Hearings Held
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Terry Lodge, legal counsel, Toledo, OH, (419) 205-7084, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Takoma Park, MD, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Bette Pierman, President, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Benton Harbor, MI, (269) 369-3993, [email protected] Iris…
Read MoreKevin Kamps’ statement re: Diablo at SLOMFP press conference
Image: “Diablo Boys,” by Mark Bryan — ArtOfMarkBryan.com
Read MoreSierra Club Michigan Chapter letter to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, expressing opposition to Palisades bailout and restart
Environmental Coalition to Governor Whitmer: “Cease and Desist” from Massive Bailout Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor; Restarting Dangerously Age-Degraded Nuke Would Risk Health, Safety, Security, and Environment, Watchdogs Warn
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216;Michael Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes and Don’t Waste Michigan, [email protected], (734) 770-1441;Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, [email protected], (301) 270-6477 ext. 3;Terry Lodge, environmental coalition legal counsel, [email protected], (419) 205-7084Iris Potter, Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, [email protected],…
Read MoreCoalition to MI Gov. Whitmer: “Cease and Desist” from Scheming to Bail Out Palisades!
On June 8, a coalition of 94 organizations, including Beyond Nuclear, plus 328 individuals, wrote to Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, urging her to “cease and desist” from attempting to bail out the closed for good Palisades atomic reactor on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Covert Township, Michigan. See the letter, here: As the letter lays…
Read MoreHalf of French reactors not operating
Half of France’s 56 reactors are currently offline and 12 of them are closed due to corrosion problems that are waiting inspection. The corrosion caused cracks in the pipes of a back-up water injection system, a problem French nuclear safety authorities said could take years to fix. France’s nuclear plants delivered just 37 percent of…
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