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How Safe Are Nuclear Power Plants?
A new history reveals that federal regulators consistently assured Americans that the risks of a massive accident were “vanishingly small”—even when they knew they had insufficient evidence to prove it. By Daniel Ford, former executive director of Union of Concerned Scientists, published in The New Yorker. (The photo above shows the corrosion hole in the…
Read MoreNo need for nukes in Germany
Germany has plenty of sustainable ways to meet the energy emergency caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the emphasis firmly on renewables Even Germany’s nuclear companies, such as RWE, are looking forward to a renewable energy future, rather than backwards at the nuclear past. From Climate Energy Weekly (CLEW): German energy company RWE will…
Read MorePhysicians call for ban on attacks on nuclear sites
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) asks governments to call for ban on military attacks on nuclear installations IPPNW PRESS RELEASE, August 11, 2022: The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) are urging governments attending the Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in New York to call for…
Read MoreZaporizhizhia attacks could spell disaster for millions
The Ukrainians say the Russians are shelling the six-reactor Zaporizhizhia nuclear power plant, caught up in some of the worst fighting in the contentious southeastern region of Ukraine. The Russians say the Ukrainians shelled the plant. Whichever is true, it is madness, painting a nightmare vision of a nuclear catastrophe that could soon become a…
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…
Read MoreCritics decry Vogtle 3 fuel load
The following is an August 3, 2022 press release from Nuclear Watch South Nuclear Watch South remains unequivocally opposed to the Vogtle project and greets the announcement that the NRC has completed its safety review, granting permission to Southern Nuclear to load nuclear fuel in Vogtle 3, with grave trepidation. Nuclear Watch South Coordinator Glenn…
Read MoreKeeping Diablo Canyon Running Past 2025 Is Not the Answer to California’s Energy Future
A San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace-Beyond Nuclear joint op-ed was published in POWER Magazine on August 1, 2022. (“Diablo Boys” cartoon by Mark Bryan — ArtOfMarkBryan.com)
Read MoreGroups condemn green light for new nuke
The UK government has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for EDF’s proposed two-reactor project at Sizewell on the eroding Suffolk coastline, a project that has been widely opposed by locals, scientists, and wildlife organizations. This is the press release from Together Against Sizewell C in response to the decision: After eighteen months of careful…
Read MoreUnited front against nuclear in Wales
Beyond Nuclear is a partner in and a speaker at the forthcoming conference to oppose nuclear power in Wales to be held July 23 in the historic castle town of Caernarfon. The conference has been convened to coordinate opposition to recent British and Welsh Government pronouncements supporting new nuclear power stations at Wylfa in Anglesey and…
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