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Energoatom calls on IAEA for help
Energoatom, the Ukrainian nuclear utility, has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to intervene to help safeguard the country’s 15 nuclear reactors as Russian forces advance dangerously close to the sites. “We call on the IAEA to intervene to prevent occupying forces in the 30 kilometre zone around our nuclear power plants,” the company’s CEO, Petro…
Read MoreIAEA must ensure safety
International agency should ensure safe operation at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities now in a war zone Beyond Nuclear joined nine other international civil society groups in signing a letter that urges the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to be transparent about the status of Ukraine’s 15 commercial reactors as well as the Chernobyl nuclear site. Although…
Read MoreDoctors call for international peacekeepers
A group 45 physicians, all of them members of the 1967 class of Harvard Medical School, have called for international peacekeepers to be sent to Ukraine, under a ceasefire, to safeguard the country’s 15 nuclear reactors. The letter was submitted to media outlets. (The letter was released on February 28 but other signatories not noted…
Read MoreWhy the media silence?
As Russian troops advance ever more dangerously close to Ukraine’s four nuclear power plant sites, the mainstream press remains largely averse to spotlighting this looming potential nuclear disaster. There are a few exceptions. Common Dreams — and then Truthout and others — although prompted by the IPPNW press release — looked into the reactor risks.…
Read MoreNRC rescinds reactor license extensions
A legal appeal filed by Beyond Nuclear to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has yielded a landmark February 24, 2022 decision and agency orders (CLI-22-02, CLI-22-03, CLI-22-04) rescinding the federal agency’s second 20-year operating license renewal of US reactors (60- to 80-year period) without first creating and applying an updated environmental analysis for reactor…
Read MoreReactors in a war zone pose unimaginable risks
Beyond Nuclear joins the chorus of voices calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine, a situation that could become orders of magnitude worse should any of the country’s 15 nuclear reactors suffer major damage due to military exchanges. We are in an unprecedented situation, with, for the first time, a war happening…
Read MoreRussian military at Chernobyl: (another) ecological catastrophe?
This is a developing story. Associated Press and other sources are reporting that Russian forces have taken over the Chernobyl nuclear site in northern Ukraine, 80 miles north of the capital. Kyiv. According to the Washington Post, a televised statement from Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal “[t]he Chernobyl zone — the exclusion zone — and…
Read More$6 billion for old nukes?
On February 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a press release full of false rhetoric, claiming that an injection of $6 billion under the Department’s Civil Nuclear Credit Program would end the shutdown of the country’s aging reactors because this has “led to an increase in carbon emissions in those regions, poorer…
Read MoreOIG “Special Inquiry” finds fraudulent, counterfeit parts in US reactors
Nuclear industry whistleblowers have been reporting bogus parts and components installed in US nuclear power station that can jeopardize both reactor operations and public safety but nobody in charge seems to be listening or taking action. Finally, on February 9, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released…
Read MoreNuclear power is needed for the H bomb
TVA’s not so hidden agenda for supporting nuclear power for climate The Associated Press chose Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President and CEO, Jeff Lash to express — “simply” — the view that “You can’t significantly reduce carbon emissions without nuclear power,” in its story proclaiming that almost two thirds of US states will choose nuclear…
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