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Holtec neglected Palisades’ steam generator tubes for two years!
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Keegan, co-chairman, Don’t Waste Michigan, (734) 770-1441, [email protected](Reporters wishing to speak with Arnie Gundersen, chief engineer, Fairewinds: please reach out…
Read MoreNuclear Power 2.0: When will we learn?
[Long Island, New York-based hosts Doug and Patti Wood interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, on their radio show/podcast, Green Street. The audio recording is already posted on Green Street’s website (Kevin’s segment begins at the 8 minute 40 second mark, after news headlines, and continues till the end of the show). The…
Read MoreWEBINAR: Exposed – New book sheds light on radiation science
The Scientists Who Alerted Us to the Dangers of Radiation, a new book by Ian Fairlie and Beyond Nuclear’s Cindy Folkers, will have its Canadian book launch and webinar, hosted by Canadian advocacy groups on Thursday, January 16 noon – 1 ET. Both authors will be present for discussion and questions. This book reveals that the…
Read MoreSpeak out @ 1/14 Palisades Mtg.!
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: 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] PRESS ADVISORY: Jan. 14, 2025 NRC/Holtec Hybrid Meeting on Palisades…
Read MoreDo AI data centers “justify” zombie reactors & SMR new builds?!
[The Palisades nuclear power plant, on the shore of Lake Michigan in southwest Michigan. 16 million people across MI, IN, IL, and WI rely on Lake Michigan for drinking and irrigation water, and so much more.] On December 18, 2024, S. Nicole Lane published an article in the Chicago Reader entitled “Banking on data centers:…
Read MorePalisades: Sample Talking Points for Jan. 14, 2025 NRC-Holtec meeting
[Photo of the thousands of exceedingly-thin (merely 0.042 inches thick!) walled tubes inside a typical pressurized water reactor steam generator. This photo is taken from the top looking down.] Please click on this link to learn more about the very important January 14,* 2025 meeting between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Holtec International.…
Read MoreJIMMY CARTER: Commemorations by nuke watchdogs
[White House Oval Office photograph, signed by President Carter (October 1, 1924 — December 29, 2024), showing him with S. David Freeman (January 14, 1926 – May 12, 2020). Thank you to Glenn Carroll, Nuclear Watch South coordinator, for sharing the photo.] Given his very extensive involvement in key nuclear issues, president Jimmy Carter’s death,…
Read MoreZOMBIE NUKE?! Jan. 14, 2025 Palisades restart mtg.
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future (MSEF)-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] {Updated Jan. 6, 2025} ZOMBIE NUKE?! Please take part in important January 14, 2025 meeting! (Note, this meeting was originally scheduled for Jan. 9, 2025. However, on Jan. 6, NRC notified registered participants that it was…
Read MoreTHOMAS CAMPBELL (1939-2024), PRESENTE!
[Photo: Bonnie Raitt and Tom Campbell. The photo accompanied Bonnie Raitt’s August 26, 2024 eulogy for Tom, posted on her Facebook Page.] THOMAS CAMPBELL, PRESENTE! Founder of Avocado Productions & Guacomole Fund, 1939-2024 Tom Campbell, a stalwart supporter of the anti-nuke cause since 1976, passed on August 13. His Celebration of Life was held this…
Read MoreBONNIE RAITT: Kennedy Center Honoree, Lifelong Activist
Bonnie Raitt (pictured) received a moving Kennedy Center Honor, broadcast on CBS December 22, 2024. Fellow musicians honoring her included Jackson Browne, Brandi Carlisle, Sheryl Crow, Keb’ Mo’, Susan Tedeschi, James Taylor, and others. Comedian and actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus introduced Bonnie Raitt. As the Kennedy Center wrote: “…As known for her lifelong commitment to social…
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