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Deep Fission to get Deep Environmental review?
Mixing the words “exemptions, exclusions” and “nuclear safety regulations” sends a dire warning. On May 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed four Executive Orders relating to sweeping federal policy changes that fast-track new US nuclear power commercial development and deployment nationally and globally. This included the signing of White House Executive Order 14299 “Deploying…
Read MoreNRDC lends its support to restart closed reactor
Natural Resources Defense Council supports the proposed restart of Iowa’s permanently closed Duane Arnold nuclear power station on assurances of adequate public safety upgrades to a Fukushima-style reactor from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission In a disappointing reversal of its previously critical stance toward nuclear power and especially the dangerously flawed 1960s vintage GE Mark…
Read MoreThe never-ending legacy of Fukushima
Living free from exposure to radiation: a fundamental human right A statement by Akiko Morimatsu In order to avoid exposure to radiation caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident which occurred in 2011, I still continue living in Osaka today, as an “internally displaced person*” with my two minor children. Immediately after the accident, we,…
Read MoreNRC buckles to White House and licenses dangerous TerraPower reactor
The following is the press statement released by Beyond Nuclear today on the decision by all five NRC commissioners to accede to pressure from the White House to fast-track reactor designs that have been clearly flagged by scientists as highly dangerous. Nuclear Regulatory Commission license of dangerous new reactor risks lives Beyond Nuclear decries NRC…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear condemns attack on Iran
Beyond Nuclear strongly condemns the attacks against Iran by two nuclear-armed countries, the United States and Israel, when a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program was already within reach. “These renewed attacks on Iran come at a time when negotiations were already underway to secure a new nuclear verification agreement with Iran,” said Linda Pentz…
Read MoreNew cancer study goes where NRC refused
Shows increase in cancer deaths near reactors The Lost Opportunity: NRC’s Canceled Study In the early 2010s, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) tasked the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with conducting a groundbreaking study on childhood cancer risks near nuclear facilities. This study was designed to address shortcomings in the NRC’s existing 1990 health…
Read MoreArizona votes to cut county regs on SMRs
Eyes are on the Arizona State House which just passed a bill (HB2456) that would cut the state’s 15 counties out of zoning requirements that might slow down the fast track siting of Small Modular Reactors (SMR). The bill streamlines new reactor development designated for powering new data centers. If adopted, the change waives utility…
Read MoreIran’s right to the bomb?
Which countries are allowed to have nuclear weapons? The nuclear-armed nations say only they are. This includes Israel, which is officially an “undeclared” atomic state, even though the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution every year asking Israel to disarm. Iran says it is abiding by the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but the US and Israel…
Read MoreYet MORE safety-significant SNAFUS at Palisades!
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future–Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {Feb. 6, 2026 UPDATE: Regarding this subject matter below, Roger Rapoport has published an article entitled “Delayed Michigan Nuclear Plant Restart Could Hurt Atomic Energy Industry: Bad Welds At Obsolete Michigan Nuclear Plant Could Delay Restart…
Read MoreTrump nixes nukes from environmental reviews
White House Executive Order & DOE set rule for “categorical exclusion” of new reactors from NEPA environmental impact statements On February 2, 2026, the American Nuclear Society’s NuclearNewsWire headlined the US Department of Energy (DOE) announcement for the exclusion of experimental advanced nuclear reactors (ANR) from environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).…
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