The Hill publishes Beyond Nuclear op-ed

[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels.] An op-ed authored by Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, has been published in The Hill. Entitled “New nuclear push brings old dangers back — and bigger than ever,” the op-ed focuses on Holtec’s schemes at Palisades in Michigan as a microcosm of the company’s, and the…

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ZOMBIE NUKES?! ACRS ignores Palisades’ restart risks

ZOMBIE NUKES?! ACRS ignores Palisades’ restart risks The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has written to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman, capitulating to Holtec and NRC staff, on recently expressed concerns by at least one ACRS member, regarding steam generator tube degradation at the Palisades atomic reactor in Michigan. This came despite our…

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ZOMBIE NUKES?! Duane Arnold restart risks

ZOMBIE NUKES?! Duane Arnold restart risks On September 29, Iowa’s Sierra Club Chapter hosted a press conference to address NextEra’s proposal to restart Duane Arnold, which has been in decommissioning status since August 2020, when a derecho led to a close call with catastrophe at this Fukushima Daiichi twin-design atomic reactor. Speakers included Dr. Mark…

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Palisades: Enviros Object to Yet More Safety Shortcuts

[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, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, [email protected] Terry Lodge, attorney, Toledo, OH, [email protected] Wallace Taylor,…

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More (nuclear) fool’s gold

Yet another “golden” nuclear con job has been announced, this time in the UK. During Trump’s recent state visit to Britain the UK government announced its “Golden Age of Nuclear” deal between the two countries. But it is anything but. Laden with hyped-up Trumpian rhetoric about nuclear and energy “dominance”, it promises working class jobs…

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Renewed risks at Zaporizhzhia

For the 10th time since Russian forces occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on March 4, 2022, the site has lost offsite power. Workers are using backup diesel generators to pump vital cooling water into the six reactors. Although all are in cold shutdown, the fuel in the reactors remains hot and vulnerable to fires,…

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U.S. to gift Pu-239 to private nuclear industry

Trump Administration’s give away of 20 MT of US plutonium weapons stockpile to private companies threatens nuclear proliferation  According to previously unreleased government documents obtained and reviewed by Politico and addressed in a letter from three Democrat members of Congress to President Donald Trump, The White House is preparing to give away 20 metric tons…

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Uranium mine cleanup must be done right

A plan to bury low-level radioactive waste in the Red Rock (solid waste) Landfill needs to be fully explained to Navajo elders, argues Judy Platero, a representative of the affected nearbyThoreau Navajo community. “There’s no understanding of this because all of this language, all of this information that’s being disseminated, is all technical. We’ve asked…

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Cato Institute: Nuclear power’s hamster wheel

Accelerating climate change demands a stop to wasting  precious little time along with human and financial resources being diverted from real solutions on nuclear power that’s going nowhere. The conservative Cato Institute’s Fall 2025 status report on “The Next Nuclear Renaissance?” provides a comprehensive status report and global overview, nuclear nation by nation. The report…

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