Nuclear Power
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…
Read MoreRenewed 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,…
Read MoreU.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…
Read MoreUranium 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…
Read MoreCato 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…
Read More“Meltdown of Democracy,” 7pm EST, 09/23/2025
MA Governor Maura Healey has, unwittingly or not, joined with President Trump’s authoritarian “Unleashing Nuclear Energy.” “Meltdown of Democracy: Bringing Nukes Back Despite Statewide Vote Against Them” Massachusetts Peace Action’s Zoom Webinar , 7 pm ET, Tuesday, September 23, 2025, For more information: REGISTER HERE The people of the Commonwealth of…
Read MoreGreat Lakes: Radionuclides are persistent, toxic
In 2016 and again in 2022, more than 100 advocacy groups nominated radionuclides for designation as Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The GLWQA is a joint agreement between the U.S. and Canada, which border the Great Lakes. It has the overall goal of ridding the Great…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear info. tables at Bonnie Raitt concert!
[From right to left: Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist Kevin Kamps; environmental coalition co-counsel Terry Lodge of Toledo, Ohio; and Don’t Waste Michigan chairman Michael Keegan of Monroe, Michigan. In the background can be seen the CRAFT info. table as well.] Beyond Nuclear joined with friends and colleagues from Don’t Waste Michigan and CRAFT (Citizens…
Read MoreZombies Against Palisades! (ZAP!) Halloween Rally, Kal., MI
Restart the Closed Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor? Now That’s SCARY! What’d Somebody EAT YOUR BRAIN?! See the front side of the flier, here. See the back side of the flier, here. The Devilish Details: Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2025 Noon-1:30pm & 4:30-6pm (both Eastern Time) Sidewalk out front of U.S. Representative…
Read MoreZOMBIE NUKES?! Holtec schemes from MI to NY
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Our environmental coalition has appealed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners (NRC) against adverse rulings by the agency’s Atomic Safety Licensing Board Panel regarding self-inflicted steam generator (SG) tube degradation at Palisades in Michigan. Our expert…
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