Nuclear Power
Nukewatch reprises NRC hiding radioactive leaks
Apologies are merely coverups where federal enforcement should be mandatory, not industry voluntary reporting Nukewatch has reprised its public disclosure that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) deliberately plays down a significant potential public hazard pathway by most recently by misreporting that Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power station had an large accidental radioactive release on…
Read MoreThe DOE doles out another $900 million for SMRs
And it’s not going to be close to nearly enough October 16, 2024, Reuters news service reports that the US Department of Energy (DOE) is dangling another $900 million in federal government applications in its bid to stimulate construction activity for new nuclear power plants on the many false promises of Small Modular Reactors (SMR).…
Read More71 groups to State of MI: Stop permitting Palisades reactor to dump in Lake Michigan!
A coalition comment spearheaded by Don’t Waste Michigan and NIRS, endorsed by 71 organizations, has raised numerous concerns with the State of Michigan’s EGLE (Energy, Great Lakes, and Environment) agency, regarding renewal of the NPDES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System) permit at the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township, Michigan, four miles south of…
Read MoreJane Fonda: Nuclear power is no climate solution
From the Philadelphia Inquirer : “The actor Jane Fonda writes that while some see a planned restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant as a tool to fight climate change, the risk of an accident outweighs any potential benefits.” Fonda states “The recent news about restarting the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant 75 miles…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear challenges relicensing GEIS in federal court
On October 7, 2024, Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club filed a Petition for Review to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) new final rule that restricts the environmental review standards for license renewal applications of aging reactors in the US. The new Generic…
Read MoreNRC dismisses GAO climate warnings for nukes
On September 27, 2024, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Chairman Christopher Hanson publicly provided the federal agency’s response and an attachment that dismisses the April 2, 2024 U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report [GAO-24-106326], “Nuclear Power Plants: NRC Should Take Actions to Fully Consider the Potential Effects of Climate Change.” The GAO in its…
Read MoreIntervention against Zombie Reactor Restart
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {Our environmental coalition — Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, and Michigan Safe Energy Future — which has intervened together against Palisades multiple times in the past dozen years, now welcomes Three Mile Island Alert of Harrisburg, PA,…
Read MoreNew NRC Report Highlights Dangerous Components at Palisades Nuclear Plant
[Palisades atomic reactor, located on the Lake Michigan shore in Covert Township, Van Buren County, southwest Michigan.] {The Register has reported on this story.} NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, co-chair, board of directors, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI,…
Read MoreBiden Administration closes deal on $1.52B loan for Palisades restart effort
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] As reported by Tom Henry in the Toledo Blade. The article quotes a former engineering director at Palisades under the previous owner, Entergy: But Alan Blind, who was the engineering director at Palisades from May of 2006…
Read MoreUA/RU RISKS: Threats to NPPs, of N Weapons Use
[Sculpture depicting St. George slaying the dragon, created from fragments of Soviet and US nuclear missiles that were destroyed under a treaty. Photo:UN Photo/Milton Grant] Ukraine’s (UA) president, Zelensky, warned the annual United Nations (UN) General Assembly of world leaders yesterday Russia (RU) is threatening to attack UA’s nuclear power plants. This, while the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear…
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