Nuclear Power
Letter to MI governor re: Holtec’s alleged “make believe” financial misrepresentations
On July 7, Amanda Oglesby published an article entitled “Ex-Holtec CFO accuses company of ‘make believe’ financial statements in whistleblower suit,’ in the Asbury Park Press. See the whistleblower lawsuit, here. In light of the news about the whistleblower allegations against Holtec, Toledo, OH attorney Terry Lodge, has written Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. See the…
Read MoreZaporizhzhia dangers should end nuclear power pursuit
In a press release today, Beyond Nuclear called for the alarms around potential detonations at Ukraine’s six-reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to serve as a clear signal that it is time to end our use of nuclear power and pursuit of new reactors. The press release begins: Amidst accusations from both the Russian and Ukrainian…
Read MoreNo surprise as pro-nuclear IAEA OKs water dump
Calling it “a very special night,” Rafael Grossi, head of the nuclear power-promoting International Atomic Energy Agency, on Tuesday gave Japan’s prime minister the green light to begin dumping more than a million tonnes of radioactively contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear site. But the decision is not so special for…
Read MoreHouseholder gets 20 years in nuclear bribery racket
Breaking news from the Columbus Dispatch: “Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $60 million illegal bribery scheme that fueled his return to political power. “Once one of the most powerful politicians in Ohio, Householder is now a convicted felon, guilty of racketeering conspiracy…
Read More43 Groups to Michigan State Legislators: Oppose $300 Million Bailout to Restart Closed Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor
Organizations Cite Astronomical Expense and Extreme Risk of Unprecedented Scheme See the letter, here. See the press release, here. Also, see a full page paid advertisement by the Alliance to Halt Fermi 3, published in the Lansing State Journal on June 28, 2023.
Read MoreExploring Tritium Dangers
Exploring Tritium Dangers: Health and Ecosystem Risks of Internally Incorporated Radionuclides, by Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D., uses the tritium pollutant, which forms radioactive water, to illustrate the risks of taking any radioisotope into the human body. Tritium easily crosses the placenta (the book makes clear it is not the only radioisotope that does so) and can…
Read MoreNuclear fantasies block climate action
A network of groups across Canada has announced the launch of the SMR Education Task Force to share under-reported facts about small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) with members of Parliament and provincial legislatures. We begin with the latest report from Canada Energy Regulator (CER). This federal document, called Canada’s Energy Future, projects that enough new nuclear reactors (SMRs) will…
Read MoreEconomic Impacts from Japan threat to dump Fukushima radioactive water
The economic impacts to Japan’s seafood import business are already happening with a drop of 30% for May 2023 because of Japan’s plan to dump the Fukushima tank farm’s one million tons of radioactive effluent into the Pacific. This will be by no means the one and only radioactive dumping once it starts. The radioactive…
Read MoreMore trouble at Vogtle
The nuclear drumbeaters ignore stories like this latest setback out of Georgia because the inconvenient truth of nuclear power is that it is NOT reliable, is far too slow and expensive and of course comes with a myriad of safety problems and no solution to the radioactive waste it generates. The only US flagship for…
Read MoreFusion project a hot mess
Billed as a panacea energy source for the world, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a fusion technology first conceived of in the 1980s and formally begun in 2006, is billions of dollars over budget and years behind in construction. How much more it will cost and how long it will take no one is…
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