Nuclear Power
Japan’s next Fukushimas?
With apparently no lessons learned from the devastating Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster 12 years ago, the Japanese Cabinet has approved plans to extend the operating lives of its reactor fleet beyond the current 60-year limit. Under the country’s new GX Decarbonisation Power Supply Bill, continued dependence on fossil fuels and nuclear power is prioritized at the…
Read MoreExpert briefing paper on Ukraine dangers
As we mark one year since the deadly war in Ukraine began, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) held an expert panel webinar on February 18 to assess impacts on health, human rights, and the environment from conventional wars, a nuclear power disaster or nuclear war. After the event, the panelists released a…
Read MoreUkraine’s nuclear risks ramp up
Ukraine’s nuclear power plants face daily risk of deadly disaster while war continues. Safe zones can’t prevent inherent dangers of nuclear reactors leading to catastrophe, group warns Beyond Nuclear on Thursday put out a press release on the eve of the one year mark since Russia invaded Ukraine, warning of the increased dangers to Ukraine’s nuclear…
Read MoreGreat Lakes Radioactive Hot Spots map, 2013
See the 2013 map by John Jackson and Anna Tilden, here. Also see the 1990 version, by Irene Kock and David Martin, here.
Read MoreWatchdogs File FOIA Request for Holtec’s Secretive “Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant”
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Don’t Waste Michigan, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Wally Taylor, Environmental Coalition Legal Co-Counsel, (319) 350-5807, [email protected] Watchdogs File Freedom of Information Act Request with NRC for Holtec’s “Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations at the Palisades Nuclear Plant” Groups Argue…
Read MoreTurkish nuclear plant dodges disaster
The still under construction 4-reactor nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, in Turkey, dodged disaster this time despite the deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 7 that has devastated the country and neighboring Syria. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, they found “no issues so far related to radiological safety & security of radioactive sources, and the…
Read MoreLetter to Hayes Township Advisory Focus Group and Planning Commission, re: need for zoning at the former Big Rock Point nuclear plant to absolutely minimize human exposure to hazardous radioactivity
On Feb. 6, 2023, Beyond Nuclear and Don’t Waste Michigan wrote the Hayes Township, Michigan, Advisory Focus Group and Planning Commission. They emphasized the need for zoning at the former Big Rock Point nuclear power plant to absolutely minimize human exposure to the lingering hazardous radioactive contamination of the site, as well as to the…
Read MoreWatchdogs Demand NRC Block Destruction of Safety-Significant Documents at Palisades Atomic Reactor
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Wally Taylor, Legal Counsel, (319) 350-5807, [email protected] Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds, (802) 238-4452 Watchdogs Demand NRC Block Destruction of Safety-Significant Documents at Palisades Atomic Reactor Holtec and Governor…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi previously implicated in plot to attack nuclear plants now arrested for planning grid sabotage around Baltimore
As reported by the Washington Post, in an article entitled “Duo accused of neo-Nazi plot to target Maryland power stations: Atomwaffen founder Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel allegedly sought to attack substations around Baltimore,” white supremacists are again implicated in playing with radioactive fire. The article reports: Russell, a former Florida National Guard member, is…
Read MoreDiablo Canyon to resubmit license renewal application lapsed since 2016
With the strenuous pushback from safe energy groups, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has rejected a request by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to resume the federal agency’s review of a 20-year license renewal application for California’s last remaining nuclear power station at Diablo Canyon. The power company had allowed the relicensing application’s review…
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