How Safe Are Nuclear Power Plants?

A new history reveals that federal regulators consistently assured Americans that the risks of a massive accident were “vanishingly small”—even when they knew they had insufficient evidence to prove it. By Daniel Ford, former executive director of Union of Concerned Scientists, published in The New Yorker. (The photo above shows the corrosion hole in the…

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“War Proves Nuclear is always a Weapon”

Beyond Nuclear appeared on the Thom Hartmann Program on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Thom wrote “Does the Ukraine Nuclear Plant Under fire Show Off the Dangers of Nuclear Power? – Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist – Beyond Nuclear.” Thom interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, about the repeated military attacks on the Zaporizhzhia…

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No need for nukes in Germany

Germany has plenty of sustainable ways to meet the energy emergency caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the emphasis firmly on renewables Even Germany’s nuclear companies, such as RWE, are looking forward to a renewable energy future, rather than backwards at the nuclear past. From Climate Energy Weekly (CLEW): German energy company RWE will…

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Physicians call for ban on attacks on nuclear sites

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) asks governments to call for ban on military attacks on nuclear installations IPPNW PRESS RELEASE, August 11, 2022: The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) are urging governments attending the Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in New York to call for…

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