Nuclear Power
Energy Department Pressed on Nuclear Fuel, Waste in Budget Bill
As reported by Bloomberg Law, re: consolidated interim storage facility and high-assay low enriched uranium funding levels at the U.S. Department of Energy, as decided and provided each year by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, using federal taxpayer funds.
Read MoreJuly 16 – 43rd Uranium Tailings Spill Legacy Commemoration, Churchrock, New Mexico
What Humpty Dumpty doesn’t want you to know: Davis-Besse’s cracked concrete containment snow job
See Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps’s comprehensive backgrounder (dated August 8, 2012), here: For more info., click here.
Read MorePublic Stonewalled in Holtec Takeover of Palisades and Big Rock Point Atomic Reactor Sites: Entergy Confirms License Transfer; No NRC Public Hearings Held
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Terry Lodge, legal counsel, Toledo, OH, (419) 205-7084, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Takoma Park, MD, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Bette Pierman, President, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Benton Harbor, MI, (269) 369-3993, [email protected] Iris…
Read MoreOhio’s Nukes: Resisting Weapons and Power Excesses
On June 22nd, Beyond Nuclear joined with allies from Ohio to deliver a letter to the office of U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur in Toledo. The rally coincided with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons First Meeting of States Parties in Austria. Kaptur chairs the powerful U.S. House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee,…
Read MoreKevin Kamps’ statement re: Diablo at SLOMFP press conference
Image: “Diablo Boys,” by Mark Bryan — ArtOfMarkBryan.com
Read MoreSierra Club Michigan Chapter letter to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, expressing opposition to Palisades bailout and restart
Environmental Coalition to Governor Whitmer: “Cease and Desist” from Massive Bailout Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor; Restarting Dangerously Age-Degraded Nuke Would Risk Health, Safety, Security, and Environment, Watchdogs Warn
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216;Michael Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes and Don’t Waste Michigan, [email protected], (734) 770-1441;Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, [email protected], (301) 270-6477 ext. 3;Terry Lodge, environmental coalition legal counsel, [email protected], (419) 205-7084Iris Potter, Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, [email protected],…
Read MoreCoalition to MI Gov. Whitmer: “Cease and Desist” from Scheming to Bail Out Palisades!
On June 8, a coalition of 94 organizations, including Beyond Nuclear, plus 328 individuals, wrote to Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, urging her to “cease and desist” from attempting to bail out the closed for good Palisades atomic reactor on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Covert Township, Michigan. See the letter, here: As the letter lays…
Read MoreHalf of French reactors not operating
Half of France’s 56 reactors are currently offline and 12 of them are closed due to corrosion problems that are waiting inspection. The corrosion caused cracks in the pipes of a back-up water injection system, a problem French nuclear safety authorities said could take years to fix. France’s nuclear plants delivered just 37 percent of…
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