Nuclear Power
And then there were five
President Trump has nominated a candidate to occupy the still vacant fifth seat on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a move that now locks in a Republican majority. Trump had already played dirty by firing Democratic commissioner Christopher Hanson earlier this year without cause and probably illegally, as Hanson’s term was not due to expire…
Read MoreZAP! Zombies Against Palisades Halloween Protest Rally
{Michigan Advance, WMUK (West Michigan’s NPR station), and WORT (89.9 FM, Madison, WI community radio) have reported on this story.} NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, Michigan, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael J. Keegan, chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, Michigan, [email protected] Opponents to Protest Holtec’s Unprecedented…
Read MoreTrump cuts Westinghouse reactors deal
On October 28, 2025, the Trump White House announced its commitment to stake at least $80 billion of US federal dollars to initiate yet another very risky run at new construction of Westinghouse Electric Company’s AP1000 nuclear stations. This is the follow-up to his May 23, 2025 executive orders to “unleash” more atomic power in…
Read MoreHOLTEC SNAFUS
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] HOLTEC SNAFUS Worker falls into reactor On October 21, a Palisades employee fell into the flooded reactor cavity, as Holtec continues racing at breakneck speed towards unprecedented restart of the 3.5 years closed nuclear plant by year…
Read MoreMembers of Congress object to plutonium giveaway
On December 31, the Trump White House will start revealing which lucky startup companies will receive free plutonium needed for their new reactor fuel. Trump will give away between 20-25 tons, according to reports, going against US energy policy that has long avoided the transfer of nuclear weapons-usable materials into the commercial sector. One likely…
Read MoreEVENT: RETURN TO FUKUSHIMA Living in an ongoing catastrophe
NEIS Night with the Experts hosts Thomas Bass — writer, professor of English and journalism, and author of the book Return to Fukushima — Thursday, October 30, 2025, 7pm CT. Registration is required. Fourteen years after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, the site is an ongoing…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear v. NRC live stream,10.30.2025 (Updated 02.17.2026)
Updated February 17, 2026: Beyond Nuclear and the Sierra Club are still awaiting a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on their Petition for Judicial Review of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and nuclear industry. However, in a catastrophic move that further defies science and common sense, the…
Read MoreRadiant booted from WY Heads to TN
On October 13, 2025, the El Segundo, California-based nuclear startup company, Radiant Industries, abruptly announced a change of project plans from what had quickly became unpopular to build the nation’s first mass production assembly line in Wyoming for its new micro-nuclear power generator (~1 megawatt electric high temperature gas cooled reactor) plant design. Radiant launched…
Read MoreSolar for none?
Trump’s EPA criminally cancelled Solar For All grants, an excellent climate solution and employment driver. A coalition of 14 Native American tribal governments were poised to deploy $100 million in solar infrastructure to more than 3,500 tribal homes, while training Native youth and veterans in a clean energy workforce that could serve their own communities.…
Read MoreResidents of NY & IL, take direct action, and spread the word!
If you live in IL or NY, please take direct action, and spread the word. For IL, see the NEIS action alert (#1, below). For NY, see the United for Clean Energy action alert, (#2) further below. If you do not live in IL or NY, please spread the word to everyone you know who…
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