Nuclear Weapons
IUFF 2025, Las Vegas, NV
[IUFF logo design by Klee Benally] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Laura Piffero, Shoshone/Paiute (602) 391-3656 Thalia “Star” Guerrero: (435) 879-9086 Norbert Suchanek, [email protected], uraniumfilmfestival.org Media Release from Native Community Action Council P.O. Box 46301, Las Vegas, Nevada 89114 www.nativecommunityactioncouncil.org INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2025 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA NOVEMBER 21,…
Read MoreANA gathering Nov. 21 to Oppose Resumption of Nuclear Testing
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Ian Zabarte, Secretary of the Native Community Action Council: (702) 203-8816 or [email protected] Tanvi Kardile, President of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability: (925) 549-0910 or [email protected] ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY (ANA) MEDIA RELEASE ANA is a national network of organizations working to address issues of nuclear weapons production…
Read MoreOur ‘House of Dynamite’ will eventually blow
If you haven’t seen ‘A House of Dynamite’, this is a spoiler alert. But here’s another spoiler alert: nuclear deterrence does not and cannot work. Kathryn Bigelow’s thought-provoking film has been assailed by nuclear hawks as inaccurate but their critiques are nitpicks compared to the terrifying reality she portrays: that when it comes to how…
Read MoreTrump threatens to restart nuclear testing
US President Donald Trump says the US will start testing nuclear weapons again, a statement that has raised alarm in the peace movement and in nations across the world. According to news reports, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s appropriate…
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 MoreU.S. to gift Pu-239 to private nuclear industry
Trump Administration’s give away of 20 MT of US plutonium weapons stockpile to private companies threatens nuclear proliferation According to previously unreleased government documents obtained and reviewed by Politico and addressed in a letter from three Democrat members of Congress to President Donald Trump, The White House is preparing to give away 20 metric tons…
Read MoreMajority of the world now signed on to TPNW
With the ratification on Friday by Ghana and the signature of Kyrgyzstan, a majority of the world’s countries are now in support of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Membership of the TPNW has now reached 74 States Parties, plus a further 25 signatories, bringing the total number of states that…
Read MoreGreat Lakes: Radionuclides are persistent, toxic
In 2016 and again in 2022, more than 100 advocacy groups nominated radionuclides for designation as Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The GLWQA is a joint agreement between the U.S. and Canada, which border the Great Lakes. It has the overall goal of ridding the Great…
Read MoreIran: Limited nuclear inspections to resume?
Inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities, which were heavily attacked by the US and Israel in June, could resume under a new agreement struck this week between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). But Iran has also warned that the deal is provisional and limited and will not proceed if sanctions are re-imposed. Since…
Read MoreWatch the Nuclear-Free Future Awards
The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards were held on March 4, 2025 at The Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York City. Each year the Awards offer cash prizes to unsung heroes of the anti-nuclear movement in three categories: Resistance, Education and Solution. The Awards also offer two honorary awards, in the categories of Special…
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