Radioactive Waste
ZOMBIE REACTOR RUBBER STAMP?! NRC Finalizes Palisades Restart EA/FONSI
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] ZOMBIE REACTOR RUBBER STAMP?! NRC Finalizes Palisades Restart EA/FONSI The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finalized its Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact on Holtec’s scheme to restart the closed Palisades atomic reactor in Covert, Michigan. This…
Read MoreThe Heart of a New Military Paradigm: Anduril’s AI Drone Warfare and a Worsening Nuclear Waste Catastrophe
Message from Patricia Marida of Ohio Nuclear-Free Network: The Heart of a New Military Paradigm: Anduril’s AI Drone Warfare and a Worsening Nuclear Waste Catastrophe 1 hour 40 minutes on YouTube. Many kudos to Jason and Terry for their excellent analyses. Kudos also to Kat Finneran from the Buckeye Environmental Network who organized and facilitated…
Read MoreThe St. Louis atomic bomb waste dump still sickens
It’s been 83 years and “We still don’t know what to do with the first cupful.” On June 2, 2025, WBUR Boston and National Public Radio (NPR) aired the “On Point” podcast regarding a decades old environmental justice struggle, “The long-term effects of nuclear waste in St. Louis.” Kay Drey, a St. Louis, Missouri environmentalist,…
Read MoreFINAL ACTION ALERT ON ILLINOIS NUCLEAR MORATORIUM — SESSION ENDS MAY 31
[June 1, 2025 update from Dave Kraft, director, NEIS: Illinois Moratorium Repeal Win — sort of… Greetings All — A short note here to let you know that the large energy omnibus bill that contained the nuclear construction moratorium repeal did NOT come up for a vote prior to the adjournment of the legislative session.…
Read MoreZOMBIE NUKES?! Palisades Precedent, Three Years On
On May 20, 2022, then owner of Palisades atomic reactor in southwest Michigan, Entergy, closed it for good. Holtec took over, supposedly to decommission it, on June 28, 2022. But decommissioning was a lie. By July 5, 2022, Holtec applied to the U.S. Department of Energy for many billions of dollars in bailouts, to restart…
Read MoreNEIS alert against new reactors in IL–take action ASAP!
If you live in Illinois, please take direct action as soon as possible! If you do not, please spread word about this alert to everyone you know who does reside in Illinois! NEIS is sending a delegation to the IL state capital, in Springfield, to speak out against the legislation. See the Nuclear Energy Information…
Read MoreCoalition appeals against Palisades zombie reactor restart before NRC Commissioners
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] Notice of Appeal of ASLB Decision LBP-25-04, by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, Michigan Clean Energy Future, Three Mile Island Alert and Nuclear Energy Information Service, and Brief in Support of Appeal 04/25/2025 [the eve of…
Read MoreDefending Lake Michigan against radioactive risks!
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {Friday, May 16, 2025 updates: The Toledo Blade, Michigan Public Radio, and Michigan Advance have reported on the Palisades zombie reactor restart NRC ASLB oral argument pre-hearings. Regarding the Toledo Blade article, note that Nuclear Energy and…
Read MoreANA DC DAYS: June 8-11, then Spring Meeting
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability has held DC Days annually for nearly four decades. All-day training will be Sunday, June 8. Meetings with congressional and executive branch offices will be from Monday to Wednesday, June 9 to 11. Monday evening will feature a screening of the film “To Use a Mountain,” about sites targeted in the…
Read MoreHoltec’s Palisades SMR-300s: Reference reactors for global buildout
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] HOLTEC “SMR”-300s Targeting Utah as Mountain West base As reported by Power Engineering, Holtec has announced development of a manufacturing and training headquarters in Utah, for deployment of more than a dozen “Small Modular Reactors” (SMRs),…
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