Radioactive Waste
NRC Cites Holtec for Improper Use of Decommissioning Trust Funds
Holtec Decommissioning International has misspent money from the decommissioning trust funds at all four nuclear plants it owns, using it to pay for activities like parades and softball games when federal regulations restrict the use to decommissioning of the reactors and cleaning up the contaminated sites. As reported by Christine Legere in the Provincetown Independent…
Read MoreOral Arguments, Beyond Nuclear v. NRC: Report Back
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder, Alliance for Environmental Strategies, southeastern New Mexico. The design features New Mexico’s state colors of gold and turqoise, the Zia Pueblo Sun symbol, and the shape of the state.] On March 5th, opponents appealing the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) approval of Holtec International’s license application for highly…
Read MoreShould Palisades Nuclear Plant Be Brought Back to Life?
Sierra Club Michigan Chapter blog. It is the largest environmental organization in Michigan, with 150,000 members.
Read MoreThe “rap” on Holtec
(Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder, Alliance for Environmental Strategies, southeastern New Mexico) See Beyond Nuclear’s annotated bibliography entitled “Radioactive Skeletons in Holtec’s Closet.” See Nancy Vann of Safe Energy Rights Group’s “rap sheet” on Holtec. (Note that Holtec and SNC-Lavalin “divorced” some years ago. But their brief “marriage” as a nuclear power plant…
Read MoreDon’t Waste Michigan, et al. & Sierra Club Final Briefs in Beyond Nuclear v. NRC (Holtec CISF, NM federal appeal, D.C. Circuit)
PETITIONERS’ [FINAL] OPENING BRIEF (Jan. 23, 2024); PETITIONERS’ [FINAL] REPLY BRIEF (Jan. 23, 2024). These combined coalition briefs were filed jointly by SIERRA CLUB, and DON’T WASTE MICHIGAN et al., including CITIZENS’ ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION (of New York), CITIZENS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION (of Michigan), NUCLEAR ENERGY INFORMATION SERVICE (of Illinois), SAN LUIS OBISPO MOTHERS…
Read MoreFasken and PBLRO’s Final Briefs in Beyond Nuclear v. NRC (Holtec CISF federal appeal, D.C. Circuit Court)
PETITIONERS FASKEN LAND AND MINERALS, LTD. AND PERMIAN BASIN LAND AND ROYALTY OWNERS’ FINAL OPENING BRIEF [January 23, 2024]; PETITIONERS FASKEN LAND AND MINERALS, LTD. AND PERMIAN BASIN LAND AND ROYALTY OWNERS’ FINAL REPLY BRIEF [January 23, 2024].
Read MoreBreakdown of Bailouts at Holtec’s Palisades NPP
[Image: Design by Gene Case, Avenging Angels; the image graced the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney nuclear power relapse.] Bailouts, giveaways, and subsidies, oh my! What are anti-nuke watchdogs to do, Todo? Summon tremendous heart, courage, and brains to fight back,…
Read MoreImpacts to Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights from Uranium Exploitation, Feb. 28, 11am ET
Announcement from Susan Schuurman, Communications Manager, New Mexico Environmental Law Center: IACHR to Host Hearing on Impacts to Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights from Uranium Exploitation–Feb. 28th at 11am EST/9am MST IACHR GRANTS THEMATIC HEARING ON IMPACTS TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ HUMAN RIGHTS FROM URANIUM EXPLOITATION Historic Hearing to be Held in Washington, D.C. Weds, Feb. 28th…
Read MoreNewest Nuke Nightmares at Palisades, 2022-Present
[Image: Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Below is a reverse (present day to past) chronological listing of Beyond Nuclear web posts about the Palisades zombie reactor restart scheme (and so-called “Small Modular Reactor” new builds scheme on the same tiny 432-acre site),…
Read More10 years since “impossible” WIPP leak
[Image of smoke billowing from the WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a repository for nuclear weapons complex transuranic waste) underground in February 2014. This industrial fire — caused by an unmaintained vehicle in the underground — led to a mass evacuation of underground WIPP workers. Around two-dozen were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation, including one…
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