Centralized Storage
Nuclear storage project in New Mexico terminated
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder, Alliance for Environmental Strategies.] The following news outlets have reported on this story: Forbes; Carlsbad Current-Argus in southeastern New Mexico; Santa Fe New Mexican (all behind paywalls); and New Mexico Political Report (free access). Beyond Nuclear has published a press release celebrating the dump’s cancellation, and thanking allies…
Read MoreIs Holtec pulling out of New Mexico?
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies (AFES).] August 14, 2025 article by Adrian Hedden in the Carlsbad Current-Argus. The article reports on a recent letter from Holtec International to its southeastern New Mexico business partners, the Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance. The letter reads, in part, as reported: “Unfortunately, the passage…
Read MoreCourt rejects our appeals against Holtec CISF
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies.] On August 5, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Beyond Nuclear’s appeal for a rehearing, either en banc (before all the judges of the circuit court), or by the initial three-judge panel which ruled against us…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear appealing en banc at D.C. Circuit Court against Holtec’s CISF license
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies (AFES). The design incorporates the shape of the state of New Mexico, its turquoise and gold colors, as well as the Zia Pueblo sun symbol, which also appears on the state flag.] On July 16, 2025 — the 80th annual commemoration of the…
Read MoreLearn more about anti-nuke work in New Mexico!
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies (AFES). The design incorporates the shape of the state, its turqoise and gold colors, as well as the Zia Pueblo sun symbol, which also appears on the state flag.] On July 16, 2025 — the 80th annual commemoration of Trinity, and the 46th…
Read MoreWORT: Updates on Radioactive Waste & Palisades
Jan Miyasaki, host of 8 O’Clock Buzz on WORT/89.9 FM community radio in Madison, Wisconsin, interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, on July 2, 2025. Here is the write up: Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear gives an update on two issues currently being addressed in the courts and legislatures: a U.S. Supreme Court…
Read MoreNuclear Hotseat: CISFs@SCOTUS
On Nuclear Hotseat Episode #730, host Libbe HaLevy interviews Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on June 18, 2025 regarding consolidated interim storage facilities (CISFs) for highly radioactive waste, targeted at Texas and New Mexico. Listen to the podcast here. Libbe describes the featured…
Read MoreVideo + updated fact sheets about EJ burden of nuke waste dumps, transport
Four-minute video about the environmental justice (EJ) aspects of high-level radioactive waste, including the fact that Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and low-income communities are most often the ones targeted for dump-sites (such as so-called consolidated interim storage facilities), as well as such EJ communities also burdened by highly radioactive waste’s transportation along the…
Read MoreAfter SCOTUS CISF Ruling, We’ll Pursue Appeal at D.C. Circuit Court!
[Image credit: No Nuclear Waste Aqui, Karen Hadden/SEED Coalition, and Diane D’Arrigo/NIRS; Andrews, Texas, Feb. 2017, NRC environmental scoping public comment meetings on WCS/ISP’s CISF scheme.] {June 21, 2025 Update: The following news outlets, among others, have reported on this story: Source New Mexico; AP; Courthouse News Service; Reuters; The Texas Tribune; ScienceNews; CBS News;…
Read MoreTrump Fires NRC Commissioner Who Chaired Agency Under Biden
[Photo of NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.] The dismissal came after President Trump signed several executive orders aimed at cutting safety regulations for nuclear power plants. As reported by the New York Times. That said, NRC Commissioner Hanson consistently voted against the public interest, including against health, safety, and environmental…
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