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OH indictments in nuclear-bribery-for-bailouts conspiracy
On February 12, 2024, State of Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost — flanked by Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh and Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree — announced dozens of state felony indictments against two former FirstEnergy executives — Charles “Chuck” Jones, former CEO of FirstEnergy, and Michael Dowling, former FirstEnergy senior vice president of…
Read MoreHoltec is infamous for lying
[Tee shirt graphic art, above, by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies (AFES) in southeastern New Mexico.] Holtec is infamous for lying. Or at least for major reversals. Also known as con jobs. A few examples: (1.) Holtec said beginning in 2020 that it wanted to take over the Palisades nuclear power plant…
Read More“The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb,” anti-nuclear teach-ins, Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 11, 2023
On Monday, September 11, 2023, in conjunction with a visit by Veterans for Peace’s historic anti-nuclear sail boat “The Golden Rule,” a coalition of groups held an all-day long teach-in on nuclear issues in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Entitled “The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb,” the teach-in featured many speakers on nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and radioactive…
Read MoreEnvironmental Coalition Intervenes Against Palisades Zombie Reactor Restart
[Image above: Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Palisades Shutdown Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] See the December 6, 2023 press release by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, and Michigan Safe Energy Future. See the legal and technical documents submitted to NRC on December 5, 2023, below: PETITION TO INTERVENE AND…
Read MoreResisting 20 More Years at Perry
Beyond Nuclear has joined with the Ohio Nuclear-Free Network to challenge Energy Harbor’s (formerly, FirstEnergy Nuclear) application for a 20-year license extension at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, on the Lake Erie shore in Ohio, northeast of Cleveland (pictured above). If approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the 20-year extension would allow Perry…
Read MoreNEIS Statement on the Legislature’s Partial Repeal of Illinois’ Nuclear Construction Moratorium, and Embrace of Small Modular Reactors
Thank you to everyone who took action as we forwarded action alerts from Nuclear Energy Information Service of Chicago (NEIS) over the past many weeks. Unfortunately, despite NEIS and its supporters’ best efforts, the Illinois state legislature partially repealed the state’s nuclear construction moratorium. Ironically enough, the state legislature’s unwise move came at the very…
Read MoreHelp defend new reactor moratorium!
See urgent action alert from David Kraft, director, Nuclear Energy Information Service of Chicago, below. If you reside in Illinois, please take action ASAP, and spread the word to everyone you know in Illinois. If you do not reside in Illinois, please forward this alert to folks you know there, ASAP. Kraft also got an…
Read MoreNEIS ACTION ALERT! TAKE ACTION THIS WEEK! Uphold Governor Pritzker’s veto on SB76
[If you reside in Illinois, please take direct action. If you do not, please forward this alert to anyone you know in Illinois! Here is an excellent op-ed by Dave Kraft, director, NEIS, for additional info.: Lawmakers, keep moratorium on new nuclear power plants in Illinois The claim of benefits of small modular reactors are…
Read MoreExpediting SMR Construction?!
[Here is an audio recording of the meeting described below, provided by Kraig Schultz of Michigan Safe Energy Future-Shoreline Chapter in Grand Haven, MI. Public statements begin at the 55 minute mark of the recording. They came from: Schultz, MSEF; Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear; Mary Lampert, Pilgrim Watch, Massachusetts; Jan Boudart, Nuclear Energy Information Service…
Read MoreNEIS ACTION ALERT – IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED! Uphold Governor Pritzker’s veto on SB76, in order to preserve Illinois’s decades-long moratorium against new atomic reactors
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Please see below. If you reside in Illinois, please take direct action. If you don’t live in Illinois, please forward this action alert on to anyone and everyone you know who resides in Illinois, urging them to take action and to also spread the word. As you will see in a…
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