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Nuclear felon to be sentenced, Feb. 22 – in charge of construction of VC Summer nuclear reactor debacle
Message sent by Tom Clements of Savannah River Site Watch: Nuclear felon in charge of construction of VC Summer nuclear reactor debacle to be sentenced, Feb. 22, 2023 If you’re interested in what happens to the felons who perpetrated fraud in the failed project to construct two AP1000 nuclear reactors in South Carolina, a…
Read MorePALISADES DECOMMISSIONING: Groups Meet Public Comment Deadline
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) set a December 27, 2022 public comment deadline re: Holtec’s Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) and Site-Specific Decommissioning Cost Estimate (DCE). Despite the holidays, and the fact that Holtec is scheming to restart the reactor (and/or build one or more Small Modular Reactors on the site), not decommission it,…
Read MoreCoalition FOIAs DOE and State of Michigan re: why Palisades was denied CNC bailout
Beyond Nuclear has joined with Don’t Waste Michigan to file Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the State of Michigan, seeking answers as to why DOE denied Holtec International a Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) bailout to the tune of a billion dollars or more, in order to…
Read MorePalisades atomic reactor’s shutdown for good: No More Risk of Reactor Core Meltdown, No More Radioactive Waste Generation, but Significant Waste and Contamination Risks Continue
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist at Beyond Nuclear, Board of Directors Member for Don’t Waste Michigan (Kalamazoo Chapter), (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Media Statement by Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, regarding the Palisades Atomic Reactor’s Shutdown for Good No More Risk of Reactor Core Meltdown, No More Radioactive Waste…
Read MoreVirtual Teach-In on the Current Nuclear Crisis, Thursday, October 27, 7 to 9pm ET
Vasily Arkhipov Day: After 60 Years, The Nuclear Threat Returns A Virtual Teach-In on the Current Nuclear Crisis, Thursday, October 27, 7 to 9pm Thursday, October 27 marks the 60th anniversary of the day Vasily Arkhipov (pictured above) single-handedly saved the world from nuclear annihilation. Off the coast of Cuba, the US Navy was attacking…
Read MoreZombies Against Palisades (ZAP)!
Bailout/Restart the Closed Palisades Atomic Reactor? Now That’s SCARY! What’d Somebody EAT YOUR BRAIN?! Anti-Nuke Zombies Protest Zombie Nuke Reactor! Saturday, October 29, 2022, 1–3pmExterior Grounds, State Capitol Building, Lansing, MI (East Lawn, North Side) Dress Up as an Anti–Nuke Zombie (Diabolical Beastie, Superhero, or other Crazy Critter–we need all the help we can get!)…
Read MoreLetter from 68 organizations to DOE, requesting denial of Civil Nuclear Credit Program payments to Palisades
On Friday, September 23, 2022, a coalition of 68 organizations and 81 individuals wrote to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and other leaders of the U.S. Department of Energy, requesting denial of Civil Nuclear Credit Program payments amounting to hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars of federal taxpayer money, for the Palisades atomic reactor…
Read MoreForum on Palisades Nuclear Plant’s ‘decommissioning’ turns into debate over restarting reactor
As reported by MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. Beyond Nuclear is quoted: …Kevin Kamps with the organization Beyond Nuclear, accused Holtec of taking part in a “con job” by taking ownership of Palisades for decommissioning and shortly afterward announcing it’s effort to restart it. “This will be challenged,” Kamps said. “Just as the plant was challenged before it…
Read More2018 documentary about South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, by Gabriela Bulisova and Mark Isaac
God’s River, by filmmakers Gabriela Bulisova and Mark Isaac GOD’S RIVER is a short documentary film created by Mark Isaac and Gabriela Bulisova as part of their work in Ukraine supported by a Fulbright grant. Energy producers and environmentalists agree that climate change has significantly reduced the flow of the Southern Bug River, the longest river…
Read MoreHoltec’s PSDAR and DCE for Palisades; NRC public comment meeting Sept. 22, in-person and virtual/teleconference
Holtec International’s Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report and Decommissioning Cost Estimate for the Palisades atomic reactor in Covert, Michigan, on the Lake Michigan shoreline, was published on December 23, 2020. The document is 98 pages long. The PSDAR begins on page 1 of 98, while the DCE begins on page 48 of 98, on the PDF…
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