JIMMY CARTER: Commemorations by nuke watchdogs

[White House Oval Office photograph, signed by President Carter (October 1, 1924 — December 29, 2024), showing him with S. David Freeman (January 14, 1926 – May 12, 2020). Thank you to Glenn Carroll, Nuclear Watch South coordinator, for sharing the photo.] Given his very extensive involvement in key nuclear issues, president Jimmy Carter’s death,…

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ZOMBIE NUKE?! Jan. 14, 2025 Palisades restart mtg.

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future (MSEF)-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] {Updated Jan. 6, 2025} ZOMBIE NUKE?! Please take part in important January 14, 2025 meeting! (Note, this meeting was originally scheduled for Jan. 9, 2025. However, on Jan. 6, NRC notified registered participants that it was…

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THOMAS CAMPBELL (1939-2024), PRESENTE!

[Photo: Bonnie Raitt and Tom Campbell. The photo accompanied Bonnie Raitt’s August 26, 2024 eulogy for Tom, posted on her Facebook Page.] THOMAS CAMPBELL, PRESENTE! Founder of Avocado Productions & Guacomole Fund, 1939-2024 Tom Campbell, a stalwart supporter of the anti-nuke cause since 1976, passed on August 13. His Celebration of Life was held this…

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The case against restarting TMI-1

[A photo taken in the mid-1980s, of the half-melted reactor core of Three Mile Island Unit 2. Although the meltdown occurred on March 28, 1979, it took several long years to clear the radioactive, melted nuclear fuel debris, as well as the mutated microbes in the radioactive wastewater covering the melted core, which had previously…

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“Why Nuclear Energy Is Suddenly Making a Comeback”–NOT!

[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. It graced the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article about the Bush/Cheney administration’s ill-fated nuclear power relapse efforts.] On December 27, Bloomberg TV published a very largely pro-nuclear power report. Of the 12 minute 16 second-long report, only a very short section, beginning at…

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ANA Fall Meeting & SRS site tour

[Photo by Nikolas Peterson, executive director of Hanford Challenge. Pictured from left to right are: Joanne Sweeney/Nuclear Watch South; Andrea Jones/GA WAND; Alfred Meyer/PSR; Tanvi Kardile/OREPA; Kimmy Igla/PeaceWorks Kansas City; Ellen Barfield/Veterans for Peace; Scott Kovac/Nuclear Watch New Mexico; Lon Burnam/Peace Farm; Ann Suellentrop/PeaceWorks Kansas City; Kevin Kamps/Beyond Nuclear; Ellen Thomas/Proposition One Committee; Betsy Rivard/GA…

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Risky Revival: How Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant could impact agriculture

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] On December 10, 2024, S. Nicole Lane published an article in Investigate Midwest entitled “Risky Revival: How Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant could impact agriculture: While state leaders champion the Palisades reopening as an energy solution, local farmers…

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Palisades restart timeline questioned

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] A front page, below the fold article by Carol Thompson in the Detroit News on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 was entitled “Nuke plant restart timeline questioned: Decision to repair, not replace damaged part irks safety advocates.” The…

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Indigenous views on nuclear power: no thanks

A new report — Indigenous Views on Nuclear Energy and Radioactive Waste — and a 10-minute video —Askomiw Ksanaqak (Forever Dangerous): Indigenous Nations Resist Nuclear Colonialism — are being released this week. Both are the culmination of a year-long project, CEDAR, led by Susan O’Donnell at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Canada, in partnership with…

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