Radioactive Waste
After 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…
Read MoreZOMBIE REACTOR RUBBER STAMP?! NRC Finalizes Palisades Restart EA/FONSI
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] ZOMBIE REACTOR RUBBER STAMP?! NRC Finalizes Palisades Restart EA/FONSI The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finalized its Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact on Holtec’s scheme to restart the closed Palisades atomic reactor in Covert, Michigan. This…
Read MoreThe Heart of a New Military Paradigm: Anduril’s AI Drone Warfare and a Worsening Nuclear Waste Catastrophe
Message from Patricia Marida of Ohio Nuclear-Free Network: The Heart of a New Military Paradigm: Anduril’s AI Drone Warfare and a Worsening Nuclear Waste Catastrophe 1 hour 40 minutes on YouTube. Many kudos to Jason and Terry for their excellent analyses. Kudos also to Kat Finneran from the Buckeye Environmental Network who organized and facilitated…
Read MoreThe St. Louis atomic bomb waste dump still sickens
It’s been 83 years and “We still don’t know what to do with the first cupful.” On June 2, 2025, WBUR Boston and National Public Radio (NPR) aired the “On Point” podcast regarding a decades old environmental justice struggle, “The long-term effects of nuclear waste in St. Louis.” Kay Drey, a St. Louis, Missouri environmentalist,…
Read MoreFINAL ACTION ALERT ON ILLINOIS NUCLEAR MORATORIUM — SESSION ENDS MAY 31
[June 1, 2025 update from Dave Kraft, director, NEIS: Illinois Moratorium Repeal Win — sort of… Greetings All — A short note here to let you know that the large energy omnibus bill that contained the nuclear construction moratorium repeal did NOT come up for a vote prior to the adjournment of the legislative session.…
Read MoreZOMBIE NUKES?! Palisades Precedent, Three Years On
On May 20, 2022, then owner of Palisades atomic reactor in southwest Michigan, Entergy, closed it for good. Holtec took over, supposedly to decommission it, on June 28, 2022. But decommissioning was a lie. By July 5, 2022, Holtec applied to the U.S. Department of Energy for many billions of dollars in bailouts, to restart…
Read MoreNEIS alert against new reactors in IL–take action ASAP!
If you live in Illinois, please take direct action as soon as possible! If you do not, please spread word about this alert to everyone you know who does reside in Illinois! NEIS is sending a delegation to the IL state capital, in Springfield, to speak out against the legislation. See the Nuclear Energy Information…
Read MoreCoalition appeals against Palisades zombie reactor restart before NRC Commissioners
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] Notice of Appeal of ASLB Decision LBP-25-04, by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, Michigan Clean Energy Future, Three Mile Island Alert and Nuclear Energy Information Service, and Brief in Support of Appeal 04/25/2025 [the eve of…
Read MoreDefending Lake Michigan against radioactive risks!
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {Friday, May 16, 2025 updates: The Toledo Blade, Michigan Public Radio, and Michigan Advance have reported on the Palisades zombie reactor restart NRC ASLB oral argument pre-hearings. Regarding the Toledo Blade article, note that Nuclear Energy and…
Read More