IUC intervention against Duane Arnold restart

Beyond Nuclear is striving to intervene at the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC), against NextEra’s scheme to restart the closed Duane Arnold atomic reactor (pictured above). Duane Arnold is a more than 50-year old General Electric Mark 1 reactor — that is, a twin-design to Fukushima Daiichi. Our legal counsel is Wally Taylor of Cedar Rapids,…

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U.S. SUPREME COURT DENIES CERT. TO BEYOND NUCLEAR RE: HOLTEC HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP LICENSE IN NEW MEXICO

[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies in southeastern New Mexico.] (*See below the press release, for a note regarding consolidated interim storage facility transport risks, sent to reporters covering Holtec’s Palisades closed reactor restart scheme in Michigan. However, such transport risks apply to every reactor in the U.S.) {The…

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Palisades restart top news story of 2025 in Michigan

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Several publications and outlets have named Holtec’s impending, unprecedented restart of the 60-year-old, closed-for-good Palisades atomic reactor as a top news story of 2025 (or as a top environmental story to watch in 2026): Michigan Advance’s…

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ZOMBIE NUKES?! Resistance to restarts, dump

ZOMBIE NUKES?! Resistance to restarts, dump We have entered our fourth year (2022-2026) fighting closed reactor restarts, first at Holtec’s Palisades in Michigan, and now at NextEra’s Duane Arnold in Iowa (pictured, above).* In both cases, our counsel are Wally Taylor in IA and Terry Lodge in OH. At Palisades, Holtec missed its years-long stated…

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CISF@SCOTUS: Reply Brief filed by deadline

[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies in southeastern New Mexico] {UPDATE: On December 15, 2025, Law360 published an article entitled “Beyond Nuclear Pushes Justices To Undo Storage License,” by Ganesh Setty, about the filing of our Reply Brief. The article is behind a paywall, so a link cannot be…

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Our Reply to Holtec on CISF SCOTUS Appeal

[Photo of the nine Justices currently comprising the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).] {UPDATE: On December 15, 2025, Law360 published an article entitled “Beyond Nuclear Pushes Justices To Undo Storage License,” by Ganesh Setty, about the filing of our Reply Brief. The article is behind a paywall, so a link cannot be provided…

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BAS exposés on Holtec

[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies in southeastern New Mexico.] Investigative journalist Matt Smith has published two articles in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) in the past couple weeks regarding Holtec International. The first, published November 20, 2025, is entitled “How Holtec International Became an Expanding (and…

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Press Statement re: $400 Million DOE Bailout for “SMRs” at Palisades

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {Michigan Advance has reported on this story. Kyle Davidson’s article is entitled “Amid safety concerns, Whitmer touts $400 million in federal funds for new reactors at Palisades.”} NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive…

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