Radioactive Waste
Environmental Coalition to Energy Secretary Granholm: Again Reject Massive Bailout Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor
Restarting Dangerously Age-Degraded Nuke Would Risk Health, Safety, Security, and Environment, Watch-Dogs Warn See the letter, endorsed by 115 organizations (31 in Michigan) and 179 individuals (including 49 Michiganders), here. (A PDF of the letter can be emailed to you as well — simply send request to [email protected].) See our press release, here.
Read MoreU.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denies Beyond Nuclear/Ohio Nuclear-Free Network en banc appeal against HALEU
On January 17, 2023, the 11 judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit published an ORDER denying Beyond Nuclear and Ohio Nuclear-Free Network’s appeal en banc (to the full membership of the Circuit Court) in their National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lawsuit against rushed generation of HALEU at the…
Read MoreNuclear 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 MoreCelebrating “Unsung Heroes,” the winners of Beyond Nuclear’s Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Award
[Portrait of Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud, by Robert Del Tredichi, from his 1980 book The People of Three Mile Island.] Judith Johnsrud (1931-2014) was a founding board member of Beyond Nuclear. She also co-founded Nuclear Information and Resource Service, as well as the Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power. One of her many claims to fame…
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 MoreNM Governor Lujan Grisham writes President Biden in opposition to Holtec CISF
See the strong Nov. 16, 2022 letter, here: New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, pictured above, served as one of just a handful of official chairs for the 2020 Democratic National Convention that nominated Joe Biden as the party’s candidate for president. She also served as a top presidential Transition Team leader, after he won…
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 MoreWALK TO JUSTICE for Leonard Peltier: March, Rally, and Prayer in Washington, D.C.
Beyond Nuclear stood in solidarity with the American Indian Movement (AIM) and International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee on Sunday, November 13, 2022. The day marked the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Trail of Broken Treaties occupation of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. See the event flier here: The rally marked the culmination…
Read MoreFederal court panel rejects HALEU appeal, but another opening remains
On November 15, 2022, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected an appeal brought by Beyond Nuclear and the Ohio Nuclear-Free Network challenging the production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Portsmouth, Ohio site. HALEU would, supposedly, fuel “advanced” reactor…
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