Radioactive Waste
July 16 – 43rd Uranium Tailings Spill Legacy Commemoration, Churchrock, New Mexico
Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever
Action Alert: Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever Thursday, July 7th, at 5:30 pm [Mountain Time, which is 7:30 pm Eastern/6:30 pm Central/4:30 pm Pacific], DOE will host a virtual and in-person WIPP Community Forum and Open House in Santa Fe. It will take place at the Santa Fe…
Read MoreProhibition of federal funds for private interim storage of spent nuclear fuel
U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (Democrat-Texas) introduced an amendment at the House Appropriations Committee markup hearing and vote on Fiscal Year 2023 Energy & Water Development funding that would have prohibited any federal spending on privately-owned consolidated interim storage facilities for highly radioactive waste. See the Cuellar amendment here: Rep. Cuellar did offer his amendment, but…
Read MorePublic Stonewalled in Holtec Takeover of Palisades and Big Rock Point Atomic Reactor Sites: Entergy Confirms License Transfer; No NRC Public Hearings Held
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Terry Lodge, legal counsel, Toledo, OH, (419) 205-7084, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Takoma Park, MD, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Bette Pierman, President, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Benton Harbor, MI, (269) 369-3993, [email protected] Iris…
Read MoreBRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAE NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC. IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS AND AFFIRMANCE
On June 13, 2022, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) — the nuclear power industry’s lobbying and public relations HQ in Washington, D.C. — filed a Friend of the Court Brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Don’t Waste Michigan v. NRC case: NEI’s Friend of the Court…
Read MoreINITIAL BRIEF OF INTERVENOR INTERIM STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC
Interim Storage Partners, LLC filed its Initial Brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 21, 2022. See ISP’s Initial Brief here: Petitioners (parties opposed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of ISP’s construction and operating license on September 13, 2021) include Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan…
Read MoreKevin Kamps’ statement re: Diablo at SLOMFP press conference
Image: “Diablo Boys,” by Mark Bryan — ArtOfMarkBryan.com
Read MoreNRC & DOJ filings in ISP CISF federal appeal at DC Circuit Court
On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Justice met the deadline for their response to federal appeals filed by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, Sierra Club, et al. in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The case is referred to as Don’t Waste Michigan, et…
Read MoreCISFs would automatically double transport risks!
Consolidated interim storage facilities (CISFs) for highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel would automatically double already high transportation risks. First the wastes would be shipped from the nuclear power plants where they are currently stored, to a CISF. But someday — or some decade, or some century, depending on how long the CISFs would sit there…
Read MoreJapan regulator OKs water dump
Plan to Discharge Fukushima Water Into Pacific Gets OK From Regulators The discharge could release a number of radioactive isotopes into the Pacific Ocean, critics say By Julia Conley, Common Dreams Despite outcry from local leaders and the Japanese public and warnings from environmental campaigners, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday gave its approval for…
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