Radioactive Waste
TRINITY, 80 YEARS ON
TRINITY, 80 YEARS ON Nuclear perils remain, resistance persists On July 16, 1945, the U.S. Army’s Manhattan Project secretly tested a plutonium bomb, code-named “Trinity,” in southern New Mexico (pictured). As they do annually, New Mexicans commemorated the fallout, both literal and figurative, this week. (Incredibly enough, New Mexico has two nuclear catastrophes, both dated…
Read MoreUPDATE: COMMENT BY JULY 25 — STOP radiation health menace
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), hosted a pre-decisional public meeting on July 16, 1-5:30 PM ET, to take VERBAL comments on Trump Executive Order (EO) 14300 Section 5(b), which directs the NRC to “reconsider” its use of the linear no threshold (LNT) model for radiation exposure. NRC views this as an “opportunity” to “enable the…
Read MoreLearn more about anti-nuke work in New Mexico!
[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies (AFES). The design incorporates the shape of the state, its turqoise and gold colors, as well as the Zia Pueblo sun symbol, which also appears on the state flag.] On July 16, 2025 — the 80th annual commemoration of Trinity, and the 46th…
Read MoreSMOKING GUN: 3 Years Since Holtec Con Job
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Beginning in 2020, Holtec perpetrated a bait and switch trick at Palisades on Lake Michigan. Promising to decommission the half-century old, perpetually problem-plagued reactor after Entergy shut it for good on 5/20/22, Holtec instead applied to the…
Read MoreWORT: Updates on Radioactive Waste & Palisades
Jan Miyasaki, host of 8 O’Clock Buzz on WORT/89.9 FM community radio in Madison, Wisconsin, interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, on July 2, 2025. Here is the write up: Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear gives an update on two issues currently being addressed in the courts and legislatures: a U.S. Supreme Court…
Read MoreBob Alvarez, Presente!
It is with a profound sadness and sense of loss that we share the news of Bob Alvarez’s passing on July 1, 2025, at age 76. See the New York Times obituary, published on July 18, 2025, here. (Here below is a remembrance, shared by Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association: Friends:…
Read MoreState of Michigan Renews Palisades’ NPDES Permit
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] EMAIL WITH ATTACHMENTS FROM MI EGLE TO PUBLIC COMMENTERS ON PALISADES ATOMIC REACTOR NPDES PERMIT: From: “McKay, Betsy (EGLE)” <[email protected]> Date: 07/02/2025 8:33 AM EDT Subject: Response to Comments on NPDES Permit No. MI0001457; Designated Name: Palisades…
Read MoreCoalition objects to Holtec’s alleged abuse of Palisades DTF
[“Burning Money” image, by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. The image was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti, about the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney nuclear power relapse then being attempted.] {See our environmental coalition’s press release, here. Michigan Public/NPR and WZZM/ABC 13 have reported on this story.}…
Read MoreCOMMENT: Canada and US FAIL on radionuclides
TELL CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT RADIONUCLIDES SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS A CHEMICAL OF MUTUAL CONCERN UNDER THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT Seeking Your Voice and Participation on Monday July 14, 2025 (10 AM Eastern/9 AM Central): Dear Friends & Colleagues: We are seeking your participation in an important meeting to be…
Read MoreYet another Palisades ASLB forms
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] Our environmental coalition continues challenging LARs (License Amendment Requests) associated with restarting the closed Palisades “zombie” atomic reactor in Covert Township, southwest Michigan. On June 16, our environmental coalition intervened against Holtec’s dangerous License Amendment Request (LAR)…
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