Radioactive Waste
Coalition 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)…
Read MoreNuclear Hotseat: CISFs@SCOTUS
On Nuclear Hotseat Episode #730, host Libbe HaLevy interviews Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on June 18, 2025 regarding consolidated interim storage facilities (CISFs) for highly radioactive waste, targeted at Texas and New Mexico. Listen to the podcast here. Libbe describes the featured…
Read MoreVideo + updated fact sheets about EJ burden of nuke waste dumps, transport
Four-minute video about the environmental justice (EJ) aspects of high-level radioactive waste, including the fact that Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and low-income communities are most often the ones targeted for dump-sites (such as so-called consolidated interim storage facilities), as well as such EJ communities also burdened by highly radioactive waste’s transportation along the…
Read MorePalisades: ASLB rejects new/amended environmental contentions
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] On June 20, 2025, the three administrative law judge panel at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety (sic) and Licensing Board overseeing the Palisades closed reactor restart proceedings ruled against our environmental coalition’s new and amended…
Read More“Gross mismanagement”: Plan to release tritium is halted
New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has temporarily paused a plan to vent 30,000 curies of radioactive tritium into the air this summer. NMED, citing significant public interest, is requiring Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to perform four additional steps before proceeding, including an independent technical review, tribal consultation, public meeting, and compliance audit. NMED states…
Read MoreCoalition Intervenes against BAND-AID Steam Generator Fixes at Palisades “Zombie” Reactor
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {June 30, 2025 UPDATE: Earlier today, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) posted our environmental coalition filing (PETITION TO INTERVENE AND REQUEST FOR ADJUDICATORY HEARING BY BEYOND NUCLEAR, DON’T WASTE MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN SAFE ENERGY FUTURE, THREE MILE…
Read MoreAfter 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…
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