Waste Transportation
Appeals filed en banc to 5th Circuit Court, in favor of Texas dump
[Image above: Opponents to ISP’s CISF at WCS, TX speak out at NRC environmental public comment meeting in Feb., 2017 in Andrews, TX.] NRC and DOJ, as well as ISP, have filed petitions en banc, asking the full roster of judges at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to overrule a…
Read MoreGroups Demand DOE EIS Before Agency Bails Out Palisades Zombie Reactor Restart
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Terry Lodge, environmental coalition co-counsel, (419) 205-7084, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Environmental Coalition Demands DOE Prepare EIS before Bailing Out Palisades for Unprecedented Restart NEPA Requires “Major Federal Project” Hard Look, Groups…
Read MoreNM AG Opposes Holtec CISF
On Friday, September 8, 2023, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed an Amicus Brief, arguing against the Holtec International license granted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Friend of the Court Brief is in support of Beyond Nuclear and others’ legal challenges to the NRC license in federal appeals currently before the U.S.…
Read MorePress Statement re: Palisades zombie reactor restart
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216 Wolverine and Hoosier Rural Electric Co-Ops’ Power Purchase Agreement with Holtec for Palisades’ Electricity a ‘Pig in a Poke,’ Says Critic Reliability, Affordability, and Even Safety Put at Extreme Risk by Zombie Atomic Reactor Restart Scheme COVERT TOWNSHIP,…
Read MoreCity of Fort Worth, TX submits amicus brief opposing Holtec CISF in NM
On September 8, 2023, the City of Fort Worth, Texas submitted an amicus curiae brief opposing Holtec International’s consolidated interim storage facility targeting southeastern New Mexico. Ft. Worth’s concern has especially to do with the large number of high-risk shipments of high-level radioactive waste on city railways, over decades, while traveling en route to Holtec’s…
Read MoreOpponents to Holtec’s CISF in NM file Initial Briefs in federal appeal
On September 1st, opponents to Holtec International’s consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) — for high-level radioactive waste, targeted at southeastern New Mexico — filed their Initial Briefs at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. See Beyond Nuclear’s Initial Brief, here. See Don’t Waste Michigan and Sierra Club’s Initial Brief, here.*…
Read MoreGolden Rule-related events in s.w. MI, Sept. 7-13
Please see the event updates below (time-stamped 9pm ET, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023). Please note that all open boat tours in St. Joe, MI have been cancelled. However, all remaining events, to be held in Kalamazoo, will go ahead as previously planned, from Sat., Sept. 9 till Tues., Sept. 12. Hope you can come to…
Read MoreTexas/Fasken’s 5th Circuit ISP petition granted and license vacated
In a major legal victory for opponents to Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP) proposed high-level radioactive waste dump targeted at Andrews County, Texas, on August 25, 2023 the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana granted the State of Texas and Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd.’s petition, and vacated the license for construction…
Read MoreNRC and Holtec violate EJ and consent-based siting: radioactive waste dump licensed in New Mexico
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, [email protected], 240-462-3216 Diane D’Arrigo, [email protected], 301-270-6477, extension 3 Michael Keegan, [email protected], 734-770-1441 Rose Gardner, [email protected], 575-390-9634 Terry Lodge, Legal Counsel for DWM et al., [email protected], 419-205-7084 Stephen Kent, [email protected], 914-589-5988 NRC APPROVES NEW MEXICO NUCLEAR WASTE ‘INTERIM’ STORAGE FACILITY BUT A NEW STATE LAW AND FEDERAL COURT…
Read MoreNEIS Night With The Experts — Mobile Chornobyl: Preventing Unnecessary Risks with Transportation of Nuclear Waste. April 27, 7pm CST
Announcement sent by Dave Kraft, Director, NEIS, on April 15, 2023– You’re Invited to A Night with the Experts Featuring: Kevin Kamps Beyond Nuclear Speaking on Mobile Chornobyl: Preventing Unnecessary Risks in Transporting Nuclear Waste Thursday, April 27, 2023 7pm Central Time (8pm ET, 6pm MT, 5pm PT) UTC -5 Zoom Link: click here In…
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