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We must eliminate nuclear weapons
Today, September 26, as it is every year, is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. As we see nuclear sabers rattling once again with the Russia-Ukraine war seemingly poised on a nuclear knife-edge, it is time to renew our call for the elimination of weapons capable of destroying all life on…
Read MoreHoltec’s PSDAR and DCE for Palisades; NRC public comment meeting Sept. 22, in-person and virtual/teleconference
Holtec International’s Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report and Decommissioning Cost Estimate for the Palisades atomic reactor in Covert, Michigan, on the Lake Michigan shoreline, was published on December 23, 2020. The document is 98 pages long. The PSDAR begins on page 1 of 98, while the DCE begins on page 48 of 98, on the PDF…
Read MoreJuly 16 New Mexico frontline community events (1979 Church Rock uranium tailings spill; 1945 “Trinity” atomic bomb “test” blast)
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Please see the email from Lilly Adams at Union of Concerned Scientists, below. Here are links to the documents that Lilly attached to her original email: 1. Red Water Pond Road Community Association/MASE flier; 2. TBDC press release. Please spread the word about these important events. Thank you. —Kevin Kamps, Beyond…
Read MorePress Release: Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium to Hold 13th Annual Candlelight Vigil
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Read MoreCommemorating the Trinity Test on July 16
July 5, 2022 email from Sofia Rose Wolman: Greetings, We’re writing to encourage your ongoing action, through marking Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Trinity Day this summer. This particular email is about July 16: the date of the Trinity Test in 1945, when the first nuclear weapon was exploded in the USA state of New Mexico. Wherever…
Read MoreJuly 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 MoreRadiation report released! June 17 comment deadline
The National Academy of Sciences committee today released its report recommending next steps for low-dose radiation research. Starting tomorrow, the public has 15 days to submit comments that will be shared with the study’s sponsor, the U.S. Department of Energy. The National Academies hosted virtual public meetings including an October public meeting featuring powerful and…
Read MoreNominate a winner!
Nuclear-Free Future Award open for candidates The historic Nuclear-Free Future Award will be held again later this year and you can nominate a candidate to win. The award is offered in three categories — Resistance, Education and Solution. Founded in 1998, the Nuclear-Free Future Award honors people from around the world who have made an…
Read MorePeace petition tops one million; goes to UN
On April 12, the IPPNW petition to reject war and nuclear weapons was delivered at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Launched by 16 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and so far joined by 1,061,000 citizens worldwide, the open letter calls for “an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of all Russian military forces from Ukraine, and…
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