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RADIATION MEETING May 15-16
The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies is hosting its 46th Meeting on May 15 & 16. Among the topics are advancements and limitations in low dose research, implications of attacks on commercial nuclear reactors, and development of a multi-laboratory, multi-entity collaborative project to detect soil and groundwater contamination at waste disposal…
Read MoreTHE IRAN DEAL: Smash it then claim it
There is deep irony in the Trump administration working to secure credit for a nuclear deal with Iran, given it was the previous Trump administration that destroyed a perfectly adequate one — the JCPOA — that had ensured Iran’s uranium enrichment stayed within commercial grade while lifting sanctions. Now, as Iran appears to be enriching…
Read MoreNuclear-Free Future Award laureates honored
S.P. Udayakumar of India, Márcia Gomes and Norbert Suchanek of Brazil and Germany respectively, and Edwick Madzimure of Zimbabwe, received their Nuclear-Free Future Awards at a moving ceremony in New York on March 4. The event was founded by Claus Biegert (pictured) in 1998. Udayakumar was unable to travel and has incurred great risks to…
Read MoreJOIN US: REPORT BACK on Nuclear weapons UN meeting
You are invited to an informal zoom REPORT BACK to the community, April 16, 4:30 PM ET on the third Meeting of States Parties (MSP3) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that took place in NYC at United Nations Headquarters, March 2-7. Mary Olson (Founder of Gender and Radiation Impact Project)…
Read MoreTELL CONGRESS ‘NO NUKES’!
During the March 24 webinar on nuclear power hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action, and featuring M.V. Ramana and Paul Gunter, participants were asked to complete an action item that sends a strong anti-nuke message to their members of Congress, urging them not to vote to allocate further public resources to nuclear power. Click this link,…
Read MoreFukushima 14 years later and still uncertain future
Beyond Nuclear turns to our Japanese colleagues to report on the 14th annual commemoration of the March 11, 2011 nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. This timeless disaster started with a severe offshore earthquake followed by a 48-ft high tsunami. Combined, this two unimaginable disasters caused the nuclear power station’s loss of…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear files two relicensing legal actions
In February 2025, Beyond Nuclear and the Sierra Club (“petitioners”) filed two legal actions challenging extreme relicensing decisions by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to qualify and extend US reactor operating licenses beyond 60 years to 80 years. The petitioners have argued that these license renewals are based on faulty analyses of the environmental impacts…
Read More‘Nuked’ documentary now on Vimeo
Indigenous perspectives take the spotlight as the award-winning feature documentary from filmmaker and eco advocate Andrew Nisker is available On Demand for the first time to US audiences. As the Marshall Islands Nuclear Remembrance Day approaches and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moves the doomsday clock to 89 seconds to midnight, ‘Nuked’ examines the legacy…
Read MoreWEBINAR: What nuclear boosters won’t tell you about radiation
In Their Rush to Expand, Nuclear Interests Ignore and Suppress Evidence of Radiation’s Harms, Including Worse Impacts on Women and Children Gender + Radiation Impact Project will host a webinar on February 20 at 12 PM ET, featuring leading experts on the impacts of radiation from nuclear technologies. Cindy Folkers, author and radiation and health…
Read MoreWatch Webinar: New book sheds light on radiation science
The Scientists Who Alerted Us to the Dangers of Radiation, a new book by Ian Fairlie and Beyond Nuclear’s Cindy Folkers, had its Canadian book launch and webinar. There was a lively and informative discussion and question and answer session that covered many topics, in addition to those highlighted in the book that reveals that the…
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