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Fukushima 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…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear annual report
The Beyond Nuclear Annual Report for 2024, a brief overview of some of the highlights of our work last year, is now available for download here. The annual report focuses on our work to stop extreme reactor license renewals; to draw attention to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s reckless decision to ignore the likely impacts of…
Read MoreTrump, an offshore wind killer
Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at State University of New York/College at Old Westbury, author and Beyond Nuclear board member, has written a piece in Nation of Change outlining Trump’s dangerous stance on wind. “Among his many actions on Monday in his first day as U.S. president, Donald Trump ordered a ‘temporary withdrawal’ of any…
Read MoreCA wildfires: a warning to NRC on climate change
US Government Accountability Office warnings to Nuclear Regulatory Commission go unheeded For nuclear power plants, fire is considered a very significant contributor to the overall reactor core damage frequency (CDF), or the risk of a meltdown. Fire at a nuclear power station can be initiated by both external and/or internal events. It can start with…
Read MoreNov. 14, 2022 Press Availability and Statement by Arnold Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds, re: Scheme to Restart the Permanently Closed Palisades Atomic Reactor
Contact: Arnold Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds, (802) 238-4452 Press Availability and Statement by Arnold Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds Re: Scheme to Restart the Permanently Closed Palisades Atomic Reactor (pictured above) Covert Township, Van Buren County, MI, November 14, 2022–Arnold Gundersen is Chief Engineer at Fairewinds. Gundersen, a world renowned nuclear power safety watchdog, and…
Read More2025 Nuclear-Free Future Award laureates announced
The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will this year honor individuals from Brazil, India, Navajo country, the United States and Zimbabwe for their achievements in working for a nuclear-free world. The Award laureates are chosen by an international jury of their peers and are offered in three categories: Resistance, Education and Solution. The 2025 laureates are:…
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