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Chornobyl dogs studied
First step in probing radiation “red flags” In order to understand the impact of radioactive contamination on the genome, and what it means for continuing exposures into the future, researchers have studied the underlying genetic qualities of dogs in and around the ruined Chornobyl Nuclear Facility in Ukraine. Dogs have lived in the area since…
Read MoreGrowing Coalition Urges Energy Secretary to Again Deny Palisades “Zombie” Reactor Massive Bailout for Operational Restart
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216 Terry Lodge, legal counsel, [email protected], (419) 205-7084 Environmental Coalition to Energy Secretary Granholm: Yet Again Reject Massive Bailout Scheme at Palisades Atomic Reactor Restarting Dangerously Age-Degraded Nuke Would Violate Law, and Risk Health, Safety, Environment, and Pocketbooks, Watchdogs Warn COVERT…
Read MoreHow dangerous is tritium?
Beyond Nuclear is preparing a two-part (online) conference to examine the many aspects of tritium — how it is made, how it gets into the environment and why it is harmful. From proposed liquid releases from decommissioning nuclear plants in Massachusetts (Pilgrim) and New York (Indian Point)]; to the massive tritiated water release that Tepco…
Read MoreDepleted uranium weapons to Ukraine
From Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: The UK government is sending depleted uranium shells for use in the Challenger 2 tanks gifted to Ukraine, a move the longtime British peace and disarmament organization, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has condemned as an additional environmental and health disaster for those living through the conflict. Defence Minister Baroness…
Read MoreMary Oscko in memoriam
Mary Oscko was a North St. Louis activist in the campaign to clean up Coldwater Creek from WWII Manhattan Project radiation contamination. She passed away on February 20, 2023 from stage 4 lung cancer despite never having smoked cigarettes. She was interviewed by Nuclear Hotseat host, Libbe Halevy, on February 20, 2016, at the Atoms Next Door…
Read MoreVoices from Japan
On this week’s edition of Nuclear Hotseat, Beverly Findlay-Kaneko provides an “on-the-ground in Japan” report on the current situation faced by people living with the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Beverly lived in Yokohama, Japan, for 20 years until March 2011. She worked at Yokohama National University and The Japan Times. Beverly…
Read MoreSign-on letter, for groups and individuals, to oppose the Palisades “zombie” atomic reactor’s bailout and restart
See the sign on letter, here.
Read MoreCracking up
The struggling state-owned French energy company, EDF, is grappling with cracks found at the Penly-1 reactor. Reports RFI of EDF: “The group last month reported the latest “serious corrosion problem” on an emergency cooling system at its Penly 1 plant in northern France, one of 16 reactors taken offline in the past twelve months.” These…
Read MoreCorruption doesn’t pay
In the space of two days, two leading figures in nuclear corruption scandals paid the price for their criminal actions. On March 8, former SCANA COO, Stephen Byrne, who had pled guilty for his part in the fraud and corruption surrounding his company’s failed V.C.Summer new nuclear construction project in South Carolina, was sentenced to 15…
Read MoreJapan’s next Fukushimas?
With apparently no lessons learned from the devastating Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster 12 years ago, the Japanese Cabinet has approved plans to extend the operating lives of its reactor fleet beyond the current 60-year limit. Under the country’s new GX Decarbonisation Power Supply Bill, continued dependence on fossil fuels and nuclear power is prioritized at the…
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