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Leading Russians condemn threats to use nukes in Ukraine
Members of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, recently condemned threats to use tactical nuclear weapons on the battleground in Ukraine. Their unprecedented declaration reads: “Recently, there have been statements (some of them made by members of the SWAP) which promote, albeit with many reservations, the idea of a preventive nuclear strike by Russia…
Read MoreHuge victory in Illinois!
From Nuclear Energy Information Service: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has vetoed SB76, a bill that was introduced to repeal the long-standing 1987 Illinois nuclear construction moratorium. The bill had also been introduced as a not-so-subtle promotion for the so-called “next-generation” of nuclear reactors which nuclear advocates want to bring to Illinois. “We are extremely grateful to…
Read MoreInherited damage from France’s nuclear tests in Polynesia?
For 30 years, France undertook nuclear testing in its Pacific territory, French Polynesia. There were a total of 193 nuclear tests, including 41 atmospheric, that ended in 1996. These tests exposed the local population. Recent reporting by Al Jazeera focuses on the health impacts. Investigations by one of the same researchers who just released a…
Read MoreCoal co. laughs off nukes: chooses renewables instead
The head of Australia’s biggest coal power company, AGL Energy, laughed off suggestions that AGL should convert its closing coal plants to nuclear power plants. Instead, AGL will be building solar and wind power. Specifically, the company was asked to delay closure of its last coal plants, (including Liddell, pictured by Webaware/Wikimedia Commons), to accommodate…
Read MoreACT NOW for Downwinders!
While other victims of atomic testing have been compensated, the Trinity Downwinders have not. Now that the U.S. Senate has passed a historic expansion and extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), meant to compensate Trinity Downwinders and others, we need to ask the U.S. House to do the same. As passed in the…
Read MorePartial uranium mine ban in Grand Canyon area
President Biden will today create a national monument of nearly 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon. This designation will protect lands important to nearby Native Americans from new uranium mining — a major reason they want the designation. New mining claims will not be allowed, but “valid existing rights” will be maintained, which could…
Read MoreADVANCE Act on nuclear sends us backwards
The US Senate has passed the ADVANCE Act as a component of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), sending America backwards on climate mitigation by wasting needless funds and precious time chasing after elusive nuclear fantasies. The ADVANCE acronym stands for everything that nuclear power is not — Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for…
Read MoreRemembering Hiroshima/Nagasaki
“Hibakusha” is the term for those who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But in recent years, it has come to be applied more widely to all who have been exposed to radiation from nuclear bombs and other sources of contamination from manufacturing, uranium mining, nuclear reactors, and radioactive waste. And, as this week’s…
Read MoreSIGN UP: Autumn classes on radiation basics!
Cindy Folkers (Beyond Nuclear) and Mary Olson (Gender and Radiation Impact Project) are again offering their course on radiation basics with guest presenter, Ian Fairlie. RADIATION BASICS (5 classes) THURSDAYS from SEPTEMBER 7- OCTOBER 5 Noon ET / 11 am CT / 10 am MT / 9 am PT Topics Covered: What is radiation? Cancer…
Read More“Milestone” reactor is likely US’s last
The AP 1000 Vogtle Unit 3 reactor in Georgia, 16 years in the making, became officially operational this week after several technical setbacks earlier this year had caused it to start up and power down again. The moment of commercial operation has been heralded in headlines and by the nuclear industry as a “milestone” but…
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