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SOS: Nuclear power’s chilling legacy
The San Onofre Syndrome (SOS), more than a decade in the making, had its world premiere on October 8 and won the Awareness Film Festival’s Documentary Feature Grand Jury Award (out of 100 documentary entries.) This is a great honor and bodes well for the future reach of the film. Many more screenings are being…
Read MoreFirst we bombed New Mexico: A new film
From the promo: First We Bombed New Mexico is the untold story of Trinity, the world’s first nuclear bomb detonated in New Mexico one month before the bombing of Hiroshima. It is a story of government betrayal with tragic consequences. Thousands of New Mexicans – mostly Hispanic and Native American – were exposed to catastrophic…
Read MoreNuclear power relapse in Sweden?
Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, was quoted in an October 11 E&E News article, ‘Open for business’: Sweden turns to U.S. for nuclear reactors; Sweden’s deputy prime minister recently visited Washington to “go nuclear power plant shopping” and pitch regulatory collaboration to U.S. officials. “Has she forgotten about Chornobyl? (pictured) It took living…
Read More2023 Nuclear-Free Future Award winners announced
Indigenous and minority community activists honored for their work seeking justice for victims and survivors of atomic tests The 2023 Nuclear-Free Future Awards, an annual event that honors the many heroes of the global anti-nuclear movement who work to rid the world of uranium mining, nuclear power and nuclear weapons, will take place in New York…
Read MoreA bathtub curve for nuclear reactor accidents
“Bathtub” curve refers to the shape of the lines on the following graphs: Generic “bathtub” curve for increased risk of technology failures, “from toasters to atomic reactors,” as David Lochbaum (retired Union of Concerned Scientists nuclear engineer) has put it. Break-in phase risks when engineered systems are new include operator error from inexperience operating the…
Read MoreCoalition letters to MI officials opposing Palisades zombie reactor restart
Palisades Nuclear Watchdogs to Gov. Whitmer: Freeze $150 Million Legislature Approved for Unprecedented Reactor Restart on June 28 July 13, 2023 —————- Letter to MI governor re: Holtec’s alleged “make believe” financial misrepresentations July 10, 2023 —————- 43 Groups to Michigan State Legislators: Oppose $300 Million Bailout to Restart Closed Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor June…
Read MoreCoalition letters to DOE re: Palisades’ ineligibility for CNC bailouts
Growing Coalition Urges Energy Secretary to Again Deny Palisades “Zombie” Reactor Massive Bailout for Operational Restart March 22, 2023 ——————— Press Release: Environmental Coalition to Energy Secretary Granholm: Again Reject Massive Bailout Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor January 26, 2023 ———————- Letter from 68 organizations to DOE, requesting denial of Civil Nuclear Credit Program…
Read MoreMichigan LARA FOIA response re: Holtec/Palisades
LARA FOIA response (total of 967 pages): A. Pages 1 to 110 [Pages 1 to 110 in MI LARA’s FOIA response, as delivered]; B. Pages 1 to 110 [Pages 111 to 220 in MI LARA’s FOIA response, as delivered]; C. Pages 1 to 111 [Pages 221 to 331 in MI LARA’s FOIA response, as delivered];…
Read MoreBrittle Diablo: NRC Commissioners punt to staff
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace and Friends of the Earth — long-time watch-dogs on the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on central California’s Pacific coast (pictured) — responded to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioners’ ruling on the environmental coalition’s demand Unit 1 be immediately shut down. The groups are urging the reactor pressure vessel’s…
Read MoreHoltec launches Palisades restart process
On October 3, Holtec met with Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff for the fourth time in six months (view recording), regarding the unprecedented, controversial, expensive, and risky restart of its closed Palisades atomic reactor on Lake Michigan’s shore in Covert, Michigan (pictured). Representatives from an environmental coalition that included Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, MSEF, NEIS,…
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