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Are Trump’s nuclear plans illegal?
13 organizations, including Beyond Nuclear and Nuclear Information & Resource Service, have filed comments to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, suggesting Trump’s nuclear “orders” may violate long-standing legislation The so-called “Rubber-Stamp Rule”, an effort by the Trump administration to “Make America Nuclear Again”, violates key components of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) and Energy Reorganization…
Read MoreTen reasons to reject nuclear power
In Beyond Nuclear executive director Linda Pentz Gunter’s new book — No To Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War — she delivers a compelling indictment of every aspect of the nuclear power industry and its connections to nuclear weapons. In the book’s appendix, you will find a more succinct list…
Read MoreNo To Nuclear book tour and webinar calendar
Beyond Nuclear international specialist Linda Pentz Gunter’s new book — No to Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War — has been published by Pluto Press. Linda is currently in the UK with the book at the following events: Past Live Events Lighthouse Books, Edinburgh, February 25, in conversation with…
Read MoreChernobyl at 40: Belarus took the brunt
A report from Olga Karatch, Belarussian founder in exile of Our House: On April 26, it marked 40 years since the largest nuclear technological disaster in history — the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Although the plant is geographically located in Ukraine, Belarus suffered the greatest damage due to weather conditions. The Chernobyl…
Read MoreCA nuclear moratorium holds
From Committee to Bridge the Gap, founded by the late Dan Hirsch, special to the Lassen County Times: Excerpt: Committee to Bridge the Gap today welcomed the failure of AB2647, the latest in a series of annual attempts to overturn California’s moratorium on new nuclear power plant construction. The bill was amended, removing the moratorium…
Read MoreBye bye nukes, hello solar
Between 2015 and 2025 global solar energy generation grew tenfold, a new study reveals. Fossil fuels fell by 2% while nuclear, which saw a tiny increase (due to China), is also set to be overtaken by renewables this year. Aditya Lolla, managing director of Ember, which produced the report, told The Guardian, “Clean energy is…
Read MoreNorway says “nuclear renaissance” too expensive
Report illuminates new reactors can’t compete with the accelerating growth of renewable energy The “Survey and assessment of the status of available nuclear reactor technologies and designs” published on March 16, 2026 as the final report on Norway’s energy policy was made public on April 8, 2026. It was prepared by the international team of…
Read MoreGOING GREEN? Iran war boosts renewables (not nuclear)
Did the fossil fool in the White House accidentally kickstart a global green energy revolution? As Trump continues to shut down oil and gas access from the Middle East with his ongoing threats against Iran, countries are turning to renewables to fill the energy gap. That’s because, unlike small modular reactors, renewables are here now…
Read MorePROTECT BETTER: Join us to STOP more radiation exposure
PROTECT BETTER: YES to healthy babies. NO to even more to radioactive pollution — now from billionaire AI data centers! Beyond Nuclear, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), Generational Radiation Impact Project (GRIP), Ecological Options Network (EON), Oregon Conservancy Foundation (OCF), and Committee to Bridge the Gap (CBG), are undertaking…
Read MoreNew book lays out radiation’s impact
Just in time for our major pushback against the weakening of radiation standards, comes a new book: The Dangers of Ionising Radiation. Written by Dr. Ian Fairlie, previously scientific advisor to the UK Government’s Committee on the Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters in the United Kingdom, this book authoritatively examines the growing body of evidence…
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