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The battle to save White Mesa
The White Mesa Uranium Mill in Utah (pictured) is being allowed to process radioactive waste material from around the United States and as far away as Canada, Europe and Japan. There are plans in place for the mine to accept materials going back 77 years to the start of the Manhattan Project. The move is…
Read MoreChildren exposed. Our in-depth look
A peer-reviewed article by Cindy Folkers and Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear, has been published in the British Medical Journal, Pediatrics Open. The article looks at how past and present regulations on radioactivity released from the nuclear power sector have never taken into account those potentially most sensitive—women, pregnant women and especially children. Children…
Read MoreWe’re getting closer! Stop the dump!
November 10 is our court date! Double your donation to help us win Thanks to generous anonymous donors, Beyond Nuclear has been raising funds towards a $14,500 matching challenge grant for our legal work to block construction and operation of a high-level radioactive waste dump in West Texas. The Interim Storage Partners consolidated interim storage facility…
Read MoreA takeover and a restart at Zaporizhzhia
“The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi (pictured by IAEA), said he will engage in consultations with the relevant authorities following reports that Russia plans to supervise operations of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP),” according to the IAEA’s official website. IAEA experts at the site “have also learnt…
Read MoreSolar survival during Hurricane Ian
While the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ian in Florida last week lost power, water and communications connections, one community gave us the perfect demonstration of resiliency and survival. Babcock Ranch, located just 12 miles northeast of the now devastated city of Ft. Myers, is a town powered 100% by solar energy. Its 700,000 solar…
Read MoreLessons from Hiroshima and nuclear power
Illinois has become the first state to mandate the teaching of Asian American history in public schools to counteract the increase in Asian hate crimes. This week’s guests on Nuclear Hotseat created a curriculum to teach 6th graders about Hiroshima, Nagasaki, nuclear energy, and the entire nuclear fuel chain. It has already been used as…
Read MoreAnd the US Peace Prize goes to…
The Board of Directors of the US Peace Memorial Foundation has voted unanimously to award the 2022 US Peace Prize to Costs of War “For Crucial Research to Shed Light on The Human, Environmental, Economic, Social, and Political Costs of U.S. Wars.” On September 30, 2022, Michael D. Knox, US Peace Memorial Foundation Chair, presented the US…
Read MoreChildhood leukemia near nuclear plants
Numerous studies have indicated that leukemia rates among children increase the closer they live to nuclear power plants. But what explains this? Independent consultant on radioactivity in the environment, Ian Fairlie, who has conducted a meta-analysis of these studies, offers some possible reasons to host, Libbe HaLevy, on this week’s Nuclear Hotseat. And Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear marks…
Read MoreWe must eliminate nuclear weapons
Today, September 26, as it is every year, is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. As we see nuclear sabers rattling once again with the Russia-Ukraine war seemingly poised on a nuclear knife-edge, it is time to renew our call for the elimination of weapons capable of destroying all life on…
Read MoreBan treaty adds more countries
From ICAN: Five more countries today signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and two more have deposited their ratification of the treaty. The seven nations that added their names are: Barbados (signed), Burkina Faso (signed), Dominican Republic (ratified), Democratic Republic of the Congo (ratified), Equatorial Guinea (signed), Haiti (signed) and Sierra…
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