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Half of French reactors not operating
Half of France’s 56 reactors are currently offline and 12 of them are closed due to corrosion problems that are waiting inspection. The corrosion caused cracks in the pipes of a back-up water injection system, a problem French nuclear safety authorities said could take years to fix. France’s nuclear plants delivered just 37 percent of…
Read MoreRadiation report released! June 17 comment deadline
The National Academy of Sciences committee today released its report recommending next steps for low-dose radiation research. Starting tomorrow, the public has 15 days to submit comments that will be shared with the study’s sponsor, the U.S. Department of Energy. The National Academies hosted virtual public meetings including an October public meeting featuring powerful and…
Read More**Group endorsement request** First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — Policy Recommendations
The policy recommendations are linked here. Please consider signing your organization on as an endorser by Thursday, June 2, 2022 close of business. To sign on, please send the official name of your group to Mari Inoue at [email protected] by the end of Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Read MoreJapan court bars Hokkaido reactors from operating
A Sapporo District Court has ruled that the three Tomari reactors, fully offline since 2012 in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, cannot restart. The ruling sides with an anti-nuclear citizen’s group. The court said the reactors were not safe to operate because of earthquake and tsunami concerns, but rejected the group’s bid for…
Read MoreLTE in the H-P re: SMR(s) at Palisades
We got a letter to the editor in the St. Joe-Benton Harbor Herald-Palladium, in extreme s.w. MI, today: Don’t bring more reactors to Palisades | Letters To Editor | heraldpalladium.com The Herald-Palladium Holtec CEO Krishna Singh has floated the trial balloon of building one or more so-called small modular nuclear reactors at Palisades in Covert……
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear versus HALEU
Beyond Nuclear has joined with the Ohio Nuclear-Free Network in a legal challenge against High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium targeted at the Piketon/Portsmouth, Ohio U.S. Department of Energy complex site. See the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s recent filing . See the company Centrus’s recent filing . And see Beyond Nuclear and ONFN’s May 25, 2022 filing…
Read MoreMedia Statement by Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, regarding the Palisades Atomic Reactor’s Shutdown for Good
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist at Beyond Nuclear, Board of Directors Member for Don’t Waste Michigan (Kalamazoo Chapter), (240) 462-3216, [email protected] No More Risk of Reactor Core Meltdown, No More Radioactive Waste Generation, but Significant Waste and Contamination Risks Continue COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI and TAKOMA PARK, MD,…
Read MoreAtomic Cover-Up on Nuclear Hotseat
This week on Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe HaLevy interviews documentary film director, Greg Mitchell about his new film, Atomic Cover-Up, an award-winning documentary available for free at the International Uranium Film Festival until May 29. Atomic Cover-Up shows film that was shot in the immediate aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and was classified ‘top…
Read MoreA German first for offshore wind
From Clean Energy Wire For the first time, offshore wind energy in Germany is being used to stabilise the country’s electricity system in case of grid fluctuations. The offshore wind farm Riffgrund 1, operated by Danish energy company Ørsted, will act as a so-called secondary reserve for the grid, meaning “offshore wind power is just…
Read MoreA challenge to President Biden
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Libbe HaLevy continues her interview with anti-nuclear icon and legend, Dr. Helen Caldicott. Caldicott issues a challenge to President Joe Biden, to sit down and really talk about what nuclear weapons mean and on the reality of what nuclear war would do to people, the environment, and the future. And…
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