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Environmental Coalition Intervenes Against Palisades Zombie Reactor Restart
[Image above: Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Palisades Shutdown Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] See the December 6, 2023 press release by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, and Michigan Safe Energy Future. See the legal and technical documents submitted to NRC on December 5, 2023, below: PETITION TO INTERVENE AND…
Read MoreURGENT, TIME SENSITIVE, DELIVER IMMEDIATELY — Thomas Jefferson on nuclear power in Illinois
———- Forwarded message ——— From: David Kraft <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 9:29 AM Subject: URGENT, TIME SENSITIVE, DELIVER IMMEDIATELY — Thomas Jefferson on nuclear power in Illinois To: David Kraft <[email protected]> “Delay is preferable to error.” –Thomas Jefferson to George Washington— TO: Illinois public officials and staff RE: nuclear power issues in…
Read MoreNuScale-Utah SMR deal collapses for lack of electricity subscribers
After ten years in the development, $1.4 billion dollars from the US Department of Energy and the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act offer of an additional subsidy estimated at $30/MWh, the Portland, OR-based NuScale Power Corp. and Utah Associated Municipal Power System (UAMPS) have mutually agreed to terminate their contract to license, build and operate…
Read MoreSOS: 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…
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