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Amber Alvarez Torgerson, on her dad, Bob Alvarez’s, passing (Facebook post)
It’s with a sad heart I have to report my dad’s passing, July 1, 2025. My dad was born into a Spanish immigrant family. His dad, Florindo (Floyd) arrived in the US at age 13 from Galicia, Spain, while his mother Angelina (also Americanized to Angela) was born in the U.S. to immigrant parents from…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear press release: Coalition Objects to Holtec’s Alleged Abuse of Palisades Decommissioning Trust Fund
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, co-chairman, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, [email protected] Coalition Objects to Holtec’s Alleged Abuse of Palisades Decommissioning Trust Fund Environmental Groups Continue to Allege Company Misused Funds for Unprecedented Closed-Reactor Restart Scheme COVERT TOWNSHIP,…
Read MoreSTOP EO radiation health menace
Tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), at their public meeting on July 16, 1-5 PM ET, that science demonstrates radiation exposure is always harmful. Registration required. The NRC is taking comments on Trump Executive Order (EO) 14300 Section 5(b), which directs the NRC to “reconsider” its use of the linear no threshold (LNT) model (starting…
Read MoreCOMMENT: Canada and US FAIL on radionuclides
TELL CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT RADIONUCLIDES SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS A CHEMICAL OF MUTUAL CONCERN UNDER THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT Seeking Your Voice and Participation on Monday July 14, 2025 (10 AM Eastern/9 AM Central): Dear Friends & Colleagues: We are seeking your participation in an important meeting to be…
Read MoreHochul’s choice: Bought by the nuclear industry?
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is either in the pocket of the nuclear power industry or woefully ignorant about the technology itself. We suspect the former since there is ample empirical data to show that the choice she has made — to build a new nuclear power plant in New York State — is the…
Read MoreUK buys nuclear-capable fighter jets from Trump
From Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: The announcement by the British government from the NATO summit that it will be purchasing 12 nuclear capable F35A fighter jets is yet another disastrous decision by the Starmer government, that makes the world more dangerous and puts the British population on the nuclear frontline. The deal with US President…
Read More“Gross mismanagement”: Plan to release tritium is halted
New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has temporarily paused a plan to vent 30,000 curies of radioactive tritium into the air this summer. NMED, citing significant public interest, is requiring Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to perform four additional steps before proceeding, including an independent technical review, tribal consultation, public meeting, and compliance audit. NMED states…
Read MoreAttack on Iran? Nuclear fears mount
As fears mount that the US could help Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, critics are calling out ‘nuclear hypocrisy’. Speaking at a hastily called rally in London over concerns of possible UK engagement against Iran, Iranian-born trade union leader Maryam Eslamdoust said, “Israel secretly develops illegal nuclear weapons, but Iran is the one accused of…
Read MoreTrump’s “Unleashing Atomic Power” is Unhinged
Without explanation, on June 16, 2025, President Trump unceremoniously fired Democrat Commissioner Christopher Hanson from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as the first senior manager causality initiating a slash and burn attack on commercial nuclear power regulatory oversight. Hanson’s second term of office was to have expired in 2029. Hanson’s abrupt removal follows a…
Read MoreGolden Dome spells doom for US taxpayers and world peace
The Golden Dome for America, announced with much grandiosity by the Trump White House and price tag $175 billion in taxpayer money, is just another reboot of a longstanding and failed missile defense program. Far from keeping Americans safe, it threatens to trigger another nuclear arms race and risks war in space. Prior iterations have…
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