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Rosatom — Putin’s Geopolitical Arm
The French energy corporation Framatome operates the German nuclear fuel facility in Lingen through its subsidiary Advanced Nuclear Fuels. Two years ago, the state-owned French energy company EDF attempted to collaborate with the similarly state-owned Russian nuclear energy group Rosatom in a joint fuel element production venture, but those plans were scuttled following the Russian…
Read MoreNew “Don’t Bank on the Bomb” published
Untentable Investments, the newest edition of the essential divestment guide, Don’t Bank on the Bomb, is out today. The report, whose full title is “Untenable Investments: Nuclear weapon producer and their financiers”, is a joint publication of PAX and ICAN. As shown in the report, between January 2021 and August 2023, 287 financial institutions had…
Read MoreThe fallout never ended
In the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Bob Alvarez has published a special report: “Decades of nuclear weapons tests and other radioactive experiments injured or killed scientists, soldiers, and innocent bystanders. Many of them, and their relatives, have never been compensated, but new efforts may change that. A former Senate staffer and expert on the…
Read MoreRemembering the first French atomic test
In a statement fully endorsed by Beyond Nuclear, which is a member of ICAN, 15 non-governmental organizations issued a statement on February 13, 2024 marking 64 years since France detonated its first atomic “test” in Algeria, leaving a legacy of transgenerational damage and a radiologically contaminated environment. The statement reads: “On the occasion of the…
Read MoreUS nuclear weapons returning to Britain
From Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND): Recently reported documents add further evidence that the US is planning to deploy nuclear weapons to Britain, with CND forwarding its concerns to Suffolk Council. The files describes “Stationary and Mobile Guard Shacks” which will be constructed at RAF Lakenheath for ballistic protection for the 48th Security Forces Squadron…
Read MoreThe IAEA’s hypocrisy
Here’s the International Atomic Energy Agency once again sounding the alarm about war raging around nuclear power plants in Ukraine: “The nuclear safety and security situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) remains extremely fragile with ‘very real’ potential dangers of a major accident, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (pictured) of the International Atomic…
Read More“Unspeakable horror”
Beyond Nuclear board member, Karl Grossman, writing this week on Counterpunch, gives a thorough run-down of the nuclear threats we face, which in part contributed to the decision by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to keep the hands of the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest they have ever been. You…
Read MoreDiablo rip-off
From San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace: The $1.1 billion federal aid package to support an additional five years of operation of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant takes advantage of the nation’s taxpayers. Even those not served by PG&E or Diablo Canyon (with few exceptions), will be subsidizing an unprofitable, privately-owned utility that produces the most…
Read MorePushback in The Bulletin
Beyond Nuclear was a signatory to an article published today in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which, as described in our preamble, was a response to a baffling condemnation of the nuclear ban treaty as somehow endangering peace, by Zachary Kallenborn and disappointingly published by the august magazine. Our collective response, authored by a…
Read MoreThird anniversary of the TPNW
From ICAN: Today marks the third anniversary of the entry into force of the historic and landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. There were many simultaneous events held around the world and increasing concerns raised about the wars currently being conducted by two nuclear-armed nations, Israel and Russia. A statement from the International…
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