Protect Better: ORGANIZE AND PUSH BACK

Protect Better: YES to healthy babies, a healthy future. NO to increased radiation from nuclear sites

JOIN US: Online INFO / ORGANIZING meetings: January — February 2026

(Important update: NRC Federal Register proposed rule release now scheduled for April 30)

The May 2025 White House Executive Order 14300 has told NRC to allow more radiation exposure of our communities, workers and our environment. This directive has been roundly condemned (see BACKGROUND RESOURCES below). Forty-one groups signed a letter to NRC in December, opposing Executive Order 14300 directives and calling for better radiation protection for all. See letter.

These informal sessions, hosted by NIRS, GRIP and Beyond Nuclear, will give basic information, and then help to create community-driven talking points for individual comments to be submitted to NRC, once NRC releases its proposed rule — UPDATE: was set for late February but now has been pushed back to APRIL 30, 2026 and, again, subject to change — and we know the content and deadline. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS, NOT SIGN ONS OR CUT AND PASTE SAMPLE LETTERS. NRC will count a sign on letter, or comments with exactly the same language as ONE COMMENT. We need hundreds of comments. Comments don’t have to be long, but should be personal and/or geographic and issue specific.

These session will overlap in content–so, please pick ONE to attend, you are welcome to come back—but sessions will assume all are newcomers. Sessions will be one hour and not be recorded. Please promote them as appropriate. See also this GRIP page for updates and additional resources.

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Thursday February 5, 2026, 2–3 pm

INFO on the Executive Order and the NRC Rulemaking

Story of the restart of the Duane Arnold reactor in Iowa and how more radiation will impact

Cindy Folkers Beyond Nuclear, Diane D’Arrigo NIRS, Wally Taylor, Sierra Club Iowa Chapter

REGISTER HERE:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4vJ0kpyUSWSgsEMr4R-6rw

Additional DATES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS possible—contact us if you want to help.

 

PAST EVENTS:

Wednesday January 21, 2026 1–2pm

INFO on the Executive Order and the NRC Rulemaking

Story of Diablo Canyon and how more permitted radiation will impact

Mary Olson GRIP, Diane D’Arrigo NIRS, Linda Seeley San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace

Friday January 23, 2026 1–2pm

INFO on the Executive Order and the NRC Rulemaking

Story of Three Mile Island, and how less radiation protection will impact

Diane D’Arrigo NIRS, Cindy Folkers Beyond Nuclear, and Eric Epstein Three Mile Island Alert

Friday January 30, 2026  noon-1 pm 

INFO on the Executive Order and the NRC Rulemaking

Story of the Pilgrim reactor in coastal MA and how more radiation will impact

Mary Olson GRIP, Cindy Folkers Beyond Nuclear and Mary and Jim Lampert

BACKGROUND RESOURCES

In May 2025, Ed Lyman lays out the issue in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

In June 2025, Linda Pentz Gunter writes that the whole suite of “reckless and accelerated Executive Nuclear Orders released by the White House would destroy safety oversight and endanger the public.

In August 2025, Cindy Folkers discusses the history of NRC and DOE and the horrible implications of EO 14300.

In October 2025, Daniel Hirsch (Posthumously) and coauthors, review history and implications of the Order.

In November 2025, Blume and Schrager spell out, interviewing several experts, how more radiation exposure from this order could be catastrophic for women and girls.

In December 2025, Cindy Folkers writes that abandoning radiation protection will further endanger vulnerable populations.

In December 2025, Mary Olson and Diane D’Arrigo discuss radiation regulation and new directives from White House. Hosted by NEIS.