A Swiss-led European Union (EU) initiative to amend and strengthen international reactor safety standards in a post-Fukushima world was blunted by the United States delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Convention on Nucle…
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NRC file photo of VY. The HLRW storage pool is located in the lighter colored upper portion of the reactor building, some 50 feet or more in the air.As reported by Vermont Digger, a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Lic…
Continue readingThe 500+ ton stator crashed through the floor, on top of its heavy haul vehicle, causing extensive damage, killing one worker, and injuring several others.David Lochbaum, director, Nuclear Safety Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists, writes:
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NRC file photo of Entergy’s Pilgrim atomic reactor, a Fukushima twin-designOn Jan. 26th, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) slapped Entergy Pilgrim (photo, left) with two “White Findings” in the aftermath of four unplanned shutdowns in 2013, …
Continue readingLogo from Public Citizens’ action alertPublic Citizen, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, PowerDC, and others have organized a rally in opposition to the proposed Exelon-Pepco merger, to be held in downtown Baltimore, MD at 10:30am on Thurs., Feb. 5th….
Continue readingCooper atomic reactor is shown here during a historic flood in the 1990s.As reported by Joe Jordan at Nebraska Watchdog, security protocols have changed little, if at all, at the Cooper nuclear power plant (photo, left) in Nebraska, a full year after a…
Continue readingPolitical cartoon by Jim Day of the Las Vegas Review Journal (be sure to count the toes!). President Obama and his DOE defunded and walked away from the Yucca Mountain dump project in 2009-2010, declaring it “unworkable.”As reported by Steve Tetrault a…
Continue readingNRC file photo of Entergy’s Pilgrim atomic reactor, located south of Boston on Cape Cod Bay. Plymouth, MA bore the brunt of winter storm “Juno,” but Pilgrim was one of the only electric grid casualites.As reported by Wicked Local Plymouth, despite bear…
Continue readingIronically enough, NEI left this Tweet up for days after Pilgrim was shut down by snow storm “Juno”!As reported by the Boston Globe, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will send a 4-5 person Special Inspection Team to Entergy Nuclear’s Pilgrim atom…
Continue readingNRC file photo of Entergy’s Pilgrim atomic reactor, on Cape Cod Bay south of Boston. Pilgrim bore the brunt of Nor’easter “Juno.” NRC’s website reports that Pilgrim is still at 0% power, as of 9pm Eastern ThursdayAs reported by the Pulitzer-Prize winni…
Continue readingIrradiated nuclear fuel being moved in a high-level radioactive waste storage pools. The courts ruled in 2012 that NRC’s days (well, many decades!) of lawlessness regarding nuclear waste generation, storage, and disposal are over.In a legal filing toda…
Continue readingCarol Browner, a paid spokesman for industry PR front group “Nuclear Matters,” is but the latest in a long line of nuclear power snake oil salesman, seeking to gouge ratepayers and taxpayers”Nuclear Matters,” a high-priced front group featuring paid, p…
Continue readingNRC file photo of Davis-Besse on the Lake Erie shoreline east of ToledoAs reported by Tom Henry of The Toledo Blade, the Jan. 15 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) hearing in Toledo revealed a growing coalition of environmental, public interest…
Continue reading“Burning money” image by Gene Case, Avenging AngelsOn Jan. 27, the City Club of Chicago is sponsoring a luncheon under the innocent-sounding heading of, “Illinois’ Energy Future: A Policy Discussion.” However, two of the main …
Continue readingNRC file photo of Entergy Nuclear’s Pilgrim atomic reactor on Cape Cod Bay near BostonAs reported by The Enterprise, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has kept Entergy Nuclear’s Pilgrim atomic reactor (photo, left), near Boston, on its “degr…
Continue readingORGANIZE!As reported by David Roberts at Grist, Exelon Nuclear proposed takeover of Pepco represents a “Big, nuke-heavy utility looking for new ratepayers to fleece.” It is part and parcel of Exelon’s desperate bid to keep its dirty, dangerous, uncompe…
Continue readingTransCanada Pipelines, infamous for its Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme, is also a nuclear power utility and generator of radioactive wastes.
TransCanada is a major partner in Bruce Nuclear, which leases and operates Ontario Power Generation’s B…
Entergy’s Palisades atomic reactor is located on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Covert, MI. The Great Lakes serve as drinking water for 40 million North Americans in 8 U.S. states, 2 Canadian provinces, and a large number of Native American First Natio…
Continue readingThe Japanese nuclear industry has announced it will permanently close five more of its remaining 48 “operable” nuclear reactors by March 2015, leaving the country with 43 reactors “operable” but still not actually “operating.” Two of the plants to be d…
Continue readingAs many of our anti-nuclear colleagues rallied on Sunday to pay tribute to their fallen comdrades at Charlie Hebdo, their protest against the silencing of dissenting voices was brought close to home once again. The group Coordination Anti-nucléa…
Continue reading“Nuclear power burning money” image, created by Gene Case of Avenging Angels, was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine. Used with permission of the artist.As reported by FierceEnergy, First Energy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) commissio…
Continue readingWorkers pictured at Palisades last spring doing repair work on top of the reactor vessel head. Entergy provided this and other photos of the work to the NRC.As reported by Lindsey Smith at Michigan Radio, around 185 workers at Entergy’s Palisades a…
Continue readingA map of Nuclear Illinois, prepared by NEISAs reported by Kari Lydersen of Midwest Energy News in an article entitled “Illinois report says Exelon nuclear straits not so dire,” a massive bailout of $580 million per year at ratepayer expense may not b…
Continue readingWe pause today to remember those slain at the French satirical news magazine Charlie Hebdo. Several of the cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were close allies of the French anti-nuclear movement, even providing cartoons to the French anti-nuclear network, “…
Continue readingToday, thanks to decades of citizen organizing and protest; the wise backing of the elected officials of the State of Vermont; the attempted deception of Vermont Yankee owners, Entergy, whose representatives even lied under oath; and the hopeless econo…
Continue readingBeyond Nuclear board member Karl GrossmanOn December 26th, Beyond Nuclear board member, investigative journalist, author, and EnviroVideo host, Karl Grossman, wrote:
“Next week will mark the 24th year for EnviroVideo. Here’s the first documentary we di…
U.S. NRC Chairman Stephen G. BurnsAs reported by the Associated Press, the NRC announced that President Obama has appointed NRC Commissioner Stephen G. Burns (photo, left) to serve as the Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He will be…
Continue readingDid you know that embrittled nuclear reactors could shatter like glass? Watch Fairewinds Energy Education’s Nuclear Science Guy Arnie Gundersen (photo, left) demonstrate reactor embrittlement and imagine the shattering glass as a shattering nuclear rea…
Continue readingAn artist’s rendition of the GEH ESBWR, proposed by DTE to be built as “Fermi 3” at its nuclear power plant in Monroe Co., MIOn Dec. 16th, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) five Commissioners, in a unanimous ruling, denied an environmen…
Continue readingHarvey WassermanBeyond Nuclear was pleased to be invited back on to Harvey Wasserman’s “Solartopia Green Power and Wellness” radio show today. Here is Harvey’s description:
“A RATEPAYER REVOLT against nuclear power and the nationwide battle for Solarto…
NRC file photo of Palisades, located in Covert, MI.The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has cited Entergy Nuclear for violating its own workers’ radiological safety at the problem-plagued Palisades atomic reactor on the Lake Michigan shore in s…
Continue readingThe host of the Nuclear Hotseat podcast, Libbe HaLevy, has honored Beyond Nuclear by interviewing Kevin Kamps about the environmental coalition intervention against Entergy Nuclear’s Palisades atomic reactor in Michigan. Palisades has the worst embritt…
Continue readingThe Tihange 3 nuclear reactor in Belgium was shut down on November 30 due to a fire. It is now the fourth Belgian nuclear reactor to be out of service, as another plant at Tihange and two at Doel have been shut down due to defects or security concerns….
Continue readingNRC file photo of Entergy’s Palisdes atomic reactor on the Lake Michigan shoreline in southwest MichiganA coalition of environmental groups and concerned local residents has intervened against Entergy Nuclear’s License Amendment Application (LAR) to th…
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From The Asahi Shimbun: A British scientist who studied the health effects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster panned a United Nations report that virtually dismissed the possibility of higher cancer rates caused by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear…
Continue readingBeyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, Citizens’ Resistance at Fermi 2 (CRAFT), and Citizens Environmental Alliance of Southwestern Ontario argued before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in Monroe Michigan on November 20, that the aging Fermi …
Continue readingKaren Silkwood, Feb. 19, 1946 to Nov. 13, 1974. Nov. 13, 2014 marks the 40th year since her death.Thursday, November 13th marks the 40th year since the tragic, suspicious death of Karen Silkwood, nuclear whistleblower. The Christic Institute Archives o…
Continue readingAn environmental coalition embroiled in numerous old, degraded reactor license extension — as well as proposed new reactor construction and operation license — proceedings has filed its “CONSOLIDATED REPLY TO ANSWERS TO PETITIONS TO SUSPEND FINAL REA…
Continue readingThe governor of the Kagoshima prefecture in Japan, in approving the restart of the two Sendai reactors, has failed to understand the lessons of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and is ignoring science, safety and public opinion, Green Action stated today…
Continue readingNRC HQ, Rockville, MD. One White Flint is pictured. Two White Flint is to the right, outside the frame.The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLB) overseeing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company’s (F…
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URANIUM? LEAVE IT IN THE GROUND!-A Film Screening & Discussion About Uranium Mining-
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NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane just announced her resignationBeyond Nuclear has issued the following statement regarding NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane’s announced resignation, just a year and a half into her current five-year term:
“Chairman Macfarl…
The Nuclear Free Future Award 2014 hosted in Munich goes to five outstanding individuals dedicated to preserve the planet and future generations from nuclear madness. Since 1998, the central message of the foundation is “Leave the uranium …
Continue readingEcoWatch has featured Beyond Nuclear’s Radioactive Waste Watchdog, Kevin Kamps, on Thom Hartmann’s “The Big Picture” t.v. show, speaking about Woods Hole’s Dr. Ken Buesseler’s detection of Fukushima radioactive contamination in the open ocean off the w…
Continue readingPolitical cartoon by Jim Day of the Las Vegas Review Journal (be sure to count the toes!)Despite hoots and hollers from nuclear industry lobbyists and their friends in Congress, the publication of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Yucca Mounta…
Continue readingMedia outlets publish cookie-cutter op-eds under different by-lines with the same false information
TAKOMA PARK, MD, October 9, 2014 — Over the past three weeks, news outlets around the country have published op-eds and letters to the editor with iden…
Sticker designed by Yuko Tonohira of S.A.N.S., as is the Nov. 16th event flier
URANIUM? LEAVE IT IN THE GROUND!-A Film Screening & Discussion About Uranium Mining-
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This event is for activists working for a Nuclear-Free Future! Here are the event details:
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It could be described the precedent for a new age of “robber barons.” The European Commission announced that it has approved United Kingdom public subsidies to support the French government utility EDF to construct two European Pressu…
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