A Beyond Nuclear letter to the editor just published at the Cleveland Plain Dealer begins:
To his credit, PUCO chair Andre Porter prioritized safety, in addition to reliability and cost, when it comes to Ohio’s electricity supply (“PUCO Chair Andre…
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Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) became the 34th senator to support the Iran nuclear agreement, which means President Obama has the votes to sustain his promised veto of any legislation that would attempt to scuttle the deal. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)As r…
Continue readingOPG wants to dump Ontario’s radioactive wastes less than a mile from the shore of Lake Huron!Beyond Nuclear has submitted yet another round of public comments to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and Can…
Continue readingAs reported by the Chicago Tribune, Illinois-based Exelon Nuclear has warned its employees that layoffs may lie ahead, as five atomic reactors in the state continue to hemorrhage money.
Exelon has been buffeted recently. The Washington, D.C. Public …
Photo compliments of Ohio Sierra Club Nuclear-Free CommitteeJim Provance, Columbus Bureau Chief for the Toledo Blade, has reported on “Protests greet FirstEnergy rate request hearings.”
The protest took place at the HQ of PUCO, the Public Utilities Co…
As reported by the Chicago Tribune, Exelon must decide by the end of September whether or not Quad Cities’ two reactors will continue operating past May 2017 — the current cut off for their electricity generation capacity commitments. The dirty, d…
Continue readingWith gun violence proliferating at an alarming rate across the United States, federal authorities with Nuclear Regulatory Commission are now investigating a security breach at Exelon’s LaSalle nuclear power plant involving the theft of two handgu…
Continue readingLogo courtesy of Public Citizen’s Energy and Climate ProgramThe Washington, D.C. Public Service Commission has voted unanimously to reject Exelon Nuclear’s attempted takeover of the Mid-Atlantic electric utility Pepco. This blocks the acquisition…
Continue reading“Japan’s weather agency on Saturday told thousands of residents near a southern city to prepare for a possible evacuation as it upgraded a volcanic eruption warning.” As if nature itself was snubbing nuclear power, seismic activity around the…
Continue readingMargaret Harrington, host of “Nuclear-Free Future Conversation” on Channel 17/Town Hall Meeting Televsion in Burlington, VT, interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps on the Iran Nuclear Deal announced on July 14th, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bo…
Continue readingIn an op-ed published in the Miami Herald, the Executive Directors of Greenpeace U.S.A. and Sierra Club (Annie Leonard and Michael Brune, respectively), and the President of Friends of the Earth U.S.A. (Erich Pica), have listed the many reasons why nuc…
Continue readingDr. Gordon Edwards, President, CCNRDr. Gordon Edwards, President of Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (photo, left), has prepared the following backgrounder in response to the Reuters article, reprinted at Voice of America, about th…
Continue readingAs reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ameren Corp. has officially cancelled its proposed new reactor, Callaway 2, by withdrawing its license application from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Ameren has previously suspended the project in M…
Continue readingTsunehisa Katsumata, the chairman of Tepco at the time of the accident. Credit Franck Robichon/European Pressphoto Agency As reported by Jonathon Soble in the New York Times, a review panel of private citzens has — for the second time — overruled …
Continue readingAs reported by Eric Marx and ClimateWire/E&E, reprinted in Scientific American:
“France, one of the world’s leaders in nuclear energy production, plans to draw down nuclear’s share of electricity generation from 75 to 50 percent by…
Beyond Nuclear has filed multiple appeals at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia — the second highest court in the land — in opposition to Detroit Edison’s proposed new Fermi 3 atomic reactor, and the construction/opera…
Continue readingNRC file photo of two-reactor Quad Cities nuclear power plant in ILScott Stapf of the Hastings Group’s tweet put it well: Nuclear blackmail: Exelon threatens to kill Quad Cities plant if IL lawmakers don’t hand over loot.
As reported by Crain’s Chicago…
As reported by Scott DiSavino in Reuters, a new “capacity factor” subsidy, at ratepayer expense, is being offered by the Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland (PJM) grid operator to Exelon Nuclear, to help prop up several uncompetitive atomic reactors in Il…
Continue readingBeyond Nuclear released a press statement today welcoming the advent of Rhode Island’s Deepwater Wind Block Island Wind Farm but pointing out the missed opportunities for major offshore wind production off the U.S. coastline.
TAKOMA PARK, MD, July 29, …
“Burning money” graphic by Gene Case, Avenging AngelsRebecca Smith has reported in the Wall Street Journal that the “[m]odular method has run into costly delays and concerns about who will bear the brunt of the expense.”
The Vogtle 3 & 4, GA, and …
“If the ideas that rule our culture are stopping us from saving ourselves, then it is within our power to change those ideas.” Naomi Klein
We humans are adept at fighting for what we are against. Can we fight as hard for what we are for? Socrates reminds us “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
Many people, including ninety seven percent of climate scientists, agree that climate warming trends over the past century are very likely due to human activities. Some of the results of global warming, according to “Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet” are: global sea levels are rising, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass and the thickness of the Arctic Sea ice has declined rapidly over the last several decades. Glaciers are retreating almost everywhere around the world. The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed in the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by approximately 2 billion tons per year. James Hansen, adjunct professor of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, believes that carbon pollution is set to end the era of stable climate.
Solar for Seals project 2014
With these facts pointing to the devastation of life on Earth as we know it, what actions are we willing to take to assure the continuation of life on our beautiful planet? We must join together now to do what we can do to make the necessary changes to reverse these trends. Human beings have the capacity to learn and adapt quickly. We are able to change old thinking and patterns of behavior and create change in positive ways. There are political and economic forces that sometimes stand in the way of progress, but we do not have to allow these forces to prevent us from doing what we must. Many individuals are moving forward with ideas to save our planet and creating supportive communities to make effective change.
One of the ways to avert this climate change crisis is to decrease our reliance on fossil fuels. To this end, it is possible to switch to renewable energy. People all over the world are creating wind farms, working with tidal power, wave power, solar power, hydroelectricity, and geothermal power. Our organization, Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE) and Planet Earth Solar (PES) of San Clemente, CA. have successfully completed two solar projects: Oso Lake Boy Scout Camp Solar project, 2013 and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center Laguna Beach “Solar for Seals”, 2014. ROSE and PES are currently working on a third solar project, “Solar for Non Profits” project for 2015. We are committed to bringing people together in a community effort to provide solar power to non -profit organizations. These organizations are already helping our social and environmental communities in various ways. By assisting them with conversion to solar power, this adds another layer of depth to their commitment to bettering our world.
Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE) and Planet Earth Solar (PES) have selected The Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley (CSLCV) in San Clemente, CA. for our 3rd Solar Project 2015. A 60 kW system consisting of 197 solar panels to provide clean, sustainable and environmentally safe energy will be built for the Center’s facility. As PES and ROSE and CSLCV donate our time and labor for this project, please join us in taking this environmental action as a citizen of the world. Be a part of the solution for our world’s clean and renewable energy future by donating today. The total cost of this project will be $135,000.00. The money the Center saves on energy costs will go to community projects. Your donation to this solar project will be greatly appreciated.
To help us, please use our Razoo fundraising site at: https://www.razoo.com/story/Center-For-Spiritual-Living-Capistrano-Valley for your “tax deductible” donation.
“We are all flowers in the Great Spirit’s garden. We share a common root, and the root is Mother Earth.” Hopi Prophecy 
“The environment isn’t over here. The environment isn’t over there. You are the environment.” Chief Oren Lyons
It will take all of us working together now if we are to make a positive change for future generations.
Love, Gene and Joyce
Aging Nuke Dumps On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Onofre
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Onofre
Kosei Mito, showing Elisabeth Fernandes Osaka and her niece his research on nuclear power. They are on the banks of the Motoyasu River, in front of the Atom Dome. Mr. Mito’s guide badge, with an anti-nuclear weapons symbol, reads “IN-UTERO SU…
Continue readingHello everyone,
Thinking back, we have not forgotten your kind help with our 2014 “Solar for Seals”
project for Pacific Marine Mammal Center of Laguna Beach where we put 87 solar panels on their small roof. It went so well we looked for a much bigger roof for 2015, and we found it.
project for Pacific Marine Mammal Center of Laguna Beach where we put 87 solar panels on their small roof. It went so well we looked for a much bigger roof for 2015, and we found it.We are happy to announce that Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE) and Planet Earth Solar has selected The Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley (CSLCV) in San Clemente, CA. for our 3rd Solar Project 2015. A 60 kW system consisting of 197 solar panels to provide clean, sustainable and environmentally safe energy will be built for the Center’s facility. As Planet Earth Solar and ROSE and CSLCV donate our time and labor for this project, please join us in taking this environmental action as a citizen of the world. Be a part of the solution for our world’s clean and renewable energy future by donating today. The total cost of this project will be $135,000.00, saving the Center over $150,000.00 over other bids. You may donate to this Solar project in one of two ways.
1. Make your “tax deductible” check payable to “Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley” please mail check to Gene Stone 1203 Via Presa San Clemente 92672, so I can make sure to get your check into the Solar account at the center. Please note in the bottom left memo area of your check “Rose Solar project.” The check payment method will insure that 100% of your donation will go to the solar project, using the fundraising site we will lose 5% of your donation to Razoo.
2. Or use our Razoo funding raising site at for you “tax deductible” donation:
The Center’s Environmental statement:
“The Centers for Spiritual Living are committed to our vision of a world that works for everyone– a world in which resources are valued, cared for, and grown, and where there is generous and continuous sharing of these resources. A big part of that world is sustainable safe energy. At the Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley in San Clemente California, we are contributing to this vision by installing a solar system to provide clean, sustainable and environmentally safe energy for our Center’s facility. We know that other spiritually minded people and organizations will want join us in taking this action for the betterment of all future generations. Not only will this new solar energy system provide our Center with safe sustainable energy, the cost savings recognized by lower energy bills will allow the Center to pursue numerous projects that will benefit our community.”
P.S. Please remember that it was this Center in San Clemente that gave ROSE such a great deal and made it so easy to do the Nuclear Symposium in October 2013. They are willing and excited to help us with future events. We could not have done it with them.
The Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley in San Clemente California, Planet Earth Solar and Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE) thank you for your kind and generous donation towards our solar project.
With your action today, you join us in being part of a clean energy future and take a step towards helping manage climate change. You are now part of the growing number of people around the world who are “being” the change. We are honored and happy to walk down this path with you.
With your action today, you join us in being part of a clean energy future and take a step towards helping manage climate change. You are now part of the growing number of people around the world who are “being” the change. We are honored and happy to walk down this path with you.
Sincerely,
Gene Stone
Residents Organized For a Safe Environment (ROSE)
Residents Organized For a Safe Environment (ROSE)
Aging Nuke Dumps On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Onofre
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Onofre
As reported by World Nuclear News, Unistar (wholly owned by Electricité de France) has requested, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has agreed, to withdraw the COLA (combined Construction and Operating License Application) for the Calve…
Continue readingArnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Energy Education, has posted a blog entitled “Downstream,” about the radioactive risks to the Great Lakes from dozens of atomic reactors located on their shorelines, in both the U.S. and Canada.
Gundersen h…
DO sign the petition at, and the spread the word about, http://www.stopthegreatlakesnucleardump.com/August 16th, 1PM at Pinegrove Park in Port Huron, Michigan (1PM – 4PM) to rally to stop a deep underground nuclear dump, proposed for the shores of…
Continue readingJuly 16th marks two dark Atomic Age anniversaries in New Mexico of national and even global significance. It’s 70 years since “Trinity,” the world’s first atom bomb explosion, at Alamogordo, NM — the Manhattan Project “test” for Nagasaki to fo…
Continue readingJuly 16th marks 70 years since “Trintity,” the first atom bomb explosion in human history, at Alamogordo, NM, and 36 years since one of the worst radioactivity disasters in U.S. history, the massive uranium tailings dam release at Grants, NM, into the …
Continue readingKarl Grossman is a professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury who has specialized in investigative reporting for 45 years. He is the host of the TV program “Enviro Close-Up,” the writer and prese…
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The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015 (WNISR) has been released on 15 July 2015 in London, U.K., at the House of Commons at 10h00 local time. The event was hosted by Member of Parliament Paul Flynn and chaired by Walt Patterson, Associate Fellow of Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs). Convening lead author Mycle Schneider, lead author Antony Froggatt and contributing author Steve Thomas presented the key findings of the report. Additional contributing authors of the report include Tadahiro Katsuta of Meiji University in Tokyo (Fukushima Status Report) and Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director of the Forum for the Future and former Chair of the UK Sustainability Development Commission (Foreword). Download the full report, free, here: http://www.worldnuclearreport.org/-2015-.html. A key finding of the report is that solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world’s population. While nuclear power generation increased only 2.2% globally in 2014, solar power shot ahead, increasing by 38%. Writes Jonathon Porritt, co-founder and trustee of the Forum for the Future, in a foreword to the report: “The impressively resilient hopes that many people still have of a global nuclear renaissance are being trumped by a real‐time revolution in efficiency‐plus‐renewables‐plus‐storage, delivering more and more solutions on the ground every year.”
Diablo Boys Cartoon by Mark Bryan – ArtOfMarkBryan.comIn a post entitled NRC: ‘Diablo Canyon among ‘most embrittled plants in the U.S.,’ Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle have posted an article at NoNukesCA.net applying the les…
Continue readingIt is with great sadness that the Beyond Nuclear family learned today of the passing of Marilyn Strong. Marilyn, who with her husband Steve Strong, ran Solar Design Associates in Harvard, MA, died unexpectedly on June 23, 2015. Marilyn and …
Continue readingThis undated photo provided by Triple Aught Foundation shows part of an artwork by Michael Heizer called “City” near Garden Valley, Nev. Mammoth bones, the prehistoric rock carvings and more than a million acres of wilderness will be pr…
Continue readingEntergy Nuclear’s Palisades atomic reactor is located on the Lake Michigan shore in Covert, MI.Rosa Lin at Nuclear Intelligence Weekly (NIW) has written an article entitled “United States: The Palisades Embrittlement Battle” (reproduced here with permi…
Continue readingOur friends at Green Action Japan have asked us to urge our supporters to consider signing a Change.Org petition demanding that the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company cease and desist from discharging hazardous radioactivity from …
Continue readingEntergy Nuclear’s Palisades atomic reactor, on the Lake Michigan shore in Covert, MIDave Lochbaum, Director of the Nuclear Safety Project at Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), has penned another of his “Fisson Stories,” entitled “Palisades 50,” yet a…
Continue readingEnvironmental coalition members from the Crabshell Alliance, Sierra Club Nuclear-Free Campaign, NIRS, PSR, NEIS, and Public Citizen “just say NO!” at the NRC HQ nuke waste con game GEIS public comment meeting on 11/14/13 in Rockville, …
Continue readingA coalition of states (Connecticut, New York, and Vermont), along with the Prairie Island Indian Community, and an alliance of nine environmental groups (Beyond Nuclear, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, N…
Continue readingOPG’s radioactive waste dump would be located about 3/4ths of a mile from the waters of Lake Huron, unless we stop it!Check out Beyond Nuclear’s action alert on things you can do to help stop Ontario Power Generation’s proposed radioactive waste dump…
Continue readingThom Hartmann, host of “The Big Picture”Thom Hartmann, host of “The Big Picture” (photo, left) interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps regarding a revelation that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) knew, two and a half years before a 45-foot tall ts…
Continue readingNRC file photo of Entergy Nuclear’s Palisades atomic reactor, located on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Covert, MIA U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLBP) has granted an evidentiary hearing on the mer…
Continue readingIt is with great sadness that we say farewell and pay tribute to Leo Drey, husband of our longtime board member, Kay Drey. Leo passed away on May 26 at the age of 98. He was beautifully, and appropriately, dubbed “The Lorax of the Ozarks” in an obituar…
Continue readingA groundwater monitoring well at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania that tested positive in April 2015 for significant levels of tritium contamination is just the latest example of a decades-long pattern of leaking nuclear reactors an…
Continue reading“Burning Money” image by Gene Case and Avenging Angels.Beyond Nuclear is working with allies across the country to resist multi-billion dollar subsidies, at ratepayer expense, being sought by nuclear utility lobbyists in order to prop up dirty, dange…
Continue readingExelon Nuclear (IL, and the Mid-Atlantic)
Exelon, the single biggest nuclear power utility in the U.S., with around two dozen atomic reactors in its fleet, suffered a defeat on May 31st at midnight: the State of Illinois Legislature recessed till autum…
A diagram describing pressurized thermal shock in a nuclear reactor. Credit: Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Japan’s worst embrittled RPV, at Genkai 1, has been permanently closed in the aftermath of Fukushima.Citing the risks of reactor pressure vessel (R…
Continue readingU.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (Republican-Illinois, photo left) has issued a press release, and the text of a letter he sent to President Obama, calling for administration action to protect the Great Lakes against Ontario Power Gener…
Continue readingAs reported by Jason Plautz in National Journal, “Two early voting states are on opposite ends of the Yucca Mountain divide.” South Carolina — the third presidential primary after Iowa’s caucus and New Hampshire’s primary — stores a large amoun…
Continue readingMichael J. Keegan (right) receives Judith Johnsrud Unsung Hero Award from Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps. Photo by Glenn Carroll of Nukewatch South.On May 18, the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) and Beyond Nuclear named Michael J. Keegan of Mon…
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