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Artist’s rendition of Fermi 3 (depicted in blue), to be built right on top of the exact spot where Fermi 1 suffered a partial meltdown on Oct. 5, 1966.Terry Lodge, a Toledo-based attorney who serves as legal counsel for an environmental coalition inc…
Continue readingPETITION DEADLINE: November 6, 2016
Japan intends to to export nuclear technology to India, a country that has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and possesses nuclear weapons. Signing the Indo-Japan Nuclear Cooperation Agreement …
Water protectors attacked with tear gas
Food & Water Watch has issued the following action alert: The situation in Standing Rock, North Dakota is escalating. In the last week, militarized police from five states used pepper spray, t…
Continue readingChannel 17 (CCTV, TownMeeting Television, Burlington, Vermont) host Margaret Harrington gets together with Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear, Jane Palmer of Rising Tide, Vermont and Dr. Rachel Smolker of Protect Geprag’s Park to talk about the unifica…
Continue readingWhile Missouri River water defenders expand resistance at the Dakota Access Pipeline to unfettered natural gas development, there is more good news downriver with the permanent closure of the Fort Calhoun nuclear power station in Blair, Nebraska. The O…
Continue readingFloodwaters on the Missouri River in spring and summer of 2011 lapped against safety significant buildings at Fort Calhoun atomic reactor in Nebraska, upstream of the state’s largest city, Omaha.As reported by Cole Epley in the Omaha World-Herald, the …
Continue readingLawyers for U.S. sailors suffering illnesses associated with radiation exposure from the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe presented oral arguments before the 9th circuit court in Pasadena, CA in September. This follows two victories before the district …
Continue readingThe Great LakesBeyond Nuclear has joined with a coalition of U.S. and Canadian environmental groups in calling for the ouster of the beleaguered head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Dr. Michael Binder, for acting as a cheerleader for …
Continue readingEnergy companies and trade associations have filed a lawsuit in federal court, while Public Citizen has filed an intervention at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in opposition to a nearly $8 billion ratepayer-funded bailout of several failin…
Continue readingThe Center for Biological Diversity is circulating an action alert, calling for messages to be sent to President Obama, urging him to designate the Great Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument before he leaves office. This would effectively prot…
Continue readingKarl GrossmanInvestigative journalist Karl Grossman (photo, left) — a Beyond Nuclear board of directors member — delivered a presentation to Long Island Metro Business Action entitled “How Cuomo’s $7.6 Billion Nuclear Bail-out Can I…
Continue readingA recently hosted conference and unrelated published paper each highlight impacts of radiation exposure during early life. At the “5th International Expert Symposium in Fukushima on Radiation and Health” held in Fukushima City, Japan, an incre…
Continue readingIan Zabarte, Native Community Action CouncilBeyond Nuclear was honored and privileged to take part in the Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues held at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) on October 10-11, Indigenous Peoples Day. The power…
Continue readingHiroshima, Japan, 1945 — in the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombing on August 6thGermany’s Non-Violent Action for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, as well as Nukewatch of Wisconsin, are calling for supporters in the U.S. and other countries to print up …
Continue reading“To the village square we must carry the facts of atomic energy. From there must come America’s voice.” — Albert Einstein, June 1946. Photo credit: Mark Muhich, Sierra Club MI Chapter Nuclear-Free CommitteeA column in the LA Ti…
Continue readingPolitical cartoon by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo NewsIn August, an environmental coalition, including Beyond Nuclear, launched a legal challenge against 150 imminent truck shipments of highly radioactive liquid wastes from Chalk River, Ontario, throu…
Continue readingRick Wayman of the Nulear Age Peace Foundation reports:
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world’s highest court, delivered its judgments on preliminary issues in the Marshall Islands’ nuclear disarmament cases against India,…
As reported by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! during the show’s Oct. 4th news headlines segment (watch/listen from the 11 minute 43 second mark to the 13 minute 13 second mark), a Native American land defender/water protector (they do not want to be …
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Liquid Nuclear Waste Convoys: A Threat of the Waters of the Great Lakes – Media Conference, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Oct 3 2016. Complete press package at http://ccnr.org/GLWQA_pack.pdf. Dr. Gordon Edwards, P…
Continue readingBeyond Nuclear was honored and privileged to appear on Thom Hartmann’s “The Big Picture,” along with Indigenous Environmental Network, to discuss the ongoing, inspiring water and land protector resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline, centered …
Continue readingNative Community Action Council logoBeyond Nuclear is honored and privileged to be invited by the Native Community Action Council (NCAC) to present at its Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues, taking place on October 10 & 11, 2016, at the Un…
Continue readingThe revolving door between so-called “public servants” and nuclear power lobbying firms is spinning so fast, it could be connected to the electric grid and awarded billion dollar subsidies at ratepayer and taxpayers expense! Close on the heels of…
Continue readingJohn G. Fuller’s iconic 1975 book “We Almost Lost Detroit” helped open many eyes to the dangers of nuclear powerNext Wednesday, Beyond Nuclear is joining with grassroots environmental allies in southeast Michigan to mark the 50th anniversary of the…
Continue readingProfessor Derek Abbott, a physicist and electrical engineer at the University of Adelaide, shows why the pipe dreams of the pro-nuclear propagandists are precisely that. Using a wealth of empirical data illustrating global trends, he also ably debunks …
Continue readingNukes of Hazard. The Nuclear Bomb Convoys on our Roads, is a new investigate report by journalist, Rob Edwards, looking at the risks and realities of nuclear weapons transports in the UK. However, the lessons and warnings are universal.  …
Continue readingPhoto by Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times, included in front page coverage on September 10, 2016Beyond Nuclear staffers attended the Sep. 15 DOE public meeting on “Consent-Based Siting” of high-level radioactive waste parking lot dumps. Paul …
Continue readingRepresentatives from multiple environmental groups “just say no” to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s “Nuke Waste Con Game” at the agency’s HQ in Rockville, MD in late 2013In an outrageous and flagrant disregard for the public input process, the U.S…
Continue readingOn October 5 it will be 50 years since the Fermi 1 prototype liquid metal fast breeder reactor, located near Monroe, MI, suffered a loss of coolant accident and partial meltdown that narrowly missed turning into a major catastrophe, as recounted in Joh…
Continue readingOn September 7, 2016, Beyond Nuclear joined with Pilgrim Watch and six other Massachusetts safe energy groups to oppose an effort by the New Orleans-based Entergy Nuclear Corporation to quietly evade the economic consequences and legal compliance wit…
Continue readingBeyond Nuclear is honored to be working with the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), and a coalition of 110 organizations, to protect the Great Lakes against the hazards of radioactive contamination. The Great Lakes Basin has dozens of nucle…
Continue readingIndigenous resistance mounts against the so-called Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)Longtime Native American allies of the anti-nuclear movement, Indigenous Environmental Network and Honor the Earth, have issued an urgent call for solidarity (including…
Continue readingA sign held at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Germany. (Photo: Michaela/flickr/cc)An article by Andrea Germanos, subtitled “By suppressing better ways to meet climate goals, evidence suggests entrenched commitments to nuclear power may actuall…
Continue readingJoin us, Saturday, August 20, 2016 in Port Huron, Michigan! Protect the Great Lakes Walk & Rally! Celebrating grassroots efforts to keep our Great Lakes clean! The Walk begins at 12 Noon at the Flag Plaza under the Blue Water Bridge (Thomas Ed…
Continue readingInternational Atomic Energy Agency radioactivity hazard warning signAn environmental coalition, including Beyond Nuclear, has filed a lawsuit seeking to block up to 150 unprecedented truck shipments of highly radioactive liquid wastes, from Chalk R…
Continue readingThe Second Thematic World Social Forum for a Nuclear-Free World took place in Montreal from August 8 to 14 (the First was held in Fukushima and Tokyo, Japan last April). The Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World already has 168 or…
Continue readingSept. 17, 2015 PowerDC rally in Washington, DC, opposing Exelon Nuclear’s takeover of Pepco. The hand-signed banner was delivered, en mass, to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office.WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Citizen and D.C. Solar United Neighborhoods …
Continue readingKevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear’s Radioactive Waste Watchdog, delivered a statement to members of the news media on a press conference call sponsored by NIRS.
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 public comment meeting on 11/14/13 in Rockville, MD. Photo cr…
Continue readingThanks to everyone who took action in response to our alerts in recent weeks. But unfortunately, as reported by investigative journalist and Beyond Nuclear board member Karl Grossman, despite a groundswell of opposition, on August 1st Governor Andrew…
Continue readingKarl GrossmanBeyond Nuclear board of directors member Karl Grossman (photo, left) writes:
On Enformable today, my article on the New York State Public Service Commission yesterday approving a $7.6 billion bail-out of aging nuclear power plants in ups…
Groups say state now responsible to ensure nuclear safety of the plants going forward
[NIRS and AGREE have issued a press release that begins:]
Albany, NY – The New York State Public Service Commission today approved the “Clean Energy Stan…
Illustration [artist’s rendition] of Hinkley Point C nuclear station. Photograph: EDF Energy/PA An article by Graham Ruddick in the Guardian, entitled “From feast to farce: how the big Hinkley Point C party was put on ice,” reported that “the UK go…
Continue readingTwo people who were very precious not only to Beyond Nuclear, but to humanity, chose to leave this world on Monday, July 25th.
Judi Friedman, 80 and Lou Friedman, 81 — educators, humanitarians, peace envoys, parents, grandparents, friends, collea…
Please call New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office right away at (518) 474-8390, or message him here. Gov. Cuomo has ordered the NY Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve a $10 billion bailout for the state’s dirty, dangerous, and financially f…
Continue readingErica Gray of the Virginia Sierra Club Nuclear-Free Committee holds an iconic Smiling Sun “Nuclear Power? No Thanks!” flag at the UN climate march in New York City in Sept. 2014. NIRS spearheaded the Nuclear-Free, Climate-Free contingent there too, whi…
Continue readingRepresentatives from a coalition of environmental and public interest groups protest the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s “Nuke Waste Con Game” at the agency’s Rockville, MD HQ in late 2013.The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has held nine public m…
Continue readingGraphic art from AGREE action alertNY Governor Cuomo and his Public Service Commission have proposed a massive $8 billion bailout, at ratepayer expense, to prop up three financially failing Exelon atomic reactors in upstate NY on the Lake Ontario…
Continue readingSusquehanna nuclaer power plant in Salem Twp., PAAs Susan Schwartz of the Press Enterprise reports from Salem Twp., PA, three senior reactor operators at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant (see NRC file photo, left) have been temporaily suspended, p…
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