The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Nuclear Waste Confidence draft GEIS (Generic Environmental Impact Statement) has been published online. Critics dub it a “Nuke Waste Con Game.” The draft GEIS is nearly 600 pages long.
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Dr. Edwin Lyman, Senior Scientist, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned ScientistsAs reported by EcoWatch, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow interviewed Dr. Edwin Lyman of the Union of Concerned Scientists (photo, left) about the worsening “radioactive s…
Continue readingThis infamous photo of Vermont Yankee’s 2007 cooling tower collapse was sent to media reporters by whistleblowersBob Bady, a founding member of the Safe and Green Campaign, has penned an op-ed at the Vermont Digger entitled “What Killed the Beast?”
He …
As reported by The Guardian, radiation levels leaking from highly radioactive wastewater storage tanks at Fukushima Daiichi have reached deadly new highs. The previous record was 180 Rem/hour. The new record is 220 R/hr. As reported, “An unprotected pe…
Continue readingTo see the full listing of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) public comment meetings on its court-ordered Nuclear Waste Confidence Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), please click this link.
Continue readingKurokawa at a press conference after the release of the Diet report in July, 2012. A medical doctor, Kurokawa is also an Academic Fellow at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and is former President of the National Science Council of J…
Continue readingJapan’s Fukushima reactors continue to leak radioactivity into the Pacific Ocean. The American public deserves to be able to protect itself, particularly susceptible children, against this pollution. Tell the US Food and Drug Administration to …
Continue readingDavid Webb, Chief Executive Officer of Origin Investments AB: This problem with radioactive water was an inevitability. So, this has been known for 2 years. So, I think it does point out that the time had passed to allow the people in government ther…
Continue readingNRC Chairwoman Macfarlane and NRA Chairman Tanaka, Japan, Dec. 2012.As reported by the Washington Post, Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe has pledged a mere $500 million towards stabilizing the leakage of highly radioactive water into the ground and oc…
Continue readingFrom The Guardian, September 1st: “Radiation levels 18 times higher than previously reported have been found near a water storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, causing fresh concern about the safety of the wrecked facility.
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In a blog special to CNN, Paris-based independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy, Mycle Schneider, calls for an International Task Force Fukushima to provide the Japanese government and nuclear safety regulatory agency with keenl…
Continue readingJapan’s Industry Minister (in red hard hat) points at leaking tank farm for highly radioactive water storageAs reported by CNN, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Toshimitsu Motegi, has said:
“Countermeasures led by Tepco to stop the con…
Japan’s Industry Minister (in red hard hat) points at leaking tank farm for highly radioactive water storageAs reported by CNN, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Toshimitsu Motegi, has said:
“Countermeasures led by Tepco to stop the con…
In a victory for the state of Vermont and its people, Entergy will close Vermont Yankee in 2014 and begin decommissioning the reactor. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The station is expected to cease power production after its current fuel cycl…
Continue readingAs reported in last week’s Beyond Nuclear email bulletin, resistance is mounting on both sides of the Great Lakes international border to Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) plan to bury radioactive wastes on the Lake Huron shoreline.
On Aug. 19, Beyond …
U.S. NRC Chairwoman Macfarlane and Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Tanaka meeting in Japan in December 2012As reported by CNN, Japan’s top nuclear regulator has compared the devastated and leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to…
Continue readingEntergy’s problem-plagued Palisades atomic reactor in Covert, MI, on the Lake Michigan shorelineJoseph Mangano, Executive Director of Radiation and Public Health Project, has published a report, commissioned and endorsed by Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste …
Continue readingCongressman Fred Upton answers readers’ questions at the MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette hub Aug. 14. Linda Mah | MLive/Kalamazoo GazetteAs reported by the Kalamazoo Gazette, U.S. Representative Fred Upton (R-MI, photo left) took part in a “Live Chat” with con…
Continue readingJim Day, Las Vegas Review Journal, 2010 (be sure to court the toes!)
The Yucca Mountain radioactive waste dump zombie’s sixth toe twitched today.
By a 2-1 split decision, a three judge panel of the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia …
On August 12th, Thom Hartmann interviewed Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps about the latest from Fukushima Daiichi on his radio show. Kevin teleported in via Skype from the office of Nuclear Information and Resource Service in Chicago.
Continue readingThe chief manager of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Masao Yoshida (pictured left), died of cancer on July 9th aged 58. Yoshida disobeyed Tepco’s orders and inundated the three reactors with sea water to provide cooling. Tepco hesitated, as d…
Continue readingAs reported by the Asahi Shimbun:
‘Radioactivity levels soared 47-fold over just five days in groundwater from a monitoring well on the ocean side of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the plant operator said Aug. 5.
Tokyo Electric P…
As reported by Reuters, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has admitted that Fukushima Daiichi’s ongoing radioactive water leaks into the Pacific Ocean now constitute an “emergency” situation. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), responsible for the…
Continue readingCommon Cause/NY Report Details Entergy’s Lobbying and Public Relations Effort on Indian Point
From 2005 through 2012, Entergy spent over $4.5M in New York State and $35.6M in Washington on political contributions and lobbying.
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Environmental coalition attorney Terry Lodge of Toledo speaks out against Davis-Besse’s 20-year license extension at a press conference in Oak Harbor, OH in August 2012An article written by Roger Witherspoon, “Attorney Generals Fight for Public Access …
Continue readingCommissioner Geoffrey Merrifield’s NRC file photoWhile still a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner, Geoffrey Merrifield (photo, left) did the nuclear power industry a big favor. He spearheaded a seemingly simple, but significant, c…
Continue readingSouthern Co. photo of the proposed new reactors construction site at Plant Vogtle — a giant rat hole down which billions of dollars of ratepayer money are being pouredAs reported by the Atlanta Progressive News, Georgia ratepayers, as well as groups s…
Continue readingTampa Bay Times Business Columnist, Robert Trigaux, has let Florida state legislators and the Public Service Commission have it “for passing a law forcing Duke Energy customers to pay up to $1.5 billion in higher rates for a long proposed nuclear power…
Continue readingRecently elected to the U.S. Senate, Ed Markey (D-MA) has watchdogged the nuclear industry for four decades while serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today, he has spokean out against NRC weakening its rules on foreign ownership of U.S. atomi…
Continue readingAs reported by the Asahi Shimbun, the Japanese national government’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is doubtful that Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) plan to construct underground walls will succeed in blocking the flow of radioactively conta…
Continue readingAs reported by the Asahi Shimbun:
‘TAMURA, Fukushima Prefecture—When the sun set on Aug. 1, Hisao Watanabe sat under the fluorescent lights of his living room in the Miyakoji district here and could not contain his joy.
“I don’t nee…
Map by Asahi ShimbunAs reported by the Asahi Shimbun:
“Radioactive cesium levels were much higher in water deep underground at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant than in samples taken closer to the surface, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said…
Dr. Gordon Thompson, executive director of the Institute for Resource and Security Studies in Cambridge, MAYesterday, to meet the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) arbitrarily short 30-day deadline for public comments on its “Draft Consequence…
Continue readingContact: Jennifer Rennicks, Director of Policy & Communications, 865.235.1448, jennifer@cleanenergy.org
St. Petersburg, Fla.///NEWS STATEMENT/// Duke Energy Florida (DEF) today filed a motion with the Florida Public Service Commission to approve a…
Washington, D.C.-based attorney, Diane Curran, represented environmental interveners NIRS and Ecology Party of Florida against the now-cancelled proposed new reactors at Levy Co., FLThe Ecology Party of Florida and NIRS, environmental interveners again…
Continue readingMark Cooper of Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the EnvironmentEnergy economist Mark Cooper at Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the Environment has issued a media statement in response to Duke/Progess’s announced abandonment o…
Continue readingMAURICE RIVENBARK | Times The crippled nuclear power plant in Crystal River [photo, above] will not be replaced with a new nuclear facility in Levy County, state Rep. Mike Fasano said Thursday.—Tampa Bay TimesAs reported by the Tampa Bay Times, Flo…
Continue readingNRC file photo of Callaway atomic reactorAs reported by KMOV TV-4 St. Louis, Ameren’s Callaway atomic reactor, located in Fulton, Missouri, 90 miles west and upwind of St. Louis, remains shutdown, following a fire. Beyond Nuclear board member Kay Dr…
Continue readingVY’s infamous 2007 cooling tower collapse. The photo was distributed by a whistleblower.As reported by the Vermont Digger, State of Vermont Department of Public Service officials have written the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), objecting to a…
Continue readingNRC file photo of Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant on the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, MDAs reported by the Baltimore Sun, Exelon/Constellation Nuclear will pay Electricite de France (EDF) a $400 million “special dividend” payment, in ex…
Continue readingMap showing location of Entergy’s “dirty dozen” atomic reactors across the U.S.In an article entitled “Vermont Yankee to cut about 30 jobs: Critics argue loss of work force could pose operation hazards,” the Burlington Free Press reports that nationwid…
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Sarnia Mayor Mike BradleyAs reported by the Sarnia Observer, the Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Mike Bradley (photo, left), has declared victory in a years-long campaign to block the shipment of radioactive steam generators, by boat on the Gr…
The Mobile Chernobyl mock nuke waste cask, a full size replica of a truck shipping container, shown in front of the State Capitol in Jefferson City, MO during a cross-country educational tourAt 2:30 PM Eastern on Tuesday, July 30th, in room 366 of the …
Continue readingToledo attorney Terry Lodge represents the environmental coalition. Here he speaks out against Davis-Besse’s 20-year license extension at an NRC hearing held at Oak Harbor High School in August 2012DAVIS-BESSE HEARING DOCKET: Click here to link to all …
Continue readingVermont Yankee cooling tower collapse, 2007As reported by Andrew Stein at the Vermont Digger, Entergy Nuclear is forcing its Vermont Yankee workforce of 650 to essentially re-apply for their own jobs, with indications to up to 10% could be let go as a …
Continue readingPalisades and Davis-Besse are amongst the oldest, most risky, and most likely to permanently shutdown in the near-term of the three dozen atomic reactors located on the U.S. and Canadian shores of the Great Lakes (link to a copy of this map in the text…
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