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An editorial in the Asahi Shimbun on the day of the Hiroshima atomic bombing commemoration, calls on Japan to lead global efforts to ban nuclear weapons. Japan has neither signed nor ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. But th…

A group of hitherto unrecognized citizens of Hiroshima, who were contaminated by the radioactive and toxic “black rain” that fell after the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing of that city, won an important day in court last month. The 84…

Twisted wreckage left in the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombingBeyond Nuclear has joined with more than 120 organizations, and thousands of individuals, calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe a respectful moment of silen…

Photo take at Feb. 2017 US NRC environmental scoping phase public comment meeting in Andrews, TX, re: WCS CISF application. Used with permission from Karen Hadden, SEED Coalition, Austin, TX.As tweeted by Protect the Basin, the Andrews County, Texas C…

“Burning Money,” graphic by Gene Case/Avenging Angels, which appeared on the cover of The Nation in 2003, accompanying an article about the nuclear power relapse, authored by Christian ParentiBloomberg reports the bipartisan U.S. Senate infrastructu…

As reported by John LaForge of Nukewatch Wisconsin, published at Antiwar.com.

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Please see our Nuclear Weapons website section, for a listing of commemorations. If you can’t find one near you to plug into, consider organizing a local one yourself with friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and kindred spirits.
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The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition (HNDC) invites you and your organization to support us & join us in peace in a virtual commemoration ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hirosh…

NRC file photo of Point Beach Units 1 & 2 on the Lake Michigan shoreline in WIA U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) panel has rejected numerous contentions brought by Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisc…

As described in an environmental coalition press release, Texans have loudly and clearly expressed non-consent regarding hosting highly radioactive waste at Interim Storage Partners’ consolidated interim storage facility, at Waste Control Special…

As reported by the Washington Post.

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Seventy-two organizations, including Beyond Nuclear, have endorsed comments authored by attorney Terry Lodge of Toledo, Ohio. Lodge has served as legal counsel for coalitions of anti-nuclear groups for more than four decades. The coalition comments p…

Two years ago, the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, chair of Oversight and Government Reform, published a report showing that Donald Trump’s close friend, billionaire Tom Barrack, was involved in the campaign to sell Saudi Arabia nuclear power technolo…

Winona “No Nukes” LaDukeAs reported by Honor the Earth.
For a very long time now, Winona “No Nukes” LaDuke (pictured) has worked with Beyond Nuclear, NIRS, and others to block high-level radioactive waste dumps targeted at Native American reservations …

US Capitol Police.govHow do you define zero?  Merriam-Webster defines “zero” as “the arithmetical symbol denoting the absence of all magnitude; the absence of a measurable quantity; not any.” Like “zero calories&rdquo…

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which compensates uranium workers and some downwinders, has never included those exposed in New Mexico by the Trinity test, nor other downwinders in Idaho and Guam. Now there are two bills working their way thr…

Message from Tina Cordova, TBDC (Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium):
It [is] encouraging to see so many people planning to reflect on the Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  I would never want to take away from admitting and recogniz…

August 6 and 9 are fast approaching, and numerous organizations and coalitions have planned annual atomic bombing commemoration events and activities. We have listed all those we know of at our Nuclear Weapons website section homepage, and will add …

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has abandoned its review of an industry suggestion to increase the operating license renewal period for power stations from 20 to 40-year extensions. License renewal has become the nuclear industry’s o…

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NRC file photoAs Solartopia author and lifelong anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman has written, “the horrifying collapse of a south Florida condo should alarm us all about the next reactor catastrophe.” As but one example is Davis-Besse, Ohio. A…

Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, Alliance for Environmental Strategies (AFES)Holtec’s dangerous stumbles, at decommissioning (including knocking out power to 30,000 Jersey Shore residents!) and highly radioactive waste storage, continue at Oyster Cree…