7.21 ACTION ALERT: Public Hearing on Expired Pilgrim Permit | Protect Cape...
Public Hearing on Expired Pilgrim Permit: Thursday, July 21Comment Deadline: Monday, July 25The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is updating Pilgrim's long-expired Clean Water Act permit.It is...
View ArticleYou won't believe how much the NY nuclear bailout will cost.... speak up today!
It's Time to Hit the Brakes on Governor Cuomo's Extravagant 12-Year Nuclear Bailout The push for a massive nuclear power bailout in New York just got a lot worse -- and the state agency pushing it...
View ArticleKazakhstan and Chain Reaction 2016 | Kazakhstan Embassy in USA
On 29 August 1949, the Soviet Union detonated their first nuclear weapon, code-named First Lightning, a nuclear chain reaction that caused radioactive contamination over a large area of Kazakhstan....
View ArticlePoison In The Heart: The Nuclear Wasting Of South Australia | Countercurrents
“Nuclear weapons and nuclear power are both leading instances of the irrationalities that result from a social world that has been constructed to concentrate power in the hands of tiny minorities, and...
View ArticleNY Times Pushes Nukes While Claiming Renewables Fail to Fight Climate Change...
The New York Times published an astonishing article last week that blames green power for difficulties countries are facing to mitigate climate change.The article by Eduardo Porter, How Renewable...
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August 9, 2016 Action at Livermore Lab 8 AM
On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, participants will gather at the northwest corner of the Livermore Lab (Vasco Road and Patterson Pass Road in Livermore). The program will begin at 8:00 AM. A Hibakusha...
View ArticleTell the DOE: We Say NO to Nuclear Waste!
The US federal Department of Energy (DOE) asked for our comments on a deceptive process for siting nuclear waste facilities. After decades of trying to force-feed the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear...
View ArticleNuclear Power Advocates Claim Cheap Renewable Energy Is A Bad Thing |...
Nuclear power advocates are trying a new line of attack on solar and wind energy — it’s too darn cheap! In the real world, however, the unexpectedly rapid drop in the price of cleantech, especially...
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New York Just Proved Why Bailing Out Nuclear Power Is a Bad Idea | GreenWorld
Yesterday, New York became the first state to adopt a policy to subsidize aging, uncompetitive nuclear reactors. The state’s Public Service Commission, which regulates utility companies, passed a Clean...
View ArticleYou Might be Operating an Unsafe Reactor If… - All Things Nuclear
There are currently two empty positions on the five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). If comedian Jeff Foxworthy were nominated and confirmed to become a Commissioner, you wonder how he would...
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Nuclear Hotseat #267: INDIAN POINT Film – Former NRC Chair Jaczko, Director...
This Week’s Featured Interviews:Filmmaker, subject and activists converged at the Los Angeles run of the documentary, INDIAN POINT, an exploration of nuclear issues seen through the lens of the two...
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A bittersweet Clean Energy Standard in NY
By now you may have heard that New York State adopted a “Clean Energy Standard” last Monday, one that finally puts a requirement on utilities to buy renewable energy, but one that also requires that we...
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Nuclear Hotseat #268 – Australia: Nuke Waste Dump to the World? Dave Sweeney –
This Week’s Featured Interview:Dave Sweeney has been active in the uranium mining and nuclear debate for two decades through his work with the media, trade unions and environment groups on mining,...
View ArticleWhat's wrong with nuclear power? | Wise International
There are many good reasons to oppose the use of nuclear energy. Nuclear power installations are vulnerable for accidents, incidents and attacks. Radioactive material can be disseminated. Radiation is...
View ArticleNuclear power plant? Or storage dump for hot radioactive waste? | Bulletin of...
Nuclear power plant? Or storage dump for hot radioactive waste?Robert AlvarezIn addition to generating electricity, US nuclear power plants are now major radioactive waste management operations,...
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what next: regarding today's edition
"regarding today's edition"Robert Cherwink’s Daily • #RCDaily #ECO | #RCDaily #ECO ::: WEEKLY editionThe #OcNukeDaily • #OccupyNuclear | The #OcNuke Weekly • #OccupyNuclearF Y I ::: {note of 31 JULY}...
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Say No to These Three Uranium Mines at Grand Canyon
SAY NO TO THESE THREE URANIUM MINES AT GRAND CANYONThe Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is preparing to issue permits to allow the operation of three uranium mines in greater Grand Canyon...
View ArticleNew Study Casts Doubt on the Future of Nuclear Power - EcoWatch
While it's been touted by some energy experts as a so-called "bridge" to help slash carbon emissions, a new study suggests that a commitment to nuclear power may in fact be a path towards climate...
View ArticleValuing the greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power: A critical survey...
ABSTRACT – This article screens 103 lifecycle studies of greenhouse gas-equivalent emissions for nuclear power plants to identify a subset of the most current, original, and transparent studies. It...
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Nuclear Hotseat #271: How #Radiation in Oceans Contaminates Our #Food Supply...
This Week’s Featured Interview:Tim Deere-Jones is an independent marine pollution consultant and a specialist in the behavior and fate of marine pollutants in ocean, coastal and estuarine environments....
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