Beyond Nuclear
Beyond Nuclear aims to educate and activate the public about the connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons and the need to abandon both to safeguard our future. Beyond Nuclear advocates for an energy future that is sustainable, benign and democratic.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Thursday, June 04, 2020 Beyond Nuclear Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging High-Level Radioactive Waste Dump for Entire Inventory of U.S. "Spent" Reactor Fuel Today the non-profit organization Beyond Nuclear filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit requesting review of an April 23, 2020 order and an October 29, 2018 order by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), rejecting challenges to Holtec... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, June 01, 2020 Space Force Is a Dangerous Shift Toward Weaponizing space The U.S. Space force is a dangerous and exorbitantly expensive development that could lead to war in space while decimating peace and resources on Earth and should be unilaterally opposed, said Beyond Nuclear in a statement today. “Despite the excitement of the recent manned SpaceX launch, and the... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, May 22, 2020 U.S. Unprepared for Nuclear Accident During Pandemic Two dam failures and catastrophic flooding in central Michigan, which also prompted a low-level emergency notification (NRC event #54719) at a nearby nuclear research reactor in Midland, have exposed the almost impossible challenge of evacuating people to safety during simultaneous catastrophic... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, April 09, 2020 Nuclear Power Industry Must Not Use Covid-19 Pandemic to Neglect Safety The nuclear power industry should not be allowed to significantly increase nuclear safety risks while jeopardizing the health and wellbeing of power plant workers and entire communities within emergency planning zones already sheltering in place under a viral threat, says a safety expert at Beyond... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, June 03, 2019 Beyond Nuclear Appeals Against Proposed National High-Level Radioactive Waste Dump Targeted at New Mexico Beyond Nuclear has filed an appeal with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), against the NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) ruling on an application by Holtec International/Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance. Holtec proposes a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for 173,600 metric... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, May 07, 2019 Beyond Nuclear Vows to Fight on Against Illegal High-Level Radioactive Waste Dump Targeted at New Mexico In an astounding ruling today, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) acknowledged that an application by Holtec International/Eddy-Lea [Counties] Energy Alliance to store 173,600 metric tons of highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel in... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, March 07, 2019 Eight Years after Triple Meltdowns and Explosions at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, Major Problems Remain and Many Impacts are Yet to Manifest The legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will continue indefinitely, creating long-term problems for human health, radioactive waste management and the environment: Around 1.09 million tons of radioactively contaminated water — used to cool the destroyed reactor cores as well as groundwater... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Beyond Nuclear Opposes Second License Extension for Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Relicensing Could See Aging PA Reactors Run for 80 Years With Deteriorating Safety Scientific knowledge gaps in the management of reactor safety issues caused by aging, and acknowledged by the nuclear industry, have prompted Beyond Nuclear to challenge an application to extend the operating license for two nuclear reactors in Pennsylvania. Beyond Nuclear, an environmental... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, October 03, 2018 Trump's EPA Set to Harm Women and Children by Allowing More Radiation Exposure Research continues to show that radiation at low doses casues harm. Women, children and pregnancy are particularly at risk. This increased risk also shows up in nuclear workers , even at low doses. For decades, federal agencies, including the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have advocated... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, August 03, 2018 Great Lakes Groups Question Newly Discovered Radioactive Waste Shipments from Illinois through Great Lakes Region Groups concerned about the Great Lakes are asking “Why is irradiated nuclear fuel being moved? Where is it going? What happens at the destination?” They are calling for answers after a highway transport route for high-level radioactive waste from the LaSalle nuclear power reactors in Illinois to... Read more |