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Why does KC keep producing nukes?
The KC Star headline reads: Nuclear weapons are insanity. Why does KC keep producing them? The column, a full-blown attack on the production in KC of parts for nuclear weapons, ran in The Kansas City Star on 3/31. The author is Dave Pack, who chairs the Board of...
‘Indigenuity’ can solve climate crisis
By Kristin Scheer “Exercising Indigenous Wisdom for Responses to the Climate Crisis” is a workshop that PeaceWorks KC is proud to cosponsor. The event is brought to us by the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council. They announce this gathering on their website and...
I’m Oppenheimer’s grandson. I support Trump’s pursuit of nuclear diplomacy.
| Opinion President Donald Trump is right to propose direct talks with President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping of China on nuclear arms control. Amid all the chaos in the world, I want to provide a ray of light, a sliver of hope: We may be on the...
TELL CONGRESS ‘NO NUKES’!
During the March 24 webinar on nuclear power hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action, and featuring M.V. Ramana and Paul Gunter, participants were asked to complete an action item that sends a strong anti-nuke message to their members of Congress, urging them not to vote...
TRUMP♥️☢️
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. It was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney attempted nuclear power relapse.] TRUMP Bailouts Continue to Flow ...
March on Palantir
Join our friends at Denver Anti War Action (DAWA) on Saturday, April 5th to reject AI-driven mass murder and deportation! Palantir’s AI...
Nuclear’s Promise for Colorado: Hype or Hope?
The current push for nuclear power with House Bill 25-1040 would allow it to syphon off funding intended for renewables. At the same time...
Are you interested in leading Know Your Rights Trainings in your community? Join our friends at CIRC for a virtual Train the Trainer workshop on Saturday March 22nd!
Are you interested in leading Know Your Rights Trainings in your community? Join our friends at CIRC for a virtual Train the Trainer...
Member Perspectives on 3MSP in New York City
By Alfred Meyer John Reuwer, Ann Suellentrop, Magritte Gordaneer, and Alfred Meyer This blog post is intended to give you a sense of what citizen activism is achieving — the TPNW grew out of a proverbial ‘small group of dedicated people wanting to change the world,’...
Urgent action: Community health and engagement must be a priority
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has been a valuable mechanism for public participation since 1970. This law requires the federal government to inform community members of the potential environmental impacts of a project and get feedback from the people on...
PSR Delegation Attends the TPNW 3MSP in New York!
During the first week of March, PSR participated in the Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the United Nations in New York City. PSR’s delegation joined leaders, advocates, and survivors to advance the...
On 4/4, see ‘Silent Fallout’ at Shawnee Mission UU Church
See the documentary Silent Fallout, a 2023 film with Japanese director Hideaki Ito and narrator Alec Baldwin. This English-language award-winning film contends our entire continent has been contaminated by radiation from 101 atmospheric nuclear tests, primarily in...
ZOMBIE NUKE?! Coalition Opposes Duane Arnold
ZOMBIE NUKE?! Coalition Opposes Duane Arnold NextEra’s Fukushima twin design reactor in Iowa closed for good after a close call with catastrophe in August 2020. A direct hit by 140 mile per hour derecho winds not only damaged the cooling towers, but also caused a loss...
Board gains new chair, new treasurer
The new chair of the PeaceWorks KC Board is Dave Pack, and Greg Swartz is our new treasurer. These and other officers and Board members were elected March 9, during the PeaceWorks Annual Meeting in KC MO. Greg Swartz was voted the PeaceWorks Board’s treasurer at the...
$57M disbursement of DOE loan propels restart of Palisades Nuclear Plant
[“Burning Money” graphic by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. The image graced the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney administration’s attempted nuclear power relapse.] As reported by...
Annual Meeting: fun, books, new gigs, photos
“Let peace begin with me, Let this be the moment now,” sings Deborah Demeter, with all of us singing along. Outright fun marked the PeaceWorks KC Annual Meeting on March 9 at Simpson House. “Read this!” was said a few times. Plus “y’all come!” The meeting was so...
Standing Strong Together
For over six decades, Physicians for Social Responsibility has spoken boldly to protect human life from the gravest threats to our health. Generations of PSR health professionals have struggled for peace, justice, a healthy climate, and a healthy democracy. Over the...
Annual Meeting en-courages us!
This year’s PeaceWorks KC Annual Meeting, held March 9 at Simpson House in KC MO, stirred up hope. This story recaps both our farewell to our annual art fair and our bestowal of awards; other stories give other highlights. Jim Hannah, photographer, related the annual...
DOE reinstates fired employees
A memo viewed by POLITICO’s E&E News shows the Department of Energy rehired employees late Thursday, obeying a court order.
Judge orders federal agencies to reverse layoffs. Some in Tri-Cities could get jobs back
“Today’s order is a win for the employees that will be reinstated and the rule of law, but this case is not over,” Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said.
ZOMBIE and SMRs?! Palisades Targeted for Both
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] April 2025 marks three years since this nuclear nightmare began: Holtec’s decommissioning scam was revealed at the Palisades atomic reactor on...
Fukushima 14 years later and still uncertain future
Beyond Nuclear turns to our Japanese colleagues to report on the 14th annual commemoration of the March 11, 2011 nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. This timeless disaster started with a severe offshore earthquake followed by a 48-ft...
Hanford nuclear site subcontractor, owner to pay $1.1M for COVID loan fraud
Money to pay Hanford workers was instead used to pay personal debts and credit card balances, say investigators.
Risks and Cleanup of Hanford’s Central Plateau
Hanford 324 Cleanup Delay, Major Issues, comments presentation HoA workshop 8-22-23 Ecology approved.pdf
ASLB rejects intervenors’ Palisades “zombie” nuke reactor restart petition & hearing request
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety (sic) and Licensing Board (ASLB) has struck again. Per usual, it has rejected all contentions re: health, safety, security, and the environment raised by an environmental coalition, denying hearings on the...
in-person DC Days on June 8-11, 2025! Come to Washington, DC to help address nuclear weapons and waste cleanup!
Those who applied for scholarships will be notified next week about funding decisions. Scholarship awardees and others are encouraged to register as soon as possible and before the April 8 date, when registration costs will increase. You can register for DC Days at...
Local Communities Say NO to LANL Expansion and Host Community Comment Writing Workshops
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CCNSUpdate032825mc.mp3 Community members and Tribal advocates are standing together to say NO to the proposed expansion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). As part of a growing movement for environmental...
Trump attack on U.S. environment law
Comments of Beyond Nuclear on the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s February 24, 2025, Interim Final Rule “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations” [Docket CEQ-2025-0002] March 27, 2025 To whom it may concern at the White...
TMI, 46 YEARS ON
TMI, 46 YEARS ON Restart Despite Past Disaster?! On March 28, 1979, Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit 2 in Pennsylvania had a 50% meltdown (pictured), the worst commercial reactor disaster in U.S. history. Ignoring that cautionary tale, Constellation schemes to restart...
Art Sale Benefiting Palestinian Refugees
Our good friend Nancy Sullo is working with Denver based Palestinian Refugee NGO Beirut and Beyond to raise money for the only library...
Rally for Jeanette
This week, a beloved Colorado Immigrant Rights leader and activist, Jeanette Vizguerra, was detained by ICE in a blatant act of silencing...
How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s 40,000-Ton Shield
[Photo: Still image/screen grab taken from a handout video provided by the UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE] The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a scenario its engineers never...
☢ New LANL SWEIS Action Page – Comment Today!
Honor Our Pueblo Existence and Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety are excited to share that our new LANL SWEIS Action Page is live—making it easy for anyone to submit a public comment before the April 10th deadline in protection of our local and Tribal communities,...
Our Planet, Our Health: 2025 Climate Action Convention was a success!
Earlier this month, the Our Planet, Our Health 2025 Climate Action Convention was held in Washington, DC. PSR National was honored to be a part of the Planning Committee to help make this more than 300 attendee convention a success. In collaboration with the Medical...
Three Draft LANL SWEIS Public Comment Preparation Workshops
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CCNSUpdate032125mc.mp3 Public comments for the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory are currently due on Thursday, April 10th. Tewa Women United,...
On 4/13, see ‘Silent Fallout’ at All Souls in KC
See the documentary Silent Fallout, a 2023 film with Japanese director Hideaki Ito and narrator Alec Baldwin. This English-language award-winning film contends our entire continent has been contaminated by radiation from 101 atmospheric nuclear tests, primarily in...
SMR-300s: Not Small, Mythical Reactors
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] SMR-300s Not Small, Mythical Reactors Beyond Nuclear and Don’t Waste Michigan did battle with Holtec over so-called “Small Modular Reactor”...
Hanford nuclear history connects Tri-Cities with Japanese universities
TRI-CITIES, Wash. – A unique exchange program is linking the Tri-Cities with universities in Japan, focusing on the shared nuclear history of both regions.
Imaginary, Risky Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) have No Place in South Carolina Energy Legislation (H 3309)
Reasons the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) sections of the H 3309 energy bill before the South Carolina legislature should be eliminated Savannah River Site Watch, fact sheet on problems in energy bill with both SMRs and state-funded nuclear industry booster group South...
In Our View: Residents tire of talk, demand Hanford action
More than 35 years after a Tri-Party Agreement was forged to promote cleanup at Eastern Washington’s Hanford site, the people of our state are still waiting for meaningful action.
Annual Meeting features Haskell students’ video
With PeaceWorks KC’s focus on justice and peace, our Annual Meeting March 9 allowed time for watching and pondering “Haskell Persists!”—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8oRm7aIj64. The students at Haskell Indian Nations University created the video after President...
Cross Border Network gets Cheatum Award
This year’s Kris and Lynn Cheatum Community Peace Award went to two recipients, including the Cross Border Network for Justice and Solidarity. This acceptance speech for the network was written by Judy Ancel, who was unable to be present, and was read by Corliss...
Plutonium Pit Lawsuit: “Grassroots Victory in the Fight against Nuclear Weapons Proliferation”
“Justice Prevails: A Grassroots Victory in the Fight against Nuclear Weapons Proliferation” By Aspen Coriz-Romero, on National Priorities Project website, March 12, 2025 About our federal lawsuit victory against plutonium “pit”
Two Upcoming LANL SWEIS Public Comment Preparation Workshops
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CCNSUpdate031425mc.mp3 Public comments for the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory are currently due on Thursday, April 10th. CCNS, Tewa Women...
Continued Propaganda About AI and Nuclear Power
An article by M.V. Ramana, published at Counterpunch. M. V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia and the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear...
B Reactor Museum Association to celebrate women at the Hanford site during the Cold War
RICHLAND, Wash. – The B Reactor Museum Association is hosting a free event to honor the contributions of women at the Hanford Site during the Cold War.
Ann at UN: What to do about nuclear weapons?
Ann Suellentrop sums up her trip to the UN concerning the nuclear ban treaty. I just got back from meetings at the UN Headquarters this past week on the Nuclear Ban Treaty (the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) which almost half of the world’s nations have...