Fire in glovebox at LANL plutonium facility sparks safety discussion

Jul 31, 2026

Nuclear Newswire | July 30, 2026 ans.orgAccording to a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) report, a fire occurred in a glovebox in the plutonium facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory on June 15. A test involving nonnuclear material was underway in...

Opposition Mounting to Deep Fission

Jul 31, 2026

Beyond Nuclear is quoted in a July 28, 2026 Wall Street Journal article “An Underground Nuclear Reactor Is Coming to This Kansas Town—and Dividing Locals”, describing California nuclear start-up company Deep Fission’s plans for a 15 megawatt electric micro-reactor...

“Innovation” campuses: Nuclear waste Trojan horses?

Jul 31, 2026

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of five initial contenders for building Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. The states that could serve as potential hosts are Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho. But is this proposal a...

Aleksey Nesterenko: Chornobyl health protector dies at 52

Jul 31, 2026

Aleksey Nesterenko, director of the Belrad Independent Institute for Radiation Protection, has passed away at the age of of 52 of cancer. His daughter Darya stated “[t]hroughout his life, he successfully combined science with humanism, putting his brilliant mind to...