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Urge Your U.S. Representative: Stop Spending on Nuclear Weapons
April is Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Month of Action, and today, on Tax Day, we are calling on our members to speak out against the dangerous and unjust misuse of our tax dollars. Every year, PSR tracks how much our country spends on nuclear weapons...
‘Resist Nukes’ in KC 5/18-19
By Jane Stoever Local and national peace folks are planning a May 18 gathering and May 19 action, “Resist Nukes!” It will feature planning, preparing, and then protesting at the KC National Security Campus (KCNSC). That’s where electrical/mechanical parts are...
‘Silent Fallout’ links (see film 4/13)
By Spencer Graves Soon after I saw the 4/4 KC-area showing of the documentary Silent Fallout, I plowed through research related to key points in the film. As secretary of PeaceWorks KC, and as a statistician, I’m hereby beefing up the documentation of this movie on...
‘Silent Fallout’ exposes nuke-test results; see film 4/13
By Kristin Scheer On April 4, PeaceWorks KC hosted a showing of the film Silent Fallout at Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church in Lenexa, KS. Attendees discussed the film afterwards, some saying they will watch the movie again, on April 13 (see time/place...
new nukes/arms race
https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-4/is-a-nuclear-renaissance-coming/ The post new nukes/arms race appeared first on The Colorado Coalition.
Saturday, April 26th Second Annual WIPP Plutonium Trail Caravan from Santa Fe to Las Vegas, New Mexico
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CCNSUpdate041125mc.mp3 The Department of Energy (DOE) promised the People of New Mexico that they would cleanup and dispose of its plutonium-contaminated nuclear bomb wastes by depositing waste into the Waste...
“To Use A Mountain” (Yucca/NTS doc film)
[Yucca Mountain and the Nevada (Nuclear Weapons) Test Site, renamed the Nevada National Security Site, are located on Western Shoshone land, as acknowledged by the 1863 “peace and friendship” Treaty of Ruby Valley, aigned by the Western Shoshone Nation and U.S....
TRUMP LOVES NUKES: In Words & Deeds, Industry Promoted
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. The image was featured on the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti about the ill-fated George W. Bush/Dick Cheney nuclear power renaissance (relapse) attempt underway at...
ZOMBIE NUKES?! Updates from across U.S.
ZOMBIE NUKES?! Updates from across the Country It’s been three long years since Holtec’s CEO, Krishna Singh, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, first floated trial balloons at Palisades in s.w. MI (a bait and switch trick, and con job), to reverse decommissioning...
Engage Congress in your district!
Thank you to the folks across the country who joined us at last weekend’s Hands Off! mobilizations. If you weren’t able to attend or you’re looking for a way to continue our Month of Action, check out the next opportunity to engage your elected officials. Did you know...
Tell Congress: Support Nuclear Arms Control and Prevent a New Arms Race
Photo: IPPNW The clock is ticking on nuclear arms control. In less than a year, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) will expire, removing the last remaining cap on U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. Without action, we face the risk of an unrestrained...
Nuclear-Free Future Award laureates honored
S.P. Udayakumar of India, Márcia Gomes and Norbert Suchanek of Brazil and Germany respectively, and Edwick Madzimure of Zimbabwe, received their Nuclear-Free Future Awards at a moving ceremony in New York on March 4. The event was founded by Claus Biegert (pictured)...
PeaceWorks signs pledge to protect/resist
PeaceWorks KC has joined a growing movement of politicians, community leaders, organizations, and individuals to sign the Pledge to Protect and Resist the Trump agenda. This brief but powerful pledge is: “I PLEDGE to show up to protect the rights, safety and dignity...
US expands war in Middle East
By Christopher Overfelt The United States military has signaled its intent to dramatically escalate its genocide in the Middle East, deploying more than 100 war planes from US bases to sites in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, including six B-2...
Palisades ASLB Rejects All Environmental, Safety, & Health Contentions; Watchdogs Vow Appeal
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign. Photo by Kevin Kamps.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216,...
JOIN US: REPORT BACK on Nuclear weapons UN meeting
You are invited to an informal zoom REPORT BACK to the community, April 16, 4:30 PM ET on the third Meeting of States Parties (MSP3) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that took place in NYC at United Nations Headquarters, March 2-7. Mary Olson...
Local Communities Say NO to LANL Expansion; Public Comments Due on Thursday, April 10th
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CCNSUpdate040425mc.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...
X-Energy submits SMR permit to build in Texas
Reuters news reports on March 31, 2025 that the privately owned X-Energy nuclear startup company has submitted an application for a construction permit to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a proposed “first-of-its-kind” High Temperature Gas (helium)...
NUKE LOVEFEST?! Cautionary Tale to MI House
[“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 administration’s ill-fated nuclear power relapse underway at that time....
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,’...
☢ 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 4/4, 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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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.
$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...
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...
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...