U.S. to gift Pu-239 to private nuclear industry

Trump Administration’s give away of 20 MT of US plutonium weapons stockpile to private companies threatens nuclear proliferation  According to previously unreleased government documents obtained and reviewed by Politico and addressed in a letter from three Democrat...

Cato Institute: Nuclear power’s hamster wheel

Accelerating climate change demands a stop to wasting  precious little time along with human and financial resources being diverted from real solutions on nuclear power that’s going nowhere. The conservative Cato Institute’s Fall 2025 status report on “The Next...

Great Lakes: Radionuclides are persistent, toxic

In 2016 and again in 2022, more than 100 advocacy groups nominated radionuclides for designation as Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The GLWQA is a joint agreement between the U.S. and Canada, which border...

Radiation Harm from EO

This week, Libbe HaLevy of Nuclear Hotseat interviews Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist at Beyond Nuclear. Cindy breaks down what’s wrong with recent nuclear Executive Order (EO) 14300, which asks NRC to recognize a safe radiation dose, and gives...

Trump interference at NRC creating chaos

Annie Caputo, one of three currently seated commissioners (two Democrats and one Republican) of the five seats on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),  has announced her resignation in an email sent on July 29, 2025 to NRC staff.  Republican Commissioner Caputo...

UPDATE: COMMENT BY JULY 25 — STOP radiation health menace

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), hosted a pre-decisional public meeting on July 16, 1-5:30 PM ET, to take VERBAL comments on Trump Executive Order (EO) 14300 Section 5(b), which directs the NRC to “reconsider” its use of the linear no threshold (LNT) model for...