RADIATION MEETING May 15-16

The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies is hosting its 46th Meeting on May 15 & 16. Among the topics are advancements and limitations in low dose research, implications of attacks on commercial nuclear reactors, and development of a...

NUKE WASTE DUMP: Ojibwe Country once again targeted

Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, presented “Water Is Life, Nuclear Waste Is Toxic” at the annual meeting of Environment North, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Superior, April 23, 2025. Environment North is the...

Updates on Palisades: Zombie reactor & “SMR” new builds

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] The Holtec and Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) zealous and reckless push for restart of the 60-year old zombie reactor, as well as “Small...

THE IRAN DEAL: Smash it then claim it

There is deep irony in the Trump administration working to secure credit for a nuclear deal with Iran, given it was the previous Trump administration that destroyed a perfectly adequate one — the JCPOA — that had ensured Iran’s uranium enrichment stayed within...
GOP states sue NRC to deregulate SMR licensing

GOP states sue NRC to deregulate SMR licensing

The governors of the states of Texas, Utah, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona and their respective offices of state attorneys general have joined together with a number of fledgling nuclear start-up companies still in the design development phase for new, unproven small...

ZOMBIE NUKE?! Band-Aids on Critical Safety System?!

[Photo showing the exceedingly thin-walled tubes within a typical pressurized water reactor steam generator] ZOMBIE NUKE?! Band-Aids on Critical Safety System?! The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published a Federal Register Notice about Holtec’s License Amendment...