The Small (Modular Reactor) Short

Nuclear investors see “an industry bubble that is already deflating” Guess who’s making money from the alleged small modular reactor boom? Or rather, guess, who’s not making a profit? We’ve been calling the SMR schemes “crypto nukes” for a while, because they seemed...

Congo’s uranium tragedy

At a book talk at Busboys and Poets in DC, Friends of the Congo’s Maurice Carney, and Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter, laid out the uranium story that threads through the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s sad history, including how 70% of Congo uranium was used...

Protect Better webinar series: Protect our health from radiation

Webinar 2 – “In the Weeds” What happens when radiation protection standards are weakened to make it easier to expand nuclear power? Wednesday, August 19 | 5pm – 7:30pm Pacific 8:00–9:30 PM Eastern REGISTER The Trump Administration has directed the Nuclear Regulatory...

A compassionate world without nuclear

Global Read webinar featured two authors, two books and one topic M.V. Ramana and Linda Pentz Gunter were featured together for the August edition of the program Global Read, presented by the Charter for Compassion. Ramana is the author of Nuclear Is Not The Solution....

Deep Fission “approval” is for a drawing, not a “milestone”

Statement by Paul Gunter, Director of the Reactor Oversight Project at Beyond Nuclear on Deep Fission’s announcement of approval of a Nuclear Safety Design Agreement  under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Reactor Pilot Project created by a President Trump White...

Protect Better Webinar Series: NRC Radiation Comments

Webinar #1 Wednesday, August 12 Time: 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET Webinar #1 Register Here The Trump Administration has directed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to weaken long-standing radiation protection standards in order to accelerate the expansion of nuclear...