“No to Nuclear” book tour

Beyond Nuclear international specialist Linda Pentz Gunter’s new book — No to Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War — has been published by Pluto Press. Linda is currently in the UK with the book at the following events:...

Beyond Nuclear condemns attack on Iran

Beyond Nuclear strongly condemns the attacks against Iran by two nuclear-armed countries, the United States and Israel, when a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program was already within reach. “These renewed attacks on Iran come at a time when negotiations were...

New cancer study goes where NRC refused

Shows increase in cancer deaths near reactors The Lost Opportunity: NRC’s Canceled Study In the early 2010s, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) tasked the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with conducting a groundbreaking study on childhood cancer risks...

Arizona votes to cut county regs on SMRs

Eyes are on the Arizona State House which just passed a bill (HB2456) that would cut the state’s 15 counties out of zoning requirements that might slow down the fast track siting of Small Modular Reactors (SMR). The bill streamlines new reactor development designated...

Mind-boggling $1.5 trillion military budget request

From:  Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action: Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” It is clear that the United States is...

Iran’s right to the bomb?

Which countries are allowed to have nuclear weapons? The nuclear-armed nations say only they are. This includes Israel, which is officially an “undeclared” atomic state, even though the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution every year asking Israel to disarm. Iran...