On the road to nuclear war

Feb 5, 2026

It’s 85 seconds to midnight. The collapse of the New START Treaty hasn’t helped but there is still time to turn things around, writes Lawrence S.Wittner On January 27, 2026, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous “Doomsday...

Enviro coalition defends EJ against NWMO DGR!

Feb 4, 2026

[Photo from We the Nuclear Free North newsletter, summer 2025] An environmental coalition — Beyond Nuclear, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes, Don’t Waste Michigan, and Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) — has defended Environmental Justice (EJ)...

Yet MORE safety-significant SNAFUS at Palisades!

Feb 4, 2026

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future–Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Press Advisory  Public Meeting to Discuss Holtec Relief Request on Palisades Pressure Spray Nozzles Monday, February 9th @ 2:00 pm ET. ...

Trump nixes nukes from environmental reviews

Feb 4, 2026

White House Executive Order & DOE set rule for “categorical exclusion” of new reactors from NEPA environmental impact statements On February 2, 2026, the American Nuclear Society’s NuclearNewsWire headlined the US Department of Energy (DOE) announcement for the...

Trump slashing reactor safety and security rules

Jan 28, 2026

Department of Energy executes White House Executive Order  Radical changes to nuclear safety and security of new reactors withheld from public review In response to White House Executive Order 14301 issued on May 23, 2025, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is...