Update on Holtec’s botched Palisades refueling

Oct 14, 2026

Holtec Palisades, LLC, the would-be new power reactor operator of Michigan’s Palisades nuclear power station has ominously botched the first attempt at the unprecedented refueling of what was certified to be a “decommissioning” nuclear power plant. We’re familiar with...

NO to Nuclear AUDIOBOOK! Help us raise the funds

Oct 2, 2026

Beyond Nuclear has been given the opportunity to have a professional audiobook made of Linda Pentz Gunter’s new book — No To Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War. An audio version has been a not infrequent request as we...

“No Nukes” greets NE Governors “Go Nukes”

Oct 1, 2026

On September 30, 2026 at the invitation of Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey representatives and researchers from all six New England Governors (MA, NH, VT, ME, CT, RI) convened at the University of Massachusetts Lowell for the “New England Regional Nuclear...

Palisades investigation indefinitely halts refueling

Sep 30, 2026

On September 26, 2026, the Detroit Free Press headlined its news story “Nuclear regulators probe fuel assembly installation mishap at Palisades”.  The article regards the occurrence of a nuclear fuel handling mishap at the very end of August 2026 involving the...

Atoms & Eve: radiation education on Nuclear Hotseat

Sep 24, 2026

Radiation is a problem that most people – especially those who grew up after the Cold War era – don’t understand. So how to inform them in a way that makes sense and inspires action? Mary Olson of Generational Radiation Impact Project and Cindy Folkers of Beyond...

Running for the exits

Sep 22, 2026

The SMR “renaissance” is more sound and fury, signifying nothing In yet another example of the small modular reactor sound and fury that seems to be signifying nothing much, the New Jersey waste and decommissioning — and now small modular reactor — company Holtec has...