Trump’s “Unleashing Atomic Power” is Unhinged

Without explanation, on June 16, 2025, President Trump unceremoniously fired Democrat Commissioner Christopher Hanson from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as the first senior manager causality initiating a slash and burn attack on commercial  nuclear power...

Trump Fires NRC Commissioner Who Chaired Agency Under Biden

[Photo of NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.] The dismissal came after President Trump signed several executive orders aimed at cutting safety regulations for nuclear power plants. As reported by the New York Times. That said,...

FL nuke threatens Miami drinking water supply

Florida’s Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station Units 3 and 4 are back in the news with “Miami’s Drinking Water Is Threatened by a Florida Nuclear Plant,” Bloomberg News, June 6, 2025 but behind the paywall. It’s about the billions of gallons of water required to...

ZOMBIE REACTOR RUBBER STAMP?! NRC Finalizes Palisades Restart EA/FONSI

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] ZOMBIE REACTOR RUBBER STAMP?! NRC Finalizes Palisades Restart EA/FONSI The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finalized its Environmental...

The St. Louis atomic bomb waste dump still sickens

It’s been 83 years and “We still don’t know what to do with the first cupful.” On June 2, 2025, WBUR Boston and National Public Radio (NPR) aired the “On Point” podcast regarding a decades old environmental justice struggle, “The long-term effects of nuclear waste in...