ANA DC DAYS: June 8-11, then Spring Meeting

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability has held DC Days annually for nearly four decades. All-day training will be Sunday, June 8. Meetings with congressional and executive branch offices will be from Monday to Wednesday, June 9 to 11. Monday evening will feature a...

Holtec’s Palisades SMR-300s: Reference reactors for global buildout

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] HOLTEC “SMR”-300s Targeting Utah as Mountain West base   As reported by Power Engineering, Holtec has announced development of a manufacturing...

A tar pit awaits Santee Cooper’s RFP applicants

The South Carolina Public Service Authority, also known as Santee Cooper electric, has announced that it has closed its January 22, 2025 “Request For Proposals” (RFP) to gauge the potential interest of any new buyers to resume the financing  and construction of the...

Updates on Palisades: Zombie reactor & “SMR” new builds

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] The Holtec and Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) zealous and reckless push for restart of the 60-year old zombie reactor, as well as “Small...
GOP states sue NRC to deregulate SMR licensing

GOP states sue NRC to deregulate SMR licensing

The governors of the states of Texas, Utah, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona and their respective offices of state attorneys general have joined together with a number of fledgling nuclear start-up companies still in the design development phase for new, unproven small...

ZOMBIE NUKE?! Band-Aids on Critical Safety System?!

[Photo showing the exceedingly thin-walled tubes within a typical pressurized water reactor steam generator] ZOMBIE NUKE?! Band-Aids on Critical Safety System?! The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published a Federal Register Notice about Holtec’s License Amendment...