“Innovation” campuses: Nuclear waste Trojan horses?

Jul 31, 2026

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of five initial contenders for building Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. The states that could serve as potential hosts are Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho. But is this proposal a...

Are Trump’s nuclear plans illegal?

May 11, 2026

13 organizations, including Beyond Nuclear and Nuclear Information & Resource Service, have filed comments to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, suggesting Trump’s nuclear “orders” may violate long-standing legislation The so-called “Rubber-Stamp Rule”, an...

New England governors pledge nuclear support

Apr 9, 2026

But fail to provide considerations of the expansion of  the production of high-level nuclear waste New England’s governors (two Republicans and four Democrats) have signed a joint statement recklessly condemning their region to the extended operation of dangerously...

Deep Fission to get Deep Environmental review?

Mar 11, 2026

Mixing together words “exemptions, exclusions” and “nuclear safety regulations” sends a dire warning.   On May 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed four Executive Orders relating to sweeping federal policy changes that fast-track new US nuclear power commercial...

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)...