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Nuclear power will never be “beneficial” Children are at highest risk from regulatory re-set

Ignoring radiation risks and promoting nuclear power as beneficial to communities instead of protecting them...will codify a system that accepts — even demands — more sacrificial victims of radiation exposure, mainly women and children.

Britain’s “borrowed bombs” The atomic bombs and the planes to carry them are expensive and unneeded

New report reveals UK government purchase of American nuclear-capable F-35A planes and the atomic bombs they would drop, are a colossal waste of money, unneeded and incapable of serving any useful or timely strategic purpose. @NukewatchUK @Nuclearinfo beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/12/07/b...

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Competition, Conflagration, or Coexistence? In an era of Mutually Assured (Economic or Nuclear) Destruction there is another way

"The struggle for great power hegemony is rooted in economic and intellectual competition as much as in traditional, but increasingly complicated, arms races," writes Joseph Gerson. @gerson4peace beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/30/c...

The Big-Tech Warmongers’ American Dream Now billionaires want to build our bombs

The AI tech bros don't just want nuclear power plants, they want the weapons, too. An ominous drift well explained by @WilliamHartung beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/30/t...

Why citizen scientists and public information are so crucial Testing for radiation in Mongolia resulted in detention and deportation

Andrey Ozharovskii, a Russian citizen scientist, was measuring radiation levels at disused uranium mines in Mongolia when he was detained, deported, and has since been stripped of his passport. His rights and freedoms should be restored. beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/23/w...

Minnesota’s aging nukes pose national threat Leaks and spills contaminate the Mississippi River

Minnesota's nuclear power plants and the waste sitting close to the Mississippi River are bad for human health. "For approximately the next six generations, radioactive tritium will be a part of the drinking water wherever those molecules wander." beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/23/m...

US to "buy and own" new domestic reactors - Beyond Nuclear On November 19, 2025, Bloomberg news reported that the United States government will "buy and own" as many as ten new, large (1000 MWe and bigger) commercial

Why learn any lessons when you can proceed with a failed technology on other people's money?

Ohio PUC orders FirstEnergy utilities to pay $250.7M over HB 6 bribery scandal The decision “closes a chapter tied to activities that do not represent the company we are today,” according to FirstEnergy, which has paid $390 million in other fines related to the scandal.

Ohioans expect and deserve fair utility bills and utility companies that follow the law... Today’s PUCO order requiring fines, restitution and refunds is an important milestone in fixing the harms FirstEnergy caused.

Long lead and construction times of nuclear facilities, coupled with the fact that some stocks in the space with zero revenues are in nosebleed territory, has sent the sector into a tailspin. Nuclear and uranium stocks have pulled back sharply from recent highs, with many seeing double-digit losses

State Finds No Exemption for Holtec on Nuclear Wastewater Release - The Provincetown Independent PLYMOUTH — Holtec International, the company that owns and is decommissioning the Pilgrim nuclear power station, has likely lost its appeal of a state environmental ruling that has prevented it […]

State official finds that Holtec does not qualify for any of the exemptions listed in the MA Ocean Sanctuaries Act, including an exemption for discharges related to the generation of electric power, since Pilgrim has not generated electricity since its shutdown in 2019.

Fernandes seeks to halt venting of radioactive vapor at Pilgrim - Plymouth Independent State Senator Dylan Fernandes has introduced legislation that would prevent Holtec Decommissioning International from venting radioactive vapor at the former Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Manomet unt...

State Senator Dylan Fernandes, Massachusetts, has introduced legislation that would prevent Holtec Decommissioning International from venting radioactive vapor at the former Pilgrim nuclear power plant until state officials can evaluate the potential effect on Plymouth and surrounding communities.

Embroiled in war and embattled at home A nuclear corruption scandal hits Ukraine

There are a lot of people caught up in this latest nuclear graft and kickbacks scandal -- this time in Ukraine, no stranger to corruption. Eerily similar to the nuclear power-related bribery and racketeering in Ohio, Illinois and South Carolina. beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/13/e...

Human security is climate security In conflict zones, the air is poisoned not only by smoke but by silence.

An excellent piece by Dr. Ghassan Shahrour on what the COP30 ought to be about. "At COP30, we must demand that climate action include disarmament, equity, and protection for the most vulnerable. This is not just about carbon. It is about conscience."
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Trump's new radiation exposure limits could be 'catastrophic' for women and girls The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may soon loosen radiation exposure safety standards at nuclear plants and operations. Experts warn the general public is unsafe.

There is no zero risk when you’re exposed to radiation, even the smallest amounts of exposure can cause damage. Really what they’re doing is shifting the cost of dealing with radioactive pollution from themselves to us—at the cost of our health.

State Department Deletes Records About Risk of Accidental Nuclear War The State Department scrubbed a section detailing how a 1983 NATO drill nearly triggered nuclear war, offering no public explanation for the deletion.

The State Department has quietly erased part of the historical record about one of the Cold War’s most perilous moments—without saying why. Asked why the deletion wasn’t explained, a spokesperson replied that “the Department was not required to provide public notice.”

Pennsylvania ratepayers will foot the bill from Three Mile Island restart, while Microsoft gets the power | Opinion Restarting a half-century old, disused reactor that has sat idle for eight years is fraught with unknowns and risks.

Instead of making us more energy independent, operating TMI-1 would make us more dependent on Russian uranium. It’s not the answer to Pennsylvania’s energy needs; it’s a cost center, a resource drain, a morass of risk, and it’s needless.

US conducts its ICBM test Delivery system trial is practice for nuclear war fighting

There may be no actual nuclear warhead aboard, but the recent US 'test' of an ICBM is still a provocation, argue Defuse Nuclear War and TriValley CAREs because the purpose is to practice nuclear war fighting beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/09/u...

Spoiler alert: deterrence doesn’t work New film reminds us why disarmament is essential

Trump's threat to test #nuclear weapons, plus the new film 'A House of Dynamite', deliver opportunities to the nuclear disarmament movement to land our message loud and clear. We are only safe without nuclear weapons in our world. beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/09/s...

Trump threatens to resume nuclear testing President sows confusion with ambiguous announcement

Did President Trump really mean the US would resume nuclear testing? Because no one else has. Or did he mean testing non-nuclear armed missiles and delivery systems, which the US is already doing? Our take on the dangerous confusion he’s sowing. beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/10/31/t...

Counsel Dianne Curran now presenting NEPA | climate change | aging nuclear reactors www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arfs... @beyondnuclear.bsky.social

Trump directs Pentagon to match Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing US president makes threat after Russian nuclear-powered weapons tests and shortly before meeting with Chinese leader

In a post to Truth Social, Trump said “because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons..." In response, the Nevada congresswoman Dina Titus posted on X: “Absolutely not. I’ll be introducing legislation to put a stop to this.”

Rep. "Titus, joined 26 House members to call on the Energy Secretary to end shutdown-related furloughs for roughly 1,400 personnel in the Natl Nuclear Security Admin that began this week" www.govexec.com/workforce/20... DoE Wright furloughed NNSA / cut funding & Trump orders nuke testing 👁️😡

On October 21, a Palisades employee fell into the flooded reactor cavity, ingested radioactive water, and despite decontamination, suffered internal and external exposures. Another Holtec worker was doused and dosed some years ago at Oyster Creek, New Jersey.

Roll up, roll up for your free plutonium Another nuclear no-go line is crossed

On December 31, the Trump White House will start giving away between 20-25 tons of free plutonium to startup reactor companies, going against US energy policy that has long avoided transfer of nuclear weapons-usable materials into the commercial sector beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/10/26/r...

Beyond Nuclear v. NRC, live stream, 10/30/2025 - Beyond Nuclear Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club v. the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

TUNE IN: Audio Live Stream @ 9:30 AM EST October 30

This “Petition for Judicial Review” challenges the NRC and industry refusal to analyze both the adverse impacts of climate change and advanced material aging in commercial power reactors that unacceptably raises severe accident risks.