Beyond Nuclear
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Working for a world free from nuclear power and nuclear weapons
Residential proximity to nuclear plants in Massachusetts is associated with elevated cancer risks...underscoring the need for continued epidemiologic monitoring amid renewed interest in nuclear energy.
Residential proximity to nuclear power plants and cancer incidence in Massachusetts, USA (2000–2018) - Environmental Health
Purpose To investigate the associations between residential proximity to nuclear power plants and ZIP code–level cancer incidence among Massachusetts residents. Methods We assessed proximity of Massac...
link.springer.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Residential proximity to nuclear plants in Massachusetts is associated with elevated cancer risks...underscoring the need for continued epidemiologic monitoring amid renewed interest in nuclear energy.
Customs officials in Malta are being credited with stopping a potentially dangerous shipment after a routine container inspection revealed unexpected — and alarming — traces of radiation. The discovery...highlights the growing challenge of keeping radioactive materials out of consumer supply chains.
Customs officials intercept alarming discovery after examining suspicious shipment: 'Potentially exposing the public'
Nearly 90 customs agencies participated, leading to 51 seizures across 18 countries over three weeks.
www.yahoo.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Customs officials in Malta are being credited with stopping a potentially dangerous shipment after a routine container inspection revealed unexpected — and alarming — traces of radiation. The discovery...highlights the growing challenge of keeping radioactive materials out of consumer supply chains.
Warren, Garamendi call for pause, review of nuclear bomb-building plan. "This program is already years behind schedule and over budget," Warren told USA TODAY, adding that she and Garamendi hope to spark "a vigorous review" of the project's "years of waste and mismanagement." tinyurl.com/ya4tjajh
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Warren, Garamendi call for pause, review of nuclear bomb-building plan. "This program is already years behind schedule and over budget," Warren told USA TODAY, adding that she and Garamendi hope to spark "a vigorous review" of the project's "years of waste and mismanagement." tinyurl.com/ya4tjajh
“It seems like it’s not an immediate fix...So that leaves us with a lot of questions,” ...such as “what are we going to do for the next five years, or the next 10 years, or however long it takes” before nuclear power can serve the energy needs of the data centers.
DOE using its own land to help pair AI centers, nuclear reactors - Roll Call
Co-locating smaller reactors with data centers at federal sites is part of the Trump administration's bid to accelerate both technologies.
rollcall.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“It seems like it’s not an immediate fix...So that leaves us with a lot of questions,” ...such as “what are we going to do for the next five years, or the next 10 years, or however long it takes” before nuclear power can serve the energy needs of the data centers.
In 2020, a storm toppled two cooling towers at nuclear plant Duane Arnold in IA, shutting it down. “It wasn’t until we went outside afterwards that we realized that the cooling towers were gone,”. Now they want to reopen it in tornado country for data centers.
Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country
A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s safety?
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In 2020, a storm toppled two cooling towers at nuclear plant Duane Arnold in IA, shutting it down. “It wasn’t until we went outside afterwards that we realized that the cooling towers were gone,”. Now they want to reopen it in tornado country for data centers.
Nuclear power is inherently colonialist and predatory as well as slow, expensive and dangerous. Expanding it makes climate change worse. Promises of good longterm jobs won't realize for years if ever while renewables are squeezed out. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nucl...
Nuclear power is inherently colonialist and unjust
MARK JONES is right to argue in his recent article that corporate-driven energy industries should come under public control.Regrettably, that is unlikely to happen any time soon, whereas long-lasting ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Nuclear power is inherently colonialist and predatory as well as slow, expensive and dangerous. Expanding it makes climate change worse. Promises of good longterm jobs won't realize for years if ever while renewables are squeezed out. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nucl...
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.
Nuclear power will never be “beneficial”
Children are at highest risk from regulatory re-set
beyondnuclearinternational.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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.
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...
Britain’s “borrowed bombs”
The atomic bombs and the planes to carry them are expensive and unneeded
beyondnuclearinternational.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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...
"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...
Competition, Conflagration, or Coexistence?
In an era of Mutually Assured (Economic or Nuclear) Destruction there is another way
beyondnuclearinternational.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"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 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...
The Big-Tech Warmongers’ American Dream
Now billionaires want to build our bombs
beyondnuclearinternational.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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...
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...
Why citizen scientists and public information are so crucial
Testing for radiation in Mongolia resulted in detention and deportation
beyondnuclearinternational.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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 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...
Minnesota’s aging nukes pose national threat
Leaks and spills contaminate the Mississippi River
beyondnuclearinternational.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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...
Why learn any lessons when you can proceed with a failed technology on other people's money?
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
beyondnuclear.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Why learn any lessons when you can proceed with a failed technology on other people's money?
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.
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.
www.utilitydive.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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
Nuclear Stocks Crash, With A Potential Payoff Still Years Away | OilPrice.com
Despite major investment pledges like the U.S.–Canada $80 billion reactor partnership, nuclear and uranium stocks have plunged 15–45% in recent weeks.
oilprice.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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 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.
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 […]
provincetownindependent.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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.
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.
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...
www.plymouthindependent.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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.
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...
Embroiled in war and embattled at home
A nuclear corruption scandal hits Ukraine
beyondnuclearinternational.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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...
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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Human security is climate security
In conflict zones, the air is poisoned not only by smoke but by silence.
beyondnuclearinternational.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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."
beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/16/h...
beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/11/16/h...
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.
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.
thebulletin.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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.
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.”
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.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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.”
