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Golden Rule Anti Nuclear Peace Boat Sailing to Cuba

Golden Rule Anti Nuclear Peace Boat Sailing to Cuba

The Golden Rule will be in NY at some point.                                    PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           Contact: Gerry Condon, 206-499-1220 December 30, 2022           ...
Another Expert on Spent Fuel Water

Another Expert on Spent Fuel Water

https://www.capenews.net/regional_news/whoi-scientist-weighs-in-on-risks-of-radioactive-wastewater/article_81fdadc5-9a28-5798-bf93-d2a4911e9e3c.html If you read the entire article you will hear him say that dilution is the answer to pollution. Something we cannot agree with. He does recommend on site storage. His explanation of thee type of test that is needed is very useful. United 4 Clean Energy is hosting a forum for the public with experts...

Fusion Breakthrough. Articles

Here are several good articles on fusion. Information about how it works, the (mostly) political component, and a podcast that lays out a realistic time – 50 to 70 years. I hope that you find it useful. Marilyn Elie In this report the section on fusion follows the explanation on fission.  It is an easy...
The Madness of Senator Joe Manchin by Jim Hightower

The Madness of Senator Joe Manchin by Jim Hightower

Jim Hightower has a newsletter, a podcast and more.  He is an acerbic, witty writer who is well worth following. Subject: The Madness of Senator Joe Manchin https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/14/madness-senator-joe-manchin U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) listens as President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on...
Dominion Energy plans to deploy small modular nuclear reactors statewide by 2032

Dominion Energy plans to deploy small modular nuclear reactors statewide by 2032

I suspect that this is what will be happening all over the country as the Federal dollars roll in.   Anyone who promotes an “all of the above” energy strategy as Gov. Youngkin has done clearly does not understand that they are squandering tax payer dollars.  To fight climate change we must use the cheapest, greenest...

Storage of high level nuclear waste. Michel’ paper

U.S. NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD (NWTRB): Bahr JM, Becker SM, Brantley SL, Croff AG, Foufoula-Georgiou E, Illangasekare T, Peddicord KL, Turinsky PJ, and Zoback ML, Preparing for Nuclear Waste Transportation: Technical Issues that Need to Be Addressed in Preparing for a Nationwide Effort to Transport spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste, U.S. Nuclear...

URGENT! Say NO to New Nukes in New York’s Climate Action Plan! Amplify this message!!!

Include nuclear in our climate future???  NO WAY!!! Send an email to Governor Hochul right now telling her so.  https://nirs.salsalabs.org/NYClimatePlanAlert12822/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f801fae4-9cfa-40d0-99bc-3875965d279b For those who want more information: Last summer there were hearings to collect opinions and ideas from New Yorkers about our Energy Future under the Climate Leadership Community Protection Act.   The Community Action Council was...

Manchin dirty deal #2 defeated

Chair Grijalva Statement on Exclusion of Dirty Permitting Rider from Must-Pass Defense Bill Washington, D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the permitting related provisions being excluded from the must-pass FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “Thanks to the hard-fought persistence and vocal opposition of environmental justice...
Nuclear included in the States Climate Plan. Is it to late to stop?

Nuclear included in the States Climate Plan. Is it to late to stop?

Hello all!  Welcome (or welcome back!) to the Stop New Nuclear Reactors (SNNR) working group.  As you all know by now, NIRS will be taking the lead on organizing this group into a national working group focused on networking and coordinated strategy among the groups, communities, and regions working to stop new reactor projects.   A little about...
Sidestepping a New Climate Commitment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Greenlights a Mammoth LNG Project in Louisiana - Inside Climate News

Sidestepping a New Climate Commitment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Greenlights a Mammoth LNG Project in Louisiana – Inside Climate News

Sidestepping a New Climate Commitment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Greenlights a Mammoth LNG Project in Louisiana After declaring nine months ago that it would start factoring climate change into regulatory decisions about major gas projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has thrown up its collective hands and concluded that it doesn’t know how. At...