Nuclear Energy

Westinghouse Bankruptcy Exclamation Point In Downward Spiral Of Nuclear Energy

March 30, 2017 Staff, www.greenpeace.org Educate! Bankruptcy, Nuclear Energy

By Staff of Green Peace - Toshiba/Westinghouse is responsible for building more nuclear reactors worldwide than any other entity. With the financial meltdown of Westinghouse, Toshiba also recently announced its plans to withdraw from foreign construction projects - a move that has far-reaching implications outside Japan and the US, such as the construction of three reactors in the UK at Moorside. “If we look at how nuclear stacks up against renewables, it’s clearly in freefall. An estimated 147 gigawatts of renewable power was added in 2015, compared to just 11 gigawatts for nuclear power in the same year,” said Ai Kashiwagi, Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace Japan (1).

New Yorker’s Multi-Billion Dollar Corporate Welfare For Nuclear Reactors

March 9, 2017 Jon Campbell, www.democratandchronicle.com Educate! Corporate Welfare, New York (NY), Nuclear Energy

By Jon Campbell for Democrat and Chronicle - ALBANY - A state-approved bailout of three upstate nuclear power plants was the focus of a legislative hearing Monday, but New York's top energy officials declined to attend. The state Assembly held a hearing Monday on the state's "zero-emissions credit" plan, which kicks in on April 1 and will require ratepayers across the state to pay several billion dollars over 12 years to keep open the three aging plants, including the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant near Rochester. The hearing, however, was absent the key decision-makers in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration who were behind the initiative.

Beyond Nuclear: Shutdown Reactors With Defective Parts

December 25, 2016 Staff, www.beyondnuclear.org/ Resist! NRC, Nuclear Energy

By Staff for Beyond Nuclear. Beyond Nuclear called on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to make public the full list of U.S nuclear power plants that are known to be operating with potentially defective parts imported from France. The flawed components could seriously compromise safety at the nuclear sites, the group warns. Affected reactors should be immediately shut down. The NRC has refused to reveal the names of all affected U.S. nuclear power plants. So far only one nuclear plant — Connecticut’s Millstone — has been named in a Reuters news article. However, a Greenpeace France report suggests there are at least 19 reactors at 11 sites in the U.S. operating with potentially defective parts that, if not replaced, could lead to a meltdown. Beyond Nuclear is filing an emergency enforcement 2.206 petition and a Freedom of Information Act Request to demand that the NRC release the full list of reactors with flawed parts; inform the affected reactor communities of the risks; and require the shutdown of reactors with potentially defective reactor components.

Clean Energy To Replace Energy From Last Nuclear Plant

June 24, 2016 Phil McKenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Create! California, Clean Energy, Nuclear Energy

By Phil McKenna for Inside Climate News - Diablo Canyon, California's last remaining nuclear facility, will be retired within a decade if state regulators agree to a proposal by Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation and several environmental and labor organizations to replace its power production with clean energy. The San Francisco-based utility said on Tuesday that it will ask state regulators to let operating licenses for two nuclear reactors at its Diablo Canyon power plant expire in 2024 and 2025. The utility said it would make up for the loss of power with a mix of energy efficiency, renewables and energy storage that would cost less than nuclear power.

California, World’s Sixth Largest Economy, Going Nuclear-Free

June 22, 2016 Kate Colwell, www.foe.org Resist! Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy

By Kate Colwell for Friends of the Earth - BERKELEY, CALIF. - An historic agreement has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric, Friends of the Earth, and other environmental and labor organizations to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors with greenhouse-gas-free renewable energy, efficiency and energy storage resources. Friends of the Earth says the agreement provides a clear blueprint for fighting climate change by replacing nuclear and fossil fuel energy with safe, clean, cost-competitive renewable energy.

5 More US Nukes To Close

June 19, 2016 Harvey Wasserman, www.ecowatch.com Resist! Climate Change, Energy, health, Nuclear Energy

By Harvey Wasserman for EcoWatch. A rising tsunami of U.S. nuke shut-downs may soon include California’s infamous Diablo Canyon double reactors. But it depends on citizen action, including a statewide petition. Five U.S. reactor closures have been announced within the past month. A green regulatory decision on California’s environmental standards could push the number to seven. The focus is now on a critical June 28 California State Lands Commission meeting. Set for Sacramento, the hearing could help make the Golden State totally nuke free, ending the catastrophic radioactive and global warming impacts caused by these failing plants. A public simulcast of the Sacramento meeting is expected to gather a large crowd at the Morro Bay Community Center near the reactor site.

Newsletter: Ending The Political Charade

April 23, 2016 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance Newsletter Baltimore, climate crisis, COP21, Democracy, Democracy Spring, Divestment, Environmental racism, Fracking, Freddie Gray, Freedom of the Press, Gas, Incinerators, killed by police, Noam Chomsky, Nonviolence, Nuclear Energy, Nuit Debout, Police violence, Racism, Solar Energy, TPP, wealth inequality, Wind

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese. This week, on Earth Day, representatives from 130 countries gathered at the United Nations in New York City to sign the climate treaty agreed upon in Paris last December. As they smiled for the camera and promised to do their best to hold the temperature down, climate activists posted an open letter stating that it is too late, the climate emergency is already here. Leading up to the signing of the Paris Treaty this week were actions to stop the advance of fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Many events to mark the one year anniversary are taking place this week and the next in Baltimore to remember the uprising. Erica Chenoweth, the author of "How Civil Resistance Works", writes that elections both locally and globally are being shaped by nonviolent resistance. In the US, no matter who is elected president in the November election, it will be critical for those who have been activated to continue to organize and visibly protest.

Majority Of Americans Oppose Fracking & Nuclear Energy

April 2, 2016 Art Swift, www.gallup.com Educate! Environment, Fracking, Nuclear Energy

By Art Swift for Gallup - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Opposition to the practice of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" has increased significantly in the past year as environmental concerns, such as earthquakes, have grown, even though the procedure has helped keep oil prices low. In the past year, the price of oil has fluctuated between roughly $25 and $60 per barrel, a staggering drop from its peak of around $120 in mid-2014.

Native Americans: ‘We Are The Miner’s Canary’

January 23, 2016 Klee Benally, www.cleanupthemines.org Organize! Environment, health, Indigenous Rights, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

By Klee Benally for Clean Up The Mines. Washington, DC — From January 25-28, 2016 Indigenous representatives from the Northern Great Plains & Southwest will be in the District of Columbia (DC) to raise awareness about radioactive pollution, an invisible national crisis. Millions of people in the United States are being exposed as Nuclear Radiation Victims on a daily basis. Exposure to radioactive pollution has been linked to cancer, genetic defects, Navajo Neuropathy, and increases in mortality. The delegation will speak about the impacts they are experiencing in their communities, which are also affecting other communities throughout the US.

Nukes Are Not Needed To Solve World’s Climate Crisis

January 5, 2016 Mark Jacobson, www.ecowatch.com Educate! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Nuclear Energy

By Mark Jacobson for Eco Watch - Nuclear is an opportunity cost relative to clean, renewable wind, water and solar energy because of a. the significant lag time between planning and operation of a nuclear plant relative to a wind, solar, or geothermal plant; b. higher carbon emissions of nuclear per unit energy; and c. nuclear weapons proliferation risks, meltdown risks, waste disposal risks, and uranium mining risks. As such, the only basis for nuclear growth is if 100% wind, water and solar is not possible.

The Invisible Killer: Fight Radioactive Pollution In 2016

January 3, 2016 Klee Benally, www.cleanupthemines.org Petitions and Online Actions Environment, health, Mining, Nuclear Energy, Uranium

By Klee Benally for Clean Up The Mines. In 2015 the Gold King Mine spill was a wake up call for the nation to address dangers of abandoned mines, but there are currently more than 15,000 toxic uranium mines that remain abandoned throughout the US. For more than 50 years many of these hazardous sites have already been contaminating our land, air, water, and national monuments such as Mt. Rushmore. Indigenous communities have been disproportionately impacted as approximately 75% of these abandoned uranium mines (AUMs) are located on public and Tribal lands. Each one of these 15,000 AUMs is a potential Gold King mine disaster with the greater added threat of radioactive pollution.

Stop Fukushima Freeways

October 27, 2015 Staff, www.nirs.org Resist! Environment, health, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

By Nuclear Information and Resource Service. The Stop Fukushima Freeways Campaign shows the perils of the massive and unnecessary radioactive waste transportation that would occur across the U.S. if the moribund and scientifically-indefensible Yucca Mountain, Nevada waste dump were to be revived. Such large-scale transport would also occur if, as some in Congress advocate, a "centralized interim storage" site for high-level radioactive waste were created. In that case, the waste would either have to move twice (once to the interim site, and then to a permanent site), thus doubling the risks, or the "interim" site would become a de facto permanent waste dump--without going through the necessary scientific characterization. The solution to the radioactive waste problem begins with ending its generation as quickly as possible.

Another U.S Nuke Bites The Dust

October 16, 2015 Harvey Wasserman, www.ecowatch.com Educate! Energy, Nuclear Energy

By Harvey Wasserman for EcoWatch - The chain reactor operator Entergy has announced it will close the Pilgrim nuke south of Boston. The shut-down will bring U.S. reactor fleet to 98, though numerous other reactors are likely to face abandonment in the coming months. But Entergy says it may not take Pilgrim down until June 1, 2019—nearly four years away. Entergy is also poised to shut the FitzPatrick reactor in New York. It promises an announcement by the end of this month. Entergy also owns Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 some 40 miles north of Manhattan. Unit 2’s operating license has long since lapsed. Unit 3’s will expire in December.

School Water Poisoned With Uranium: ‘Where’s The Help?’

October 14, 2015 Arlyssa Becenti, www.gallupindependent.com Educate! health, Nuclear Energy, Uranium, Water

By Arlyssa Becenti for the Gallup Independent. SANDERS, AZ — The Sanders Unified School District is trying to figure out how to ensure the safety and cleanliness of water that serves nearly 16,000 people who teach, study or work inside the Sanders middle and elementary schools and administration office. In July, a test determined that the community of Sanders had water contaminated with a high rate of uranium. Although the Arizona Windsong Company gives water to the community of Sanders, it does not provide any to parts of the Sanders Unified School District. However, the district still found that it also has dangerous levels of uranium contamination within its water system.

Pledge To Stop Algonquin Pipeline Expansion

September 30, 2015 SANE Energy Project, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Environment, Nuclear Energy, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

By SANE Energy Project. New York State - Spectra Energy recently received Notice to Proceed for clearcutting trees along the pipeline path of the AIM route in New York just north of New York City. This is the Pipeline that is: Running adjacent to Indian Point Nuclear Facility On top of 2 fault lines Horizontal drilling under our glorious Hudson River or Muhheakantuck "river that flows two ways", the Lenape name 400 feet from an elementary school Just condemned our friends' homes to make way for the expansion. We are beginning a long-term direct action campaign, and training starts soon. If you would like to participate in a direct or support role, please sign this Pledge to Resist, and we will reach out to you.

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