The Trump administration’s reckless attack on radiation protection will have long-term consequences for public safety
President Donald Trump’s decision to bring independent regulatory agencies under White House control and to fire the NRC’s chairman ended the commission’s resistance. On July 2, 2025, an anonymous NRC spokesperson enthused in a social media post that the Executive Order reforming the NRC “gives us a chance to reconsider our radiation protection framework in support of the whole-of-government effort to safely enable the nation’s use of nuclear power.”
The Big Tech Campaign to Fast Track Nuke Energy. Senators Whitehouse and Booker Take the Lead in Congress
The Trump administration greenlit TerraPower to begin construction of its first plant in March, nine months ahead of schedule. The company credited Trump’s May executive orders and bipartisan reforms that Third Way and its partners helped create for the rapid timeline. Experts, such as Union of Concerned Scientists director of nuclear power safety Edwin Lyman, excoriated TerraPower’s rapid approval, noting the NRC itself conceded the reactor had unresolved safety issues in its reviews.
Linda Pentz Gunter on the Case Against Nuclear Power
The book is a 200-page indictment of the nuclear power industry and shatters the myth that nuclear power will help solve the climate crisis.
29 August: International Day against Nuclear Tests
Hindsight and history have shown us the terrifying and tragic effects of nuclear weapons testing, especially when controlled conditions go awry, and in light of the far more powerful and destructive nuclear weapons that exist today.
Sacramento Report: Costs Are Climbing for Nuclear Waste Disposal at San Onofre
Lawmakers and residents call on federal regulators to speed up nuclear waste disposal.