“They didn’t want to see us”
New Mexican downwinders, receiving financial compensation for the first time, reckon with the ongoing tragedy of the Trinity bomb detonation — and fight to ensure remembrance
Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool
European program director, Pawel Czyzak, said: “Heatwaves will not go away—they will only get more severe in the future…Luckily, there is no lack of sunshine during heatwaves. The biggest opportunity is to store solar electricity…”
DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear
A DOGE representative told the chair and top staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the agency will be expected to give “rubber stamp” approval to new reactors tested by the departments of Energy or Defense, according to three people with knowledge of a May meeting where the message was delivered.
Republicans and Democrats Finally Agree on Nuclear. It’s the Industry That’s the Problem.
Amid a broader global flirtation with the technology, Democrats across the country, driven by demand projections as well as climate concerns, are now joining Republicans in pushing for a nuclear resurgence — and there hasn’t been a partisan backlash.
Nuclear Industry Pushes New Plan for Waste Disposal
The U.S. nuclear industry is gearing up for a major shift in how it handles radioactive waste, introducing a new strategy aimed at finally breaking decades of policy and regulatory stalemate. The U.S. Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC) has rolled out an Action Plan designed to modernize the sector’s approach and align with broader federal goals to rejuvenate America's nuclear energy capabilities.
Nuclear Power Is a Dead End. We Must Abandon It Completely.
Amid a confluence of crises—the Ukraine war, an energy crisis, and climate breakdown—nuclear energy is experiencing a renaissance, at least in the rhetoric of politicians and pundits across Europe, North America, and beyond. After all, it’s tempting to propose these generators of low-carbon energy as a panacea to this daunting phalanx of calamities
Olympic Surfing Comes to America’s Largest Nuclear Waste Dump
Professional surfing fans are responding to the LA28 Olympics Organizing Committee’s announcement that the Los Angeles-based 2028 Summer Olympics’ surfing event will take place at Lower Trestles. Depending upon whom you ask, Lowers is either the most perfectly level playing field for the sport of surfing short of an artificial wave pool, or the most boring venue imaginable for a surf competition.
Palisades ASLB Rejects All Environmental, Safety, & Health Contentions; Watchdogs Vow Appeal
COVERT, MI and WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 4, 2025–On March 31, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) refused to grant a hearing on the merits for seven contentions brought by oppponents of Holtec International’s scheme to restart the Palisades atomic reactor on the Lake Michigan shore in southwest Michigan.