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- The false promise of nuclear power
The Lancet | By Philip J Landrigan and Brita E Lundberg By focusing narrowly on reactor operations, portraying reactor hazards as “extremely small”, and ignoring nuclear energy’s other dangers, Talha Burki’s World Report supports the mendacious narrative that nuclear power is a “safe,… Read more: The false promise of nuclear power - Trump says a nuclear renaissance is coming. The deals aren’t.
The Washington Post | By Evan Halper Behind flashy announcements and surging AI power needs, few agreements to actually produce power get inked. - Federal nuclear agency moves to relax radiation exposure rules
The Washington Post | By Evan Halper The proposed change, which would end a requirement that plants limit workers’ radiation exposure to “as low as reasonably achievable,” has alarmed nuclear safety advocates. - Climate change matters
BeyondNuclearInternational.org | By Diane Curran Environmental laws should be adhered to not abolished, says Diane Curran. For 45 years, I have represented environmental organizations and state and local governments in US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing and enforcement proceedings, as… Read more: Climate change matters - Press Alert: NRC Bypasses Independent Safety Review for Diablo Canyon, Raising Public Safety Concerns
MothersForPeace.org | By Molly Johnson San Luis Obispo, CA — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to exempt Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from a review by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) as part of Diablo Canyon’s license renewal… Read more: Press Alert: NRC Bypasses Independent Safety Review for Diablo Canyon, Raising Public Safety Concerns - Don’t let Diablo Canyon jump the guardrails
New Times | By Gianna Patchen and Andrew Christie The Diablo Canyon Power Plant was supposed to close last year. Now the five-year extension that kept the plant open may become a 20-year extension. Over the past few months, the… Read more: Don’t let Diablo Canyon jump the guardrails - Risky Business Continues at Diablo Canyon
CounterPunch.org | By Greg M. Schwartz Independent experts have deemed the aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant unsafe & unneeded, so why are Uncle Sam & California so intent on gambling to keep it open? - California taxpayers gave PG&E a huge, supposedly safe loan. The losses are already mounting.
CalMatters.org | By Malena Carollo Gov. Gavin Newsom assured lawmakers federal funds would eventually cover a $1.4 billion loan to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open. They could fall $588 million short. - When you combine AI and nuclear power, the results can be catastrophic
The Hill | By Linda Parks The recent news that Microsoft has made a deal to restart the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant to run its AI data centers brings together two technologies that have each been described as having the… Read more: When you combine AI and nuclear power, the results can be catastrophic