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May 16, 2013
NEW! Busting the pro-nuclear propaganda
Please download and distribute — or request copies from Beyond Nuclear — our
new report, Pandora’s False Promises: busting the pro-nuclear propaganda. Each
section contains fully-referenced bullet points that counter and disprove the
prevalent pro-nuclear propaganda in circulation generally and advanced in the
new documentary, Pandora’s Promise, which opens theatrically next month. We
encourage you to bird-dog the screenings, and use these materials to rebut the
false pro-nuclear arguments. The full report is large and can be downloaded
here. A two-page summary and a press release are also available.
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The nuclear resisters need our support!
As we reported last week, the Transform Now Plowshares activists who
successfully breached security at the atomic bomb factory - the Y-12 National
Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN - have been convicted of sabotage, considered
an “act of violence” against the United States, and are currently jailed,
although sentencing is not expected until late September. You can help!
The Nuclear Resister asks that you send letters of solidarity and support, not
only to Greg Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice and Michael Walli in Tennessee but
to other imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists listed on their
website. More
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Coalition confronts Congressman, NRC, and Entergy at Palisades' front entrance
Environmental groups, including Beyond Nuclear, and concerned local residents
held a vigil outside perhaps the single most problem-plagued of Entergy's dirty
dozen atomic reactors -- Palisades, on the Lake Michigan shore -- as U.S. House
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and NRC Commissioner
Kristine Svinicki toured the plant and held a press conference. Upton and
Svinicki refused to meet with representatives from the coalition. Their
high-profile, hastily-scheduled emergency visit came a week after an 82.1
gallon spill of radioactive water into Lake Michigan, but the latest in a long
list of leaks, breakdowns, and accidents in the past few years alone at this
four decade old atomic reactor, deep into its breakdown phase.More
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NRC muddies public hearing process on restart of crippled California reactor
An Atomic Safety Licensing Board (ASLB) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) ruled in favor of Friends of the Earth (FoE) that the proposed restart of
the damaged Unit 2 at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) limited
at 70% of its capacity rating is an “experiment.” The Board determined that
such tests and experiments with public safety require inquiry and disclosure
through the federal agency’s public hearing process before the reactor is
allowed to fire up. In response to its own licensing board Order and
Memorandum, NRC Office of Public Affairs spokesman Scott Burnell put their own
spin on the practical effect of the Order in saying the staff current restart
review is its own independent process. The press office’s interpretation says
that the staff can green light the nuke’s restart despite an Order. The Board
can appeal to the five member Commission. But, it would not be unprecedented
for politically appointed
Commissioners to overrule a licensing board determination. More
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Final reminder: comments opposing Mobile Chernobyl due by May 24th!
Please submit comments to U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Chairman Ron Wyden's (D-OR) staff by May 24th, expressing opposition to parking
lot dumps for high-level radioactive waste, and the risky irradiated nuclear
fuel shipments they would launch onto our roads, rails, and waterways! More
Help Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump!
On May 24th, Canadian federal decision makers will close the public comment and
question period regarding the proposed "Deep Geologic Repository" for burying
"low" and "intermediate" level radioactive wastes from 20 Ontario reactors at
the Bruce Nuclear Complex, a mere 400 yards from the waters of Lake Huron, and
just 50 miles from Michigan. This dump could easily open the door for a
national high-level radioactive waste dump at the same location. Please send in
comments and questions opposing this grave threat to the Great Lakes, 20% of
the world's surface fresh water, drinking water for 40 million people. More
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