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Nuclear’s cleanup cost threatens the expansion dream via DW

Posted on 2026/03/21 by nfield

Kiyo Dörrer 03/19/2026March 19, 2026 Standing in a 1960s industrial building by the German Baltic Sea coast, Florian Grose, holds a dosimeter as he moves towards a corner of the room. It starts beeping furiously. “That’s around 10 microsieverts,” he says, dressed … Continue reading →

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Germany won’t return to nuclear power, chancellor says via DW

Posted on 2026/03/12 by nfield

Jens Thurau 03/11/2026March 11, 2026 At a nuclear summit near Paris earlier this week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the transition from nuclear energy undertaken by some EU countries as a “strategic mistake.” Nuclear power, she said, is a “reliable, affordable source of … Continue reading →

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President Trump’s radical attack on radiation safety via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2025/10/27 by nfield

By Daniel Hirsch, Haakon Williams, Cameron Kuta | October 15, 2025 In May, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders that, in part, require the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to consider dramatically weakening its radiation protection standard. If federal radiation limits are gutted … Continue reading →

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‘It’s Sellafield or nothing’: what life is like growing up in the shadow of Europe’s oldest nuclear site via The Guardian

Posted on 2025/10/07 by nfield

‘It’s Sellafield or nothing’: what life is like growing up in the shadow of Europe’s oldest nuclear site Young people in Whitehaven on England’s north-west coast rely on the power plant for everything from jobs to civic investment. But for … Continue reading →

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Holtec’s announcement that Palisades has transitioned back to “operations status” via Beyond Nuclear

Posted on 2025/08/27 by nfield

Media Statement by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist at Beyond Nuclear Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, kevin@beyondnuclear.org COVERT TWP., MI, and WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 26, 2025–“What a nuclear nightmare this is for our entire region. Holtec, … Continue reading →

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Israel attacks Iran: What we know so far via Aljazeera

Posted on 2025/06/13 by nfield

13 Jun 2025 Israel has attacked several Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites, and carried out assassinations of top military officials and nuclear scientists. An initial wave of strikes was carried out on Friday morning. A second, separate attack on the … Continue reading →

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核ごみ施設受け入れゼロ　全国47知事アンケートvia YAHOO!JAPANニュース　（共同）

Posted on 2025/06/12 by nfield

原発から出る高レベル放射性廃棄物（核のごみ）の最終処分場に関する共同通信社の47都道府県知事アンケートで、福島、島根、鹿児島などの13人の知事が、最終処分場受け入れや3段階の選定調査に「どちらも反対」との回答を選んだことが12日、分かった。残る34人はいずれの選択肢も選ばず、処分場受け入れや調査に「賛成」はゼロだった。 　調査の第1段階である文献調査は北海道の2町村に続き昨年5月、佐賀県玄海町が受け入れたが、続く自治体はない。第2段階の概要調査へ進むには知事の同意が不可欠で、核のごみの行き先が見通せないまま、原発の活用が進む矛盾が改めて裏付けられた形だ。 　アンケートは玄海町での文献調査開始から6月で1年になるのに合わせて4月上旬に送付し、5月中旬までに回答を得た。調査と処分場について「どちらも賛成」「調査には賛成するが処分場受け入れは反対」「どちらも反対」など五つの選択肢から回答を求めた。必要に応じて追加取材した。 原文

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Trump Administration Gutting Regulatory Agency, Recent Nuclear Incidents, Coverup: No Time to Open Illinois for More Nuclear Power, Nuclear Watchdog Group Asserts via Nuclear Energy Information Service Illinois

Posted on 2025/05/28 by nfield

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Use:  Thursday, May 28, 2025 Contact:  David Kraft,  (773)342-7650 (o); (630)506-2864 (c);  neis@neis.org Trump Administration Gutting Regulatory Agency, Recent Nuclear Incidents, Coverup: No Time to Open Illinois for More Nuclear Power, Nuclear Watchdog Group Asserts CHICAGO—At a time when the … Continue reading →

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Fukushima soil headed to Japan PM’s flower beds to allay nuclear safety fears via The Guardian

Posted on 2025/05/28 by nfield

Slightly radioactive soil from near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be transported to Tokyo and used in flower beds in the prime minister’s garden, in an attempt to prove to a skeptical public that the material is safe. The … Continue reading →

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US East Coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows via New Scientist

Posted on 2025/05/26 by nfield

The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast on top of sea level rise from melting ice, adding to flooding By James Dinneen 16 May 2025 The slowdown of a … Continue reading →

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