OLYMPIC MOMENT OF SILENCE? 76 years since Hiroshima atomic bombing

Twisted wreckage left in the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombingBeyond Nuclear has joined with more than 120 organizations, and thousands of individuals, calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe a respectful moment of silence on August 6 at 8:15am Japan time, to mark 76 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Combined with Nagasaki three days later, the two atomic bombings killed more than 226,000 people, and inflicted lifelong suffering, including from radiation damage, on countless thousands of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors). The IOC has rejected the call, but its initiator, former Hiroshima Mayor, Tadatoshi Akiba, has not given up hope, despite the late hour. Please see our Nuclear Weapons website section for listings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations in the U.S. and worldwide.

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"WE DON'T WANT IT!" TX county rejects nuclear fuel dump

Photo take at Feb. 2017 US NRC environmental scoping phase public comment meeting in Andrews, TX, re: WCS CISF application. Used with permission from Karen Hadden, SEED Coalition, Austin, TX.As tweeted by Protect the Basin, the Andrews County, Texas Commissioner's Court "requests that the NRC [U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission] immediately cease the licensing of interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in Andrews County and that it faithfully observes the right of the people of Andrews County and the State of TX to approve or reject a national interim SNF [spent nuclear fuel] storage facility." The Commissioner's Court resolution goes on to state "the Andrews County Judge and Commissioners Court hereby reject the proposed siting of SNF waste in Andrews County, Texas." The unanimous resolution came in response to a groundswell of local public opposition to the proposed high-level radioactive waste dump. Consent-based siting is clearly lacking.

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$6 BILLION BAILOUT: Infrastructure deal to subsidize old reactors

"Burning Money," graphic by Gene Case/Avenging Angels, which appeared on the cover of The Nation in 2003, accompanying an article about the nuclear power relapse, authored by Christian ParentiBloomberg reports the bipartisan U.S. Senate infrastructure bill includes $6 billion in taxpayer subsidies for dangerously degraded reactors. Exelon reactors in Illinois -- at Byron and Dresden -- reportedly qualify. Dresden Units 2 and 3 are more than a half-century old, and of the same design as the reactors that melted down at Fukushima Daiichi, Japan. Byron's work culture is so toxic, it has reportedly driven some control room operators to commit suicide. Energy Harbor (formerly FirstEnergy) reactors in Ohio and Pennsylvania also reportedly qualify. This includes Davis-Besse near Toledo (which has had many close calls with catastrophe, and a severely cracked containment), Perry near Cleveland (on a faultline), and Beaver Valley west of Pittsburgh (Unit 1 is severely embrittled).

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Rejection of US Hiroshima Myths Long Overdue

As reported by John LaForge of Nukewatch Wisconsin, published at Antiwar.com.

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