Surfing for Change video on the proposed nuclear plant in South Africa

This is an excellent short film made by surfer and activist, Kyle Thiermann. Watch and share and check out the website for Surfing for Change.

Celebrate 25 years of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

Join us for DC Days 2012 and demand "Nuclear Budget Accountability Now!"

The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) invites you to join our annual DC Days advocacy event March 18th-21st. This year's theme is "Nuclear Budget Accountability Now!" Disarmament and environmental activists from across the country will deliver our message to Congress and the Obama Administration - will you be among them? DC Days is the perfect opportunity for new or seasoned advocates to call for environmental cleanup, restrained nuclear weapons programs, and rolling back the "nuclear renaissance". DC Days 2012 will overlap with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the most popular time to visit DC, so book your travel and lodging in advance! Visit bit.ly/DCD12 or email Katherine at kfuchs@ananuclear.org for more information or to register.

Beyond Nuclear requests NRC to take action at shaky North Anna

Beyond Nuclear was before the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission on February 2, 2012 calling on the federal agency to take more protective actions at the North Anna nuclear power in Mineral, VA.  The call comes following the NRC approval to restart the two unit reactor site just several months after the August 23, 2011 earthquake. The two atomic reactors are sited amidst seven fault lines.

According to the Wall Street Journal (01/31/2012) , the NRC is requesting 96 nuclear power plants in central and eastern United States to make new seismic risk assessments and potentially extremely costly changes to reactor safety systems as a result of the unprecedented Virginia earthquake and the earthquake-induced Fukushima Dai-Ichi catastrophe in eastern Japan.  Rather than make the costly retrofits some reactor are likely to permanently  shutdown. The NRC and nuclear industry have already started the retreat from timely action and enforcement.

According to the US Geological Survey, to date there have been 100 afershocks in the North Anna area since the 5.8 magnitude quake where the epicenter was within a few miles the reactors shook much of the East Coast. 

Beyond Nuclear is calling on the NRC to require North Anna's operaters, Virginia Electric Power Company (aka Dominion) to submit to the license amendment process and formal public hearings to make changes to the plant which is the first reactor in the United States to shut down operations as the result of an earthquake.

A portion of Beyond Nuclear remarks before the NRC on February 2, 2012 can be found here. The NRC webcast of the proceeding will be posted here when it becomes publicly available on their archive.