"Humpty Dumpty, King Kong spotted at Davis-Besse protest"

King Kong applied nuclear-grade duct tape to a very cracked Humpty Dumpty at an "I Have a Scream!" Halloween protest held in Toledo in solidarity with Beyond Nuclear's rally at the Department of Energy's headquarters in Washington D.C. The Toledo street theater called attention to cracks in the Davis-Besse atomic reactor's shield building first revealed on October 1st. Just today, further cracking was admitted by FirstEnergy, as reported by Bloomberg. Beyond Nuclear, along with Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, Don't Waste Michigan, and the Ohio Green Party, have intervened against the 20 year license extension sought by FirstEnergy at Davis-Besse, despite the reactor's many close calls with disaster over the past 34 years. Toledo attorney Terry Lodge represents the environmental coalition pro bono.

Beyond Nuclear submits comments to BRC

Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear's Radioactive Waste Watchdog, submitted comments to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future before its midnight deadline on Halloween. The BRC will now go behind closed doors to finalize its July 2011 draft report. By January 29, 2012 at the latest, it will publish its final report. The Obama administration and U.S. Congress will then likely use BRC's final report to write legislation for managing radioactive wastes.