5/6/20: Beyond Nuclear on Sputnik Radio's "Loud & Clear"

Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, and Sputnik news analyst and producer Nicole Roussell, join the show.

Listen to the audio recording here.

Here is a breakdown of the subject matter discussed:

Start of show to 4 minute 40 second mark -- Discussion of the covid-19 pandemic situation in Michigan, where Kevin Kamps is currently based;

4 minute 40 second mark to 10 minute 30 second mark -- Discussion of southeast Michigan's Fermi Unit 2 atomic reactor as a microcosm of the covid-19/nuclear power risks;

10 minute 30 second mark to 17 minute mark -- Discussion of southwest Michigan's Cook nuclear power plant -- its Unit 2 reactor just had a pressure boundary leak, the first Notification of Occurrence in the U.S. nuclear power industry this year according to Don't Waste Michigan's Michael Keegan;

17 minute 40 second mark to 26 minute mark -- Discussion of permanent shutdowns and decommissioning to follow at three Entergy Nuclear owned reactors -- Indian Point in NY (17 minute 40 second mark to 24 minute mark), Palisades in s.w. MI, and Vermont Yankee (24 minute 5 second mark to 26 minute mark) -- including need for autopsies of safety-significant systems, structures, and components, for lessons learned application at still operating reactors of the same design elsewhere in the U.S.;

26 minute mark to 29 minute 47 second mark -- Updates on the Holtec NM and Interim Storage Partners/Waste Control Specialists TX consolidated interim storage facility Nuclear Regulatory Commission Draft Environmental Impact Proceedings, and the importance of public comments.

4/29/20: Beyond Nuclear on Sputnik Radio's "Loud & Clear"

Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, and Sputnik news analyst and producer Nicole Roussell, join the show.

This week's episode includes a focus on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission commissioners' sudden rejection of Beyond Nuclear, and others', appeals against the Holtec International irradiated nuclear fuel consolidated interim storage facility in New Mexico. (This part of the interview can be found bookended from the 20 minute 50 second, to the 22 minute 45 second, marks on the audio recording.

Listen to the audio recording, here.

(By the way, Kevin found his calculator!

Regarding the hazardous persistence of high-level radioactive waste, there are 100,000 decades in a million years!

And regarding the enormity of the old reactor bailouts approved thus far in the U.S. ($11+ billion worth in just NY, IL, and PA alone), that adds up to 1,105 X $10 million.

This is in the context of The Hill newspaper article, discussed in this interview, that seriously -- by several orders of magnitude -- underreported the persistence of radioactive waste's hazard, as well as the scale of old reactor bailouts in the U.S.)

Letter from 86 Organizations to Vice President Pence: Urgent Actions Required to Mitigate COVID-19 Impacts in Nuclear Energy Industry

As posted on the NIRS website. This letter, sent by Beyond Nuclear and 85 allied groups, was submitted on Earth Day's 50th anniversary, April 22, 2020.

4/22/20: Beyond Nuclear on Sputnik Radio's "Loud & Clear"

Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, and Sputnik news analyst and producer Nicole Roussell, join the show.

Listen to the audio recording, here.

Nuclear Watch South: Environmentalists Petition to Block Vogtle 3 Nuclear Fuel Load

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Glenn Carroll, Nuclear Watch South, 404-378-4263, atom.girl@nonukesyall.org

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP FILES PETITION TO BLOCK VOGTLE 3 NUCLEAR FUEL LOAD

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Opportunity for Public Hearing on Vogtle

ATLANTA 4-21-2020  Late Monday evening, environmental group Nuclear Watch South docketed its Petition for Public Hearing with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in opposition to Southern Nuclear/Georgia Power's request for license to load nuclear fuel into Vogtle 3 reactor in November 2020.

See the full press release, here.