Seabrook Gets Sued: Avangrid Sues NextEra Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, news broke that Seabrook’s owner NextEra is being sued by power grid competitor – and Gulf of Maine offshore wind lease holder – Avangrid. Seems they got fed up … Read More
Seabrook owner NextEra has stirred public controversy in attempting to consolidate their emergency planning and response activities – to Florida! Congressional delegations on both sides of the NH-MA border – along with state safety officials – have criticized the proposed … Read More
By Linda Pentz Gunter (shared with the permission of the author and Beyond Nuclear) In part two of her investigation into bribery and corruption in the nuclear power sector, Linda Pentz Gunter looks at lobbying. Does it cross a fine … Read More
Anyone who lives or works within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant should have potassium iodide in their first aid kit. Potassium iodide (KI) is essential to protect the thyroid gland from absorbing the radioactive Iodine released into the environment … Read More
Thanks to the great work of our allies at C-10, the growing Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) problem threatening the integrity of the Seabrook plant’s concrete foundations is getting some well-deserved media attention. A recent negative citation from NRC inspectors for inadequate … Read More
How do we best invest in the future of clean, sustainable energy? An article on the online journal Truthout describes the growing and urgent debate over whether to continue providing billions in financial subsidies to nuclear power. This debate is … Read More
Protest photo by Ra Dragon. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. While much of mainstream media is glazing over the issue, Reader Supported News has published this honest and critical view from independent … Read More
UPDATE: You can now watch the sessions online at the event website » On Thursday, March 4, 2021, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will be hosting Fukushima Dai-ichi and the Ocean: Ten Years of Study and Insight with moderator Miles … Read More
NASA put the population, commerce, and environment at great risk by using Plutonium-238 as the energy source for the Perseverance Mars Rover. Plutonium-238 is 280 times more radioactive than plutonium-239, the isotope used in atomic bombs and as a “trigger” … Read More
From our neighbors to the north, proposals in maritime Canada to build the hoped for “next generation” of nuclear power – small modular reactors, or SMRs – are receiving strong criticism, not only from environmentalists but also a US nuclear … Read More