Wildfires and Water Scarcity Pose Challenges Nuclear power has been touted as a “clean” energy source due to its minimal carbon emissions during operation. However, recent events highlight the vulnerability of nuclear facilities to the very climate change...
This year’s DC trip with the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) was a whirlwind of activity. After training, we dove headfirst into meetings, starting with the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. Our intern, Danika Lustre, challenged...
Despite indications of potential support by the House for extending and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) by the June 10 expiration, Speaker Mike Johnson (R, LA), did not bring it to the floor for a vote in time. While the program’s cost was the...
Justice is needed NOW! Please call, email, or visit your members of the US House Representatives and tell them they must pass RECA NOW before it expires in June. Urge them to pressure their House colleagues and House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of the RECA holdouts....
After three long awaited years, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s (ANA) DC Days conference was back in person this April! The Snakes were thrilled to attend, and it was a week full of fun and insightful learning experiences. Two staff members (Ava Traverso and...
The face-lift the nuclear industry is currently receiving is not new or surprising. Since the golden age of the peacetime atom back in the 1960s-1970s, when nuclear was heralded as the “energy source to light the future,” there has been a steady decline in public...
