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....
Things You Will Never Hear Anywhere Ever: “Bill Gates agreed to build his experimental advanced nuclear reactor and the reprocessing facility on his estate in Redmond, WA. Says the multi-billionaire, ‘YES! In my backyard.’” “The budget has been approved with plenty...
Though the long-term plan for our nation’s nuclear waste still hangs in the balance, that has not stopped the Department of Energy (DOE) and other agencies from testing various technologies with the assumption that the waste will be transported soon. It seems...
THIS YEAR, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board hosted its public workshop and board meeting in Idaho Falls. I was thankful to have the opportunity to attend and comment, and thrilled to see our former Nuclear Program Director Beatrice Brailsford there. We...