Thousand Springs Talk and Tour
2023-05-07 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Boise) | Box Canyon Preserve, 3488 S 1500 E., Wendell, ID, 83355
Join Idaho Sierra Club and Snake River Alliance to meet and talk about the Snake River Aquifer, Idaho’s sole source aquifer and the lifeblood of our state. Neal Farmer with ID Department of Water Resources will join us at Box Canyon Preserve to share his knowledge and answer questions. We’ll have lunch together and take an optional hike down the trail.
Lunch and refreshments provided. Carpooling options are available and the event is FREE!Learn more and RSVP by clicking the button below. We’ll see you there!

RSVP Here!

Comment Deadline for Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment
2023-03-30 08:00 - 2023-04-14 17:00 (America/Boise) | ID
The Department of Energy (DOE) opened public comment for the Bill Gates Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment draft Environmental Assessment (EA).
Beatrice Brailsford and the OGs of Idaho Nuclear Activism.
Initially DOE gave the public only 14 days to obtain, read, and comment on the EA. The Snake River Alliance, our members, and allies requested DOE extend the public comment period. The day before the comments were due, DOE agreed to provide an additional 14 days.
Fuel to feed this molten chloride nuclear reactor experiment comes from highly enriched uranium feedstock DOE has at Idaho National Lab. The waste streams created stay in Idaho, and put workers and our sole-source freshwater aquifer at risk. No power goes to Idaho homes. Idaho is merely a testbed for Gates’ Wyoming Terrapower project. TerraPower is currently stalled, primarily because Russia is the main source of HALEU sanctions currently prohibit purchase.
Learn more and read the EA HERE! Comments are due April 14th.

Nuclear Fuel Chain Part II: Uranium Enrichment, Fuel Fabrication, and Reprocessing
2023-02-09 18:30 - 19:45 (America/Boise) | ID
The Nuclear Fuel Chain Lecture Series explores and analyzes the entire fuel chain, from uranium mining to radioactive waste storage. Join us in February for Part Two of the series, Uranium Enrichment, Nuclear Fuel Fabrication, and Reprocessing. Register HERE or below for your unique link.
Pat Marida
We are honored to have with us two experts on the topic, Pat Marida and Terry Lodge.
Pat Marida
Pat has been an antinuclear activist since the 1980s, when she was a volunteer staff person and Board Member of the Ohio Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. For 25 years she held various volunteer positions in the Sierra Club, including serving on the Executive Committee of the Ohio Sierra Club and chairing the Central Ohio Sierra Club for 9 years. She helped found the Ohio Sierra Club Nuclear Free Committee in 2010 and served as its chair through 2020. She is currently a coordinator with the Ohio Nuclear Free Network, having helped start that organization two years ago. She is a retired pharmacist living in Columbus, Ohio.
Terry Lodge
Terry Lodge
Terry is a longtime environmental and civil rights lawyer in Toledo, Ohio who in a career of 43+ years has represented grassroots activists and protesters opposing nuclear power and nuclear weapons, mountaintop removal, fracking and its radioactive waste, war and discrimination in employment. He values the free speech, association and protest rights of activists above every other constitutional right and worries about the privatized censorship of dissent on corporate social media as well as the “money equals megaphone” problem amplified by the Citizens’ United court decision.
Terry currently represents scores of activists formally opposing the construction of two “interim” irradiated nuclear fuel dumps, one in Texas and one in New Mexico, and is pressing a lawsuit over the nuclear weapons implications of manufacturing high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) at a Department of Energy plant site in southeastern Ohio. He’s also assisting a small but tough group of activists in Erwin, Tennessee who’re outing a local factory’s public health-threatening radiation leaks and nuclear weapons connections in an NRC license amendment case.
Please register ahead of time and come with your questions or submit them to communications@snakeriveralliance.org, subject line : ASK.
Read more from the Ohio Nuclear Free Network
Uranium: Enrichment, Nuclear Fuel Fabrication, and More
How Nuclear Power Worsens Climate Change
Learn more about the nuclear legacy of the Portsmouth Nuclear site in Ohio.
Read about Ohio, Centrus and the Nuclear Bomb.
Portsmouth to Convert Depleted Uranium for Warfare
Health Risk to Local Residents from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
Uranium: Mining and Milling

Calling All Nuclear Abolitionists & Activists!
2023-01-21 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Boise) | Caldwell Park, 700 E Lewis St, Pocatello, 83201
Join us this “Banuary” 21st as we call attention to the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
The International Treaty declares Nuclear Weapons Illegal and there are now 68 States Parties to the Treaty & 91 Signatories. Join us in Caldwell Park and later at EBR-1 to celebrate and bring attention to the serious threat of nuclear weapons to lives everywhere.
TPNW march flags
This year we will add flags of the signatories to the TPNW to our action props and banners. The Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative is encouraging the use of these flags for the 2nd anniversary celebrations held nationally. Be a part of it!
What the Treaty Does:

The Treaty bans the development, testing, production, manufacture, acquisition, possession or stockpiling, transfer, control or receipt, use or threat to use, stationing or deployment of nuclear weapons in any state for any purpose.
The Treaty also bans assisting any state or party in any of the above prohibited activities.
The Treaty obligates states parties to provide medical care to victims of nuclear weapons use and testing and requires them to undertake environmental remediation of contaminated areas.

RSVP if you’d like to wear a suit and hold banners. More information will be provided about how to participate.

Calling All Nuclear Abolitionists & Activists!
2023-01-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Boise) | Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 West Jefferson Street, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Join us this “Banuary” 20th as we call attention to the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
The International Treaty declares Nuclear Weapons Illegal and there are now 68 States Parties to the Treaty & 91 Signatories. Join us on the Capitol steps in Boise Idaho to celebrate and bring attention to the serious threat of nuclear weapons to lives everywhere.
TPNW march flags
This year we will add flags of the signatories to the TPNW to our action props and banners. The Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative is encouraging the use of these flags for the 2nd anniversary celebrations held nationally. Be a part of it!
What the Treaty Does:

The Treaty bans the development, testing, production, manufacture, acquisition, possession or stockpiling, transfer, control or receipt, use or threat to use, stationing or deployment of nuclear weapons in any state for any purpose.
The Treaty also bans assisting any state or party in any of the above prohibited activities.
The Treaty obligates states parties to provide medical care to victims of nuclear weapons use and testing and requires them to undertake environmental remediation of contaminated areas.

RSVP if you’d like to wear a suit and hold banners. More information will be provided about how to participate.

Planning for the Nuclear Ban Treaty Celebration!
2022-12-13 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | ID

Nuclear Fuel Chain Lectures
2022-10-20 18:00 - 19:15 UTC | ID
Leona Morgan
Uranium Mining & Nuclear Colonialism
The Nuclear Fuel Chain Lecture Series will explore and analyze the entire fuel chain, from uranium mining to radioactive waste storage. We begin the series October 20 with Uranium Mining and Nuclear Colonialism.
We are honored to have special guest, Leona Morgan. Morgan is an anti-nuclear activist and community organizer from Diné/Navajo Nation and has been fighting nuclear colonialism since 2007. She has spoken around the country and internationally about the devastating impacts of uranium mining on Indigenous peoples and how, to this day, it affects the water, air, land and health of communities.
This event has passed but you may see the video here.

Value of Solar Virtual Workshop
2022-09-07 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | ID
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is holding two online, public, informational workshops on September 6th and 7th to provide an overview of the Value of Solar Study. This is a great opportunity for the people to ask PUC Staff about the Study. Representatives of the Companies may also be available.
Let’s pack the meeting and show the PUC and Idaho Power that we value solar!
There are two ways to participate:

By phone, please call 1-415-655-0001, and enter meeting number 2456 391 6010 when prompted.
Online, please visit idahogov.webex.com, and enter meeting number 2456 391 6010. At the next
window, please enter your name, e-mail address and this password: [REDACTED]

Value of Solar Virtual Workshop
2022-09-06 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | ID
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is holding two online, public, informational workshops on September 6th and 7th to provide an overview of the Value of Solar Study. This is a great opportunity for the people to ask PUC Staff about the Study. Representatives of the Companies may also be available.
Let’s pack the meeting and show the PUC and Idaho Power that we value solar!
There are two ways to participate:

By phone, 1-415-655-0001, and enter meeting number 2461 943 8931 when prompted.
Online, visit idahogov.webex.com, and enter meeting number 2461 943 8931. At the next window, please enter your name, e-mail address and this password: [REDACTED]

NEIS Night with the Expert
2022-08-25 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | ID
Join NEIS for a very special NWTE this month, featuring long-time radiation activist and researcher — Cindy Folkers of Beyond Nuclear. A biologist by training, Cindy has collaborated on many radiation-related projects over the decades, including the Radioactive Waste Monitoring Project.
Please invite others to attend, and come with the questions you want answered!

Join Zoom Meeting Using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83055280771?pwd=[REDACTED]
Night with the Experts flyer

Solar for All!
2022-08-10 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | ID
Solar for All Workshop
Solar deserves a fair shake. But Idaho Power’s recent value of solar study undervalues solar and the company would, if allowed, cut compensation to net-metering customers by 60%! Check out the latest here.
This is not fair and would seriously hamper Idahoan’s access to cheap, renewable energy and a cleaner future.
At this virtual event you will learn how you can speak out and fight for affordable solar in Idaho.
Register today!
Co-hosted by Idaho Sierra Club, Idaho Conservation League, Vote Solar, Idaho Organization of Resource Councils, Portneuf Resource Council, Snake River Alliance, Climate Action Coalition of the Wood River Valley, Idaho Climate Justice League, and System Green.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance
2022-08-06 12:15 - 15:00 UTC | Kristin Armstong Park, 500 S Walnut, Boise, Idaho, 83712
We have a shady space in the back southeast corner, at the end of the parking lot.
Please bring a dish to share (finger food or something easy to share
Bring any utensils and dishes you may need
SRA will provide water/soft drinks and cold watermelon

We will observe CDC guidelines.

12:30-1:00
Remembrance for Hiroshima, Nagasaki and all the victims of nuclear activity
Hiroshima survivor account reading
Action Plan/Discussion about the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons signed in January 2021
1:00-3:00
Potluck Picnic

COMMENTS due: Consent-Based Siting Process to Identify Federal CIS
2022-03-04 | ID
The Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), requestsinformation on how to site Federal facilities for the temporary, consolidated storage of spentnuclear fuel using a consent-based approach. DOE anticipates that communities; governmentsat the local, State, and Tribal levels; members of the public; energy and environmental justicegroups; organizations or corporations; and other stakeholders may be interested in respondingto this Request for Information (RFI). We especially welcome insight from people, communities,and groups that have historically not been well-represented in these discussions. Responses tothe RFI will inform development of a consent-based siting process, overall strategy for anintegrated waste management system, and possibly a funding opportunity.

HALEU Comments due
2022-02-14 | ID
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is asking the public for its input on plans to create a new programme to assure the availability of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel – needed for the demonstration and commercial deployment of advanced reactors – in the USA. Meanwhile, Centrus is working with Clean Core Thorium Energy on advanced fuel using HALEU and thorium.

Federal consolidated interim storage facilities for commercial highly radioactive wastes
2022-02-10 08:00 - 2022-03-04 15:00 (America/Boise) | ID
The U.S. Department of Energy is accepting public comments on its latest ploy to open highly radioactive waste consolidated interim storage facilities, under the ruse of “consent-based siting.” A week ago, Beyond Nuclear provided answers to DOE’s own list of questions, which can be used to fashion your own comments for submission. Now, we have prepared additional sample comments, covering numerous very significant aspects of the issue DOE did not even ask about. This week’s round of sample comments is concise (see below), with additional background provided, depending on how much time you have. Please help defend health, safety, security, the environment, and environmental justice, by pushing back against DOE’s latest bid to open dangerous, de facto permanent surface storage, parking lot dumps.

Celebrate the Nuclear Ban at EBR-1
2022-01-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Boise) | EBR-1, EBR-1, Arco, ID 83213, Arco
January 22 is a historic day. That’s the day we celebrate the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’ entry into force in 2021.
This year there are events across the country to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the Treaty with banner hangings, bell-ringings, visits and letters to elected officials, public readings of the Treaty, and more.
Join us at EBR-1 at 13:00 on the Arco/IF Hwy to celebrate!

Celebrate the Nuclear Ban in Boise
2022-01-22 12:30 - 13:00 (America/Boise) | Boise Unitarian, 6200 N. Garrett St, Boise, ID, 83714, United States
Vigil to mark the 1st anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
We are gathering for a responsive reading and joint interfaith statement on the Entry into Force of the TPNW. There will be an opportunity to speak. Bring hand-bells if you have any!
*Please wear a mask and observe physical distancing on church property.

Celebrate the Nuclear Ban in Pocatello
2022-01-22 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Boise) | Caldwell Park, 700 E Lewis St, Pocatello, 83201
January 22 is a historic day. That’s the day we celebrate the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’ entry into force in 2021.
This year there are events across the country to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the Treaty with banner hangings, bell-ringings, visits and letters to elected officials, public readings of the Treaty, and more.
Join us at Caldwell Park in Pocatello at 10am to celebrate!

Where's Superban?
2022-01-17 08:00 - 2022-01-22 17:00 (America/Boise) | ID
It’s a bird.
It’s a plane.
It’s Super Ban!
Spot “Super Ban” on the slopes in our red Nuclear Ban suits and post it on social for a chance to win! We’ll be at Sun Valley and/or Bogus ski hills sometime between Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day and January 22.

Logo Contest
2021-03-30 08:00 - 2021-04-30 00:00 (America/Boise) | ID
LOGO CONTEST of National Radioactive Waste Coalition!!!
*** Deadline: Friday, April 30 by midnight (Pacific Time) ***
We are about to launch our National Radioactive Waste Coalition. The Coalition is made up of 37 environmental, anti-nuclear, and social/environmental justice groups in the United States to tackle the ongoing problems of nuclear waste — from production to storage.
AND WE NEED A LOGO!
Would you like to help?
We are seeking submissions for logos or logo ideas in an open contest. Everyone is welcome and we especially welcome submissions from the frontline communities that are most affected by radioactive waste policies of the United States.
As a startup non-profit organization, we are operating on a shoestring but have set aside $200 for the winning logo. The top 2 runner-ups will receive $50 each.
Send an email to: nrwcmedia@gmail.com with your name, phone number, affiliation (organization, school, frontline community, or indigenous community), and your ORIGINAL logo design (jpeg, png, gif, and pdf are all acceptable formats). All submissions must be sent electronically, but the design itself can be done in any medium – a simple sketch, drawing, computer-generated art, etc. In addition, please tell us a bit about yourself.
National Radioactive Waste Coalition Logo Contest Rules and Requirements
Eligibility
Anyone can apply as long as you currently reside in the United States, its territories, and freely associated states (e.g., the Marshall Islands). A pair or a small team may collectively submit a logo design. Any prize money would be shared among all teammates. There is no fee to enter the Contest.
Submission Requirements
Send an email to: nrwcmedia@gmail.com with your name, phone number, affiliation (organization, school, frontline community, or indigenous community), and your ORIGINAL logo design (jpeg, png, gif, pdf are all acceptable formats). All submissions must be sent electronically, but the design itself can be done in any medium – a simple sketch, drawing, computer-generated art, etc. In addition, please tell us a bit about yourself.
By submitting a design in any medium to National Radioactive Waste Coalition, you hereby grant to National Radioactive Waste Coalition and its affiliates an irrevocable, perpetual, and royalty-free right to use, reproduce, edit, display, transmit, prepare derivative works of, modify, publish and otherwise make use of the submitted photo or other information in any and all media, whether now known or hereinafter created, throughout the world and for any purpose.
By submitting any design to National Radioactive Waste Coalition, you hereby represent and warrant that the submitted design does not and shall not infringe on any copyright, any rights of privacy or publicity of any person, or any other right of any third party, and you have the right to grant any and all rights and licenses granted to National Radioactive Waste Coalition herein, including but not limited to all necessary rights under copyright, free and clear of any claims or encumbrances.
Submission Deadline
All applications must be received by Friday, April 30, 2021, by midnight (Pacific Time). In case no suitable entries are received, we may extend the deadline, which decision will be announced to the public.
Selecting the Winning Logo
The Media Subcommittee of the National Radioactive Waste Coalition will select several finalists. The winning design will be determined by a vote of the members of the Logo Selection Committee of the National Radioactive Waste Coalition. Their decision will be final.
National Radioactive Waste Coalition reserves the right not to select a winner if, in its sole discretion, no suitable entries are received.
PRIZES
The winning designer (individual, pair, or team) will receive a $200 cash prize. The top 2 runner-ups will receive $50. Any prize money would be shared among all teammates.
The winning design will be announced in May 2021. Every effort will be made to inform the winner and top 2 runner-ups.
About National Radioactive Waste Coalition
The National Radioactive Waste Coalition (NRWC) works to bring attention to, and rallies for action around, the dangers of radioactive nuclear waste. We are working to permanently block the Yucca Mountain repository, to stop consolidated interim storage, to store high-level wastes as close as possible to their sites of generation in “hardened” safe-as-possible storage, and to reduce the inherent dangers of high-level wastes at decommissioned nuclear plants and other sites.
Through collaboration amongst our member organizations across the country, the NRWC is working to ensure the dangers of radioactive waste are managed in a responsible, equitable, and sustainable manner.

The Coalition is made up of environmental, anti-nuclear, and social/environmental justice groups in the United States.
List of member groups of National Radioactive Waste Coalition
1) Alliance for Environmental Strategies
2) Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
3) Cape Downwinders
4) Citizens Awareness Network
5) Citizens Action Coalition
6) Citizens’ Environmental Coalition
7) Citizens Resistance at Fermi Two (CRAFT)
8) Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
9) Council on Intelligent Energy & Conservation Policy (CIECP)
10) Fairewinds Energy Education Nonprofit
11) Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
12) Green State Solutions
13) Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah
14) Heart of America Northwest
15) Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
16) Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition
17) Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World
18) Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment
19) Native Community Action Council
20) Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force
21) North American Water Office
22) Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS)
23) Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)
24) Nuclear Watch New Mexico
25) Nuclear Watch South
26) Nukewatch
27) Occupy Bergen County
28) Safe Energy Rights Group (SEnRG)
29) San Clemente Green
30) San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
31) Shut Down Indian Point Now
32) Snake River Alliance
33) Southwest Research and Information Center
34) Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion
35) Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition
36) Uranium Watch
37) Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance

Treefort 2020
2020-09-23 - 2020-09-27 | ID
Treefort has been rescheduled so no one will be missing Boise’s biggest music festival! Drop by our booth to say hello, play a game, hear about what we’re up to lately and charge your phone with the power of the sun. We’re looking forward to it!
If you are interested in volunteering for us at Treefort, contact Leigh lford@snakeriveralliance.org.

Idaho Gives BFF Block Party!
2020-08-28 17:00 - 22:00 (America/Boise) | Lost Grove Brewery via ZOOM, 1026 S. La Pointe St., Boise, ID, 83706, United States
Come visit our table for the Idaho Gives BFF Block Party at Lost Grove Brewing and check out some other great Idaho nonprofits too. You’re in for excellent beer, something to nosh, and jams that bring out boogie in you. There will be some fun activities and you’ll learn about all the really fabulous things people are working on in Boise. Kids and dogs are welcome!

Canceled: Idaho Trivia Night! Lost Grove's Powerful Pints
2020-07-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Boise) | ID, United States
Update: Virtual Trivia Night has been canceled. Please stay tuned, as we are hopeful to reschedule at a later date. Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience caused.
July 16, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. (note: we ask that you arrive 15 minutes early to set-up teams)
Join us Thursday, July 16 at 6:00 p.m. for our free Virtual Trivia Night! From the comfort and safety of your own home, prove your knowledge on Idaho’s natural history for a chance to win a gift card to Lost Grove Brewing along with swag from the brewery and Snake River Alliance!
And what’s trivia night without a few tasty beverages? It just so happens to be Lost Grove’s Powerful Pints week, which means if you order crowlers of their Margot Amber (the perfect drink to get the trivia juices flowing) a percentage of your purchase will go to support our work to serve as Idaho’s nuclear watchdog and clean energy champion.
So round up your team, order your beer, and get ready for a fun battle of wits! Be sure to register below to get more details.
Registration Instructions:

Add your name and email address and click Submit.
Look for an email confirmation in your inbox with the Zoom details.
Be sure to share this page with your teammates so they can register too.
Order your Lost Grove Margot Amber crowler for Trivia night!
