Demystifying nuclear power is taking a critical look at nuclear power generation, a manipulative industry with seedy ties to government entities such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the United States and the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) in Japan. By uncovering nuclear industry lies, demystifying nuclear power reveals the danger of nuclear waste and radiation from atomic energy to people’s health and the environment worldwide. Growing solar and renewable energy technology is a cost effective, carbon-free solution for our energy future that provides safer and cleaner power production than nuclear energy.
When Hurricane Ida approached NOLA on Aug. 29th, Entergy’s Waterford Plant deliberately reduced its power level to zero.. However, even when a nuclear reactor produces zero power, it still relies upon electricity from the power grid…
Read MoreFor our 11th Nuclear Spring Series installment, we discuss the new data that shows that the past ten years have been warmer than any decade in history. The weather changes we see today show it is likely that old nukes will experience natural phenomena that they were never designed to resist…
Read MoreIn this third installment we’ll share some newly discovered archival material about the 1979 meltdown at TMI. You may remember Fairewinds asserted that the meltdown at TMI was much worse than the NRC insistently portrays. These archival documents substantiate what we have always said…
Read MoreWe recently received an excellent question from a Fairewinds reader who asked about an “unusual event” at Mississippi's Grand Gulf nuclear power plant. Thanks to the member of the Fairewinds community whose question prompted us to write this Blog Post…
Read MoreMany years ago, I woke up on a Sunday morning to find three State Police Bomb Squad cars andone truck pulling a bomb disposal trailer parked on the lot next door to our home in rural Connecticut. The heavily wooded lot next door did not have a house on it…
Read MoreYes, Fairewinds tracks nuclear safety issues, and no, Boeing will not build Small Modular Reactors that fly. However, when most of my colleagues and I look at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and its supposedly thorough technical review…
Read MoreYou heard correctly, this is your last opportunity to tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to oppose the storage of nuclear waste at the proposed sites in Texas and New Mexico…
Read MoreDid you know that nuclear plants close for scheduled refueling every 18-months, meaning that 1/3 of the operating reactors are off-line each spring and fall? For the record, more than three dozen reactors had planned to do so in 2020…
Read MoreFact: nuclear power is too expensive and simply cannot compete against renewables. The Nuclear Industry’s solution? Cut corners to skimp on costs! And the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is actively supporting this rushed attempt to pinch pennies…
Read MoreFairewinds would like to thank all of our followers and colleagues who have followed our updates on the situation surrounding the construction of Plant Vogtle in Georgia. We remain committed to keeping you updated and informed as the process continues. You can read what we have previously written and shared here and here. Also, you can read the BREDL legal briefs and press releases here and here. Stay tuned!
Read MoreArnie spent one week at the end of March in the Harrisburg Pennsylvania area for a series of events remembering the 40-years since the meltdown at TMI. Arnie was invited to present the keynote at Penn State’s 40th commemoration of the TMI disaster and was filmed by C-Span…
Read MoreEmergency Planning Today Means "Duck and Cover" and Hope for the Best
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