By The Nuclear Skeptic Diane Wilson, a 78-year old, fourth-generation Texas shrimper, and leader of the San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper (SABEW) is approaching her third week of a hunger strike outside Dow Chemical’s Seadrift manufacturing facility along the Texas gulf coast. On March 2nd, Wilson began protesting two simultaneous environmental threats posed by the […]
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In Georgia, the political fallout from nuclear power is no longer theoretical—it is electoral. On May 19, 2024, state officials enjoyed cake in the shape of nuclear reactors at the Plant Vogtle ribbon cutting in Waynesboro to celebrate the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built in the United States in 30 years. Just […]
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By The Nuclear Skeptic In a significant win for local opposition, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has granted a petition to intervene in the licensing process for Dow/X-energy’s proposed small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project, the first of its kind to apply for a construction permit. The decision marks a […]
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“FIRST GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT; THEN YOU CAN DISTORT THEM AS MUCH AS YOU WANT,” – Mark Twain By David Kraft, Director Nuclear Energy Information Service, Chicago As a critical component of advancing the nuclear power juggernaut on an ill-informed public, for several years now pro-nuclear cheerleaders have been working feverishly to get state legislatures […]
By The Nuclear Skeptic New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s desire to build 5GW of new nuclear power in order to keep New York’s electric bills affordable and meet future energy demand has one pesky problem: the numbers simply don’t add up. That’s the overarching conclusion of a new report authored by the University of Pennsylvania’s […]
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The full article by Karl Grossman and Harvey Wasserman, originally published on December 24, 2025 in CounterPunch, is available here. The Trump family is now directly investing in atomic energy. Its money-losing Truth Social company has become a part owner of a major fusion nuclear power project. Among much more, the investments mean the Trump family stands […]
78-Year-Old Texas Shrimper Risks Life in Hunger Strike to Halt Dow’s Experimental Nuclear Reactor Plans
BlogBy The Nuclear Skeptic Diane Wilson, a 78-year old, fourth-generation Texas shrimper, and leader of the San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper (SABEW) is approaching her third week of a hunger strike outside Dow Chemical’s Seadrift manufacturing facility along the Texas gulf coast. On March 2nd, Wilson began protesting two simultaneous environmental threats posed by the […]
Nuclear Fallout at the Georgia Public Service Commission 2.0
BlogIn Georgia, the political fallout from nuclear power is no longer theoretical—it is electoral. On May 19, 2024, state officials enjoyed cake in the shape of nuclear reactors at the Plant Vogtle ribbon cutting in Waynesboro to celebrate the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built in the United States in 30 years. Just […]
Dow Chemical Wants to Build an Experimental Nuclear Reactor on San Antonio Bay, What Could Go Wrong?
BlogBy The Nuclear Skeptic In a significant win for local opposition, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has granted a petition to intervene in the licensing process for Dow/X-energy’s proposed small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project, the first of its kind to apply for a construction permit. The decision marks a […]
Regarding Nuclear Moratoria Repeals:
Blog“FIRST GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT; THEN YOU CAN DISTORT THEM AS MUCH AS YOU WANT,” – Mark Twain By David Kraft, Director Nuclear Energy Information Service, Chicago As a critical component of advancing the nuclear power juggernaut on an ill-informed public, for several years now pro-nuclear cheerleaders have been working feverishly to get state legislatures […]
Hochul and Trump’s Wild Nuclear Gamble
BlogBy The Nuclear Skeptic New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s desire to build 5GW of new nuclear power in order to keep New York’s electric bills affordable and meet future energy demand has one pesky problem: the numbers simply don’t add up. That’s the overarching conclusion of a new report authored by the University of Pennsylvania’s […]
Trump’s Nuclear Obsession
BlogThe full article by Karl Grossman and Harvey Wasserman, originally published on December 24, 2025 in CounterPunch, is available here. The Trump family is now directly investing in atomic energy. Its money-losing Truth Social company has become a part owner of a major fusion nuclear power project. Among much more, the investments mean the Trump family stands […]