The following is an excerpt from an article published recently by the Union of Concerned Scientists and written by Edwyn Lyman, Director, Nuclear Power Safety. April 26, 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl Unit 4 nuclear power plant disaster in the former Soviet Union. A toxic combination of defective reactor design, deficient safety analysis, […]
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By Sharon Squassoni President Donald J. Trump’s recent threats to end civilization in Iran gave many a nuclear weapons expert the jitters. For them, existential threats mean only one thing: use of nuclear weapons. Thankfully, Trump’s April 7, 2026 threats were empty and possibly just a ruse to create a dramatic background for the temporary […]
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By The Nuclear Skeptic Earlier this week, ProPublica published a damning exposé detailing how the Trump administration is aggressively overhauling the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to rapidly expand nuclear power, ostensibly to meet the immediate energy demands of artificial intelligence. Starting with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), coined and implemented by Elon Musk, […]
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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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Why Is the US So Anxious to Unlearn the Lessons of the Chernobyl Disaster?
BlogThe following is an excerpt from an article published recently by the Union of Concerned Scientists and written by Edwyn Lyman, Director, Nuclear Power Safety. April 26, 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl Unit 4 nuclear power plant disaster in the former Soviet Union. A toxic combination of defective reactor design, deficient safety analysis, […]
Nuclear Costs of the Iran War
BlogBy Sharon Squassoni President Donald J. Trump’s recent threats to end civilization in Iran gave many a nuclear weapons expert the jitters. For them, existential threats mean only one thing: use of nuclear weapons. Thankfully, Trump’s April 7, 2026 threats were empty and possibly just a ruse to create a dramatic background for the temporary […]
Peter Thiel, Nuclear Power, and Weapons-Usable Uranium Enrichment: A Billionaire’s Power Play
BlogBy The Nuclear Skeptic Earlier this week, ProPublica published a damning exposé detailing how the Trump administration is aggressively overhauling the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to rapidly expand nuclear power, ostensibly to meet the immediate energy demands of artificial intelligence. Starting with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), coined and implemented by Elon Musk, […]
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 […]