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Beyond Nuclear Bulletin
September 26, 2024
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ZOMBIE NUKE?!
Palisades SG tube flaws
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a rare Preliminary Notification of Occurrence, concerning a "large number" of steam generator (SG) tube "indications" detected during an inspection related to the scheme to restart the Palisades zombie reactor on Lake Michigan in Covert, MI. NRC did not give an exact number of newly detected flaws. But a 2020 inspection on SG 'A' reported 666 plugged tubes out of 8,219, or 8.1%. It has been known since 2006 Palisades' SGs have needed replacement, for the second time. A small number of failed tubes can cause a release of hazardous radioactivity to the environment. Cascading failure of enough tubes during power operations can cause a catastrophic reactor core meltdown.
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UA/RU RISKS
Threats to NPPs, of N weapons use
Ukraine's (UA) president, Zelensky, warnedthe annual United Nations (UN) General Assembly of world leaders yesterday Russia (RU) is threatening to attack UA's nuclear power plants. This, while the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in UA, long occupied by Russian troops, and the Kursk NPP in RU, are precariously near front line combat between the two countries' militaries. This has elicited recent warnings from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency Director General, Grossi, on UA and RU. Meanwhile, the president of RU, Putin, announced Russian nuclear weapons policy has changed, allowing their use against a non-nuclear armed country, like UA, if its conventional attacks against RU are supported by a nuclear weapon-state, like France, the UK, or US.
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ATOMIC BAMBOOZLE
LAST WEEKEND: film viewing and webinar
The Nuclear Free Team of the Sierra Club's Grassroots Network is offering a free viewing of Atomic Bamboozle: The False Promise of a Nuclear Renaissance as part of their film series. Registration is open now for viewing through September. This film is a must see for everyone, but especially those who are tempted by the "bamboozle" that nuclear power is a harmless climate solution. On September 30 from 5-7 pm PT, Sierra Club will host a webinar with the filmmaker Jan Haaken, Associate Producer Cathy Sampson-Kruse, M.V. Ramana, Mark Z. Jacobson, and David Schlissel and moderator Mike Carberry, Co-Chair Nuclear Free Team. Register for this webinar. We encourage you to share this viewing opportunity widely.
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NUCLEAR MADNESS
Let’s stop it
Nuclear madness is everywhere. Our government is determined to promote new reactors and the continued use of dangerous old ones, as long as we pay for them. Executives and politicians have even been convicted of crimes to ensure this happens. The media laps up the rhetoric and parrots the lie that nuclear power is “carbon-free”. Yet, spending those same dollars on renewables would get us more carbon reductions faster and without all the deadly risks of nuclear power. That’s why we need your support now more than ever to block these dangerous proposals at every step including through legal action. If you agree that nuclear power is NOT the answer to the climate crisis, please donateto Beyond Nuclear today.
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