Friday, October 30, 2026

Tag: nuclear power plant

Biden must inspect America’s embrittled reactors

Biden must act to prevent what would constitute nuclear suicide in the United States.

NRC considers extending nuclear power plant operating licenses to 100 years

The nuclear industry and nuclear power advocates in government are “desperately trying to hold on.”

Ohio nuclear scandal 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI last week charged the speaker of the Ohio House of Representative and four others in a scheme to use ratepayers money to keep two decrepit nuclear power plants operating.

Watch: Greenpeace crashes Superman drone into nuclear power plant to expose...

"This is a highly symbolic action: it shows that spent fuel pools are very accessible, this time from the air, and therefore extremely vulnerable to attack."

Over $628 Billion in Public Costs Cleaning Up Fukushima and Not...

According to the Japan Times, the public cost of cleaning up the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster topped ¥4.2 trillion (roughly $628 billion) as of March and is expected to keep climbing.

“Indian Point:” A Disaster Waiting to Happen

The film emphasizes: “With so much attention focused on Indian Point, the future of nuclear plants in the United States might depend on what happens here.”

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Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds

The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%

Insurers drop Medicare Advantage plans for 1 million seniors

KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year

Gaza newborn dies of hypothermia as Israel continues to block lifesaving aid

A two-week-old infant’s death amid winter storms underscores mounting warnings from UN agencies that blocked shelter, destroyed hospitals, and widespread hunger are making exposure deadly for Gaza’s youngest residents.
An American mink. Photo: Patrick Reijnders / CC BY-SA 3.0

Bird flu keeps spreading on a Utah mink farm as officials hold off on...

Seven mink have tested positive on C&T Fenn Farms, and no federal rules cover sick mink, ProPublica reports; Utah has issued a verbal hold instead of a formal quarantine.
Cleta Mitchell. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.