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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A candle in the wind ☢️💨 Utah wants to follow in the footsteps of Georgia's Plant Vogtle. @pattydurand.bsky.social explains why that's an awful idea 👇 nuclearcosts.org/utahs-nuclea...
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Utah’s Nuclear Gambit: a Candle in the Wind – Nuclear Costs
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“What Georgia has built is not a triumph of American ingenuity but rather a fraud that should speak the final word on nuclear power in the US.” energytransition.org/2026/04/the-...
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The billion-dollar boondoggle: how Vogtle became the US’s monument to nuclear folly | EnergyTransition.org
In the quiet scrubland of Waynesboro, Georgia, two enormous concrete domes rise from the landscape. Vogtle Units 3 and 4, the first new nuclear reactors built in the US in more than 30 years…
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The political fallout from Plant Vogtle 3+4 is still reverberating. Two Republican incumbents already lost their seats; one just announced early retirement, and voters are still fuming. The latest from Georgia's @PattyDurand nuclearcosts.org/a-nuclear-un...
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A Nuclear “Unaffordability” Scandal: How Georgia Power Made Billions, Leaving Georgians Paying the Price – Nuclear Costs
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The political fallout from Plant Vogtle 3+4 is still reverberating. Two Republican incumbents already lost their seats; one just announced early retirement, and voters are still fuming. The latest on Georgia's big nuclear mistake from @pattydurand.bsky.social 👇 nuclearcosts.org/a-nuclear-un...
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"Renewables are the real clean energy success story...They are cheaper, faster to deploy and do not produce waste that will outlast civilization. The legislature made the right call.” - Haakon Williams, CBG www.lassennews.com/california-l...
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California lawmakers reject latest bid to lift nuclear moratorium — a law that has now stood for 50 years
Committee to Bridge the Gap today welcomed the failure of AB2647, the latest in a series of annual attempts to overturn California’s moratorium on new nuclear power plant construction. The bill was…
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Sanity Triumphs in the Golden State! Lawmakers reject Silicon Valley's latest bid to lift the moratorium for new nuclear plants in California www.lassennews.com/california-l...
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California lawmakers reject latest bid to lift nuclear moratorium — a law that has now stood for 50 years
Committee to Bridge the Gap today welcomed the failure of AB2647, the latest in a series of annual attempts to overturn California’s moratorium on new nuclear power plant construction. The bill was…
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Sources say activist & Goldman Prize winner Diane Wilson has been arrested for attempting to deliver demands to a Dow Chemicals facility in Seadrift, TX She's been on a 25 day hunger strike outside the facility, protesting its move to remove rules on how much plastic it can discharge into waterways
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Dow is building an unshielded ☢️ reactor on the Texas Gulf. They're also polluting the area with billions of plastic nurdles. Diane Wilson, a 78-year-old fisherwoman, is entering her THIRD week of hunger strike protest trying to 🛑 it. Go, Diane! #NoNukesNoNurdles tylerpaper.com/2026/03/12/e...
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Environmental activist protests through hunger strike for 10 days and counting outside Dow plant in South Texas - Tyler Morning Telegraph
SEADRIFT — A longtime environmental activist has entered the second week of a hunger strike outside Dow’s Seadrift Operations facility, protesting what she says are plans that could threaten the […]
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Nuclear ☢️ Fallout at the Georgia Public Service Commission Georgia's @pattydurand.bsky.social explains why the high-cost of building nuclear power is scaring regulators nuclearcosts.org/nuclear-fall...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
As people across the state observed Thanksgiving & Native American Heritage Month ended, member PUSH Buffalo published an op-ed noting that efforts to implement NYs Climate Law will fail if we don’t make the connection b/w climate justice & Indigenous sovereignty Read article at bit.ly/TUTreaties
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Make America Radioactive Again? @BeyondNuclear's Kevin Kamps on why the current push for new nukes is especially dangerous this time around 👇 nuclearcosts.org/new-nuclear-...
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New nuclear push brings old dangers back — and bigger than ever – Nuclear Costs
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Why are we talking about a nuclear renaissance again? A must read: the Cato Institute's truth 💣 about the prospects of a rosy nuclear future 👇 nuclearcosts.org/the-next-nuc...
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The Next Nuclear Renaissance? Will a new wave of nuclear power projects deliver the safe and economical electricity that proponents have long predicted? – Nuclear Costs
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
👉 Say YES to a renewable future. Say NO to nuclear.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Renewables like wind, solar, and storage provide energy without fueling weapons risks. 🌍✨
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Nuclear power grew out of the Manhattan Project. Its history is rooted in weapons development — and that tie still remains.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Spent fuel contains plutonium that can be extracted and weaponized. Waste remains dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Mining, enrichment, and waste transport create constant risks of theft, diversion, or sabotage. More reactors = more danger.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Civilian nuclear programs can hide weapons programs. India, Pakistan, and North Korea all developed bombs through “peaceful” nuclear power.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing are used in both reactors and bombs. Every reactor produces plutonium as waste.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
⚠️ Nuclear power and nuclear weapons are deeply connected. Here’s why ⬇️
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Former NRC chair on the US-UK nuclear deal signed today: "The future of nuclear power in both nations can be summarized simply by the enormous sums of money wasted at Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and Vogtle units 3+4: all billions over budget and over a decade late." nuclearcosts.org/wp-content/u...
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A government review for a new uranium mine in Utah took just 11 days. Will Trump's rush to spark a new nuclear renaissance put our public health, safety and national security at risk? MEIC's Shannon James discusses: nuclearcosts.org/a-nuclear-re...
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A “Nuclear Renaissance” Built on False Promises and Growing Risks – Nuclear Costs
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
🚫 The nuclear industry wants us to believe there’s no alternative — but there is. It’s renewable energy, and it’s ready now. Let’s invest in what’s safe, affordable, and truly clean. #NoNuclearExpansion #ClimateActionNow #RenewablesNotNukes
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
♻️ Waste lasts forever. There’s no permanent solution for nuclear waste, which remains deadly for (hundreds of) thousands of years. Every new reactor just adds to this dangerous stockpile.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
⏳ We don’t have the time. Reactors take 10+ years to plan and build — far too slow to address the urgent climate crisis. Renewables can be deployed now, at scale, and at a fraction of the cost.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
💸 It’s the most expensive energy source. New reactors cost billions more than renewables, and almost always overrun budgets. That money could be funding solar, wind, and storage that’s cheaper, safer, and faster to build.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
☢ Nuclear isn’t clean. From uranium mining to radioactive waste, every step of the nuclear cycle poisons land, water, and communities — often Indigenous and rural ones who have borne the brunt of the industry’s harm for decades.
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
🚫⚛️ The nuclear industry is pushing a massive expansion, branding it as “clean energy.” The truth? It’s a dangerous distraction that risks our health, our environment, and our climate goals. Here’s why we can’t afford to fall for it. 🧵
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Read the latest GreenWorld blog! www.nirs.org/same-playboo...
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
⚡🌱 New tee alert! 🚫☢️ Say it loud, wear it proud—Renewable, not Radioactive! Our latest tee is a statement for a cleaner, greener future. Grab yours now and show the world where real clean energy comes from! 🌞💨🌊💚 #RenewableNotRadioactive #CleanEnergyNow www.bonfire.com/renewables-n...
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