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Category Archives: Nuclear Abolition
Iowa's Nuclear Challenge
Carolyn Heising doesn’t get it about nuclear power. Iowans don’t want more of it, and there is a nascent movement to shut down the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo for good when the ten-year extension of its license from … Continue reading
#NoNukes Roundup
This video by comedian John Oliver is making the rounds of District of Columbia nuclear disarmament folks today, and is worth sharing. Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident, and the Illusion of Safety plays … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged Eric Schlosser, John Oliver, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament
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There Can Be No Winners In A Nuclear War
(Editor’s Note: This article by colleague Steven Starr first appeared on June 11 in Truthout. Starr summarized why there is a real threat of nuclear war, and how it would be devastating. While Starr is a bit alarmist, he reminds … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament, Steven Starr
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End Nuclear Power Subsidies In Iowa
(Editor’s Note: The following letter from Michael Mariotte, president of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service arrived this week, reminding us of common ground with conservatives who would end government subsidies to the nuclear power industry. Iowa’s own nuclear plant … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged Duane Arnold, energy, Iowa nuclear plant, nuclear abolition, nuclear power
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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Reactor to Close
(Editor’s Note: One-by-one aging nuclear power plants are being shuttered, partly due to the work of anti-nuclear power advocates, but mostly because the economics of boiling water with a nuclear chain reaction don’t work for businesses. This story by Terri … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged nuclear abolition, nuclear power, Vermont Yankee
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Call in Today on Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Reactor
Nebraskans and Iowans Please call in Tuesday, Aug. 27, from 1:30 until 4 p.m. CDT to listen and speak at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to oppose the restart and call for a License … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged Fort Calhoun, nuclear abolition, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Iowa's Campaign to Stop Nuclear Power
Nuclear Neighborhoods: 11,000 Generations Prepared remarks delivered by Paul Deaton at the Iowa City Public Library on the 68th Anniversary of Hiroshima, Aug. 6, 2013. Thank you Maureen McCue for the kind introduction. I want to recognize some of our … Continue reading
The Cellist
We are entering a time warp it’s August sixth We are now time travelling runneling throuth tunnels of time Until we arrive at that terrible day August Sixth, nineteen forty five bombing a complete civilian population into oblivion people who … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Nuclear Abolition, Peace
Tagged Hiroshima Day, nuclear disarmament, poetry
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Hiroshima Day 2013 Events
“Nuclear weapons are bad for human beings and other living creatures. We should never again detonate such a weapon.“ Monday, Aug. 5 Hiroshima/Nagasaki Observance Program organized by Dubuque Peace and Justice, Dubuque. 6 until 6:30 p.m. at the corner of … Continue reading
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Tagged nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament
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Nuclear Neighborhoods: 11,000 Generations
For Iowans, August is a month to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is also the perfect time to consider the current realities of an increasingly costly and dangerous global nuclear arsenal- something about which the world seems blithely unaware. To … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Local Events, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged Iowa PSR, local events, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament, nuclear neighborhoods, nuclear power, Physicians for Social Responsibility
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