Nuclear fuel mismanagement threatens the US

 

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BLM Arizona visits a solar construction site on private land in August 2023. (Michelle Ailport/BLM Arizona)

DUSTIN MULVANEY Expanding the bull’s eye of solar development on public lands The Bureau of Land Management wants to open a vast frontier of public land the size of Indiana to solar development. Read more. MATT FIELD Another state tries to weaken school vaccine rules Anti-vaccine arguments have gained traction in legislatures across the United States. The governor of West Virginia recently had to veto a measure that would have allowed private and parochial schools to set their own requirements. Read more. MARK LEYSE Spent nuclear fuel mismanagement poses a major threat to the United States. Here’s how. A widespread collapse of the US power grid system—triggered by solar storms, physical attacks, or cyberattacks—could threaten nuclear facilities, including overloaded spent fuel pools. Read more. Advertisement OLIVER MILMAN World set to quadruple oil and gas production by 2030, led by new US projects New oil and gas projects threaten the world's ability to meet the Paris climate goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Read more. QUOTE OF THE DAY "Just as the 20th century required extensive interventions to protect the shared environment, the 21st century is going to require extensive interventions to protect a different, but equally critical, common resource, one we haven’t noticed up until now since it was never under threat: our shared human culture." ​​​​ — Erik Hoel, "A.I.-Generated Garbage Is Polluting Our Culture," The New York Times PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Luck is not a strategy: Organizing to prevent nuclear war is. It’s well past time for the United States to get serious about nuclear risk reduction and disarmament. But Washington won’t act unless we the people demand it. Learn how you can get involved and make a difference. Your ongoing support ensures we stay on mission and get the job done. ​​​Thank you!  GIVE TODAY