NH #730: US Bombs Iran Nuclear Sites + Supreme Court Reversal - "Interim" Radioactive Nuclear Waste Dumps in NM, TX Now Approved - Kevin Kamps

US BOMBS IRAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES – WE ARE UNOFFICIALLY AT WAR

A roundup of what is currently known about last Saturday’s bombing attack by the United States on Iran nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Next week will feeature an extensive interview on what level of uranium enrichment Iran has achieved and how close it would put them to being able to build a nuclear bomb in an interview with Dr. Gordon Edwards of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.

This Week’s Featured Interview:

Kevin Kamps is Radioactive Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear. He specializes in high-level waste management and transportation; new and existing reactors; decommissioning; environmental and public health risks associated with government and industry efforts to dump commercial irradiated fuel rods on Native American lands in the western United States.

Here, Kevin talks about the ongoing battle in Texas and New Mexico over the two proposed so-called “interim” dumps for highly radioactive nuclear reactor waste – and what the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing them to move forward really means.

Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear

I spoke with Kevin Kamps on June 20, 2025.

Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness):

New York Governor Katie Hochul thinks that a whirlwind build of new nuclear will solve the state’s energy needs. So what’ll it be, Guv – a big reactor the same make as Vogtle, which took 15 years and $34 BILLION to build? Or non-existent Small Modular Nuclear Reactors that don’t exist except on powerpoint presentations, have never been built let alone tested, and are just major money pits with no end in sight? Decisions decisions…

Don’t Bank on the Bomb!

Susi Snyder, Programme Coordinator for the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), gives a short lesson on how to make certain your money doesn’t inadvertantly go to support companies that produce parts for nuclear weapons.

For those who want to dive into the numbers behind the report “At Great Cost: The companies building nuclear weapons and their financiers” for 2022-2024, here’s a LINK.

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