Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2025

Posted: 24th November 2025

Minnesota’s reactors are bad for the health of everyone down river as well as nearby, where cancer rates continue to rise, writes Susu Jeffrey. And a Russian citizen scientist measuring exposures at closed uranium mines in Mongolia is facing threats to his freedom, reports Nuclear Transparency Watch.

Nuclear profits, cancers rise

Profit rates are up at Minnesota’s nuclear power plants and so are cancer incidences and electricity prices, reports Susu Jeffrey. The leaks and spills of tritium from the reactors into the Mississippi River mean tritium will be part of the drinking water for the next six generations. Meanwhile, radioactive waste casks sit just steps from the shores of the river with no safe destination. READ MORE

Citizen scientist detained

A Russian citizen scientist measuring radiation levels at legacy uranium mines in Mongolia has been stripped of his passport, prompting calls for its restitution from Nuclear Transparency Watch. Andrey Ozharovskii (pictured) was detained and deported by Mongolian authorities, but his passport has not been returned. The principle at stake, the group says, “is simple but crucial: environmental information, including radiation data, must be accessible to the public. READ MORE

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