Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026

Posted: 19th January 2026

The NRC Commission is now loaded up with a 3-2 majority of nuclear yes-men despite the surprising demotion of its chair, write Paul Gunter and Linda Pentz Gunter. And Canadians are getting conned by political leaders who plan to use tax dollars to enrich corporations that will likely not come through with their nuclear plans, writes Andrew Nikiforuk.

Inside men are wielding the rubber stamp at NRC

The latest reshuffle at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission lands an inside man from the agency’s secretive shadow regulator in the chairman’s seat. Likely illegal machinations by Trump have ensured a 3-2 majority vote of yes-men on the commission as accelerated reactor license applications begin to land on their desks. This sets a dangerous path toward “cowboy Chernobyls” littering our landscape, warn the Beyond Nuclear authors and other experts. READ MORE

The conning of Canadians 

As premiers across Canada as well as the country’s prime minister wax enthusiastic over nuclear power (including to power oil extraction from the tar sands, contradicting any “climate” arguments) what they aren’t disclosing is that taxpayers will be enriching nuclear companies for reactor schemes that may never materialize. The promises made are delusions but are offered as sooting fairy tales as our consumption continues to soar, making any “solution” problematic. READ MORE

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