Nuclear Power
FAQs from Don’t Nuke the Climate
Don’t Nuke the Climate, a network of worldwide anti-nuclear and environmental groups of which Beyond Nuclear is a member, has produced a new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Each segment boils down the key message points as to why nuclear power is too expensive, too slow, too dangerous and too dirty and looks at…
Read MoreWorld Added More Than 200-GW of Utility-Scale Solar PV in 2025
Thanks to the Sun Day Campaign for keeping us up to date on the continued soaring progress of renewable energy worldwide, compared to the stagnation and decline of nuclear power. (Contact Ken Bossong to receive updates: [email protected]) “Global large-scale solar capacity surpassed 1-TWac in 2025 as the world added more than 200-GW of new utility-scale…
Read MoreGOING GREEN? Iran war boosts renewables (not nuclear)
Did the fossil fool in the White House accidentally kickstart a global green energy revolution? As Trump continues to shut down oil and gas access from the Middle East with his ongoing threats against Iran, countries are turning to renewables to fill the energy gap. That’s because, unlike small modular reactors, renewables are here now…
Read MorePROTECT BETTER: Join us to STOP more radiation exposure
PROTECT BETTER: YES to healthy babies. NO to even more to radioactive pollution — now from billionaire AI data centers! Beyond Nuclear, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), Generational Radiation Impact Project (GRIP), Ecological Options Network (EON), Oregon Conservancy Foundation (OCF), and Committee to Bridge the Gap (CBG), are undertaking…
Read MoreNew England governors pledge nuclear support
But fail to provide considerations of the expansion of the production of high-level nuclear waste New England’s governors (two Republicans and four Democrats) have signed a joint statement recklessly condemning their region to the extended operation of dangerously aging nuclear reactors and the deployment of expensive and untested new ones. Moreover, Republican governors Kelly Ayotte (NH), Phil…
Read MoreNew book lays out radiation’s impact
Just in time for our major pushback against the weakening of radiation standards, comes a new book: The Dangers of Ionising Radiation. Written by Dr. Ian Fairlie, previously scientific advisor to the UK Government’s Committee on the Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters in the United Kingdom, this book authoritatively examines the growing body of evidence…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear statement on threat to Iran’s reactor
Trump’s threats to obliterate power plants in Iran could lead to a fatal nuclear disaster affecting the Middle East and beyond The recklessness of the US and Israeli bombing attacks on Iran that now threaten to potentially destroy the Bushehr commercial nuclear power plant there, represents a radiological risk of monumental proportions, warned Beyond Nuclear…
Read MoreMultigenerational impacts: nuclear’s lasting legacy
Dr Arjun Makhijani (pictured), president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, has published a new report for the Nuclear Truth Project, examining the impacts of nuclear weapons testing and related nuclear activities on intergenerational health. Multigenerational Health Impacts of Nuclear Weapons Testing and Production: A Survey, highlights the non-cancer impacts of ionizing radiation,…
Read MoreNo To Nuclear on Nuclear Hotseat
Tune in to this week’s edition of Nuclear Hotseat to hear host Libbe HaLevy’s interview with Beyond Nuclear executive director Linda Pentz Gunter discussing her new book — No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War. (Purchase your copy online by April 8 to receive a 40% off discount!)…
Read MoreWebinar: Doing harm — Nuclear power risks
Join International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War on April14 at 11AM Eastern (US) to explore the risks associated with nuclear power and challenge the myth that it’s a solution to anything. Speakers include Linda Pentz Gunter (Beyond Nuclear), Tim Judson (Nuclear Information & Resource Service), Paul Saoke (IPPNW Kenya) and Vladimir Slyviak (Ecodefense).…
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