Reports
Licensed to Kill
In 2001, Beyond Nuclear’s Paul and Linda Gunter, then with NIRS and Safe Energy Communication Council, co-authored a landmark report and accompanying video, describing how animals were harmed and killed by the routine operation of nuclear reactors. Entitled, Licensed to Kill: How the nuclear power industry destroys endangered marine wildlife and ocean habitat to save money, the…
Read MoreWorld Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023
Nuclear industry continues in decline despite hype of a “renaissance” “Truth has rarely been a friend to nuclear power and for that reason it hasn’t always been easy to find accurate information about the industry’s vital signs. This is why the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) is essential reading for anyone trying to understand…
Read MoreCarbon-14: Another underestimated danger from nuclear power reactors
There are a number of radionuclides released from nuclear energy facilities. This paper highlights carbon-14 for a number of reasons: Carbon-14 is radioactive and is released into air as methane and carbon dioxide. Before 2010, carbon-14 releases from nuclear reactors were virtually ignored in the United States. Today only estimates are required and only under…
Read MoreA map of our nuclear nightmare
Nuclear power and nuclear weapons are inextricably linked, and that link began when the first gram of uranium ore was removed from the earth. Contrary to Indigenous beliefs, which insist that uranium ore must be left in the ground, the very people who cautioned against digging it up were forced to do this very work.…
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