A dozen years after four atomic reactors exploded at Fukushima, the plant STILL daily irradiates 150 tons of water which must be treated and stored forever.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
A Dozen Years after Fukushima, Nuclear Power is Still a Death Wish - CounterPunch.org
Friday, December 16, 2022
Friday, November 25, 2022
Guinea Pig Nation: How the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reducing government regulations for ‘advanced’ nuclear power plants
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Biden is betting big on nuclear energy. But what happens if the next Hurricane Ian strikes Turkey Point?
Monday, September 19, 2022
Opinion | Nuclear Power Still Doesn’t Make Much Sense - The New York Times
The case for next-gen nuclear is getting harder to make as the price of solar, wind, and batteries plummets. In this well-reasoned op-ed by @fmanjoo, @mzjacobson describes this as an "opportunity cost" we cannot afford in the face of a climate crisis. https://t.co/QoHbp2nHa9
— Jay Turner (@_jay_turner) September 16, 2022
Opinion | Nuclear Power Still Doesn’t Make Much Sense - The New York Times
Thursday, September 8, 2022
The Insanity of Expanding Nuclear Energy - Emagazine.com
Monday, August 15, 2022
NIRS Statement in Response to the Inflation Reduction Act: Climate Compromises and Sacrifices Are Not Justifiable
On Friday, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) passed the House and is headed to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. This bill could have been our best – and maybe our only – chance to make real progress on fighting climate change and creating a just environmental and economic future. It should've been a major success for climate policy.
It is a deep disappointment that the IRA is not truly a climate bill and is certain to harm the very communities that most need action on climate. With the IRA, our elected leaders have chosen to side with dirty energy industries, their financiers and investors, corporate media, and political opportunists to prop up the dirty energy status quo with hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies, financing, and devil’s bargains.
NIRS joins the many frontline and BIPOC-led organizations that have pointed out they cannot support the bill. The compromise between climate action and climate destruction in the IRA is not one we can accept. NIRS urges Congress and the White House to go back and develop a policy that truly addresses climate change and environmental injustice – including restoration and repair of the harms caused by fossil fuels and nuclear energy.
We refuse to accept that frontline communities must be sacrificed yet again for nuclear, fossil, and other dirty energy interests. We stand in solidarity with the frontline communities and we will not stop fighting for a just, equitable, and sustainable future.