r/NoNukes

As the climate crisis grows more urgent and calls for energy expansion increase, the Trump administration is going all-in on nuclear power, and Big Tech is investing heavily. But nuclear power is still a bad idea.

Fatal meltdowns aside, nuclear power is generally dangerous, dirty, and expensive. From the uranium mine to the toxic waste pit, nuclear power puts our health, environment, and climate at risk at every point in its lifecycle. Nuclear plants require large quantities of water, construction is slow and expensive, and radioactive waste poses a giant threat because there are no good disposal options. These are not the markers of a renewable energy source.

Join us for this virtual event to discuss the history and current research on nuclear power, what the current state of play is in the national political context, our strategy to fight back, and what you can do to join us in the fight.

Featured speakers:

Tim Judson, Executive Director, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)

Amanda Starbuck, Research Director, Food & Water Watch

Laura Shindell, New York State Director, Food & Water Watch

DNA Mutations Discovered in The Children of Chernobyl Workers

Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks

Peter Thiel's Plan To Replace Democracy (And Profit Of What Comes Next)

Mark Z. Jacobson - nukes just add costs

The U.S. Has 100K Tons of Nuclear Waste. Why Is There Still No Plan? | WSJ Pro Perfected

While nuclear falters and fossil fuel's days are numbered, solar is taking off - The Hill Times

Some nuke propaganda from Bezos WSJ. The former NRC commissioner does not explain what to do with the waste at all.

A Global Nuclear Power Renaissance Isn't Living Up to the Hype

That massive chinese expansion of nuclear? smaller than US solar now.

1000% hype. Nuclear is dying.

The DOE is giving away 20 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium — estimated value $200–400 billion — to five private nuclear companies. DOE’s own announcement: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/department-energy-seeks-transform-surplus-plutonium-nuclear-fuel

Nuclear power is too dirty, too dangerous, too expensive, and too slow to be a climate solution- NIRS talk

A key reason governments sink so much money into nuclear is because of how tightly bound up it is with nuclear weapons.

It's official - the whereabouts of 200,000 radioactive casks hidden in the ocean for eight decades discovered

Nuclear energy is the asbestos of power generation techs: a legacy toxic material easily replaced by superior options.

Proximity to nuclear power plants associated with increased cancer mortality

Trump's nuclear power push weakens regulator and poses safety risks, former officials warn

New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power - pv magazine Global

Analyst Says Nuclear Industry Is ‘Totally Irrelevant’ in the Market for New Power Capacity

Russia’s infamous reprocessing plant Mayak never stopped illegal dumping of radioactive waste into nearby river, poisoning residents, newly disclosed court finding says