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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

Ontario’s proposed nuclear plants could cost nearly $300-billion, study finds: Typical residential customer would pay $240-$456 more for electricity per year if plants were built instead of expanding renewables, report says

Mark Z. Jacobson - nukes just add costs

Over 100,000 people left without power in France, as Europe faces extreme heat

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

Coastal nuclear that needs water cooling also has other issues...

France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave -- "...nuclear sites run the risk of posing a dangerous threat to local biodiversity, by releasing water which is too hot into rivers and seas."

Swiss nuclear power station shut down as river warms

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

1000% hype. Nuclear is dying.

Beach use near la hague nuclear fuel processing plant leads to increased cancer

French nuclear reactor stops operating as cooling water is too hot

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.

High French river temperatures expected to limit nuclear power output next week.

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

Nuclear Risk Insurers – A global leader in nuclear insurance and a member of the international nuclear insurance pooling system.

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