"Advanced" isn't better, and arguably worse

In our newest Talking Points in the series, we boil down the key arguments made in Ed Lyman's UCS report, "Advanced" Isn't Always Better, which points out the many serious -- and downright dangerous -- flaws in the proposed new non-light-water reactor designs. In this edition of The Update, we hit some of the highlights.

The forgotten faces of the uranium fuel chain

Presentation given at the NEC, Linz conference -- How to Dismantle the Atomic Lie, April 29, 2021

Chernobyl at 35

What does Chernobyl mean 35 years on? It should remind us that the suffering in its aftermath continues; that it's not just about who died then, or later, but the real, on-going suffering, even generations later. Chernobyl's technological failure warns us that this is not a technology we need. The human error that compounded the tragedy reminds us it is not one we can fully master. We need to clean up the mess left by Chernobyl and now Fukushima, not risk causing a newer, bigger one.

Introducing the Beyond Nuclear Talking Points

There are many excellent reports and studies that now show, definitively, that renewables and energy efficiency are the way forward on climate change and that continuing to use nuclear power -- or planning to build new nuclear plants -- actually makes climate change worse. In the first of our new series of Talking Points, in which we boil down the key arguments against nuclear power into succinct messages, we look at why nuclear power is too expensive and too slow -- regardless of its carbon emissions -- to contribute anything useful to the climate crisis challenge.

Living with Chernobyl 35 years on

How do we tell the Chernobyl nuclear disaster story 35 years on? When we tell it through the testimonials of 500 eyewitnesses; the imagined lives on the pages of a novel drawn from those testimonials; through definitive research that uncovered buried truths and a global cover-up; and through humanitarian aid to the children of Belarus, then the big lie that "almost no one died" falls apart. On April 25, you can join us as our special guests bring those stories to life during our online event: Living with Chernobyl: Personal stories from the world's worst nuclear disaster. Registration information is below.