The following interactive guide contains in-depth information and resources on nuclear energy and its dangers, consisting of everything from academic papers to newspaper articles to informational videos and other multimedia. The guide is hosted on Prezi, a visual communications tool which acts as a “choose-your-own-adventure” slide deck. We recommend hitting the “diagonal arrows” button to make the Prezi full screen for better readability.
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Nuclear in New York
New York State is home to a number of nuclear power plants and waste sites. See this resource to learn […]
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Politics and Misinformation
The nuclear lobby, backed by millions of corporate dollars, has worked tirelessly to cover up the environmental and health impacts […]
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The True Costs of Nuclear
Nuclear energy has been marketed as a “clean” energy source given that it emits less CO2 than power plants that […]
Nuclear Resource Archive
General
- Two’s a crowd: Nuclear and renewables don’t mix: Only the latter can deliver truly low carbon energy, says new study
- Nuclear Power and Climate Action
- I oversaw the U.S. nuclear power industry. Now I think it should be banned
- “Low-carbon” Misses the Point: Arguments Favoring Nuclear Power as a Climate “Solution” are Fundamentally Misframed
- Nuclear and Climate
- Does Nuclear Power Slow Or Speed Climate Change?
- Differences in carbon emissions reduction between countries pursuing renewable electricity versus nuclear power
- REPLACING FITZPATRICK: How the Closure of a Nuclear Reactor can Reduce Greenhouse Gasses and Radioactive Waste, while Creating Jobs and Supporting the Local Community
- Evaluating the potential for renewables, storage, and energy efficiency to offset retiring nuclear power generation in New York
- Net Zero Without Nuclear
- The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2019
- Why nuclear power slows action on climate change: Beyond Nuclear
- TOWARDS AN EVIDENCE-BASED NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY: Gaps in Research, Regulation, Policy, and Practice in the U.S. Nuclear Industry, and What Policymakers Can Do to Bridge Them
- Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear waste
Health and Environmental Impacts/Safety
- Worker Health Study Summaries – Uranium Miners | NIOSH | CDC
- Valuing the greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power: A critical survey
- Uranium Mining and Milling Wastes: An Introduction
- Radioactive Waste and Pollution
- Radioactive releases from the nuclear power sector and implications for child health
- Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation May Cause Harm | National Academies
- How a Nuclear Site in Washington State Poisoned Its Own Workers
- Gender + Radiation Impact Project
- Abandoned Uranium Mines Report to Congress: LM Wants Your Input
- Nuclear Accident at Indian Point: Consequences and Costs
- Global and local cancer risks after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident as seen from Chernobyl
- List of Leaks and Spills at Operating U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants October, 2021
- Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Urgent Problems and Solution
- ROUTINE RADIOACTIVE RELEASES FROM U.S. NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
- Nuclear Reactors Are Not “Green”: RED PAPER BY ONONDAGA NATION, HAUDENOSAUNEE ENVIRONMENTAL
- Reducing the hazards of high-level radioactive waste in Southern California: Storage of nuclear waste from spent fuel at San Onofre TASK FORCE, and AMERICAN INDIAN LAW ALLIANCE
Misinformation and Weapons Proliferation
- Beware nuclear industry’s fake news on being emissions free
- New Report Documents How Entergy Spends Millions on Lobbying, Campaign Contributions and Deceptive PR Strategies to Influence Indian Point Relicensing
- Moore Spin: Or, How Reporters Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Front Groups
- Beyond Nuclear: The Dangers of Reprocessing
- Canada re-engages in the Nuclear Weapons Business with SMRs
- Killing the Competition: The Nuclear Power Agenda to Block Climate Action, Stop Renewable Energy, and Subsidize Old Reactors
- Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small modular reactor
- Small modular reactor project likely to end badly for utilities and worse for taxpayers
- Nuclear waste from small modular reactors
Impacts on Indigenous Peoples
- Nuclear Reactors Are Not “Green”: RED PAPER BY ONONDAGA NATION, HAUDENOSAUNEE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE, and AMERICAN INDIAN LAW ALLIANCE
- The Legacy of Uranium Development on or Near Indian Reservations and Health Implications Rekindling Public Awareness
- Uranium Exposure in American Indian Communities: Health, Policy, and the Way Forward
- The Violence of Nuclear Energy Against Indigenous Peoples, Land, Water and Air | Atlantic Chapter
Financial Costs
NY Specific Resources
- REPLACING FITZPATRICK: How the Closure of a Nuclear Reactor can Reduce Greenhouse Gasses and Radioactive Waste, while Creating Jobs and Supporting the Local Community
- Evaluating the potential for renewables, storage, and energy efficiency to offset retiring nuclear power generation in New York
- Indian Point Closure FAQ
- Rick Perry Visits FitzPatrick on Anniversary of NY Nuclear Bailout
- West Valley Nuclear Waste Site – Information Hub
Infografías en español
