Campaign to shut down WPPSS Nuclear Plant 2 (Now operating under the alias Columbia Generating Station) Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2015-present
Problems with nuclear power generally Nuclear Free Northwest
Why more nuclear power plants can't be built "New," "clean," "safe" nuclear technologies are promoted all the time, but none of them actually exists. Actual existence is a precondition for testing, approval, and licensing. The promoters are still playing in the fantasy league. By Roger Lippman, May 18, 2017
Why James Hansen is Wrong About Nuclear Power
Hanson and a handful of other climate scientists present an
argument in which new nuclear power achieves and sustains an
unprecedented growth rate for decades. The one quantitative
“illustrative scenario” proposed - “a total
requirement of 115 reactors per year to 2050 to entirely
decarbonise the global electricity system” — is far beyond
what the world ever sustained during the nuclear heyday of
the 1970s, and far beyond what the overwhelming majority of
energy experts, including those sympathetic to the industry,
think is plausible. They ignore the core issues: The nuclear
power industry has essentially priced itself out of the
market for new power plants because of its 1) negative
learning curve and 2) inability to avoid massive delays and
cost overruns in market economies. This is doubly
problematic because the competition — renewable power,
electricity storage, and energy efficiency — have seen
steady, stunning price drops for a long time. By Joe Romm,
Think
Progress, January 7, 2016
Arguments for thorium have little merit but refuse to go away By Jim Green, Nuclear Monitor, April 2015 (PDF)
Thorium: the wonder fuel that wasn't By Robert Alvarez, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 11, 2014
Nuclear Power is not the answer to climate change mitigation Response to James Hansen, et al, by three Japanese scientists. January 31, 2014
Why Letter by James Hansen, et al Misses
the Mark on Nuclear Power and Renewables
By NIRS and the Civil Society Institute,
December 2013
Letter of response sent to Hansen, et al,
January 6, 2014
Small Modular Reactors: Safety, Security and Cost Concerns Small isn't always beautiful, and small nuclear reactors are not likely to be a viable solution to the economic and safety problems faced by nuclear power. Union of Concerned Scientists, September 10, 2013
Busting the Pro-Nuclear Propaganda Nuclear power, no matter the reactor design, cannot address climate change in time. In order to displace a significant amount of carbon-emitting fossil fuel generation, another 1,000 to 1,500 new 1,000+ Megawatt reactors would need to come on line worldwide by 2050, a completely prohibitive proposition. Beyond Nuclear, May 2013
Soft Energy Paths for the 21st Century Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Amory Lovins to outline his reaction to the Fukushima disaster and his suggestions for Japanese and U.S. energy policy It's a timely contribution to the rapidly growing movement in Japan to accelerate the strategic shift from nuclear power to efficiency and renewables, as Germany is already doing—an approach consistent with sound economics. July 30, 2011 (PDF)