IEER provides policy-makers, journalists, and the public with understandable and accurate scientific and technical information on energy and environmental issues. IEER’s aim is to bring scientific excellence to public policy issues in order to promote the democratization of science and a safer, healthier environment. IEER has also been featured on local and national radio and television broadcasts to discuss similar topics.
IEER’s media packet, includes photos and CV for Arjun Makhijani
Learn more about IEER’s history, background and accomplishments, and find a listing of IEER program staff.
Please call (301) 270-5500 or send an email request to if you would like to schedule an interview.
Press Releases and Media Briefings
- Groups Rebut the Waste Storage Claims of Nuclear Industry: January, 2013
- NRC rushing through waste confidence process (press release and official comments): January, 2013
- Groups: Japanese Report on Fukushima Reactor Disaster is “Real Wake Up” Call For Sleeping U.S. Regulators: July, 2012
- IEER on “Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities, Phase I”: June, 2012
- Nearly $1 Billion Vogtle Nuclear Reactor Cost Overrun: May, 2012
- NRC Denies Motion; Groups Sue to Block Vogtle Units 3 & 4: April, 2012
- Renewable Minnesota: A technical and economic analysis of a 100% renewable-energy based electricity system for Minnesota: March, 2012
Recent audio/video from IEER
- Nuclear Waste Management: Alan Stahler Interviews Arjun Makhijani: March, 2013
- Groups Rebut the Waste Storage Claims of Nuclear Industry: January, 2013
- From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima (video): December, 2012
- Role of Energy in Economic and Global Security (Voice of Russia interview): October, 2012
- Kindle Project Blog features IEER and Arjun Makhijani, for IEER’s 25th Anniversary in 2012: August, 2012
- Fukushima Disaster: Alan Stahler interviews Arjun Makhijani: July, 2012
- Science Friday: Is Thorium a Magic Bullet for Our Energy Problems?: May, 2012