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Commentary from IEER

  • Experts recommend indefinite delay of Japan’s plan to dump over a million tons of radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean August, 2022
  • Article on equality and climate benefits of investing in clean energy affordability March, 2022
  • Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons: The Connections February, 2021
  • Renewable energy microgrids and reducing the risk of grid-triggered wildfires in California (Sacramento Bee, December 2018) December, 2018
  • TerraPower’s Nuclear Reactor Could Power the 21st Century (IEEE Spectrum): June 1, 2018 June, 2018
  • Trump nominee acknowledges role in under reporting radiation in drinking water (Scripps News story by Mark Greenblatt) January, 2018
  • Nuclear Energy Post Fukushima: BBC interviews Arjun Makhijani and Jonathan Cobb December, 2017
  • July 4th and July 14th: The story of two revolutions (Conversations on Money, Politics and Science series) August, 2017
  • The Trinity Test (Conversations on Money, Politics and Science series) August, 2017
  • United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination: (Conversations on Money, Politics and Science series) June, 2017
  • The US Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Deal: (Conversations on Money, Politics and Science series) June, 2017
  • Radiation and Gender: One Basis for New Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NIRS & IEER Statement) May, 2017
  • Radiation Spikes at Fukushima: Living on Earth interview with Arjun Makhijani March, 2017
  • Thorium (Th): BBC interviews scientists on thorium, including IEER’s Arjun Makhijani (2016) September, 2016
  • California Nukes To Shut Down; New York Nukes Troubled: Living on Earth interview with Arjun Makhijani July, 2016
  • More Nuclear Power Plants Shutting Down (Living on Earth interview with Arjun Makhijani) November, 2015
  • Nuclear Power and Climate Change (a short paper) October, 2015
  • On life near two nuclear power plants in Illinois: an interview with Cindy and Joe Sauer June, 2013
  • Building small modular reactors senseless (Knoxville News Sentinel) March, 2013
  • Kindle Project Blog features IEER and Arjun Makhijani, for IEER’s 25th Anniversary in 2012 August, 2012
  • Slow or Fast, Nuclear Fission is Not the Answer (Yale Environment 360) August, 2012
  • Science Friday: Is Thorium a Magic Bullet for Our Energy Problems? May, 2012
  • May 5, a historic date in nuclear weapons and nuclear power: Kyodo News op-ed May, 2012
  • NY Times: Confidence Slips Away as Japan Battles Nuclear Peril March, 2012
  • Minnesota Public Radio: Nuclear power safety one year after Fukushima disaster March, 2012
  • Fukushima Anniversary: KPFA’s Philip Maldari interviews Arjun Makhijani and Kevin Kamps March, 2012
  • Is nuclear energy different than other energy sources? (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) November, 2011
  • Washington, Wall Street Mired On Energy (National Journal Expert Blog) September, 2011
  • CBC News: Nuclear Tension, Fukushima, TV interview with Arjun Makhijani September, 2011
  • Fukushima and Food Contamination: Between the Lines’ Scott Harris interviews Arjun Makhijani July, 2011
  • Reactor Proponents Are Batting 0-6 in State Legislatures in 2011 (PR Newswire) July, 2011
  • Hammer Forum: The Death of the Nuclear Renaissance (Video) June, 2011
  • Internal Dose Estimates Needed in Area of Fukushima Daiichi Plant (in Japanese and English) June, 2011
  • Fukushima Meltdowns: Between the Lines’ Scott Harris interviews Arjun Makhijani May, 2011
  • Splashlife: Counterpoint April, 2011
  • Message from Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus (Mark Selden, editor) March, 2011
  • Time to close the chapter on U.S. nuclear power March, 2011
  • Spent nuclear fuel pools vulnerable to terrorist attacks (Kyodo News) March, 2011
  • How does Japan’s Crisis Affect America’s Nuclear Industry? (National Journal Expert Blogs) March, 2011
  • Universal Transparency: A Goal for the U.S. at the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit (Arms Control Today) January, 2011
  • Nuclear And Coal Have No Place In A “Clean” Energy Standard January, 2011
  • The Diane Rehm Show: Nuclear Power Plant Future November, 2010
  • What Can the U.S. Do To Cut Carbon? (National Journal Expert Blogs) October, 2010
  • A US nuclear future?: Commentary in Nature. September, 2010
  • What Fits The Bill? (National Journal Expert Blog) June, 2010
  • Civil Liability for Nuclear Claims Bill, 2010: Is Life Cheap in India? June, 2010
  • Non-Proliferation Treaty RevCon: NPT TV with Arjun Makhijani May, 2010
  • Nuclear Waste Contract FOIA Results March, 2010
  • BOOK REVIEW: Consequential Damages of Nuclear War; The Rongelap Report March, 2010
  • Can Obama Re-energize Climate? (National Journal Expert Blog)) January, 2010
  • Do Hacked E-mails Change Climate Debate? (National Journal Expert Blog) December, 2009
  • Kerry-Boxer: Worth the Wait? (National Journal Expert Blog) October, 2009
  • Should Yucca Mountain Remain An Option? (National Journal Expert Blogs) March, 2009
  • List of more interviews and articles from 2008 by Arjun Makhijani on Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free December, 2008
  • KOHO Radio (WA): Debate between Arjun Makhijani and Patrick Moore on the future of nuclear energy June, 2008
  • KUOW Radio (WA): Ross Reynolds interviews Arjun Makhijani May, 2008
  • Nuclear Is Not the Right Alternative Energy Source February, 2008
  • Deseret News (Utah): Nuclear power, not renewable energy, is risky course for U.S., by Arjun Makhijani February, 2008
  • Plutonium Discrepancies in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex February, 2007
  • Our Electric Future: A Non-Nuclear Low Carb Diet? January, 2006
  • The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal and Iran (Interview with Arjun Makhijani) December, 2005
  • Atomic Myths, Radioactive Realities: Why Nuclear Power Is a Poor Way to Meet Energy Needs August, 2005
  • Readiness to Harm – The Health Effects of Nuclear Weapons Complexes (written by Arjun Makhijani for Arms Control Today) July, 2005
  • NPR’s Talk of the Nation “Taking a Second Look at Nuclear Power” (Interview with Arjun Makhijani) June, 2005
  • Kashmir, Nuclear Weapons and Peace March, 2005
  • Call for October 2 Actions July, 2004
  • The G-8 and Global Apartheid June, 2004
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Parties Meet in New York May, 2004
  • Oil and War or Wind? April, 2004
  • Is Oil Running Out? (Part 3 of 3) January, 2004
  • Is Oil Running Out? (Part 2 of 3) January, 2004
  • Is Oil Running Out? (Part 1 of 3) January, 2004
  • Yucca Mountain – An Example Not to Follow December, 2003
  • Money, Oil, and Security December, 2003
  • Occupation of Iraq October, 2003
  • The Great Northeast Blackout September, 2003
  • Drought threatens nukes September, 2003
  • Anniversary of the First Nuclear Test: Investigate the Fallout and Downwinders July, 2003
  • Radiation and Health, the Proposed Plutonium Bomb Plant and Worker Health July, 2003
  • Plutonium Dreams: Making Plutonium a Commercial Fuel June, 2003
  • Wall Street Nixes Nukes? June, 2003
  • Dr. Arjun Makhijani on Nuclear Pits Facilities May, 2003
  • Nuclear Targeting: The First 60 Years May, 2003
  • Nuclear targeting turns 60 April, 2003
  • Radioactive Milk in America February, 2003
  • War Will Not Stop Nuclear Proliferation February, 2003
  • More Sign Posts for Peace in South Asia July, 2002
  • A Bad Approach To Nuclear Waste February, 2002
  • A Complex, Ill-Defined War on Terrorism (Medicine and Global Survival, Vol. 7 No. 2) February, 2002
  • If not Yucca Mountain, then what? December, 2001
  • Reducing plutonium storage risks in light of September 11, 2001 October, 2001
  • Pursuing justice for the crimes of September 11, 2001 and reducing the risks of terrorism October, 2001
  • Reflections on September 11, 2001 September, 2001
  • Government should bear the burden of proof in Compensation cases August, 2001
  • Scrap plans for fast breeder reactor April, 2001
  • Arjun Makhijani The Nuke Slayer (Discover Magazine) April, 2001
  • Saddam’s last laugh March, 2001
  • A Chinese Perspective on National Missile Defense February, 2001
  • Uranium and You: How Many Birth Defects and Cancers Should Be Allowed in the Name of National Security? February, 2001
  • Your Very Own Cold War Souvenir: What to do with the country’s radioactive legacy December, 2000
  • An Alternative Plan for Plutonium Disposition August, 2000
  • On 50th anniversary of Soviet atomic test, time to reassess nuclear weapons August, 1999
  • Paducah — Never Again August, 1999
  • A Gamble on Global Warming November, 1998
  • Untapped Energy Efficiency January, 1998
  • Crying Wolf About Kyoto December, 1997
  • Heading Off the Plutonium Peril December, 1996
  • “Always” the target?: While U.S. bomb scientists were racing against Germany, military planners were looking toward the Pacific May, 1995
  • What ‘Non-Nuclear’ Japan Is Not Telling the World: and How Tokyo Keeps Its Options Open April, 1995
  • Open the files, please: Japanese government rhetoric about its “nuclear allergy” is not entirely persuasive; it’s time to clear the air January, 1995
  • Racism, Resources and Nuclear Weapons: Some Reflections on the Rodney King Case December, 1992
  • Strategic Bombing July, 1985

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