Dr. Jeffrey Patterson, PSR president- elect, explains the importance of fixing our nuclear waste disposal systems. Read more to find out what needs to be done.

An op-ed by PSR Board member Dr. Jeff Patterson on the dangers of nuclear waste.

Gorbachev reflects on the historic summit at Reykjavik that came close to an agreement on nuclear abolition. 25 years later, PSR and colleague organizations remain committed to making that vision real.

Tilman Ruff, PhD, chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, on the vulnerability of nuclear reactors to terror attacks.

Six months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster started in Japan, there are reports of another nuclear accident.

Regulatory, scientific and health experts agree: The “3/11” Fukushima reactor disaster is still ongoing six month later … and some major lessons are in danger of going unheeded.

PSR board member Dr. Andy Kanter will speak on the dangers of nuclear power during this telephone press briefing.

Physicians for Social Responsibility called for immediate action to improve safeguards at nuclear reactors vulnerable to seismic events such as the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the East coast on August 23, 2011.

Do you know where your electricity comes from? In Tucson, a lot of people don’t really know if you ask them. Actually, the power grid draws electricity from a lot of places. But our own power plant is right here in the South side of our City and it burns coal (in addition to natural gas) to produce electricity. In fact, more than 40% of the electricity in the United States comes from burning coal.

A letter to the editor from PSR Executive Director Dr. Peter Wilk on the need for nuclear reactor safety reforms.

A letter to the editor from PSR Tampa Bay President Dr. Lynn Ringenberg.

PSR and other groups have sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with recommendations for rule adoption on nuclear reactors.

PSR supports many of the recommendations raised by the NRC’s Near-Term Task Force Review, but the report fails to recommend moving spent fuel from packed spent fuel pools to hardened on-site storage.

Michele Boyd represented PSR at Netroots Nation in Minneapolis on Friday, June 17. She presented along with others in a panel discussion called Dirty Energy: The Fight against Coal, Oil, Natural Gas and Nuclear Power.

An op-ed by Iowa PSR's Dr. Maureen McCue.

"We're hoping that Merkel will talk to Obama about why Germany has decided to close down reactors earlier than proposed," said Michele Boyd of Physicians for Social Responsibility. "It is very important to show that you can have an industrial country that does not use nuclear energy."

PSR was among groups criticizing Japans' radiation standards at schools in Fukushima prefecture.

Chicago PSR executive director Dr. Sarah Lovinger writes about the risks of environmental toxins and the impacts of nuclear disasters like the one in Japan.

PSR board member and past president Dr. Ira Helfand discusses radiation exposure from nuclear accidents.

Energy and environmental groups rallied on Beacon Hill April 6, 2011, voicing concerns over nuclear energy in the aftermath of Japan’s nuclear disaster.