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.

Physicians for Social Responsibility, a U.S. nonprofit organization of medical experts, has condemned as "unconscionable" the Japanese government's safety standards on radiation levels at elementary and junior high schools in nuclear disaster-stricken Fukushima Prefecture.

It is the consensus of the medical and scientific community, summarized in the US National Academies’ National Research Council report Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation VII, that there is no safe level of radiation.

PSR Colorado President Dr. Roberta Richardson spoke on the health risks of radiation.

PSR board member Dr. Alan Lockwood explains the health hazards of radiation exposure.

A small anti-nuclear rally outside the Colorado state Capitol on Tuesday commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. The Colorado Coalition to Prevent Nuclear War and Colorado PSR hosted the event on the west steps of the Capitol.

PSR board member and past president Dr. Jeff Patterson explains the health impacts of radiation and the danger of the Fukushima disaster.

PSR held a press conference on the ongoing impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to public health 25 years after the accident, the continuing nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan, and the lessons from both for U.S. public health and safety. Click above to watch the video.

PSR board member and past president Dr. Jeff Patterson discusses the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Click above to watch the video.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) today cited gross inadequacies in evacuation zones around nuclear reactors and underscored the ongoing health risks of nuclear energy to the public.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) today cited gross inadequacies in evacuation zones around nuclear reactors and underscored the ongoing health risks of nuclear energy to the public.

PSR physician experts gathered at the National Press Club on April 26 -- the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident -- to draw comparisons between Chernobyl and the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis, and to issue a warning about the inadequacies of emergency preparedness, in the event of such an accident in the United States.

You might be. One-third of Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor. Check out our new mapping tool to see if you fall within an evacuation zone and are at risk.

Pam Kleiss, executive director of Wisconsin PSR, says, “The radioactive waste produced by nuclear reactors remains toxic for tens of thousands of years, much longer than any corporation, Exelon included, could possibly guarantee public and environmental safety.”