Beyond Nuclear (February, 2007). Notes from Wall Street’s view of the insurmountable financial risks associated with investing in nuclear power. Read more »

Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. (July, 2008) David Schlissel, Senior Consultant, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. Bruce Biewald, President, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. An analysis of the ‘soaring’ costs expected with construction of new nuclear reactors. Read more »

Union of Concerned Scientists (March, 2009). David Schlissel, Senior Consultant, Synapse Energy and Economics, Inc.; Michael Mullet, Mullet and Associates; Robert Alvarez, Institute for Policy Studies. A report analyzing the risk exposure the federal government takes on as part of its loan guarantee program for nuclear reactors. Read more »

International Panel of Fissile Materials (January, 2007). Frank von Hippel, Co-Director of Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University. An analysis of the economic and security risks posed by the development of irradiated fuel reprocessing program in the United States. Read more »

Dr. Steven Wing, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina. A discussion of the carcinogenic risk factors posed by deregulation of radioactive waste. Read more »

Carnegie NPEC Conference (February, 2009). Jim Harding, PhD., retired professor of environmental studies, University of Regina. An analysis of life-cycle nuclear costs in comparison to alternatives. Read more »

Healthy Aging is really about healthy living. This new report offers the most comprehensive review of the currently available research on the lifetime influences of environmental factors on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and their relation to a range of other chronic diseases. Read more »

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) wrote an excellent report after the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference ended in May. It details the growing support from governments at the NPT-Review Conference for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. Read more »

In March 2010, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and PSR docs Vic Sidel and Ira Helfand published a major new briefing paper on the global climate and health effects of nuclear war. Zero is the only option was produced for the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. Read more »

The number of direct, short term casualties and collateral damage to US medical services were calculated for two thermonuclear attack scenarios. The first scenario would cause 52 million prompt fatalities, 9 million injuries, and massive destruction of US health facilities. The second scenario produces more than 100 million casualties. Even with an effective US NMD system—defined as capable of successfully interception more than 100 warheads—nearly 70 million fatalities would occur. Read more »