
No New Nuclear in New York
Nuclear Power Technologies Legislative Briefing: A View from Scientific & Economic Experts
In a series of short presentations, a panel of scientific experts makes clear the many reasons why New Yorkers should not be asked to finance the construction of expensive, hazardous new small nuclear power facilities and bear the burden of the unsolved and unsolvable problem of nuclear waste
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• M.V. Ramana, PhD, Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
• David Schlissel, Schlissel Technical Consulting, former Director of Resource Planning Analysis, Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
• Mark Jacobson, PhD, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University
• Ian Fairlie, PhD, former Head of UK Government CERRIE Committee on Internal Radiation Risks, Author, The Scientists Who Alerted Us to Radiation’s Dangers.
• Mary Olson, Founder and CEO of the Gender & Radiation Impact Project (GRIP)
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The Scientists Who Alerted Us to the Dangers of Radiation
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United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, November 2024
