Below you will find resources, analysis, fact sheets, and information relating to the on-going nuclear crisis at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors in Japan, from IEER and other groups. Please check back for updates, or visit What's New, for any recently posted information.
- Support for Multiple Legal Challenges to Nuclear Reactor Licensing, the Declaration of Arjun Makhijani. Also read: Friends of the Earth press release.
August 8 and 11, 2011
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Is nuclear energy different than other energy sources? Opinions by Arjun Makhijani and others.
July 21, 2011
- IEER's Preliminary review of the NRC's July 12, 2011, Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century: The Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident. Also read: Friends of the Earth press release
July 19, 2011
- More Bad News for Embattled Nuclear Power Industry: Reactor Proponents are Batting 0-6 in State Legislatures in 2011 . PR Newswire press release
July 6, 2011
- Scientific American: Fukushima Meltdown Mitigation Aims to Prevent Radioactive Flood, by David Biello.
June 24, 2011
- French report on the contamination of areas surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant - read Arjun Makhijani's comments on the need for internal dose estimates and the IRSN report.
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June 2, 2011
- 45 Groups and Individuals Petition NRC to Suspend All Nuclear Reactor Licensing and Conduct a "Credible" TMI-Style Review: Press Release, the Petition to the NRC, and Arjun Makhijani's Declaration.
April 14, 2011
- More Stringent, Coordinated Fukushima Fallout Monitoring Needed to Determine Radioactive Iodine Risk to U.S. Milk and Water. IEER Press Release
April 7, 2011
- Counterpoint: It's Time to Close the Chapter on U.S. Nuclear Power, by Christina Mills, in Splashlife
April 1, 2011
- What Caused the High Chlorine-38 Radioactivity in the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #1?, by F. Dalnoki-Veress, with an introduction by Arjun Makhijani, for Asia-Pacific Journal
March 30, 2011
- A Message from Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, by editor Mark Selden ( /English)
March 30, 2011
- Issues of Water and Light in the Turbine Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi: IEER Statement by Arjun Makhijani. /English version
March 28, 2011
- Radioactive Iodine Releases from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Reactors May Exceed Those of Three Mile Island by Over 100,000 Times. /English version. IEER Press Release
March 25, 2011
- Spent nuclear fuel pools vulnerable to terrorist attacks: Kyodo News. version. Op-Ed by Arjun Makhijani
March 21, 2011
- Carbon and Nuclear Free in 40 Years? EnergyNow TV's Tyler Suiters interviewed Arjun Makhijani in Vermont. Part of a longer story: Nation without Nuclear?
March 21, 2011
- How does Japan's Crisis Affect America's Nuclear Industry? Comments from Arjun Makhijani and others, National Journal Expert Blogs: Energy & Environment
March 21, 2011
- Fact Sheet: Radiation and Human Health.
March 17, 2011
- Post-Tsunami Situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan: Facts, Analysis, and Some Potential Outcomes. Statement of Arjun Makhijani
March 14, 2011
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