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Selected IEER Materials on Energy Issues

Listed in reverse chronological order

Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy
By Arjun Makhijani (RDR Books, 2007)

Nuclear Power and Global Warming Link to GoogleVideo
30-minute interview of Arjun Makhijani on Chicago Access Network TV, October 6, 2006

Insurmountable Risks: The Dangers of Using Nuclear Power to Combat Global Climate Change
By Brice Smith (RDR Books/IEER Press, 2006, 519 pages, paperback)

Low-Carbon Diet without Nukes in France: An Energy Technology and Policy Case Study on Simultaneous Reduction of Climate Change and Proliferation Risks
IEER report by Annie Makhijani and Arjun Makhijani, May 4, 2006

An Update on Nuclear Power - Is It Safe?
Talk by Arjun Makhijani at Policy Maker Education: Course for Congressional Staff sponsored by Harvard Medical School, April 19, 2006 (Streaming video: requires RealPlayer)

Nuclear Energy
Interview with Arjun Makhijani on NPR's Science Friday, February 24, 2006

Our Electric Future: A Non-Nuclear Low Carb Diet?
Interview with Arjun Makhijani in the Fall 2005 New Hampshire Sierran

Energy Bill / Nuclear Energy
Interview with Arjun Makhijani on NPR's Science Friday, June 17, 2005

Costs and Risks of Depleted Uranium from a Proposed Enrichment Facility
Article by Arjun Makhijani and Brice Smith in Science for Democratic Action, June 2005

Uranium Enrichment: Facts to Fuel an Informed Debate on Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Power
Article by Brice Smith in Science for Democratic Action, March 2005

Atomic Myths, Radioactive Realities: Why Nuclear Power Is a Poor Way to Meet Energy Needs
Article by Arjun Makhijani in Journal of Land, Resources, & Environmental Law, Vol. 24 No. 1, 2004

Cash Crop on the Wind Farm: A New Mexico Case Study of the Cost, Price, and Value of Wind-Generated Electricity
Report by Arjun Makhijani, Peter Bickel, Aiyou Chen, and Brice Smith. Prepared for Western Governors' Association North American Energy Summit, April 15-16, 2004

Securing the Energy Future of the United States: Oil, Nuclear, and Electricity Vulnerabilities and a post-September 11, 2001 Roadmap for Action
Report by Arjun Makhijani, November 2001

The Nuclear Power Deception: U.S. Nuclear Mythology from Electricity "Too Cheap to Meter" to "Inherently Safe" Reactors
By Arjun Makhijani and Scott Saleska (Apex Press, 1999, 266 pages, paperback)

Wind Power Versus Plutonium: An Examination of Wind Energy Potential and a Comparison of Offshore Wind Energy to Plutonium Use in Japan
Report by Marc Fioravanti, January, 1999

Nuclear Power: No Solution to Climate Change
Articles in Science for Democratic Action, March 1998


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Updated July 30, 2007