Articles and Opinion

Uranium and Nuclear Factsheet: WNA Briefing 2008

Curies for Patients: A review of the use of artificial radioisotopes, which benefit millions of people every day. Nuclear Engineering International July 2008 (PDF Document - 428 Kb)

How to Plug the Energy Gap: An authoritative, multidisciplinary report which aims to provide the UK government with a coherent, feasible solution to the acknowledged problem of the country's looming energy gap, 10 November 2005.

Chernobyl: The True Scale of the Accident - The Chernobyl Forum, made up of 8 UN specialized agencies, has published a digest report on the health, environmental and socio-economic impacts of the Chernobyl accident. September 2005. (PDF Document - 13 Mb)

Eurobarometer: Radioactive Waste - The purpose of this study, requested by EC Directorate General Energy and Transport, is to analyse the opinion of European Union citizens on the subject of nuclear energy, and radioactive waste in particular. June 2005. (PDF Document - 860 kb)

AIE Perth: (June 2005)
Nuclear Power in Australia – Why, Whether and How

American Nuclear Society Realism Project: (June 2005)
Transmittal letter, White Paper, and the ANS PS65 statement (PDF Document - 368 kb)
Appendices (PDF Document - 966 kb)

The Incidence of Childhood Cancer Around Nuclear Installations in Great Britain - Report by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE). June 2005. (PDF Document - 364 kb)

An electricity supply strategy for the UK: Report by the Council for Science and Technology, May 2005. (PDF Document - 176 kb)

Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security - A report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. March 2005. (PDF Document - 1.5 MB)

Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Expert Group Report submitted to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 22 February 2005. (PDF Document - 747 kb)

The Economic Future of Nuclear Power - A report by the University of Chicago, sponsored by the US Department of Energy. August 2004. (PDF Document - 3.7 MB)

Climate Protection Strategies for the 21st Century: Kyoto and Beyond, Special Report by the German Advisory Council on Global Change, WBGU, Berlin, 2003 (PDF Document - 1.5 MB). A review of this report was published by the Forum On Physics & Society of The American Physical Society in April 2004.

The Costs of Generating Electricity - A report by the Royal Academy of Engineering aimed at providing decision makers with simple, soundly-based, indicators of cost performance for a range of different generation technologies and fuels. March 2004. (PDF Document - 240 kB) A summary of the study is also available (PDF Document - 29 kB)

Own-initiative opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on The Issues Involved in Using Nuclear Power in Electricity Generation, Brussels, 25 February 2004. (Word Document)

Spent Nuclear Fuel: Options Exist to Further Enhance Security - The US General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the transport issue from the standpoint of spent fuel shipments from reactor sites to a federal repository planned for Yucca Mountain, Nev. The GAO concluded that although the likelihood is low of widespread harm from a terrorist attack or severe accident involving commercial spent fuel, there are steps the Department of Energy (DOE) could take to further enhance its security and safety. July 2003. (PDF Document)

The Future of Nuclear Power - A study by an interdisciplinary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) faculty group.

Depleted Uranium in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment
A report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), March 2003. (PDF Document)

Deterring Terrorism: Aircraft Crash Impact Analyses Demonstrate Nuclear Power Plant's Structural Strength - A study by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), December 2002. (PDF Document - 369 kb)

UNSCEAR 2000 Report, vol 2 , Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation (including Chernobyl).

UNSCEAR 2001 Report , Hereditary Effects of Radiation.

Articles and Statements
This section contains news reports, written articles and public statements on issues related to nuclear energy.

From the World Nuclear Association
Statements, speeches and articles by WNA Director General John Ritch.

Radiation - Facts, Fallacies and Phobias by Professor David Wigg, Director of Clinical Radiobilology at Royal Adelaide Hospital. Review published in Australian Radiology, 2007. (PDF document 112 kB)

Assessing Iran's Nuclear Programme by Mark Fitzpatrick, Survival, Autumn 2006.

Nuclear Tide, Emerging Trends Report on nuclear power in USA, 27 July 2006.

Extract from speech by Prime Minister John Howard to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Sydney on 17 July 2006.

A Changing Climate for Nuclear Energy Editorial, Financial Times, 3 July 2006.

Speech by President Bush on Energy Limerick Nuclear Power Plant, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA on 24 May 2006.

The Greening of Nuclear Power Editorial, New York Times, 13 May 2006.

A New Era? What a comeback in nuclear energy could mean for engineering by Corinna Wu, PRISM (Journal of the American Society for Engineering Education), January 2006. (PDF Document - 2 Mb)

'World has only 20 years to stop climate disaster' by Lewis Smith and Ben Hoyle, The Times Online, 31 January 2006.

Fast Reactor Technology: A Path to Long-Term Energy Sustainability a position statement from the American Nuclear Society, November 2005. (PDF Document - 30 kb)

Draft of 2005 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) (PDF Document - 748 kb) .

Turning Silk Purses into Sows' Ears a paper on truths vs. myths in nuclear power by Theodore Rockwell.

Press release from BT Financial Group of Australia on the Change to Uranium Screen in BT's SRI funds, 30 June 2005.

Risk of Cancer After Low Doses of Ionising Radiation: Retrospective Cohort Study in 15 Countries by E. Cardis, et al. British Medical Journal, 29 June 2005. (PDF Document - 114 kb)

Speech by President Bush on Energy Policy and Economic Security Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Maryland, USA on 22 June 2005.

JAIF Issues 10-Point Proposal on International Development of the Nuclear Industry, Atoms in Japan - Focus, April 2005. (PDF Document - 281 kb)

Making the World Safe for Nuclear Energy by John Deutch, Arnold Kanter, Ernest Moniz and Daniel Poneman, Survival, vol.46 no.4, Winter 2004-05, pp65-80. (PDF Document - 90 kb)

Professor Ian Fells, Chairman of the New & Renewable Energy Centre, UK, outlines the complementary roles of renewables and nuclear power in an article for EU Reporter, 13-17 September 2004. (PDF Document - 154 kb)

Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom by Spencer Reiss, Wired Magazine, September 2004.

The coming energy winter and the future of fusion by Brendan McNamara, Leabrook Computing. This is a version of a paper given at the 31st European Physical Society conference on Plasma Physics, Imperial College, London, June 2004, extended to reflect the consensus views of many participants. (PDF Document)

Something nasty in the greenhouse Paper by James Lovelock to the 'GAIA and Global Change Conference', Dartington, Devon, UK on 4 June 2004.

And why shouldn't we go nuclear? Paper by Sir Bernard Ingham to the 'GAIA and Global Change Conference', Dartington, Devon, UK on 4 June 2004.

In an article in The Independent (24 May 2004), James Lovelock - the creator of the Gaia hypothesis of the Earth as a self-regulating organism - said that only a massive increase in the use of nuclear power can prevent climate change 'overwhelming civilisation'. (See The Independent website).

Lessons of Chernobyl - with particular reference to thyroid cancer by Zbigniew Jaworowski, Australasian Radiation Protection Society Newsletter, No.30, April 2004.
PDF version published May 7, 2004 in Science & Technology journal, by EIR

The Selfish Greens Remarks by James Lovelock to the Adam Smith Institute, 15 March 2004. (PDF Document)

Insurer Warns of Global Warming Catastrophe by Thomas Atkins, Reuters, 3 March 2004.

The Challenge for Policy Makers by Hon. Donald Johnston, Secretary-General of the OECD, in The Future of European Energy, First Magazine/WEC, 2003. (PDF Document)

Atoms for Peace at 50: The Legacy and the Future Nucleonics Week Special, 11 December 2003. (PDF Document)

Letter from Lars-Erik Holm, Chairman of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), regarding the publication by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) entitled "Chernobyl - a continuing catastrophe" (OCHA/99/20, New York and Geneva, 2000). This report is said to be full of unsubstantiated statements that have no support in scientific assessments. The letter highlights the Committee's finding with regard to the radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident. 6 June 2000. (Word Document)

Does the Future Have a Constituency?
Paper by Donald Johnston, Secretary General of OECD, December 2000.

Uranium's Scientific History
Paper by Dr Bertrand Goldschmidt, the last personal assistant of Marie Curie, looking at the years 1789 to 1939.

Early Uranium Mining in the United States
Paper by Frank Hahne looking at the eras through radium, vanadium and government uranium mining to about 1967.

Grandfather and the Great Bear
Paper by Hugh Spence on the early days of uranium in Canada (to 1959) and the development of the Port Radium mine on Great Bear Lake, followed by discovery of the Elliott Lake mines.

Opinion pieces

Go nuclear for electricity by Llewellyn King, Miami Herald, 24 August 2006.

Nuclear should be a part of our energy future by Christine Todd Whitman and Patrick Moore, Boston Globe, reprinted in International Herald Tribune, 15 May 2006.

Chernobyl: The Fear of the Unknown by Zbigniew Jaworowski, International Policy Network, April 2006.

Nuclear bus crash by Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun, 26 April 2006.

We need nuclear power and a new generation of boffins by Boris Johnson, The Daily Telegraph, 2 March 2006.

Grasping the Nuclear Nettle by Malcolm Wicks, UK Energy Minister, The Guardian, 4 December 2005.

Nuclear Power? Don't Dismiss it by Henry Porter, The Observer, 27 November 2005.

At Last Blair Seems to See That Our Future is Nuclear by Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, 23 November 2005.

The Nuclear Nettle The Times, 21 November 2005.

Environmental Heresies by Stewart Brand, MIT Technology Review, May 2005.

The Key to Our Energy Future by John Ritch, Washington Post, 26 April 2005.

Power to the People by Leslie Kemeny, The Australian Financial Review, 15 April 2005.

Nukes Are Green by Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, 9 April 2005.

Nuclear Power is the Future by Donald Johnston, International Herald Tribune, 22 March 2005.

Let's Go Nuclear by Rod Liddle, The Spectator, 21 August 2004.

Global warming is getting worse - but the message is getting through by John Houghton, The Guardian Online, 16 August 2004.

The Case for Nuclear Power by Sir Bernard Ingham, Country Life, 21 June 2004.

Iranians Don't Want To Go Nuclear by Karim Sadjadpour, The Washington Post, 3 February 2004.

As Earth Warms, the Hottest Issue Is Energy by Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 4 November 2003.

Towards a Safer World by Mohamed ElBaradei, The Economist, 18 October 2003.

Radiation Chicken Little by Theodore Rockwell, Washington Post, 17 September 2003.

Nuclear Rock: With Oil Supplies Uncertain, Uranium Mining Heats Up by Richard Martin/McArthur Rivertime, TIME, 24 February, 2003.

The Karen Silkwood Story Los Alamos Science, 23 November 1995.