"The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change"
This webinar is presented by the Coordinating Committees of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons and United for Peace and Justice
"The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change"
All are welcome to take part in this important webinar featuring Dr. M.V. Ramana, author of Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change. Dr. Ramana will address industry claims that, this time, they will be able to build safe, reliable nuclear plants that can generate electricity at competitive prices – and finally solve the problem of what to do with the radioactive waste they generate. He will also discuss the old and new political and economic alliances that have kept the nuclear industry afloat despite nearly seven decades of unfulfilled promises.
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2025
Time: 1pm EST / 7pm CEST
Location: Online via ZOOM
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About the Speaker
M.V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. In addition to Nuclear is Not the Solution, he is the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India (Penguin Books, 2012) and co-editor of Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream (Orient Longman, 2003). He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, the Canadian Pugwash Group, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report. Dr. Ramana is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Leo Szilard Award from the American Physical Society. He also serves on the Global Council of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons.