No to Nuclear
By Linda Pentz Gunter, and
Nuclear is Not the Solution
By M. V. Ramana

Date: Wednesday, August 5 at 3:00 PM PDT
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About No to Nuclear

There is no silver bullet for the climate crisis—but that hasn’t stopped people searching. Seizing its chance, the nuclear power industry wants us to believe that theirs is the only technical fix for our deliverance. The public, politicians and the media have been easily swayed. This should come as no surprise. After all, the pro-nuclear PR campaign is richly funded and has an army of lobbyists sowing myths while the industry reaps the rewards of taxpayer-funded subsidies.

No To Nuclear calls the industry's bluff. Blasting aside its claims to be safe and green, Linda Pentz Gunter makes the irresistible case that nuclear power is too slow, too expensive, too dangerous and too integrally connected to the nuclear weapons complex, to serve as a rational energy choice.

The book also delves into the lives of Indigenous peoples and communities of colour, who have been harmed the most by the nuclear sector, and questions whether the way we devalue nature and the environment is costing us the chance of a genuinely just energy transition.

About No to Nuclear's Author Linda Pentz Gunter

Linda Pentz Gunter is the founder and executive director of Beyond Nuclear. Prior to her work in anti-nuclear advocacy, she was a journalist for 20 years in print and broadcast, working for USA Network, Reuters, The Times (UK) and other US and international outlets.

Beyond Nuclear works to support grassroots, national and international efforts to phase out nuclear power in favor of safer energy choices with which to address the climate crisis. The organization also draws attention to the perpetual pathway between nuclear power and nuclear weapons and advocates for a global nuclear weapons ban.

In creating Beyond Nuclear, Linda’s goal was to reach beyond the immediate circle of committed anti-nuclear activists and engage those environmentalists concerned with the climate crisis and peace and the necessity to move away from fossil and fissile energy use. In 2018, Linda launched a new web platform, Beyond Nuclear International,
which aims to reframe the anti-nuclear message through a more human lens.

Primarily a news and essay website, with a strong visual focus, Beyond Nuclear International delivers not only topical news coverage but new and creative ways of communicating the humanitarian impacts of nuclear power and nuclear weapons. It is designed to better connect the global anti-nuclear and climate
movements and, to that end, will also publish articles in their original language as well as in English.

Linda is also a feature writer for the UK daily newspaper, the Morning Star and Ralph Nader’s Capitol Hill Citizen. She makes appearances on television and radio programs and is a sought-after speaker for conferences and webinars. Originally from the UK, Linda has a BA Honours degree in English and Italian Literature from Warwick University.

About Nuclear is Not the Solution
NUCLEAR POWER WILL NOT SAVE US

“Proponents of nuclear energy argue that the technology should be deployed widely to reduce carbon emissions. Nuclear is Not the Solution demonstrates why this strategy is not only naïve but dangerous. It explains why it is not feasible to expand nuclear power fast enough to make it relevant to the climate crisis and why such an expansion would divert resources away from faster and cheaper solutions. At the same time, any expansion of nuclear energy will inevitably result in a variety of undesirable risks and environmental impacts. Further, nuclear energy is deeply imbricated in creating the conditions for nuclear annihilation. Expanding nuclear power would leave us in the worst of both worlds. Nuclear is Not the Solution also delves into the political economy of nuclear energy, detailing how powerful organizations benefit economically from the nuclear energy business, by socializing the costs and risks associated with the technology onto the public, while privatizing profits.” 

About Nuclear is Not the Solution's Author M.V. Ramana

M. V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global  and Human Security and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of "Nuclear is not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change" (Verso books, 2024), "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 (IPFM), the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group (INRAG), the Network of Scientific and Technical Research Institutions and Experts in Support of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the Forum on Physics and Society of the American Physical Society, the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada, the Canadian Pugwash Group, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Leo Szilard Award from the American Physical Society, and the 2026 Alliance for Nuclear Accountability DC Days award.