Video Archives

April 18, 2018

Health Risks of Nuclear Power

NIRS's Mary Olson explains the dangers of nuclear energy. Event hosted by Physicians for Social Responsibility Oregon

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March 30, 2018

So You Don't Want Nuclear Waste in Your Drinking Water?

Diane D'Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director at the Nuclear Information Resource Service, speaks about West Valley Demonstration Project at the Burchfield Penney Arts Center on March 1, 2018. Diane is introduced by Lynda Schneekloth of the Sierra Club Niagara Group.

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September 26, 2017

Reshaping History: The importance of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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July 7, 2017

UN Press Briefing-Experts Explains What a Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Could Achieve

On June 22, 2017 a UN media briefing took place for the United Nations Correspondents Association in New York. Nuclear experts and presenters at a UN conference to negotiate a new nuclear ban treaty discussed the current, acute state of nuclear weapons threats, the decline of the post-Cold War nuclear arms regime, and a new initiative led by non-nuclear weapons states to ban nuclear weapons. The briefing was organized by the Nuclear Information and Resource Service and co-sponsored and moderated by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THE PRESS RELEASE.

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July 6, 2017

United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Side Session– Fission: Family, Community, Environment and Justice Impacts

On June 20, 2017, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), joined by allied groups and hosted by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, presented two side sessions at the United Nations in New York City: Fission: Family, Community, Environment and Justice Impacts; and The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink.

In this excerpt from Fission: Family, Community, Environment, and Justice Impacts, which included speakers Karina Lester, South Australia; Linda Cataldo Modica, Tennessee USA; Roland Oldham, Atomic Veteran, French Polynesia; and Mary Olson of NIRS, panelists discussed the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons production, testing, and use on health, families, communities and human rights.

Click HERE to download a PDF version of the Report to the President for Fission: Family, Community, Environment and Justice Impacts.

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July 6, 2017

United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Side Session-The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink

On June 21, 2017, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), joined by allied groups and hosted by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, presented a side session at the United Nations in New York City: The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink.

In this excerpt from The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink, which included speakers Matthew McKinzie, Natural Resources Defense Council; Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists; Tilman Ruff, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; and Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, panelists discuss the threats posed by nuclear weapons’ targeting capability upgrades to international security.